PinePhone KDE Community Edition shipping update thread.

[HollowTraveler]

Hey guys, my KDE CE is being shipped through USPS (to Chicago suburbs). The tracking says a label was created in a town that is very close to me on 1/23, but has not updated since. I have not received a second confirmation email, what do you make of this?

Because of the Covid 19 Chinese postal shipping restrictions to the US, the Chinese post seems to be using third party courier services, some type of mule service that gets them at customs and mules them all across the US and deposits them in the postal system near you. These mule services often show up in your tracking as as in possession of "USPS Shipping partner" or "Non-USPS distribution service" or in some tracking apps by the company name "Last Mile Carrier" and on route to the USPS postal service telling you a label has been created, the item is not in the hands of USPS but is on its way. They seem to use the Chinese post to update the tracking. The tracking systems work together.

I'm just worried because I have essentially no tracking info compared to the people who posted their updates or tracking number.To my eye nothing is happening, as if the box fell between a conveyor belt and wall. Maybe it's just an American problem?

https://www.17track.net/en/track?nums=42...8875194907 

https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAc...8875194907

w00t My local post office now has the tracking updated to "Available for Pickup"