# Just received a package from Amazon and don't know why. Can I trace it back? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398 "2016-12-22T19:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/1 "2016-12-22T19:44:15Z")
Just received two cookbooks from Amazon. And don’t know why. Can I trace the shipment backwards? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/2 "2016-12-22T20:02:40Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Just received two cookbooks from Amazon. And don’t know why. Can I trace the shipment backwards? I think you know _why_. What you really want to know is, _from whom_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/3 "2016-12-22T20:37:41Z")
Just go to the shipping company’s website (FedEx, USPS, UPS) and enter the tracking number. It probably won’t do a lot of good as it will just tell you which fulfillment center it came from. More than likely it will be Hebron, KY. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/4 "2016-12-22T20:58:51Z")
We just got a package from Amazon, containing a $50 Amazon gift card. Not ordered. No card/greeting/from. No packing info at all. I think the Amazon shipping sites are really grinding this year. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/5 "2016-12-22T21:17:35Z")
Check out my thread from a week ago [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=813779). 'Tis the season. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/6 "2016-12-23T02:09:54Z")
And send me a link to the label image if you want way too much information as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-received-a-package-from-amazon-and-dont-know-why-can-i-trace-it-back/775398/7 "2016-12-25T00:08:06Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Can I trace the shipment backwards? Only if they dun goofed.