# Follow my package with me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2026, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950 "2026-07-27T04:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/21 "2026-07-29T15:43:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Unless that means Burlington, California. Ohhhh, I did not consider that! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/22 "2026-07-29T16:05:16Z")
[I suspect that I’ve got you beat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-usps-consider-buying-a-map-compass-divining-rod/1028067/14) but you definitely have my sympathies. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/23 "2026-07-29T16:21:55Z")
I don’t know… My record was actually a few years ago. Ordered a part from a guy in Port Angeles WA to be delivered to Victoria BC. I can literally see Port Angeles from a hill near my house. They are 22 miles apart. I followed the package as it made it’s way to Seattle. Then, it slowly meandered across many states. It looked like the truck driver(s) took a break for a week somewhere in South Dakota. Finally made it’s way to Detroit. Stayed for a while. Then over to Mississauga Ontario. Spent a week in customs. Then I followed it along the Trans-Canada Highway as it made it’s way on the 2,500 mile journey back to me. Total time: 6 weeks. Total distance covered: Over 5000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/24 "2026-07-29T17:00:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > Burlington is in Ontario, about an hour from Toronto) > > Unless that means Burlington, California. Or Burlington, Vermont. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/25 "2026-07-29T17:19:05Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Unless that means Burlington, California. That was my thought. There is an Ontario, California, after all. “Ontario, CA” tends to confuse people who don’t know there’s a city in California with that name. The fact that it said “customs” does make it sound as if it crossed an international border, though. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/26 "2026-07-29T17:30:44Z")
A few weeks ago I got an alert asking if I had made a particular purchase. I had not, although I did order something from the same company a few days earlier. I checked “I did not authorize this purchase” and my debit card was immediately frozen. Damn, I use that thing all the time. I called the debit card help number and went with their suggestion to close out the card and get a new one. It would be 7 to 10 days. Crap! I asked if they had an expedited service and they did but it was $60. I bit the bullet and went for it. I got my new card on the second day. It was sent from my credit union’s main office about 20 miles away for $60. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/27 "2026-07-29T18:49:19Z")
There is a clear reason for this: It’s an RV part. They are pre-conditioning it for extended road trips. You should be thanking them for the service they are providing you, Free of Charge. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/28 "2026-07-29T19:56:48Z")
As far as I can tell, Burlington California is nothing more than a campground. There aren’t any buildings there at all, much less a customs operation. I’m sure the package is in Burlington Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/29 "2026-07-29T20:31:29Z")
Yeah, probably. I was just playing along with the absurdity. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/30 "2026-07-29T20:39:59Z")
I lost all faith in one local delivery company tracking accuracy after the time the message saying they had my parcel arrived more than 24 hours after the parcel did. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/31 "2026-07-30T00:33:45Z")
Airline lost my luggage on the way home one trip. I would periodically call the # & enter my tracking # to see if they found it yet. Eventually I get a phone call from some courier - they have my suitcase, what’s my address to deliver it to. I get it, unpack, wash & dry the dirty clothes. For S&G I call the # again, it _still_ says they’re trying to locate my luggage - 3+ hrs after I get a call & 1½ hrs after it was in my hands. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/32 "2026-08-01T23:19:21Z")
Update: There is no update. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/33 "2026-08-03T16:55:37Z")
And suddenly… Delivered! August 2 - 6:33 PM Delivered ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/34 "2026-08-03T17:21:14Z")
Where does the tracker say it is? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/35 "2026-08-03T17:40:13Z")
Delivered. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/36 "2026-08-03T17:44:59Z")
Where/what was the update just before “delivered”? Brian ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/37 "2026-08-03T18:33:40Z")
Looks like the detail on the delivery chain was sort of lost after it got to Canada: July 28 - 9:38 AM In Customs Burlington, ca August 2 - 2:08 AM Out for Delivery August 2 - 6:33 PM Delivered ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/38 "2026-08-03T18:50:53Z")
Did it arrive in good shape? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/39 "2026-08-03T21:44:05Z")
Not sure yet - I’m on an island away from home, and someone is going to bring it to me on Wednesday… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950/40 "2026-08-04T00:46:44Z")
Oh, so now we can track how long it takes to get to your island! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-my-package-with-me/1031950.md?page=3)