The UPS Store

Eli

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I went into a UPS Store(Used to be Mail Boxes Etc.) to get some stuff packaged.

Well, the people in there were complete morons. :| The lady put a few peanuts in the bottom of my box.. barely enough to cover the bottom, stuck my item in there, and began taping it up with a huge gaping hole in the top flaps of the box. You could see right into the box. She was just covering the hole with tape. I was like, "Aren't you going to fill it up the rest of the way with peanuts?"

So she filled it up.. Then I showed her how to hold the box together so there wasn't a huge gaping hole in the top. It was obvious she had no idea what she was doing.

The tape job is so schoddy on one of the boxes(the one she did), I'm going to have to redo it. The ends of the tape are all crumpled and not sticking, I don't want them to catch on something and rip the tape off.

I ended up doing the other two boxes myself.

The cost of all this? 17$. For two boxes, 5 sheets of bubblewrap, and some foam peanuts.

I feel sorry for people who have their things packaged there, especially if they don't follow them back to watch and help like I did. :Q The only reason I got to was because my items were greasy and she "didn't want to get dirty".
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The whole time I was there, I was thinking.. I could do this 10x better than the people working here. :p I'm going to go back once more when I ship the items, and I think I'll pick up an application.
 

ElFenix

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i wonder if they charge UPS counter rates or the old rape-me-in-the-ass rates?
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if they charge UPS counter rates or the old rape-me-in-the-ass rates?
Thankfully, the rates are directly from UPS. There's no way I would have even bothered otherwise.

 

amdskip

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Did mail boxes etc. get bought out or something?

Edit, hot dang they sure did.
 

Zrom999

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Don't be too hard on those UPS employees... I'm sure some of them worked hard for that GED, the rest are planning on getting theirs soon.
 

aphex

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: ElFenix
i wonder if they charge UPS counter rates or the old rape-me-in-the-ass rates?
Thankfully, the rates are directly from UPS. There's no way I would have even bothered otherwise.

The 2 UPS Stores i've been in have a 10-15% markup on UPS counter rates... I asked as soon as i stepped in the door...
 

Tyler

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I never trust other's packing my stuff. I used them to ship a hard drive back on warranty and packaged it myself and saved a couple bucks.
 

I noticed "The UPS Store" display about three months ago. However, on the receipt it still reads "Mail Boxes, Etc.". Why is that? My mum asked them if they were bought and they gave some weird explanation saying in essence yes. But I still want to understand why the receipt still reads "Mail Boxes, Etc."

By the way, I don't like to do business at Mail Boxes, Etc. I would rather go to Kinko's and other businesses.
 

fr

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I think UPS owned them before, but the conversion is part of the new image.
 

Looney

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LOL damn... i go to Mail Box etc as well... but the old guy that runs it is supernice.
 

OREOSpeedwagon

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Originally posted by: Tyler
The Mercedes Benz of guitars :)

More like Ferrarri :) I would say Fender would be the Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Benz has some (almost) affordable cars, like the Mexican strats you can get for $400 instead of an American one for $800-900. Enough of comparing guitars to cars though ;)

BTW are you the reason notfred changed his nick back from "Tyler"?

 

OREOSpeedwagon

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Originally posted by: J3anyus
Originally posted by: Tyler
The Mercedes Benz of guitars :)

Both you and Gobadgrs need to watch the movie Hackers a few more times.

Actually I wouldn't recommend that anyone go see it at all, it sucked really bad...