As the self proclaimed resident expert of the USPS for Boomboxery, (I'm a manager for them), let me give you a heads up on how Delivery Confirmation works. DC is a destination scan service. It s not intended to be a point to point tracking service. The sole purpose of DC is to provide the sender with a date and time of delivery. Recent upgrades to USPS tracking system, that were intended for internal use only, have now become more available to the public. When a parcel is presented to a clerk at a window or to a carrier on the street, the employee will scan the barcode which will now update in tracking as an "accepted" scan. When the facility closes they perform a "Dispatch Closeout" scan (when all the mail is dispatched from the building) which then will provide an update of "dispatched to sort facility". During the sortation at each sorting facility the item may receive an update that will show as "processed at" scan. When it arrives at the delivery facility it will receive an "arrival at unit" scan. The next scan will occur when the clerks have finished the distribution to carriers and you will see the scan "out for delivery". The final scan will be the disposition scan, delivered, attempted, forwarded, undeliverable etc. There are a few things to remember though. Almost all these scans are made by humans who are fallible. Additionally, all classes of mail with the exception of Express Mail are not guaranteed. Delivery times are estimates and when shipping something as fragile as vintage electronics insurance should almost be mandatory. Finally, our scanners have to be downloaded for the information to be processed, meaning information will not be available until the carrier has returned from the street and successfully uploaded his/her scanner. One final thing, Customs mailings are a whole different entity. All mailing services use their own scanning system. Other countries do not have the same requirements or equipment as the USPS. Customs will often hold items and no tracking or other information will be provided to us. When in doubt contact the recipient to see if they received the item.
. All parcels from Europe are staying like forever in the original country of shipment and than suddenly "delivered" without any info that the parcel even surfaced in the States 
