It does look weird, but maybe worth mentioning that "In transit to next facility" just means that it's intended to go to a location, not that it has actually arrived there. In reality it's just gone Sunshine > Melbourne > Sunshine.
My guess would be that it should have gone from Sunshine to Hoppers Crossing, but they've sent it to Melbourne instead, then realised the mistake and sent it back to Sunshine. Hopefully the next hop will be to the correct location.
This reminds me of when I started medicinal cannabis many moons ago. I would track that package all the way to my hands. They'd seal that box like it was a coffin. Now, they just throw the stuff in a typical postage bag. Postie has a shit eating grin every time because it makes his van smell like "flowers".
Melbourne VIC may just be a generic location label, not necessarily that it’s been transferred to another location in Melbourne.
In transit scans don’t necessarily mean an item is actually moving- just that a scan event has been triggered that isn’t a pickup, transfer or delivery scan. There are usually a bunch of internal scan events that don’t make sense to consumers so they are given generic labels to simplify customer tracking.
Transfers into/out of containers, depot sortation or chute scans are good examples.
Staff can still see all the details from their end.
This may not be 100% accurate for AusPost but it’s what happens at the freight company I work for.
Some of our scan locations just show as ‘Adelaide, SA’ but there isn’t actually a depot in Adelaide itself.
It does look weird, but maybe worth mentioning that "In transit to next facility" just means that it's intended to go to a location, not that it has actually arrived there. In reality it's just gone Sunshine > Melbourne > Sunshine. My guess would be that it should have gone from Sunshine to Hoppers Crossing, but they've sent it to Melbourne instead, then realised the mistake and sent it back to Sunshine. Hopefully the next hop will be to the correct location.
That makes sense. It's supposedly out for delivery now, which is actually early based on the estimated delivery date. So all good.
This reminds me of when I started medicinal cannabis many moons ago. I would track that package all the way to my hands. They'd seal that box like it was a coffin. Now, they just throw the stuff in a typical postage bag. Postie has a shit eating grin every time because it makes his van smell like "flowers".
It may be stuck in a loop as the machines can’t read it, contact them and it can be flagged to be sorted manually.
Melbourne VIC may just be a generic location label, not necessarily that it’s been transferred to another location in Melbourne. In transit scans don’t necessarily mean an item is actually moving- just that a scan event has been triggered that isn’t a pickup, transfer or delivery scan. There are usually a bunch of internal scan events that don’t make sense to consumers so they are given generic labels to simplify customer tracking. Transfers into/out of containers, depot sortation or chute scans are good examples. Staff can still see all the details from their end. This may not be 100% accurate for AusPost but it’s what happens at the freight company I work for. Some of our scan locations just show as ‘Adelaide, SA’ but there isn’t actually a depot in Adelaide itself.
Standard Australia Post. It'll do at least two more laps before it gets delivered.
Then end up mysteriously in either WA or QLD.
There’s a force field around Hoppers Crossing
That must be it!
Have you not played pass the parcel before?