[cameldrv]

On the Amazon thing, get the tracking number and track it with the carrier. I’ve found Amazon will say something has shipped when only the label has been created. You can see the truth if you track it through the actual carrier.

There seem to be some sellers on Amazon that just don’t ship things until the customer complains.

[TylerE]

It cuts both ways. Some carriers tracking (Glares at USPS) is just bad. I had had stuff delivered that the web still claims is "label created, item not yet received".

[duxup]

The China post tracking number doesn't track, although I suspect there really is no way to make that work. I half suspect someone figured out if it didn't track they could avoid Amazon giving refunds.