Fed-Ex Shipment Arrives Empty

What is this threat of violence you keep referencing? Sheesh, how could you possibly have accurately requested to see this at the post office if you think I threatened someone with violence? Your competency is rapidly losing points hoss. Oh, and on a side note, did it ever occur to you that I wasn't SUPPOSED to see this information, that maybe only USPS employees are privy?

 

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Hey OGG, did you know that USPS has secret computers that read all of your mail without even opening it and stores all of that information on NSA servers? It's TRUE! I learned that from very reliable sources that cannot be named due to national security.

 

I take my earlier statement about your reasonable level of intelligence back.

 

Funny that no one else has seen it - and I have gotten to know several postal employees at one of the better PO's and 2 postal inspectors. None of them know about it. And none of the postal computers go out on the net normally. However, there is a way to know what is in your package. When you print a label, you have the option of including the eBay item number. Note - OPTIONAL!

 

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein (?)

 

Why would you put the Ebay item # on the shipping label?

That's insane (not you Rim) but the person that puts the item # on the shipping label...

 

No offense man, but this is what I am talking about. One guy says I threatened violence, another says I said the item # is on the shipping label. Whatever. I am done. He was right, the horse is dead. This was all just an illusion, misunderstanding, etc.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

 

And yet you keep replying, but somehow you are the intelligent and Noble hero.

 

Well, this thread has been turned into a happy revulsion. Unsubscribed........

 

I went back tot he Post Office today to follow up on the clickable links in the attached scans.

The first one (Page 1) that starts with 9475 0096....., is a Shipping Services link which simply identifies the "pallet" the mail was in.
The "VIEW" link on Page 2 anbles the viewing of the actual signature for this signature confirmation piece of mail.
Everything else is simply tracking information.

I grilled the Postal Worker for some more information on the terminals and the computer system being used since I wondered why they had to go back into the office for the tracking information.

I was told that the terminals at the clerk stations were simply computerized cash registers that did not have internet access. As such, there was simply no possible way that a clerk at the front desk could possibly see an eBay closed item link by scanning a barcode as input.

The terminal in the back office, which was out of my view and the actual USPS Tracking input terminal, does have internet access......but as a separate function from the official USPS tracking software program used to track items. I can only presume similar to any other terminal where different programs are available for execution.

So, my "degenerate" postal clerks at my local Post Office were able to respond to my "cloudy" requests with assurance that there simply was no way they could tell me what was in the eBay item I shipped out using the PayPal generated mailing label from an eBay transaction.

So unless I'm seriously missing something.............

Question to OGG: When did you see the ended eBay item popup on the postal clerks terminal? Looking for a specific time frame here such as a month ago, 6 months ago, two years ago, day before yesterday, etc.

 

How would you interpret this?

"Maybe karma will make a truly POSTAL worker target one of these annoying trolls in a sort of universe balancing itself way for arguing and whining about someone trying to help them."

Here's what I get:





Does ANYBODY else see

"make a truly POSTAL worker target one of these annoying trolls"

as non-violent?

 

For what it's worth OGG, I don't think you've been abducted or anything, but arguing will just make the thread longer.

I haven't decided either way until I find out what objects are being passed in the QR code, since that is the only place on the label that could hold a URL or item #.

Another theory is that you unknowingly passed a packing slip to the worker and they simply pulled it up on the screen for whatever reason.

 

I am insane. There. You have it. I said it. I keep saying I am done, and I keep replying. So anyone reading this has to now know everything else I am saying is crazy too. Whatever. With that said, I am answering you because I feel bad that you are investing time and definetly giving it a full effort attempt and I don't want it to be for nothing. So let me give some more, or call more attention to certain details of my visits. This was not done at the service desk where there are 5 or 6 workers selling stamps, or processing your priority mail package. This all occurred at the package pickup window. The one by itself. There is no cash register even there. Maybe my offices are setup differently which is reasonable. Maybe this post office is bigger and has a nice, separate dedicated package pickup area others dont. But this desk, terminal, computer, area, whatever, is just a computer, a phone, and a chair, and an opening behind it into the sorting room which you can see into, and is HUGE, like a warehouse. And this computer st the package pickup window is 100% connected to the Internet because I have looked up dimensions of a cars bumper with the worker there before, who I have become friendly with, and who has spun the computer monitor around to ask me to point out which one it was.

