Gotta love international shipping

FlyingSquid 226 points 3 years ago

For non-Americans, Fort Wayne is very, very far from the ocean. Like a long distance, then over a huge mountain range and then another long distance.

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seliaste 36 points 3 years ago

If it is a package from China it wouldnt change anything right?

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FlyingSquid 92 points 3 years ago

I would think that no matter where it's coming from, falling into the ocean in Fort Wayne would be a neat trick.

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Nindelofocho 64 points 3 years ago

clipped through the terrain and fell to the bottom of the map where the global water level is set at

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tryptaminev 10 points 3 years ago

Thats what happens when you cheap out on map designers and have one old guy do everything that grew up in a time before computers were a thing even. Oh and of course he is also the only guy programming and maintaining the engine, has to do all the character conception and management demands some immersive sandbox experience with particle physics down to quantum level.

No wonder the updates just get shittier and shittier.

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jaybone 17 points 3 years ago

But does Fort Wayne just mean it’s the next checkpoint on the way to the destination?

So could easily be some port on the west coast where the container fell off a ship?

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mindrover 10 points 3 years ago

Most likely but it's funnier if you don't think about that.

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ReCursing 15 points 3 years ago

Trebuchet. Really powerful trebuchet

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FordBeeblebrox 8 points 3 years ago

Maybe they’re testing out hypersonic mail planes. You lose a box somewhere over Fort Wayne and you’re just goin so goddamn fast it doesn’t land till it hits the gulf

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figurys 2 points 3 years ago

Maybe someone can do the math how fast you would have to be going?

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ILikeBoobies 1 point 3 years ago

Fort Wayne would be the last place it was checked before falling into the ocean

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octoperson 22 points 3 years ago

Thanks. This was useful context.

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grue 7 points 3 years ago

What mountains? There aren't any mountains between Fort Wayne and Mobile, AL. (Or between it and Fort Albany, ON, for that matter)

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FlyingSquid 14 points 3 years ago

Congratulations, you got me. The Appalachians don't go all the way across the entire North American continent. I apologize for daring to make such a suggestion.

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grue 11 points 3 years ago

To be fair, I initially wanted to comment about how clever you were because even most Americans would forget about the Ozarks being in the way, but then I checked a map and realized they were too far west.

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jaybone 1 point 3 years ago

I only see one location in OPs screenshot. How do we know where this is coming from or going to?

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droans 2 points 3 years ago

But if it's going to the ocean from Fort Wayne, it'll have to go East.

The Maumee River meets up with Lake Erie which eventually goes towards the Hudson Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

Although I suppose that still doesn't have to cross the mountain.

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slazer2au 103 points 3 years ago

At least you got an answer to how your parcel was lost.

Better the a generic lost on transit email.

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saltesc 45 points 3 years ago

2019–2023, 100% WFH until recently. Once or twice a week, notified a package couldn't be delivered because no one was home.

Became mates with the local postman because I was always home for domestic deliveries and just taught the house to "suffere" the extra day for postage instead of +$3 for faster international shipping since it was going to be guaranteed and ultimately faster. PLUS it gave out local post man a chance to chat with me and give the dog pats and a treat.

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AlligatorBlizzard 8 points 3 years ago

A friend of mine had the funniest lost in transit story - they've got genetic joint issues among other things, and they needed a pair of crutches with forearm rests. Turns out the only manufacturer of those still left is based out of South Africa, so they contacted the company and arranged for a set to be shipped over to the US (and it was still cheaper than it would have been through insurance). They got an email from the company and it turns out the shipment to the port got hijacked. The apologetic representative from the company drove a set down to the port and my friend got their crutches a couple weeks later and a funny story out of it. And probably the other set of crutches eventually got to someone else who needed them, so win win, lol.

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Hossenfeffer 67 points 3 years ago

Did they at least take a photo of the package having been successfully delivered into the ocean?

