Fed-Ex tracking and Shipping Date Override

I use Fed-Ex to ship my games and would like to make 2 suggestions.

1- Add a place to enter the Fed-Ex (or other post service) tracking number.  This could be emailed to the recipient, by goozex,  for their use.  I like to see where my packages are;  I think it adds to the excitement.

2- Be able to  override the shipping date to say "Shipped Today".  I choose 3 days to ship my package, but usually get them out prior to the date.  It would be great to be able to logon and say that I just shipped it.  And, again, goozex would send an email saying - "Good News - Your game is coming earlier than scheduled" or similar.

 

-Troy 

I think most people choose "within 3 days" just to give themselves time in case something comes up and they can't ship right away. Both issues can be resolved with a simple Private Message to the user you are sending to. I always send a PM to the user who is getting a game from me after I have the item shipped (thus letting them know if it was shipped earlier than the 3 days) and since I always use delivery confirmation (USPS) I give them the tracking number that corresponds to the order so they can check to see the status of the item.

 I understand that you can PM, however, I thought it would be more official coming directly from Goozex and be more of a "feature" and less informal. Two other things:

The ability to send more mail from goozex gives the company more avenues for advertisers.  I certainly wouldn't mind an important message from goozex with a little advert on the bottom.  Better than spam. 

Also, having this feature could eventually morph into a way for goozex to incorporate mailing into the site.  For example, my fed-ex account info could merge with my goozex account and produce a label similar to the current goozex label.

 Just a suggestion.

Goozex needs to take a flier from Gametz on this one.  Allowing the senders to input the tracking info on they're website would be great and would provide an instant reference/proof that the game was sent. 

I know the idea to incorporate shipping via USPS has been suggested before, but at last mention it was not something that Goozex is big enough to support yet. I don't know how useful the tracking number record would really be - most people probably accept the trade first then prepare the shipment at a later time, so sending it in PM accomplishes the same result. Goozex already sends you an "official" email when you get a PM, so if they felt like spamming you with ads they could do so there I guess

Providing a space to input a tracking number is something that the Goozex team is officially looking into, if I recall one of the recent newsletters.