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selowitch · Feb 11, 2005, 05:09 PM

I hate it when a vendor sends me an order confirmation and a tracking number and when I click on the link to the shipper with that number, their website doesn't recognize it! I just hate that. I wish vendors would only provide me with a tracking number after it is valid.

I had to get this off my chest.

nredman · Feb 11, 2005, 05:19 PM

sons of bitches!

Astro-Creep · Feb 11, 2005, 05:19 PM

In that same vein, I would like to know how many miles away the package is, and the speed of the driver in real time. I also want its position in the truck, and how many stops the truck has to make before it gets to my house.

sideus · Feb 11, 2005, 05:21 PM

The number is generated for the vendor, but not yet recognized by the shipping companies tracking system. No big deal. It hasn't shipped yet anyway.

Skip Breakfast · Feb 11, 2005, 05:26 PM

Don't know much about tracking numbers, do ya?

selowitch · Feb 11, 2005, 05:44 PM

You folks are stating the obvious while simultaneously missing my point. I know it means the package hasn't shipped yet. All I'm saying is, maybe their system could check the link for validity before sending it to me.

Skip Breakfast · Feb 11, 2005, 05:46 PM

I think you are asking too much. If it hasn't shipped and you know it, why try to track it?

ManOfSteal · Feb 11, 2005, 05:49 PM

I hate canned vegetables.

Mafia · Feb 11, 2005, 05:50 PM

its also bs, that it takes 32 hours to get a package from nashville tn to birmingham al. i mean i could drive and get it in under 6 hrs. but whatever my monitor came today after 3 days with free shipping so i'm not bitching.

http://www.mafia-designs.com/images/DSC00843.JPG

selowitch · Feb 11, 2005, 06:49 PM

Originally posted by Skip Breakfast:
I think you are asking too much. If it hasn't shipped and you know it, why try to track it?

Again, missing the point entirely. I dislike this for the same reason we dislike broken links on a webpage. If I said, "Why do you care? If a link is broken, just don't click it!" I would be roundly criticized.

Yes, I know it probably won't work yet. But I still click it anyway because once in a while there's a miracle. Anyway, it bugs me, okay??!! If you don't sympathize or think I'm overreacting, then ... well, go jump in a lake.

RAILhead · Feb 11, 2005, 07:11 PM

This thread makes my butt itch.

YAWN.....

Maury

The Godfather · Feb 11, 2005, 07:38 PM

My local grocery store only has green bananas. :grrrr: !

d4nth3m4n · Feb 11, 2005, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by nredman:
sons of bitches!

this post and the sig you have going go very well together.

d4nth3m4n · Feb 11, 2005, 08:06 PM

wow.

d4nth3m4n · Feb 11, 2005, 08:07 PM

chasing the record.

this wireless link at work is laughable.