A subtle but important difference

May 19, 2009emily 1 Comment »

Let’s talk shipping, shall we? The difference between UPS and USPS is that when you ship something via UPS you get a tracking number that, after a few hours, you can plug into their website and find out exactly when your package will arrive. With USPS you get a tracking number that, after a few hours, you can plug into their website and get a message saying “There is no record of this item.” You wait a day. “There is no record of this item.” You receive the package, eventually, and plug the tracking number into their website. “There is no record of this item.” It’s still fundamentally a tracking number, right? Then how come you can’t track anything with it?

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