I ordered a piece of electronics from Amazon on Sunday. They told me they would deliver it the very next day. They give you a link to track your package.

On Monday, the tracker says as of 10AM it's on the truck and out for delivery. Since this thing cost about $900, I decided to stay home so I could get it off the porch asap. A little later, I check the tracker, and it says delivery is expected between 1 and 4 PM. At about 3 PM, the tracker starts showing the location of the truck, which is right down the street from me. The tracker says, the truck will come to your house next. A half hour later, according to the tracker, the truck has passed my house and is on the next block. Then the tracker starts saying the truck has a few more deliveries to make before it gets to your house. 4PM passes, still no delivery. The tracker shows the truck going all over my neighborhood. Then, a little later, the tracker is no longer showing the physical location of the truck, and it says the delivery will be before 10PM. Okay. So I wait, 10PM passes, and now the tracker says sorry we missed the delivery time, your order will still get there today. At 11 PM I give up and go to bed. This morning, the tracker says, sorry the delivery is late, if it doesn't get there by tomorrow, you can apply for a refund.

I know Amazon probably delivers millions, if not billions, of packages a day, but they all have a QR code which allows them to track all the packages, and they know it was on the truck. So where did it go? Just into thin air, like, poof?

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