Secured Express Delivery

Do you get a tracking number?

[zoltan]

If you choose Secured Express Delivery as payment method, do you also get some kind of tracking number where you can follow where is the package at a given time?

Thanks in advance for your comments.

[elsewhen]

in my experience, you dont get a tracking number for secured express delivery from google, but there may be a way to obtain it.

my packages got delivered by dhl, so i called dhl and the only info they need to find your tracking number is the originating address and the delivery address (yours). note that the delivery address is the address that the package is delivered from, not the address of googleplex.

i am a u.s. publisher so the originating address of your shipments may be different; here is where my checks were delivered from:

google inc.
fairview
dublin 3
ireland

as an aside, in my last shipment, the delivery was delayed; due to a business meeting, i was no longer at the delivery address. dhl allowed me to provide a new address and they rerouted the package. the rerouting is considered a new shipment, and it gets a new tracking number. this second shipment was not marked as 'signature required' and the check was just laying on the doorstep one morning - scary!

you should really consider EFT if it is available for you - my understanding is that now that EFT is out of beta, there is no limit to the amount that can be transferred. "secure check delivery," in my experience, is not so secure.

[zoltan]

Unfortunately EFT is not available for me...
Thanks for the info.

So, the next question: checks to Eastern Europe are sent from: ...? Anyone know this?