Hi all,
I just bought a phone from an online store, and was given a tracking number that starts with VE, it didn't say what service they sent it with and am curious as to how long I might expect to wait to receive it. The item was supposedly shipped yesterday at 3pm, but the RM tracking says:" Sorry, we're currently unable to confirm the status of your item... Please try again tomorrow" and "A mail item with that barcode cannot be located", so I can't even tell which service was used and I haven't had a response directly from the seller.
Does anyone know what service would have been used for a tracking number starting with VE? I know SE is Special Delivery, MZ Tracked 24, KB First-Class Signed For, but never sent or received one with VE before.
Cheers!
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Re: Identify service used from VE tracking number?
You might find https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S10_(UPU_standard) interesting
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Re: Identify service used from VE tracking number?
I think VE is special delivery as it should follow the S10 standard (UPU) which is for insured items. https://www.upu.int/UPU/media/upu/files ... S10-12.pdf
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Re: Identify service used from VE tracking number?
Just to add Royal Mail have had a few problems with their tracking system over Christmas so it may be progressing okay but just not showing that it is.
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Re: Identify service used from VE tracking number?
Thanks, didn't realise that what I thought was a Royal Mail specific tracking number was actually an international standard item ID.gt94sss2 wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 16:35You might find https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S10_(UPU_standard) interesting
Indeed you are correct, Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed 1pm! The tracking just came online today, stating it was accepted at the post office at 10:47 today (so they didn't post it on 28th like they said they did!).TrueBlueTerrier wrote: ↑30 Dec 2022, 08:53I think VE is special delivery as it should follow the S10 standard (UPU) which is for insured items. https://www.upu.int/UPU/media/upu/files ... S10-12.pdf
Hopefully it gets to me sometime this weekend, although I think there are some delays at my local Swindon mail centre from one of the service updates that may slow it down a bit.
Thanks all for your help!