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Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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Currently trying to find out what has happened to my tracked item from China. Getting a red triangle but no additional info. I tried to ring the customer services line a few times and even stayed on the phone for 70 minutes but it went dead promptly at the closing time at 6pm. Not sure where else to ask so sorry for being cheeky.

I have attached a screenshot to show what I am seeing and it has been like this now for a few days.
At the senders end the tracking says that the item has arrived at the destination airport.

It isn't valuable moneywise but is a key part of a project I am trying to get finished. I have never seen this status previously.

Grateful for any help anyone can offer?
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Re: Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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Is the tracking number in the format two letters, nine digits then two more letters? What are the last two letters?
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Re: Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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Looks like one of them instances where the get imported into the UK with a load of other stuff in large containers. At a warehouse in the UK they break the container down into individual consignments which then get entered into Royal Mail's network as Tracked with a Tracked tracking number, they don't use the Chinese tracking number within the UK
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Re: Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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Snaggletooth wrote:
15 Mar 2021, 19:47
Is the tracking number in the format two letters, nine digits then two more letters? What are the last two letters?
Last two letters are GB as per attachment.
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Re: Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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SpacePhoenix wrote:
15 Mar 2021, 19:59
Looks like one of them instances where the get imported into the UK with a load of other stuff in large containers. At a warehouse in the UK they break the container down into individual consignments which then get entered into Royal Mail's network as Tracked with a Tracked tracking number, they don't use the Chinese tracking number within the UK
Not sure why the royal mail tracking number is used then but the advice would therefore be just to wait and no way of tracking?
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Re: Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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To me it looks like an internal error in the tracking system of Royal Mail. The reason I think this is the item is tracking on another service https://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/GV276327140GB
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Re: Red Triangle warning on tracking page - no clues!

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Thanks, that is a useful site i can use from now on.