FedEx Reference Track Question...?

Live forum: http://forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=1103

borderlineangelic

04-10-2004 10:25:27

Well, I tracked P9282LL/A (Apple iPod) through FedEx in my area (the smallest town in New Mexico) and found a shipment! I'm pretty sure this mine (hoping...I went IP3 8/24). Right now, the shipment is in Alaska...and here's my question

Anyone know what this means?
[bb495a48f2f]SHIPPING EXCEPTION
Regulatory agency clearance delay[/bb495a48f2f]

Random question - once I get an answer, this can be deleted or locked wink

mapStuart

04-10-2004 10:28:01

well, I'm thinking maybe since its coming from China it has to go through Customs and that might be the regulatory delay...?

gchild320

04-10-2004 10:28:42

That's what it looks like to me though, however I really have no clue.

Lunarpancake

04-10-2004 10:37:59

i think one of the workers from the apple sweatshop tried jump in with ur ipod. Those workers are only 1lb each anyways. So you wouldnt see a diff in weight untill u open ur package and found him, instead of the ipod.

borderlineangelic

04-10-2004 11:06:43

I wouldn't doubt it, lunarpancake. lol

But, I don't think it's customs, because it's out of China, and now in Alaska. Checking again? I think this was a problem leaving Alaska, not coming to it...but who knows, right?

Plus (and yes, we all know there are weight problems lately so...I'm crossing my fingers) the weight is 1 kg...isn't that the Mini weight?

Cyrus328is

04-10-2004 11:28:50

borderlineangelic

Didn't your status change to shipped or is it just that your sig is still not updated?

fresh27

04-10-2004 11:36:57

what is the reference number for the hpod?

sweetworld731

04-10-2004 11:57:12

my status did that 5 days ago and it is still "at fedex location" in china...hmm...

-Jeff

calvinj23

04-10-2004 12:46:39

sweetworld - the tracking # i had for the one i thought was mine (but wasnt) was delievered today, it sat at the fedex location in china from Sept 28th - Oct 1st. Then it went to alaska and went
In Transit
Int'l shipment release
In Transit
made a stop in Memphis, TN
and the lucky person recieved theirs this morning at 843 here in Albany.

your's should be making its way to Alaska shortly, and you'll have it a day or 2 later ;)

Cedge

04-10-2004 13:20:44

Thanks for that info, calvinj23. Karma. ) Can't wait till my iPod escapes and makes it overseas, where I will be waiting with open arms.... D

borderlineangelic

04-10-2004 18:35:03

My status still has not changed to shipped. Sadly, but with truth, it MIGHT just not be mine. But my town is so small, I know almost everyone in it. Quite literally.

xyclonez

04-10-2004 19:12:49

That is obviously not urs when u went p3 8/24. Its called common sense.

rosenduger

04-10-2004 19:17:10

[quote03dc1ee050="xyclonez"]That is obviously not urs when u went p3 8/24. Its called common sense.[/quote03dc1ee050]

why not? it could easily have been. some people who ordered in september have been shipped. they haven't really been going in order very well.
but yeah, it's would have been [i03dc1ee050]likely[/i03dc1ee050] that it wasn't yours because of your STV date, although you live in a very small town.

Inferno69

04-10-2004 19:17:47

its customs

hacktek

04-10-2004 19:33:29

[quotea1b0afea00="xyclonez"]That is obviously not urs when u went p3 8/24. Its called common sense.[/quotea1b0afea00]

Does anyone else sense envy or is it just me?

xyclonez

04-10-2004 20:24:04

[quotec8b1f1fb12="hacktek"][quotec8b1f1fb12="xyclonez"]That is obviously not urs when u went p3 8/24. Its called common sense.[/quotec8b1f1fb12]

Does anyone else sense envy or is it just me?[/quotec8b1f1fb12]

nah it just sucks that ppl in september got their hp ipods when ppl have been waiting over 2 months.

skyxliner

04-10-2004 20:31:48

well its your own choice to switch to hp and be faster, i was very reluctant to switch but i just couldn't wait any longer... i' jus gotta suck it up.

my order was shipped out 10/2 went from china to alaska and curerntly in transit out of alaska. so hopefully it'll come to california tomrorow!!! but thats highly doubtful haha. maybe give it 2 more days to get to southern cali.

mapStuart

04-10-2004 23:08:19

Well, it wasn't the choice of when to switch that upset some folks, but the fact that Gratis apparently skipped a bunch of earlier switchers (who had STV dates back in August) and sent hPods to mid september folks. I was a 9/9 switcher (original STV of 8/24) and folks who ordered and switched on 9/15 received their hPods already - that's what was frustrating.

skyxliner

04-10-2004 23:54:02

oo isee sorry bout that

skyxliner

05-10-2004 00:27:54

why did my ipod go to indiana? anyone know if they'll truck it from there or still fly to the states?

mapStuart

05-10-2004 07:45:43

It goes to Indiana because that's where International shipments for FedEx come into the states and get screened I think. I did a little research on it when I say my status as Int'l Shipment Release from Indianapolis, IN as of 1224AM last night. It'll still come via air to your city and from what I saw a LOT of people received it the next day they saw it arrive in Indianapolis - regardless of where they were...

Pusha C

05-10-2004 09:00:35

can u do the referance tracking on UPS too, and what's the referance # for the Hpod???

mapStuart

05-10-2004 09:11:51

You can do reference tracking, but you'd have to see what other people's reference information is and whether its consistent. The shipper is the one who decides what the reference number is - Apple just saw fit to put the part number there. eCost on a lot of their orders will put the order number - so it wouldn't be the same reference number for everyone.

mapStuart

05-10-2004 09:13:00

Although, eCost does also seem to put your Gratis order number on the shipment as well - not sure if its the reference number or some other bit of information. For my sister's TV that recently came from eCost her Gratis order number was actually like the second line of her address...

gchild320

05-10-2004 09:23:21

[quote65f2fb0d7a="skyxliner"]why did my ipod go to indiana? anyone know if they'll truck it from there or still fly to the states?[/quote65f2fb0d7a]

Cause they're giving it to me. lol