ilike2breakthngs
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WaitingForJeep.com creator here! Thanks for the shout-out. I had no idea the site was shared on this thread and I appreciate all the critical feedback!Of the following 4 Jeep order tracking websites, which one gave you info the earliest? (or is it different for everybody?)
1. Jeep.com
2. waitingforjeep.com
3. cryptostickers.net
4. jeeptracker.com
First, I'd like to address the dates being a day behind. You're indeed correct. The date was being converted and happened to be saved as UTC vs Local Time. When the browser was displaying the respective time, it was converting it to local and since we are behind UTC, it was showing the previous date. I have just fixed it and pushed an update that should be visible to everyone.
As far as accuracies with all of the trackers out there, the only one available to the public is the Official Jeep one. It is indeed behind the actual order status that a dealer can look up under DealerConnect. That site is authenticated and will be against the dealers ToS to automate & expose to the people of the internet as it has PII information. I have had the luxury to verify information off of it and I'd say that the Jeep site is a couple of days behind.
With that being said, WaitingForJeep.com and others similar to us will be displaying information that will lag behind the official dealer data source.
WaitingForJeep.com has a cache of 30 minutes set up to prevent overloading the parent servers, so if you happen to search your order on auto-refresh, you will probably see the same data until 30 minutes has passed.
I built this site about 2-3 weeks ago over a weekend and my plans for it are as below:
- offer a quick way to check CJDR Order Status by simply opening a link without entering the order number & last name every time. e.g. https://waitingforjeep.com/orderstatus/?lastName=ReplaceWithYourLastName&orderNumber=Your8CharacterOrderNumber
- offer a single place where customers can check their order status, codes, build sheet & window stickers
- notify customers when statuses/vin/build sheet/window stickers change **
- offer a dashboard view for customers with multiple orders **
The backend server work for the notification service work is completed, but I still have to set up the email side of things along with templates, etc. The dashboard for multiple orders has not started but is definitely on my list of things to get done sooner than later.
Besides the 4 sites the OP listed, there was another one posted here jeeponorder.com, which looks eerily similar to my site. Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, so thank you to whomever built that site & just registered it on August 28th.
Anyways, thank you for really picking up this site. We have had several hundred daily users on it and it makes it very promising for us to iterate over it and bring more value to our community who have been waiting on orders across the brands out there like Jeep, Tesla and others. If there's anything you'd like added or changed, please do let me know and I'll strive to make it happen.
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