Yesterday I had a lady call me that she received a package that was intended for someone else. Apparently, the FedEx driver couldn't read #55 or find the house so he just dropped it off at the closest place he could ditch it. This lady lived in trailer #51 but didn't know where #55 was (no close neighbors only #56) or who the person on the the package was. She was nice enough to personally find the correct trailer (the next trailer park over) and deliver my package. Afterwords, I ended up calling FedEx and chewing them out. I ended up sending a thankyou card to the lady for being nice enough for delivering my package to the correct address that the stupid FedEx driver couldn't do.
If you work anywhere that is densely populated (downtown, office park, industrial park etc) just get it delivered to work, it will always be on time since the courier is likely doing deliveries/pick-ups every day there. Home deliveries are less economical for the courier companies so they try to skimp on service there to save (stupid excuse I know, since you are PAYING them for competent service). I used to live in a condo and it was a nightmare trying to get things delivered because:
a) they won't leave packages at the door without being signed (fair)
b) randomly notices not left on attempts
c) notices left without ringing buzzer
In Canada, I find UPS is the worst by far, especially because they have the highest customs brokerage fee (aka $50 charge for an automated software process). USPS to Canada Post is the cheapest, Fedex is next (slightly faster but more expensive) and DHL is meh.
a) they won't leave packages at the door without being signed (fair)
b) randomly notices not left on attempts
c) notices left without ringing buzzer
In Canada, I find UPS is the worst by far, especially because they have the highest customs brokerage fee (aka $50 charge for an automated software process). USPS to Canada Post is the cheapest, Fedex is next (slightly faster but more expensive) and DHL is meh.
Same here, although I don't remember if it was UPS or FedEx. I'm sure that it's completely dependent on how lazy the individual driver is though.
USPS sent my cell phone i bought on ebay to kentucky (i live in tn). The usps guy there threw it in the river or something and said he delivered it to my address.
The worst part about USPS is there isn't a central customer service I could call, so I had to call my TN post office who told me to call the one in kentucky. They just said "sorry" and that was it.
eh, what are you going to do, other than make sure to buy insurance. It's such a racket
Call and ask. Click Contact Us and input the order number in the correct field.
Ask nicely and you'll likely be refunded the one day charge,
My friends over at Philly messed with their driver so much. So now whenever they get packages, he goes into that part of the house that's like a room before you actually enter the real front door and hides the package. It's a funny thing they have going on.
mrSHEiK124
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Maybe they were trying to give it to me?
At home, Fedex > UPS maybe tenfold. UPS doesn't come until 7 or 8 PM (but a truck makes pick ups at a Pak Mail in the plaza by my house at 4...
) and then he runs up our mountain of a driveway, throws the package at the door, and runs. FedEx is alright, they come around early morning and usually wait around for someone to answer the door. Both of them will usually hide packages around or behind porch furniture :thumbsup:At my old apartment, UPS was win. I was never around, so I signed a waiver, and he used to stick them in the utility closet (outdoor). FedEx = douche. DHL used to fucking call me when I ordered things from Frys/Outpost and tell me they were coming out
EDIT: This reminded me of something. In my junior and senior years of high school, me and a few friends used to REALLY fuck with the UPS driver. One of them would play a rather scarily convincing gay, and hit on him. I was overly nice to him, "Here, let me carry that package," and my other friends acted mentally handicapped. Towards the end of our senior year, the "gay" friend offered him some cake. The UPS guy went fucking ballistic, went to the principal, said that we were threatening him (WTF? I carried packages for you asshole :|), so we got suspended. Gay friend's house was a few blocks away from high school, and we were all hanging out there on our day off, and he got a UPS delivery. I don't think I've ever seen a delivery driver run that fast
Brainonska511
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Part of the reason why I have stuff shipped to the building I work in on campus. There are people to sign for stuff if it is needed and I'll actually get my package. If I have it shipped to my apartment, I have to hope one of my roommates will be home and actually answer the door.
yep. and given the amount of packages they have to deliver, i cant blame them...but hey, they leave our shit on the front porch anyway so this doesnt concern me
HardcoreRobot
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last year fedex claimed they delivered something (around holiday time). i never got it. i got the vendor to ship a replacement. then 2 days before the replacement showed up, the original did.
i understand things get lost, but its pretty shady to say you deliver it, and then actually do it weeks later.
overall though, fedex, ups, etc. all kick ass
i understand things get lost, but its pretty shady to say you deliver it, and then actually do it weeks later.
overall though, fedex, ups, etc. all kick ass
QuantumPion
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I love the delivery center for UPS where I live. They always try to deliver packages at either 10 am or 2 pm on weekdays. You cannot ask them to hold packages for pick up until after they have made one delivery attempt. And when you call them to ask them to hold a package for pickup afterwards, they say they can't because it's already on the truck for the 2nd delivery attempt. So whenever I get anything shipped by UPS to me, it always takes an additional 3 days to receive it.
