does UPS re-use tracking numbers?

[nageov3t]

because apparantly the books I ordered from amazon.com yesterday to have shipped to my house in New Jersey were delivered to Texas 2 years ago

 

[dahunan]

yep.. I am sure it will reset tonight when they pick it up

 

[Shawn]

typo?

 

[jamesbond007]

For your shipment's safety, I would recommend pulling your tracking number.

And yes, they do, along with FedEx, reuse tracking numbers. I've had this happen to me several times over the years.

~Travis

 

[Foxery]

Seems like they wouldn't have to for much longer than 2 years. With an 18-digit code, even if only half of those can be both letters and numbers, you have 101.6 trillion combinations. Omit the letters O and I for disambiguation with 0 and 1, and you still have 60.7 trillion.

 

[fossilburner]

it seems so

 

[nageov3t]

it's a shame, I was really looking forward to reading http://www.amazon.com/RN-Memoi...rd-Nixon/dp/0671707418 tonight