Anyone have a UPS secret decoder ring?
OK so just so no one can call me prejudiced or unequal, I figured I should share that UPS.com (which is normally a reliable source of information) failed pretty severely today:
![[UPS tracking showing 'In Transit to final destination' as current status]](http://tntluoma.com/images/UPS-and-this-means-what-567x437.png)
Now “Out for Delivery” is normally what is shown when it is on the truck for delivery. I have no idea what “In Transit To Final Destination” means. Isn’t that something you could say about pretty much every step of the journey of a package being delivered? Isn’t it always “In Transit To Final Destination”?!?
There’s also no estimated date of delivery (in fact until this morning there was literally nothing except “Billing Information Received”).
Perhaps related: has UPS come up with some new mode of delivery? I’ve heard of “Overnight” and “Two-Day” and “Ground” which is normally their bargain method of shipment. So what is “Basic” as seen below?
![[ Service Type: Basic ]](http://tntluoma.com/images/UPS-what-is-basic-566x62.png)
In any case it’s now more than 12 hours after this update was posted, and somehow I don’t think that it’s really going to be delivered before Monday. It’ll be interesting to see what it says between now and then.
Oh, and by the way, I know that it wasn’t really even out for delivery at all today. As I did before with FedEx, I happened to see the UPS truck in town and asked if he had any packages for me, and he did not. So wherever it is, it wasn’t anywhere near its final destination or out for delivery.