Hi there,
Please help put my mind at ease here! I am waiting on a special delivery which was dispatched to me today (26/07/2021) in Northumberland from London.
When I enter the tracking number on the royal mail website, it shows it was delivered to an address in Scotland over a year ago? How is this possible? Do tracking numbers get reused and the system simply hasn't updated...
This is the tracking history:
Delivered
Your item was delivered on 11-06-2020.
Tracking number:
NU701385037GB
Service used:
Royal Mail Tracked 48™
Tracking history
Thursday 11 June 2020
11:18
Delivered by
Stirling DO
05:10
Due to be delivered today by
Stirling DO
Wednesday 10 June 2020
15:27
Item Received
Edinburgh MC
Tuesday 09 June 2020
18:05
Item Received
Atherstone Peak DC
Monday 08 June 2020
19:06
Sender despatching item
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Special delivery item sent today, tracking shows delivery a year ago!
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Re: Special delivery item sent today, tracking shows delivery a year ago!
Do Tracking numbers get reused? Not as far as I know.
Either that isn't the right number or whoever is sending it is trying to recycle the number.
It isn't a Special Delivery which might explain why it hasn't been delivered today?
Either that isn't the right number or whoever is sending it is trying to recycle the number.
It isn't a Special Delivery which might explain why it hasn't been delivered today?
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Re: Special delivery item sent today, tracking shows delivery a year ago!
Hi, thanks for your reply. I know it wouldn't be delivered today as it was dispatched today. I just want to know why it can state that it was delivered in June 2020 (as in last year) to a random address in Stirling, Scotland. Could this be a system glitch which will correct itself?
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Re: Special delivery item sent today, tracking shows delivery a year ago!
If that is a glitch it isn't something I have seen before.
We did have problems with our scanners today so who knows?
Are you certain it is the right tracking number for your item?
We did have problems with our scanners today so who knows?
Are you certain it is the right tracking number for your item?
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Re: Special delivery item sent today, tracking shows delivery a year ago!
I think they have given you an incorrect tracking number. NU701385037GB was a tracked 48 service, not a "Special Delivery" one.
Double-check the tracking number with the sender.
Double-check the tracking number with the sender.
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