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bgdrew

macrumors member
Original poster
Dec 19, 2011
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If you head to FedEx and use the Track by Reference (https://www.fedex.com/apps/fedextrack/?action=altref&cntry_code=us) your shipment might show there.

For reference number use all three of these numbers: your order number, your order number MINUS the last four digits, and your phone number. Remove the ship date then make sure you plug in your nine-digit zip code (https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action). When you hover over the status you get "In Transit."

As of right now there's no tracking information but it looks like at minimum a label has been created for my order. I'm in the 4-6 week time if that matters.

http://imgur.com/lLbK1KD
 

Supermallet

macrumors 68000
Sep 19, 2014
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2,168
Mine looks the same as the OP's. Also 4-6 weeks shipping estimate.

Nevermind, I see it's just a quirk of the FedEx site.
 

bgdrew

macrumors member
Original poster
Dec 19, 2011
76
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When I intentionally spoof my order numbers and phone number I get an error message that the numbers can't be found?
 

cmichaelb

macrumors 68020
Aug 6, 2008
2,280
740
Italy
I see what you're saying but this is very unusual for FedEx. Usually, your package doesn't exist in their system until the first time the label is scanned.

Very unusual.
 

killawat

macrumors 68000
Sep 11, 2014
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3,609
between this and the faked order page someone posted a while ago, I suspect this thread will blow up soon lol.
 

omegis83

macrumors 6502
Sep 19, 2014
346
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site glitch, sorry guys.


Tried using just the order number and zip code with no ship date and it didn't work. Tried using my phone number and 5 digit zip with no ship date and also didn't work. Maybe it is a glitch.
 

TexasChemE

macrumors 6502a
Oct 28, 2011
766
8
This is what I get
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4-6 week group
 

killawat

macrumors 68000
Sep 11, 2014
1,961
3,609
it's ok. You've given alot of people something to cling onto, even if it doesn't pan out. The endorphins and adrenaline are real lol.
 

Lucifer666

macrumors 65816
Sep 20, 2014
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Yes good job nevertheless. Keep it up.

If we all work together we can obsess more efficiently.
 

Jsmil009

macrumors regular
Apr 14, 2015
147
1
Haha, If you guys keep searching long enough, I am sure you will find a shipping number corresponding to the Roswell UFO. I mean you guys do know that was shipped to Area 51 by Fedex right?
 

CodeSpyder

macrumors 68000
Jun 23, 2010
1,937
1,953
Orlando, FL
If you head to FedEx and use the Track by Reference (https://www.fedex.com/apps/fedextrack/?action=altref&cntry_code=us) your shipment might show there.

For reference number use all three of these numbers: your order number, your order number MINUS the last four digits, and your phone number. Remove the ship date then make sure you plug in your nine-digit zip code (https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action). When you hover over the status you get "In Transit."

As of right now there's no tracking information but it looks like at minimum a label has been created for my order. I'm in the 4-6 week time if that matters.

http://imgur.com/lLbK1KD

Mine says in progress, but there's no more information. It looks like the pics that others have posted.
 

McDaddio

macrumors 6502a
Oct 6, 2014
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Haha, If you guys keep searching long enough, I am sure you will find a shipping number corresponding to the Roswell UFO. I mean you guys do know that was shipped to Area 51 by Fedex right?

That is incorrect.
FedEx was not in business until 1971, although at the time they used the name "Federal Express", not FedEx.
The Roswell UFO incident was in 1947.
 

garyleecn

macrumors 6502a
Jul 25, 2014
841
142
I see what you're saying but this is very unusual for FedEx. Usually, your package doesn't exist in their system until the first time the label is scanned.

Very unusual.



i don't think so. i buy a lot stuff from amazon, and if you keep checking the tracking frequently, you can always see some status as 'shipping label created', when the item has not yet left amazon facility.
 

Jsmil009

macrumors regular
Apr 14, 2015
147
1
That is incorrect.
FedEx was not in business until 1971, although at the time they used the name "Federal Express", not FedEx.
The Roswell UFO incident was in 1947.

That is exactly the response I would expect from a government agent. Men In Black over here guys. :D
 

cmichaelb

macrumors 68020
Aug 6, 2008
2,280
740
Italy
i don't think so. i buy a lot stuff from amazon, and if you keep checking the tracking frequently, you can always see some status as 'shipping label created', when the item has not yet left amazon facility.

That's UPS. UPS bills the account for a package when the label is created- even if that label never gets used.
 
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