• 12/7/2010 10:00 PM - Electronic Shipping Info Received - COLLEGE STA,TX
• 12/10/2010 6:39 AM - Enroute - GAITHERSBURG,MD
• 12/10/2010 9:11 AM - Arrival at Unit - BETHESDA,MD
• 12/10/2010 10:45 AM - Unknown-PC - BETHESDA,MD
• 12/10/2010 10:55 AM - Unknown-OF - BETHESDA,MD

I sent this swap book first class mail with delivery confirmation.  As you can see, it still has not arrived.  To anyone with any post office knowledge, what do the last 2 entries mean??  Is the book still sitting somewhere in the Bethesda postal system, or has it really gone astray.?  I know this is a busy time of year at the PO, but for a first class parcel, this seems to be taking too long.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

PC = Processing Complete, the mail is all distribute to the carriers and the PO Box section clerks.

OF = Out For delivery, the mail is all boxed in the P O Box section and the carriers have left the office to deliver on their routes.

The next scan, on the same day, should have been either Attempted/Notified or Delivered, so something is missing. 

It's either been delivered without being scanned, or taken back to the post office without an Attempted scan.

Thanks, Diane.  I'll ask the recipient if it has been delivered to her.

I wouldn't ask the recipient yet. They'll mark it received when they get it/get a chance...

Just a post script on this book.  On the USPS website, it showed it was delivered on December 10th, however, the person I sent it to just received it yesterday, Dec. 16th !!  Go figure!!   The main thing is that it was delivered. 

Sometimes when people get things with DC, they forget to mark the books recieved. Also, the receiver may have been out of town or it may have been delivered to a neighbor -- you never know!

Glad they marked it received!

I think the mystery is actually solved.  The recipient just e-mailed me and she thinks it was just what you suggested Jennifer--delivered to the neighbor's house.  She said she has been getting mail that is not hers, so it could be a new carrier or sub.  These postal employees should KNOW that our little packages are very important!!    So, as the saying goes  "all's well that ends well!"