Some items never get a tracking number on ebay for various reasons. Some items do get a number, but it doesn't appear until well after the item arrives(rare, but it happens). Some items get marked as shipped, but don't get a number until the seller actually drops it off at the post office. I'm currently dealing with a seller who does this, and it's super annoying. So far it's been sitting around since the 25th of September. I've bought from her before, and half the time she ships crazy fast, and the other half she sits on the package for a month.