Anyone else getting "odd" tracking info from FedEx

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  1. brees6221

    brees6221 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2009 Western Sahara

    I dropped off a prepaid box today for a short, one-day trip to its destination, by way of FedEx Ground. I just tracked it before leaving for work to see if it progressed from Initiated to Picked-Up or In-Transit, since I dropped it off around 12:30pm and it's now 6:00pm.

    It still says Initiated, but here's where it gets weird...

    From: Stanford, CA (wrong)
    To: Perryopolis, PA (right state, wrong city)
    Anticipated ship date: 3/25/12 (yes, 2012)
    Estimated delivery: N/A

    It also says it's 1 lb (I marked it as 10 lbs), and that it was sent via Home Delivery (sent Ground).

    I triple-checked the tracking number and I entered it correctly. I'm going to sit tight and hope everything works out, but was thinking their system might be glitchy right now and wanted to know if anyone else was seeing weird tracking info.
     
    #1 brees6221, Sep 24, 2013
  2. marine1975

    marine1975 Initiate (0) Apr 27, 2009 North Carolina

    I have one box going from NC to Cali. I just checked the tracking info and all looks normal for mine. Hope it shakes out for ya!
     
    #2 marine1975, Sep 24, 2013
  3. bugdoc

    bugdoc Initiate (0) Apr 4, 2011 California

    That happened once to me a few months ago - when I punched in the Fedex tracking # I was given by my trade partner, I got some random box that had been delivered 2 years before (from a town I'd never heard of, going to another town I'd never heard of). Can only assume they recycle tracking #'s after some period of time, and the old tracking info doesn't get overwritten until the box is actually wending its way thru their system.
     
    #3 bugdoc, Sep 24, 2013
  4. Gmr75

    Gmr75 Zealot (718) Apr 30, 2002 Connecticut
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    I've gotten the recycled tracking #'s a couple times lately as well. Usually works itself out after the first leg of it's journey.
     
    #4 Gmr75, Sep 25, 2013
  5. jloomis

    jloomis Pundit (960) Jan 6, 2010 Florida
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    time travel, finally.
     
    #5 jloomis, Sep 25, 2013
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  6. mikeincharleston

    mikeincharleston Initiate (0) May 1, 2009 North Carolina

    I called fedex once when this happened. They said they recycle numbers. Once it gets scanned in it becomes correct. I don't get it but it has happened to me multiple times without a problem
     
    #6 mikeincharleston, Sep 25, 2013
  7. brees6221

    brees6221 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2009 Western Sahara

    Thanks everyone. I know sometimes there can be a delay with the box info getting to tracking after it's picked up so I'll just give it some time to work itself out.
     
    #7 brees6221, Sep 25, 2013
  8. jmgrub

    jmgrub Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2010 California

    I had the same terrifying experience earlier this week, but after a couple hours the tracking switched over to the package I sent.
     
    #8 jmgrub, Sep 28, 2013
  9. brees6221

    brees6221 Initiate (0) Aug 4, 2009 Western Sahara

    All is well, package delivered.
     
    #9 brees6221, Sep 28, 2013
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