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08-12-2009, 05:55 AM
BuzzKillington

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I missed the first attempt on 8-10 so they left a note saying they'd try again 8-11 between 10:30am and 2pm. I work graveyard so I was up from 7pm 8-10 all night... and had to stay up after work so I could sign for my package. I waited... and waited... and waited. Around 5pm I called UPS and they said their truck was running late and they assured me it would be delivered "TO--DAY!."

I finally went to sleep after being up for 27 hours. I just woke up at 2am and checked the tracking to see if they in fact ever did come or maybe they'd leave a note saying when they'd try again 8-12... nope. It actually says it's still out for delivery! Did the UPS truck get stolen or some ****? Is my package down in Mexico or something? lol
08-12-2009, 06:05 AM
Eclecticos

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Nobody likes there little post-its on the door. I swear they run from the truck
to the door and back like flash or something. You can schedule to pick it up from
the local station or you can leave a note with your signature on the door.
08-12-2009, 08:42 AM
Mark_Hardware

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Yeah man you should have just scheduled a time to go to the DC and pick it up
08-12-2009, 10:58 AM
Oneslowz28

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They do have a set amount of time they can spend at each delivery. Its not very long. My ups guy knocks 3 times in a row sets the package on the steps and hes on his way back to his truck. He told me one time if someone doesn't show up to the door in 30 seconds he sticks a note on the door and moves on to the next delivery.
08-12-2009, 01:01 PM
Bopher

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Even for businesses they don't like to stick around long. If we have to send out anything with the driver you can tell he's itching to get going again if its not fully ready for him. I do hate making them wait for me cause I know how many places they have to stop at. Here though our UPS central hub is only open to customers for like 2 hours each night so if I have to go pick something up then I need to make the time to get there.
08-12-2009, 01:08 PM
chaksq

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I am done shipping with UPS. I am waiting for a package, the tracking number never updated beyond billing. Finally called and managed to talk to a person, was told it would show up that same day (yesterday) and it never showed. If I don't have it by the time I get home I am calling back and complaining, I didn't even get a note.
08-12-2009, 02:10 PM
OvRiDe

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Well sometimes they only knock once!!!
08-12-2009, 02:23 PM
progbuddy

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Originally Posted by OvRiDe

Well sometimes they only knock once!!!

That's messed up. If they did that here, I think I would do like the guy did about the airline breaking his guitar and make a song about it.
08-12-2009, 02:27 PM
OvRiDe

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The sad thing is its not the only time a similar incident has happened to this same person!
08-12-2009, 04:30 PM
Mark_Hardware

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Well, lets try to be a little fair here. They have a crapload of stops to make every day, and they have to make each and every one. Now, I'm not justifying some of the things they do, but honestly, ups put an incredible amount of pressure on it's employees, and not just the drivers.

But I certainly won't disagree with you, waiting sucks. Although it can be a nice surprise when the tracking number says its still moving but oh! its here!
08-12-2009, 04:58 PM
nevermind1534

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My UPS guy is pretty good, and never throws the packages (he even "hides" the packages left on the porch). I usually walk up to the truck to save him a few seconds.
To ship, however, I usually only use USPS, unless I have something very large/heavy, because USPS is cheaper for smaller stuff, especially to residential addresses.
08-12-2009, 06:36 PM
knowledgegranted

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You guys do realize that they know whose house that is? Its the first drivers, there was talk about it on various sites until the drivers actually came on and pleaded that it was their house.

TBO I have never ever had a problem with UPS, they always delivered on time and waited for me to get off bioshock or COD (jkjk, I always got right up and went to the door). Not a single thing as ever been broken/ battered. They even take the time to put it in a trash bag when its raining out!
08-12-2009, 06:37 PM
Drum Thumper

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After the mishap I had with them a couple years back (requested the day off from work, stayed at home all day, and they never did knock; they just left a 'Sorry we missed you' sticker on my door) I try like hell to have stuff shipped FedEx or USPS. Doesn't always work out that way though. The few times since that incident I was lucky enough to live on the route that my cousin usually drives. I still give him a bad time about that first goaround!

