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Does Tracked 48 track all the way back to the sender when delivery refused?

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themeowingcat
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Does Tracked 48 track all the way back to the sender when delivery refused?

Post by themeowingcat »

I've ordered an item which was attempted on Wednesday, managed to get hold of the postman to refuse the parcel. It was first scanned as 'delivered' but I can see that the status was updated immediately to 'Refused - returned to sender' as soon as he buzzed his handset.

Is the parcel gonna be tracked all the way back to the sender under the tracked 48 service? Since it has been close to two days and I have not seen any update. Wonder if anyone knows if it would show a further update when the parcel is finally returned to the sender's address?

Thanks!
SpacePhoenix
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Re: Does Tracked 48 track all the way back to the sender when delivery refused?

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It should be tracked all the way back to the sender. "Return to sender" items are lower priority, so might take longer to get back to the sender
themeowingcat
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Re: Does Tracked 48 track all the way back to the sender when delivery refused?

Post by themeowingcat »

Thanks, can confirm my tracking is now updated with Delivered to sender. Initially attempted delivery on Wednesday and item returned to sender on Saturday so it’s pretty quick and timely.