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Jimmycrackcrack 8 points 3 years ago

it's still in transit

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jaybone 4 points 3 years ago

It’s in a fiberglass submarine.

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TheRaven 4 points 3 years ago

Maybe with one ship worker screaming out “WILSOOON!!!”

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RizzRustbolt 45 points 3 years ago

Ah yes... the famous Indiana Ocean.

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RogueAozame 7 points 3 years ago

I'm an idiot I read that as Indian ocean and thought somebody didn't know it exists. No I just can't read apparently.

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droans 3 points 3 years ago

It's a long trip from the Maumee to the Erie to the Hudson to the ocean.

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Jimmycrackcrack 45 points 3 years ago

It still says its in transit so I guess it'll bob back up again any day now.

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son_named_bort 41 points 3 years ago

What a weird place for it to fall into the ocean.

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DmMacniel 11 points 3 years ago

Well at least better then a fire at a sea parks.

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Rukmer 5 points 3 years ago

I mean, if she has said that her parent are drowned, I'd be the happiest man in the world. But, a fire?

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DmMacniel 1 point 3 years ago

If only they have called emergency services.

They have such a memorable new number.

0118 999 881 999 119 725...3

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Zimmy 36 points 3 years ago

In the seaside town of Fort Wayne, IN 🤔

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Besen 35 points 3 years ago

These huge ships sometimes arrive with some of the containers missing.

https://www.worldshipping.org/...

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ace_garp 20 points 3 years ago

Bloop

Picture of a container ship, the end stack of containers has toppled over the side of the ship

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redw04 32 points 3 years ago

Maritime salvage rules apply, get a boat and go reclaim not only your package but everyone else's!

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vsh 32 points 3 years ago

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pastermil 26 points 3 years ago

Must be Evergreen

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TrustingZebra 11 points 3 years ago

Everblue

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RecursiveParadox 1 point 3 years ago

She's a Maersk post-Panamax.

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Dasnap 24 points 3 years ago

"Package vaporised."

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RizzRustbolt 1 point 3 years ago

"Package banished into THE VOID"

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Lawyerator 20 points 3 years ago

Getting an Oregon Trail vibe from that message.

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Imgonnatrythis 6 points 3 years ago

Package delayed due to:

Arrowed!

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BackOnMyBS 18 points 3 years ago

that shit happened to us on naval ships a few times while underway, but they recovered the mail. people were smoking dunked cigarettes lol

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jcg 5 points 3 years ago

I'm sure naval officers are no strangers to wet cigarettes

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LordOfTheChia 12 points 3 years ago

Package was being delivered by GOB Bluth.

"Return from whence you came!"

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Luisp 11 points 3 years ago

Killer whale anti boat conspiracy in action

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Vitaly 10 points 3 years ago

Amazon be like

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FinalRemix 26 points 3 years ago

Nah, Amazon just disables tracking altogether as soon as it's running late.

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Speculater 10 points 3 years ago

People might think you're joking, but they literally just did that to me last month.

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neshura 3 points 3 years ago

Had a unicorn moment a while back. Ordered an SSD and for whatever reason the seller didn't use detailed tracking but only the basic "has been delivered" one. Amazon status turns from "Expected today" to "running late", thing is: the package was there (letter sized, hence no accurate tracking info... on a 100€ package) tracking status did NOT update so I just got the money refunded, while still getting the ssd. I was tempted to try my luck again but ultimately decided not to.

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grue 7 points 3 years ago

Welp, that'll teach the seller not to use the cheap shipping.

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gnurd 3 points 3 years ago

Happened to me yesterday. One day shipping of course. I was super excited for it, now it's supposed to arrive between 3:30 and 7:30, lame. I guess it's good I finally got an update.

Edit: Now 4:15 to 8:15, of course.

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SnipingNinja 18 points 3 years ago

That's a river, not Ocean

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sim642 7 points 3 years ago

Did they jump after it to scan the barcode for a tracking update or what?

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Fedizen 6 points 3 years ago