I had UPS guy come up to my house without a package, not knock or ring, and just left the note on of delivery failure. I watched this from my window lol. He did the exact same thing the next day. I called and complained and they made him bring back the package and apologize.
ahenkel
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the tracking for a package I got today said delivered and the location was In Car. I looked at it and though wtf why is ups leaving packages in my car. Its not locked I live out in the sticks. I get home and it turns out they just left it on the car.
SearchMaster
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I checked the status of a UPS package last week and it said "delivered". My driver leaves packages on the front porch all the time, so I went upstairs to get it. When I opened the door, he was driving away. So yeah, 30 minutes is very believable, in my case it was pretty much immediate.
I understand why they do the non-delivery "delivery" due to time constraints but it still sucks. I often get packages delivered to a 24-hour place, so I *know* it's open but about half the time, UPS will post a "OUT FOR DELIVERY" at 4-5AM and pretend like they actually made an effort.
My apartment complex has a deal with the delivery guys, that if a tenant isn't at their apartment, they can drop the package at the office, but they're supposed to leave the notice at the tenant's door (in other words, try the apartment first, then drop it at the office).
UPS once came to my door on a Friday, left the info-notice, then dropped the package off at the office, without ever knocking on the door. Normally, not a problem.......but I was home when the guy did that! I was pretty pissed, when I left my place about 6pm, after the office is closed for the weekend, and find out that the UPS driver pulled that shit.
UPS once sent a package from California to Texas (where I live), then on to Louisiana, then back to Texas, and finally delivered it to me, 2 days later than they should have. When I called them about it, their response was basically, "Well, you paid for 3 to 7 day service, and we got it to you in 6, so forget getting anything out of us". Gee, thanks! :roll:
Ordered something from ZipZoomFly once, and paid a couple extra bucks for 2-day Fedex. Stupid lazy 2-day driver couldn't figure out how to get into the complex (I live in a gated apt complex, but the gate pass card box has a way they can call us on our phone, so we can let you in, AND has the office code printed on the box, so the office folks can let them in!!). She said it was undeliverable because I wasn't home, and it came the next day, regular Fedex. The driver we had at that time, John, just shook his head when I told him about that one.
But USPS still takes the cake. My old mailman, when I was renting a house here, used to be so damn lazy, that if the package didn't fit in the mailbox, but was close, he'd leave the mailbox door open, put the package on the door, then stretch a rubber band from the hook on the door, around the package, to the hook on top of the box!! Uh, yeah......that's real secure! And once, I came home from work, to find a 20"x20"x24" box in front of my door, on the porch, with the welcome mat semi-covering it. Yeah, that's something no one will notice!!
Bottom line, they all have drivers that suck.......and hopefully you won't be stuck with one of them!!
UPS once came to my door on a Friday, left the info-notice, then dropped the package off at the office, without ever knocking on the door. Normally, not a problem.......but I was home when the guy did that! I was pretty pissed, when I left my place about 6pm, after the office is closed for the weekend, and find out that the UPS driver pulled that shit.
UPS once sent a package from California to Texas (where I live), then on to Louisiana, then back to Texas, and finally delivered it to me, 2 days later than they should have. When I called them about it, their response was basically, "Well, you paid for 3 to 7 day service, and we got it to you in 6, so forget getting anything out of us". Gee, thanks! :roll:
Ordered something from ZipZoomFly once, and paid a couple extra bucks for 2-day Fedex. Stupid lazy 2-day driver couldn't figure out how to get into the complex (I live in a gated apt complex, but the gate pass card box has a way they can call us on our phone, so we can let you in, AND has the office code printed on the box, so the office folks can let them in!!). She said it was undeliverable because I wasn't home, and it came the next day, regular Fedex. The driver we had at that time, John, just shook his head when I told him about that one.
But USPS still takes the cake. My old mailman, when I was renting a house here, used to be so damn lazy, that if the package didn't fit in the mailbox, but was close, he'd leave the mailbox door open, put the package on the door, then stretch a rubber band from the hook on the door, around the package, to the hook on top of the box!! Uh, yeah......that's real secure! And once, I came home from work, to find a 20"x20"x24" box in front of my door, on the porch, with the welcome mat semi-covering it. Yeah, that's something no one will notice!!
Bottom line, they all have drivers that suck.......and hopefully you won't be stuck with one of them!!
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