Has anyone had packages sit unmoved at Erlanger, Kentucky for up to a an extended period?

I placed and paid for an order on June 19th. The tracking information is good from that date until June 22nd when it arrived in Erlanger. Since then it has sat there with no real signs of movement.  

 

✓ Shipping info received
✓ In transit
Delivered
Time and datePlaceMessage
Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015
3:37 PM
Erlanger,Customs Documentation and Labeling
Monday, Jun 22, 2015
7:26 AM
ERLANGER, KYArrived at the Global Shipping Center-Delivered
Monday, Jun 22, 2015
7:26 AM
ERLANGER, KYDELIVERED
Monday, Jun 22, 2015
1:56 AM
CINCINNATI, OHIn Transit-Departed USPS Facility
Monday, Jun 22, 2015
1:56 AM
CINCINNATI, OHDeparted USPS Facility
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
8:44 PM
CINCINNATI, OHIn Transit-Arrived at USPS Origin Facility
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
8:44 PM
CINCINNATI, OHArrived at Hub
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
8:44 PM
CINCINNATI, OHArrived at USPS Origin Facility
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
3:11 AM
NASHUA, NHIn Transit-Departed USPS Facility
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
3:11 AM
NASHUA, NHDeparted USPS Facility
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
12:24 AM
NASHUA, NHIn Transit-Arrived at USPS Facility
Sunday, Jun 21, 2015
12:24 AM
NASHUA, NHArrived at USPS Facility
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015
2:19 PM
HOULTON, MEIn Transit-Departed Post Office
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015
2:19 PM
HOULTON, MEDeparted Post Office
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015
10:10 AM
HOULTON, MEIn Transit-Acceptance
Saturday, Jun 20, 2015
10:10 AM
HOULTON, MEAcceptance

 

Is this really the black hole of shipping delays I gear about when I Google "Erlanger + E-Bay"? If so, I will know never to use this shipping option again.

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Has anyone had packages sit unmoved at Erlanger, Kentucky for up to a an extended period?

I read that a little differently.

 

On June 20 it was given to USPS in Houlton

On June 21 it travelled to the larger city of Nashua

On June 22 it went to Cincinnati and on to Erlanger.

On June 23 it was being processed along with thousands of other parcels

On June 24 it cleared Canadian customs in the Erlanger plant.

 

Today is Saturday June 27.

By now, your purchase is probably on a truck headed for Canada.

There is no tracking because it hasn't arrived in Canada.

The internal tracking numbers used by Pitney Bowes for their own purposes are not uploaded to the web very fast.

 

In any case, tracking is an expensive service that is useful for the seller, but does nothing for the buyer who pays for it.

The real purpose of tracking is that it is the main defense against false claims of non-delivery. In fact, one of the reasons for the GSP was to protect US sellers against such false claims from international buyers*.

 

If your purchase is not delivered on Monday or Tuesday, it will probably be in your hands on Friday. (Canada Post won't be delivering on Canada Day. )

 

 

 

 

 

*Not that there necessarily were more or that they were more difficult, but a substantial proportion of the US population is paranoid and xenophobic.

 

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