# Amazon (or other) tracking - anyone else seeing weirdness?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 28, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-or-other-tracking-anyone-else-seeing-weirdness/667426 "2013-08-28T18:28:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-or-other-tracking-anyone-else-seeing-weirdness/667426/1 "2013-08-28T18:28:57Z")

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We have Amazon Prime, i.e. two-day “free” shipping on most of what we purchase.

Last Thursday, about 10 PM, I ordered some items. A half hour or so later I got an email about one of them saying it had shipped - for guaranteed delivery by the following afternoon. “Wowsers, that was fast!” I thought. I have actually gotten an item in less than 24 hours, once or twice, so this was surprising but not impossible.

Then I checked tracking from Amazon’s page and it said the item was scheduled for delivery by Monday (which was when I expected it).

Sure enough, it arrived Monday.

Tuesday of this week, I ordered something else. Expecting it to be received Thursday. Using the Amazon tracking link, I see the interesting combination of “out for delivery”, “Your package is out for delivery to your chosen pick up location” and “expected delivery date Friday at 8 PM”. And the detailed tracking shows the most recent activity as leaving a FedEx facility in West Virginia (it’s conceivable that this could be delivered today but would be surprising). It _should_ arrive tomorrow (Thursday).

I double checked because that sounded like it was going to be sent to some kind of [receiving point](http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200689010), but no - it was a regular order.

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**Author:** ![nion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nion)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-or-other-tracking-anyone-else-seeing-weirdness/667426/2 "2013-08-29T04:03:26Z")

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Another prime user here…

That is definitely odd. I haven’t ordered anything in a while, but that’s never really been my experience with them. It’s actually one of the many reasons I turn to Amazon first: fast reliable shipping with accurate info.

Walmart and FedEx on the other hand…