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Title: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: Fragil1ty on Tue, 22 October 2013, 12:48:59
Okay guys, I'm going to keep this sweet.

Ordered a keyboard the other week and it's been shipped by FedEx and I've got a App for the iPhone called Parcel (Amazing app if you haven't already got it btw) and I'll get notifications whenever the shipping changes right, but, here's the kicker, it tells me something has changed and when I check it? it just shows me this, it's the same thing every time it changes. Should I be worried?

(http://i.imgur.com/yXtFO5d.png)
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: saturnotaku on Tue, 22 October 2013, 12:53:59
Have you checked the tracking with FedEx itself?
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: Krogenar on Tue, 22 October 2013, 12:57:24
Okay guys, I'm going to keep this sweet.

Ordered a keyboard the other week and it's been shipped by FedEx and I've got a App for the iPhone called Parcel (Amazing app if you haven't already got it btw) and I'll get notifications whenever the shipping changes right, but, here's the kicker, it tells me something has changed and when I check it? it just shows me this, it's the same thing every time it changes. Should I be worried?

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/yXtFO5d.png)


I know the app you're using -- it is pretty cool. Maybe your package is making its way through customs?
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: JPG on Tue, 22 October 2013, 13:18:31
Nah, they are probably just playing Zapp football with it. It's a game very similar to football where they need to zapp it after a goal. Then, after the game, they count the number of times it was zapped on the tracking page to see who won.

Very common in the postage world.
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: Fragil1ty on Tue, 22 October 2013, 13:19:50
Have you checked the tracking with FedEx itself?

That is with FedEx themselves, that's using this website right here: https://www.fedex.com/fedextrack

Okay guys, I'm going to keep this sweet.

Ordered a keyboard the other week and it's been shipped by FedEx and I've got a App for the iPhone called Parcel (Amazing app if you haven't already got it btw) and I'll get notifications whenever the shipping changes right, but, here's the kicker, it tells me something has changed and when I check it? it just shows me this, it's the same thing every time it changes. Should I be worried?

Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/yXtFO5d.png)


I know the app you're using -- it is pretty cool. Maybe your package is making its way through customs?

Well I don't know man, I've never ordered anything from China before and I'm just a little confused the date specifies that it'll be here by Friday (expected) but it doesn't look like it. I've got a few work related things to take care of on Friday and don't really want to be at home if there's no need to be :(
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: Krogenar on Tue, 22 October 2013, 13:32:55
Well I don't know man, I've never ordered anything from China before and I'm just a little confused the date specifies that it'll be here by Friday (expected) but it doesn't look like it. I've got a few work related things to take care of on Friday and don't really want to be at home if there's no need to be :(

Maybe the tracking information is flat out wrong? Maybe it's in the states, but just hasn't been scanned.

Hopefully this knowledge makes you feel better. LOL
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: tp4tissue on Tue, 22 October 2013, 13:39:21
Uh oh... I had this happen to me once... and the package got sent back, which took a week, and then resent to me, which took another week...

Hope you get urs soon. (http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/5c745924.gif)
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: MTManiac on Tue, 22 October 2013, 17:42:02
Nah, they are probably just playing Zapp football with it. It's a game very similar to football where they need to zapp it after a goal. Then, after the game, they count the number of times it was zapped on the tracking page to see who won.

Very common in the postage world.

^-- this

btw, zapp football is fun!  :p
(but not nearly as fun as gnomeball)
Title: Re: FedEx and Shipping
Post by: Fragil1ty on Thu, 24 October 2013, 05:40:31
Uh oh... I had this happen to me once... and the package got sent back, which took a week, and then resent to me, which took another week...

Hope you get urs soon.
Show Image
(http://www.cute-factor.com/images/smilies/onion/5c745924.gif)


It left the facility today and is in-transit to me now, but the expected date has changed to next Friday now, bummer really. Ah well :)