I paid for an item on eBay this past sunday. The seller mailed it on Tuesday and notified me and gave me the tracking number. I tracked it on usps.com and this is what it said:
Label/Receipt Number: 0414 2976 9550 0104 4289
Status: Acceptance
The U.S. Postal Service has received electronic notification from our Automated Postal Center (APC) in SACRAMENTO, CA 95825 on September 18, 2007 to expect your shipment for mailing.
What does this mean? Does it mean she never really sent it? I know the tracking system is a little behind but I've never gotten this notice before. When should I be expecting it if she did send it via Parcel Post? I live in Colorado Springs and the package came from Sacramento.
2007-09-21 06:34:06 · 7 answers · asked by Olivia 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
What they are using is called delivery confirmation. It is not a tracking number, but will be proof that the item has been delivered to your address. What you're seeing is the first step in the seller mailing your package. This is to give you a heads up that they are starting the process (by bringing the item to the post office or by paying for the shipping label and attaching it to the package and sticking it the mail). USPS updates their website every night. The website will not change to delivered until the night that you receive your item.
I would allow approximately 10 business days to go by before worring anything about it. More than likely you will see the package sometime next week.
How did you pay for the auction? If you paid with Paypal, in order for the seller to receive the seller protection from Paypal, they have to ship within seven days of receipt of payment. The seller legally has 30 days to get the item to you.
Hope this helps! :)
2007-09-21 06:39:51 · answer #1 · answered by Star 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That means they bought postage on-line on Sept 18. As of the time you checked, the post office had not scanned the item and confirmed they had it. It does NOT mean the post office never received the item.
coranth1: You are wrong on this one. The USPS does not track every step, but the DO track actual receipt of the package by the post office.
2007-09-21 14:05:18 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certain types of tracking -- such as Medial Mail and other discounted bulk rates -- only track receipt at the end of the process. They don't keep track of every intermediate step, the way UPS or FedEx does.
So, this just means the person took out Delivery Confirmation on the package -- which only enters a record when the package is delivered.
2007-09-21 13:45:34 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If she frequently sells items on Ebay or is a distributor/Ebay store - she probably has the post office pick up when they deliver to her. My sister owns her own business and does a lot of Ebay sales for used computer parts - and because she prints her shipping labels online, I believe it communicates this with the post office that she has items needing to be picked up so they know to stop in even if she doesn't have any mail to be delivered.
I could be completely wrong, though.
LOL
2007-09-21 13:43:13 · answer #4 · answered by nixity 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your package was accepted at the point of origin. This would be confirmed by the scanning of the bar code. I'm guessing this originated from a private shipping company, like Pack and Ship, so the Post Office doesn't have it in thier hands yet, but is expecting it.
Keep checking back, sounds like it is on the way!
2007-09-21 13:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It will be mailed, and you will get further notice. I have gotten these before. Look for "delivered" before worrying.
2007-09-21 13:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
im pretty sure its just giving them an advance warning the package is coming
2007-09-21 13:42:09 · answer #7 · answered by Bradley B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