FWIW, the person who didn't bother to knock got canned a few weeks after that incident from what my cousin told me.
08-12-2009, 06:43 PM
Oneslowz28

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I uses USPS for all of my shipping. UPS charges too much. Its hard to beat a USPS flat rate box.
08-12-2009, 06:49 PM
Airbozo

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I would prefer the Monster Garage delivery truck if I were a driver. Never have to leave the truck.
08-12-2009, 06:51 PM
Airbozo

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Originally Posted by Oneslowz28

I uses USPS for all of my shipping. UPS charges too much. Its hard to beat a USPS flat rate box.

This is true. If it will fit in the box, it is going to be cheaper.

If I have something larger that I cannot break down into the USPS flat rate boxes, I will then use UPS due to cost.
08-12-2009, 07:08 PM
Oneslowz28

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Another benefit of USPS is the free boxes. I get enough shipping materials free from them to almost make my shipping free.
08-12-2009, 07:51 PM
BuzzKillington

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OvRiDe

Well sometimes they only knock once!!!

DHL pulled that with me a while back with a text book... it landed perfectly wrong and pinned itself against the screen door. I had to go out the back door to get the book.

I called and was insured proper actions would be taken against the driver on my route that day. Probably just a slap on the wrist though.
08-13-2009, 10:07 AM
Eclecticos

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08-13-2009, 11:06 AM
BuzzKillington

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lmfao
08-13-2009, 12:20 PM
PartyLikeARockstar

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why not let's have a TBCS boycott of UPS? If they suck, let's be more active than just a /rant here and there? I would pay for better service.
08-18-2009, 02:30 PM
Snowman

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UPS is my carrier of choice honestly, I have had issues with all of them but fedex has left thousand dollar equipment sitting on my porch in the rain at 9 o'clock in the morning. No matter how cheap usps has incredibly slow service and horrible tracking. Fedex once called me saying they could deliver my package(replacement cell phone aka my only means of communication) because the roads/weather was too bad. I then drove to go get the phone taking all back country roads in a 2000 Pontiac sunfire to pick up my package and see their trucks in the garage being waxed. More like you didnt want to get your trucks dirty fedex. So honestly they all have their downfalls but UPS is the best in my area.
08-18-2009, 04:23 PM
nevermind1534

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Originally Posted by Snowman

More like you didnt want to get your trucks dirty fedex.

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

That's one thing that USPS has going for them.

Priority mail is nearly always delivered in 2-3 days. If not, then it might be 9 days before you see it, which is pretty bad.
08-18-2009, 04:48 PM
Snowman

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The latter of what you said has been my experience almost always in recent history, also one of my orders even though hand delivered through customs and carried out of customs by a usps employee I was told they had no idea where my package was and it wasnt in their hands.
08-18-2009, 07:51 PM
nevermind1534

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowman

The latter of what you said has been my experience almost always in recent history, also one of my orders even though hand delivered through customs and carried out of customs by a usps employee I was told they had no idea where my package was and it wasnt in their hands.

Their "tracking" system isn't really for tracking. It's just "Delivery Confirmation" and any tracking updates are only because somebody was nice enough to scan your package in.

I just got a package from brazil (registered priority), the tracking (up to it leaving the country) was on their website, but the USPS tracking only showed it arriving at the post office and being delivered. When I get stuff from China occasionally, the updates do carry over to the USPS website.

I find that with their cheap package services (media mail, etc.), the packages only get scanned in at the processing center about half of the time.
08-18-2009, 08:23 PM
widefault

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I prefer USPS because I'm in an apartment and only USPS has a key to put the packages inside the building.

UPS is my second choice, since I'm very close to the office. If they miss me because I'm at work, and they always do, I can run there after work and pick it up. Sometimes I end up waiting til the next day because the driver still isn't back.

I pretty much despise FedEx. First, they will leave the tag, I sign for it to be left at the door, then come back to find a tag the next day saying they need a signature in person. Okay, I guess I have to go pick it up, then. Well, that's a 30 minute race against time to get there before they close, then it's usually at the FedEx Home office, which is on the other side of town. If I don't make it, I have to call and set up a delivery time, or try to have it delivered to work(big no-no), or wait until the next Saturday when they will then show up at 7:45AM and try to drive off while I'm stumbling to the door, then running out after them in my pajamas. Nothing like a grown man chasing a FedEx truck, flailing his arms like he's trying to fly. But I did get my package.