# Does package tracking ever actually work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-package-tracking-ever-actually-work/416103>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 19, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-package-tracking-ever-actually-work/416103 "2007-08-19T00:52:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-package-tracking-ever-actually-work/416103/21 "2007-08-22T15:25:31Z")

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UPS tracking works very well for me most of the time. I’ve had packages show up here at work and I look at the online tracking a few minutes later and it will say “Delivered at xx:xx.” Occasionally a package will get out of the tracking loop and nothing will update until it is delivered.

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