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This article was co-authored by Fahim and Seema Mojawalla and by wikiHow staff writer, Janice Tieperman. Fahim and Seema Mojawalla are Shipping and Logistics Experts based in Grand Island, New York. They are the Co-Owners of Island Ship Center, a shipping depot, print shop, small gift boutique, and business center. Founded in 2006, Island Ship Center is now one of the top three FedEx Authorized ShipCenters® in the country (out of 4,600 locations), is a FedEx Spotlight Store, and has the honor of being a PRINTING United spotlight store. They are also a USPS Approved Postal Provider and a UPS Authorized Shipping Outlet. The award-winning business has served as a training center and model in their industry for years, so much so that Fahim and Seema created AYM High Consultants, a contemporary business coaching enterprise for fellow business owners and purveyors in the printing and shipping industry. From their palletized freight packing and shipping warehouse operation, to their store serving individual clients’ mailing and shipping needs, Fahim and Seema have developed Island Ship Center to be the “Spa of Shipping.”
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“Origin post is preparing shipment” can mean a lot of different things, like a delay in transit or a complication with the pallet that the package was attached to. In this guide, we’ll walk you all the possible reasons you might be seeing this message—and, most importantly, what steps you can take next to stay in the loop about your package.
What does “origin post is preparing shipment” mean from USPS?
“Origin post is preparing shipment” typically means that the package is in the early portion of transit within USPS. It’s likely scanned into the system, but it’s run into some sort of problem in the very beginning of its delivery route, like a delay in air transit, or a pallet-related issue.
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Your package was put on a later flight. Many packages travel via plane to reach their final destination—but when there are a lot of packages to process, your parcel might find itself on a later flight. In the meantime, a vague “origin post is preparing shipment” label gets stuck to your package. -
There was an issue with the pallet your package was attached to. During shipment, your package will likely be condensed with other packages in a larger pallet. If something goes wrong with the pallet (e.g., the packaging becomes unsecure), the packages in the pallet will be delayed (with the “origin post is preparing shipment” label attached to it). -
USPS didn’t scan your package when it first arrived. USPS employees work super hard to field tons of packages on a daily basis, and a few sometimes slip through the cracks in terms of tracking, even if they were originally scanned into the system. There’s a chance that your package could be moving through transit as normal, but the tracking system just doesn’t reflect that. -
There were general delays in transit that have slowed down progress. There’s a chance that the transportation used to move your package along ran into some sort of delay, like poor weather or maintenance issues. This can stick your package into a frustrating point of limbo.
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