said by Crabby8:As a mailman...let me give you the skinny on delivery confirmations:
Almost all eBayers (many other shippers, too) use "click and ship" which allows them to print out the label at home. The confirmation # is then forwarded to the Post Office, hence: "no record" response.
It Just means that the tracking number has been issued. It doesn't mean it's even left the guys kitchen table. If it's Priority Mail, the carrier will pick it up on his route that day.
On the delivery side...Your carrier delivers your package and scans it as "delivered" but the information remains inside our antique scanners until we finish our route, return to the office and download our days scans. From there it goes to Post Office Info Hell, to be uploaded to the website.
Sorry about being so long-winded. I hope this sheds a bit of light for you.
On the contrary, I also sell on eBay and use USPS Click-and-Ship. EVERY TIME I purchase a label and the website asks me if the label printed correctly, I click YES. This tells them to tap my credit card, and the tracking number will show "The USPS was notified electronically on month date, year to expect your package for mailing...".
Perhaps there are other unscrupulous folks clicking "NO", and cheating USPS out of postage revenue??
