Usps Shipping Question?

I bought an item off eBay yesterday and paid extra and had it expedited to me. The seller updated the listing as shipped, but with no tracking number. I called him twice to get the tracking number. When I got the tracking number I looked it up and all it says it that the shipper has sent usps an electronic notice that the item will be shipped, I called the seller and he says that he dropped off the item at usps earlier today around lunch time.
Usps still says the same thing at 7 pm.
My question is, has he sent the item off to usps? Or has he not.
I paid for overnight shipping I expect to have the item within 2 days. His ad says he ships item within a day after payment it has been over 24 hours. I just want to know if he has shipped it like he says he has. I need the item tomorrow. If a seller updates the listing as shipped then he should have shipped it. I'm not going to be happy if he just updated it to shipped to make it look like he has been to the post office today.
Thank you for all your help guys!!!

Best Answer

You are correct'electronic notice' means nothing.

When you enter the tracking number ask for E-mail notification. That way you will not have to be checking USPS.COM constantly.

It is not unheard of for a package to be delivered with only the'delivered' /'attempted' scan being made.

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Ebay shipper and buyer