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Tracking UPS Packages

August 3rd, 2006 - One Comment

Tracking UPS packages is easier on Google than it is on the UPS website. If I go to the UPS website, I have to check a box stating that I agree to the terms and conditions, whatever they are, after I type in a tracking number and before I click “Track.” On Google, I just enter Track and the tracking number and I get a link asking me if I want to track UPS package “xyz”. Clicking on it takes me directly to the package tracking information. That must have saved me at least 3 seconds today.

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  1. Mike Seiler says:
    August 10, 2006 at 12:17 am

    Even that’s too much work for me!

    I made an HTML file on my computer, then linked a bookmark to it. I click the bookmark and get a Javascript prompt for the tracking number, hit enter and it takes me right to the tracking page. Click, Control-V, Enter.

    Not sure how WP handles JS, so I’ll leave out brackets, etc.

    The prompt:

    tracknum = prompt(‘Enter tracking number.’);

    The redirect:

    location.href=’http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processInputRequest?sort_by=status&TypeOfInquiryNumber=T&loc=en_US&&AgreeToTermsAndConditions=yes&track.x=22&track.y=11&InquiryNumber1=’+tracknum;

    And that’s it. I’d guess it’s the “AgreeToTermsAndConditions=yes” in the URL that eliminates the need for checking the box.

    How do I spend the extra time that saves me? Mostly complaining about how much time I used to spend tracking packages. ;)

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