Dang. Well it's been a week since the guy shipped the package and I haven't seen nor heard anything.
Does he have his shipping receipt with the tracking number on it? There are ways to find it sometimes if you get a good agent at your local station. More than likely they won't care.
I have tracked down peoples packages before, with a tracking number, when they were misrouted, knew where it was, but couldn't get anyone at the station where it was to go find it and get it going to the right place. They figure it's not their fault and it will get there eventually.
Good luck.
wrongway