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[SOLVED] Postal Delays Puzzle
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Crane
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Back after the long PXC hiatus... At last.
Now...

Is it possible that the delays are dependant on where in the city the parcels are sent? Might I suggest sending a batch of parcels, all identical, one to each available location, and seeing if that has any effect? I'd do it myself, but I'm in college right now and don't have the time.
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kizandtango
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Il give that a go. One parcel, 4 boxes ticked, 1kg, to each area
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kizandtango
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ok, standard delivery parcels, all 4 boxes ticked, 1kg each, sent to everywhere at the same time. Will check in an hour see what they say
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kizandtango
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One more thing....It says advanced tracking features are available through a key interface....Vi has a key, shal we ask her to track what we have sent? Not all of them obv, but maybe the ones i sent at the same time, to see exactly whats happening to them?
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Crane
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Could be helpful. It really depends on exactly what extra information Advanced Tracking gives you...
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kizandtango
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K well i mailed her to ask anyway.

All my parcels are still pending after nearly 2 hours
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:32 am
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Sarah B
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Yay, new puzzle!

Here's my two-cents worth, the parcels I've sent.

Quote:
University College
Standard
Normal
1g

University College
Priority
Normal
1g

University College
Priority Express
Normal
1g

University College
Standard
Large Box
1g

University College
Priority
Large Box
1g

University College
Priority Express
Large Box
1g


No additional things on anything. Very Happy

Hopefully, if it's the status that's affecting it, that should throw it up. If not, well, back to the drawing board. I'll let you know later how the parcels fare.
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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 1:59 pm
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GasparLewis
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Perplex City Post wrote:
Due to an unusual circumstance, some parcels from the demonstration system both requiring a signature and delivery confirmation have been excessively delayed. This problem has been isolated and resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.


http://www.perplexcitypost.com/secure/ext/demo14

I think we just had to flood the data; that, or somebody got it.

So, uh... good work?

EDIT: ! to ?

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lizziec
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Last night I did a set of priority express deliveries. Out of the 18 I sent only 3 were delivered without delay. These 3 were delivered in 1h30-1h44mins, whilst the rest, which were delayed (after about 1h30), were finally delivered in 1h45-2h09mins. This was longer than I had expected for "Priority Express".

I kept the destination, weight and speed constant (AgilonAl/ 1g/ Priorty) and changed the shape, and additions.

I can't see any obvious patterns with the delivery times vs combinations of variables with Priority Express here.

If anyone's interested I can post my findings in detail, but I can't seem to be able to update the spreadsheet.

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lizziec
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Oh, sorry, didn't see that last post! Does that mean it's done and solved???

One of my combinations did include both confirmation and a signature and was delivered with no delay (??!)

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Sarah B
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All of mine delivered fine, it seems. Which would fit, really, with the announcement from PC Post.

Quote:
Due to an unusual circumstance


...wonder what's that unusual? Confused
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Mexican
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This puzzle has been solved. So you might want to change the title of the topic. Thank you.

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poozle
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Mexican wrote:
This puzzle has been solved. So you might want to change the title of the topic. Thank you.

Mexican


Done Smile

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