Is It That UPS Hates Me, Hates Buffy, Or Hates Both of Us?
POSTED BY: Groosalugg
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 18:45
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I have had similar problems with UPS. Mainly that they deliver wonky hours(aka anytime they damn well please),their hours in which the notice says they will come are not accurate ( it says 11-4...I wait all day- then they come at 5:30,don't press the button and leave another stupid notice) they deliver to the wrong place,they don't deliver on time at all and the worst part- since i live in an apartment- they don't press the apartment #.
They are worse then the postal service and charge way too much. This is why i have them deliver stuff to my work.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Groos, can you locate a comic store in the vicinity?
None that are convenient to get to mid-week, and the comics always come out on Wednesday. I'd have to wait 'til the weekend to go pick it up, and the way I'm doing it now, if UPS will hold up their end of the bargain, it should come on Thursday--Friday, at the latest.
Ah, well, it finally showed up today, so no more gnashing of teeth and indistinct muttering for at least another month...
Best advice I can give you: Go to that comic shop and set up a subscription. They'll hold it for you and may even give you a discount. Wikipedia says this thing is supposed to go over thirty issues and possibly more than fifty, so the question becomes: How many YEARS are you willing to put up with UPS?
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Originally posted by jwhedonaddict:
If it means anything to you, mine is being sent through USPS 1st class/Priority Mail. I received an email Thursday from the site I ordered them from telling me that my order was sent that day and would arrive in 2-4 business days. Unfortunately, I'll never know if anything happens to it because there's no way I can track it because there's no tracking number. If there's another way, I haven't found it yet.
if they just sent it via priority mail, there is no tracking number, unless you pay for Delivery confirmation, signature confirmation, Registered mail, or certified mail.
on top of which ( in MY experience), the USPS tracking system is beyond useless, 9 times out of 10, i have the package in my hand before the system shows anything OTHER than " Electronic shipping notification received" meaning that the company sending it out to you has notified the post office that they (the USPS) should be receiving this package.
hasn't really mattered where it is coming from.
and in case anyone is interested, here is ,again my personal experiences here in podunk ohio, but
Approx RESIDENTIAL delivery times by service:
UPS - AFTER 4pm
FEDEX - BEFORE noon (usually)
USPS - Whenever they damn well please.(here, somdays 11am, somedays 5pm, or anywhere in between)
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Originally posted by Peulsar5:
Best advice I can give you: Go to that comic shop and set up a subscription. They'll hold it for you and may even give you a discount.
Yeah, except that gets back to the whole 'have-to-wait-'til-the-weekend-to-pick-it-up' problem. My experience with the online comic dealer I'm using (going back pre-Buffy S8) is that if things work the way they're supposed to, they ship on Wednesday, and I get it the next day, Thursday. I'm willing to pay extra for the convenience of having it delivered, and being able to get it faster than I could by buying it in person. But due to the previously-mentioned problems, I didn't get #2 'til the Saturday after it was released, and #3 'til today, five days after it was released. If I continue to have these kinds of problems, then yeah, I may look into getting it elsewhere.
It's just crazy that all this time of never having issues with UPS, and suddenly two months in a row they screw up on the same thing...
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Originally posted by optimus1998:
if they just sent it via priority mail, there is no tracking number, unless you pay for Delivery confirmation, signature confirmation, Registered mail, or certified mail.
on top of which ( in MY experience), the USPS tracking system is beyond useless, 9 times out of 10, i have the package in my hand before the system shows anything OTHER than " Electronic shipping notification received" meaning that the company sending it out to you has notified the post office that they (the USPS) should be receiving this package.
hasn't really mattered where it is coming from.
and in case anyone is interested, here is ,again my personal experiences here in podunk ohio, but
Approx RESIDENTIAL delivery times by service:
UPS - AFTER 4pm
FEDEX - BEFORE noon (usually)
USPS - Whenever they damn well please.(here, somdays 11am, somedays 5pm, or anywhere in between)
Just to educate you guys a little about the USPS.
First, the reason you don't see the tracking information reading "delivered" the second you have your item, is because the info is in a scanner which is downloaded when the employee returns at the end of their shift.
Second, the delivery time of your mail is based on the mail volume, which can differ greatly from day to day. If it takes longer to sort more mail, obviously your mail will arrive later. In addition, if your letter carrier is sick or on vacation, a route might be carried by someone unfamiliar with the names, area etc. causing delivery times to vary.
Many times UPS and FedEX actually accept packages and then pay USPS to deliver them because USPS delivers EVERYWHERE in the US. Other companies often do not find it financially beneficial to deliver small numbers of parcels to more rural areas. UPS etc. also are usually not aware if a recipient has moved, and will leave the package at a house that the person doesn't live at. If your package/letter is addressed incorrectly, your regular letter carrier will still know where it goes. UPS etc. will not.
And please don't tell USPS emplyees that "a site" said they mailed your package on such and such date. Companies lie about that all the time.
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