Buying from Italy.... Tracking number help...

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:58 pm

Does anyone know anything about tracking packages from italy?

As some as you may have seen, I ordered some cels from a chick in italy and she has ignored me. UNTIL TODAY. She sent me a tracking number.. it looks fake. Really.

So.. tracking from italy.... anyone know anything about it?

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:14 pm

You might be able to google the Italian Postal's website and input whatever number was provided into the system. Generally, you have to use the foriegn site's official site in order to track the package.

I would think that the code would either start or include the letters 'IT', as that is the two letter abbreviation for Italy. Tracking from US starts with 'US' and Japan as 'JP'

duotrouble · Post by **duotrouble** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:12 pm

If it's EMS, then you can track it like a regular US tracking number on USPS's website.

chibikitty2045 · Post by **chibikitty2045** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:42 pm

Hmm, most countries I get packages from stops the tracking process once the package leaves said countires. Its best to look up the italian postal system and it SHOULD run into the USPS website once it reaches the US. Best of luck!

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:59 pm

Italy's postal system is kinda stuck in the Twilight Zone. When you send there, if you fail to register the package, the chances of it not arriving to its destination is pretty high. The people who work for the postal system are largely corrupt, and they like to take packages.

That's why I wouldn't naturally assume that you'd be able to look it up on the USPS site.

Italy's post office website:
http://www.poste.it/en/postali/parcels/

I couldn't locate the tracking portion of the site(in Italian, either), but I might have missed it.

Moop · Post by **Moop** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:04 pm

If it can be tracked on line, you might get results by entering the number here and then clicking on the arrow.

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:21 pm

You can track packages here:
http://www.poste.it/online/dovequando/index.jsp

Click on the form of shipping the seller shipped the items with on the left hand side and it will pull up an area you can put in a tracking number.

Here is the kicker.

She sent me this bull shit uilkjdf type tracking number... just a few random numbers. All of these international tracking numbers are longer. The only type of tracking number I could find with a short tracking number is for the Paccocelere3 and that is only for within Italy.

Tricky...

Wolfette · Post by **Wolfette** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:30 am

Hm. The only thing I can think of is that they may have sent it via registered mail

I used to work for the USPS, and MOST of the time when something comes into the USA from a foreign country via registered mail it has a very short "tracking" number - and it is one that honestly can't be tracked on any website.

As an example, I had something come in from a Central America country and all it had for a number was something like R-137.

It was also very slow in shipment time. It took approximately 10 or 11 weeks to get from the origin to delivery point.

It could very well be a legit number ... unless they state it was sent by EMS - then it generally will have a tracking code of 2 letters followed by several numbers and the 2 letters which stand for the country it was shipped from.

iwakuralain16 · Post by **iwakuralain16** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:07 pm

At this point in time I am set on thinking it is a fake tracking number.

RoboFlonne · Post by **RoboFlonne** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:33 pm

Wolfette wrote: It was also very slow in shipment time. It took approximately 10 or 11 weeks to get from the origin to delivery point.

Paypal will definitely not wait 10-11 weeks...

Wolfette · Post by **Wolfette** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:23 am

RoboFlonne wrote:
Wolfette wrote: It was also very slow in shipment time. It took approximately 10 or 11 weeks to get from the origin to delivery point.
Paypal will definitely not wait 10-11 weeks...

Paypal doesn't have a choice when the country of origin is notoriously slow in shipping. They may want to control everything, but life doesn't work that way - even for them.