Also, my post office, as in, my assigned office (where this happened) is also a, and forgive me for not knowing the correct term as I have been told the burden of proof is on me, regional/area/territory hub. You can rent a post box there, you can mail your mail and pay for packages there, change of address there, but it is bigger in the back than the one at the end of town.

So, there are definetly some differences that apparently matter.

Here was how this happened, as detailed as possible. I walked in, walked past the counter where everyone waiting to mail packages was standing in line. I walked up to the window/hole in the wall, which is about 8 feet wide, and 4 feet tall, starting about 3 feet from the ground. Good sized opening. The computer is to my right, on the other side of the wall, I can see it, just not what's on the monitor because it is facing diagonally away unless they turn it 30-45°. Which they did. And here was how. As I said, I had my tracking number on a post it note. I greeted the gentlemen, and said I had a package there, would he mind retrieving it, while handing the post it and drivers license to him. He asked for my missed delivery slip. I explained that the item had not gone out for delivery yet, but that I had time before a meeting I was on my way to, to pick it up rather than possibly missing the mailman who usually delivered around 1030am. The online tracking (the one that shows up in your "My Purchase" area on ebay, said It had finished sorting. The next line on the online tracking after "finished sorting" is always "out for delivery". Those 2 are always 1-2 hrs apart when I look online. So I knew I had a nice window of time to catch it before it went out. So he keys in in, and says it isn't there yet. I said, not possible brother, look, and showed him my phone. He looks, says "that's weird". Oh, on a side note, I was not even on ebay, I was on the USPS site, set to desktop mode so that it would look the same to him as a computer and not some booszhy mobile version. I asked how could the external tracking version the public utilizes be more quickly updated than their internal one. He said it wasnt. So I asked how mine could say it made it to the physical office I am standing in at 3 am, and someone or some scanner sorted at 810am? It was 945am. He clicks around back there for a bit, and I am clearly panicy. It was a 4 figure coin. He then says "an eBay purchase?" I said "um, yes sir, it is, does that matter?" He said no, I said "wait, how did you know that?" And he said "they used PayPal shipping". I was kind of shocked there. I asked how much they paid just out of curiosity. He said "here, look, a lot less than the $25 he charged you, it's here, I gotta grab it from his hopper ("his" being my delivery guy) and that's when he spun the monitor towards me, and I was staring at what looked identical to a finished auction listing. Picture at the top left, little pictures under the big one. Winning bid. S&H. Usernames. item description. The Whole Page Man.

So, rickmp, rlm, 19lyds, take it for what it's worth. It is bothering me way more than it should that you think I am trying to trick you, or was confused at what I saw, etc. What's your problems? Is this what Vegas Vic is talking about right now in my face? I am not in the clique so you just bust spheres for no reason?

 

You read some of the words I wrote. You even looked up the definitions. But where did I threaten anyone with violence. So much so that you want to tattle on me to the teacher? REALLY? Relax bud. You'll live longer and be happier. But I don't have any proof. Just common sense.

 

I'll accept that story.

Now go back to your "buddy" and get pictures.
Also remind him that using US Government equipment for personal..........nah. Wait to get the picture first.

 

Sir. Thank you. I cannot tell you how frustrating it was to just be blindly labeled as lying with no benefit, no agenda, nothing. And extremely refreshing to have you come around. Maybe you aren't changing your purchasing venues, or paying for a UPS box just yet, but you at least don't think I am like an alzheimers victim blindly wandering around and having loud verbal arguments with presidents during the 1800's in public.

 

All this arguing could have been avoided right from the start by the simple realization that the terminals in any given post office operate on an intranet. Meaning linking to anything on the internet is simply not possible.

 

But you are the third person (at least) to say that. I could point to some other problems, but why bother. It won't change his mind.

 

That's sad if you think there is NO INTERNET at a government building, let alone the post office. Yikes.

 

Yea they have internet in the building, just not on the terminals that the tellers use.