Beware Ebay's "The item has shipped" isn't just an assigned tracking number

[shallow_karl]

I'm seeing 10 day differences in the time an item has a tracking number for it's actually delivered to the shipper.  Yet Ebay posts "Item has shipped" when a tracking number has been assigned.  This just means the shipping label was paid-for, but not that the shipper has the item. 

[wildcatca1970]

 I see this occasionally as well.

 Once the seller has uploaded the tracking number, they (seller/carrier) have 48 hours to pick up/drop off the packet.  After that, you may want to consider contacting the seller, to see what the hold up was/is.

If you can't contact the seller, you can contact eBay.  Make sure to use the chat funtion, as the people on the other end are eBay employees who have the know-how and power to actually help you.