Newegg Rant

[Regs]

It's UPS policy to get a signature at a place of business, I did not know of anything for a home delivery. Of course, not unless Newegg requests one for home delivery). Maybe UPS changed their policy for growing insurance claims which is possible. Like if newegg insured an item for over 200 dollars, it could flag the shipment for a direct signature required.

I ship mostly Fed Ex, so I'm not sure.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Ship to work FTW? I ship pretty much everything to work.

I work for a very large corporation. My wife however, manages a small company. I'm going to see if I can switch my delivery address to her work.

I don't know if they will. It won't match the address on the CC. I'll see. We were just talking about this while we ate dinner.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: Regs
It's UPS policy to get a signature at a place of business, I did not know of anything for a home delivery. Of course, not unless Newegg requests one for home delivery). Maybe UPS changed their policy for growing insurance claims which is possible. Like if newegg insured an item for over 200 dollars, it could flag the shipment for a direct signature required.

I ship mostly Fed Ex, so I'm not sure.

According to Newegg, they put no such requirements on their deliveries. Where they leave it, signatures, etc., are all left up to the carrier. This from the second woman who was very helpful.

I'm really starting to think that UPS leaves it up to the driver to make these decisions. He's a cocky little bastard and new on the route. This probably explains the change in "policy".

That's why I was wondering how he was going to handle the fifth package. I would not be surprised to come home to 4 packages on the porch and a notice of signature required in person for the fifth! I'm laughing now, but won't be tomorrow!

I can't switch delivery to the wife's office midstream because they're not served by the same warehouse.

 

[zoiks]

Don't you have a UPS "Will Call" area? I'm never at home but I just call UPS with the tracking number and ask them if I can pick it up in the evening. Usually if you have a distribution center around you, they might have a "Will Call" pickup area. I usually go there at 8pm to pickup my packages.

 

[boomerang]

Originally posted by: zoiks
Don't you have a UPS "Will Call" area? I'm never at home but I just call UPS with the tracking number and ask them if I can pick it up in the evening. Usually if you have a distribution center around you, they might have a "Will Call" pickup area. I usually go there at 8pm to pickup my packages.

It's a 56 mile roundtrip in the exact opposite direction of where I work.
Edit: That's after the 28 mile trip home.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I've always just grab the tracking number on the notice they leave at your door, plug it into their website and have it redirected to my work address.