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E65Ross

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35,118 posts

213 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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So I got an email yesterday from them saying my parcel will be delivered today (ie yesterday)....great. But after the postie comes with no parcel I check the tracking to find this:

23-JUN-2017 06:58 Mis-Sort Scan at Delivery Office - Redirected Gosport DO
23-JUN-2017 06:58 Mis-Sort Scan at Delivery Office - Redirected Gosport DO
23-JUN-2017 06:35 Ready for Delivery Notification Automated
23-JUN-2017 06:35 Ready for Delivery Notification Automated
23-JUN-2017 06:30 Ready For Delivery Gosport DO

Not sure why both the Ready for Delivery Notification and Mis-Sort Scans have been done twice, but there we go.....

Even at 10pm last night it was saying that my item would be delivered today (again, meaning yesterday, the 23rd). I check the tracking this morning, and there's been no update and it's still saying it'll be delivered on the 23rd.....

Any ideas why this might have happened? I was kind of banking on having the item today, which is why I paid extra postage!

Cheers

wack

2,103 posts

207 months

Monday 26th June 2017
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My guess is the label is damaged so they can't scan the barcode

I sent something to a village in devon on the 11th june with ups , they delivered it this morning after me making a number of phone calls telling them not all houses have a number and the address was correct

The woman has 3500 feedback on ebay so I'm guessing she's had stuff delivered before ok

Edited by wack on Monday 26th June 22:39

E65Ross

Original Poster:

35,118 posts

213 months

Tuesday 27th June 2017
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wack said:
My guess is the label is damaged so they can't scan the barcode

I sent something to a village in devon on the 11th june with ups , they delivered it this morning after me making a number of phone calls telling them not all houses have a number and the address was correct

The woman has 3500 feedback on ebay so I'm guessing she's had stuff delivered before ok

Edited by wack on Monday 26th June 22:39
Well the parcel came yesterday, bit later than I'd have liked having paid extra for speedy delivery but at least it arrived. It ended up going back to Southampton, then to Portsmouth, then here to my work address. I can't recall the label but the address was printed/typed and clearly legible!

Still...these things happen I guess.

Cheers