UPS delivery man loses $5000 package

[Murpheeee]

The UPS man was in my wife's office yesterday in a panic......he had to use the phone as he had just lost a $5000 package.

Apparently, his rear door was not properly closed and it opened, this package fell out. Somebody flagged him down further along the road - I guess he didn't notice - by the time he got back, it had gone.

He was very upset, he said that if the driver loses anything it comes out of his pocket......is this true?

If so, what is the point of UPS charging extra for insurance on items, if they hold their drivers responsible?

 

[Croton]

dude that sucks....

 

[minendo]

i sure hope it doesnt come out of his pocket

 

HA HA

 

[Lucky]

haha, that'd be like 3 years pay for the guy, or a couple weeks if he is union.

 

[ILikeSprite]

sux0rs

 

[tigerbait]

My mom is currently involved in a situation where UPS "lost" her package. It was a 12' rug valued at ~ $4000, and the tracking page shows it got to New Orleans about a month ago, and nothing happened after unload scan. The people are UPS are clueless, and the only thing they said we can do is file a claim, but that can only net you $500 max. What a crock of sh!t. Some UPS employee has a very nice rug in there house right about now. :|

 

[kami]

<< My mom is currently involved in a situation where UPS "lost" her package. It was a 12' rug valued at ~ $4000, and the tracking page shows it got to New Orleans about a month ago, and nothing happened after unload scan. The people are UPS are clueless, and the only thing they said we can do is file a claim, but that can only net you $500 max. What a crock of sh!t. Some UPS employee has a very nice rug in there house right about now. :| >>


Yeah...stuff like this is why I don't feel sorry for those guys.

 

[veryape]

<< haha, that'd be like 3 years pay for the guy, or a couple weeks if he is union. >>

Are you kidding me? My brother in law is a UPS driver and I can tell you he makes a hell of a lot more than 1600+ a year(yes I know you were being sarchastic). What i'm trying to say is they make damn good money, although it would really suck to have to pay 5k out of his pocket, and I don't think that is right. That's what the insurance is supposed to cover. They have no right to hold him responsible really, not when they charge for insurance on top of it.

Why did he not stop for the person flagging him down I wonder.

 

[NewCompGeek]

im about to go postal!

 

[conjur]

<< im about to go postal! >>



OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!!


Help me...it's the sinus meds!

 

[brtspears2]

I'm lost, how do you tell a package is worth $5000 assmuing that it wasnt open?

Unless driver called the intended reciver, beats me.

 

[J3anyus]

UPS is horrible, I stick with FedEx or USPS whenever I possibly can.

 

[ricerx]

<< I'm lost, how do you tell a package is worth $5000 assmuing that it wasnt open? >>



i use to work as a loader for UPS (Under Paid Slaves). I got things that were worth a lot of money and they were handed to me by the supervisor and was usually the last then to get loaded. i'm pretty sure that the driver probably gets some sort of paper work disclosing it as a valuable item or maybe that it's been insured.

 

[PsychoAndy]

insurance is insurance. I'm sure that UPS pays an independent insurance company with the 35 cents they charge everyone.......which would probably explain why it taked 6-8 weeks to process a claim, but I DOUBT the driver would have to pay out of his pocket.

 

[Squisher]

<<...the driver probably gets some sort of paper work disclosing it as a valuable item or maybe that it's been insured>>

I'm sure it was insured for $5000

I'm sure you learned your lesson, if its a $4000 rug you need to pay the extra $ and insure it for $4000

 

[PsychoAndy]

oh, and the only way he can find out that the package is high value (anything over $1k, the computers make him get a sig) is when he scans it with his diad when he drops it off. if its valued at like $100 he can enter in DR porch (driver release, left package on porch). if its like $1,000 the computer wont let him release it until he gets someone to scribble something in the tiny plastic little panel on the diad

 

[LostHiWay]

UPS drivers are well paid but they do pay when they screw up. I have a daily pickup where I work and talk to the UPS driver all the time. He was telling me that if a driver has a COD and it's money order/Cashier Check only and accepts a check and it bounces that he has to pay the amount out of his pay. Also if a package disappears between pickup and unloading of the truck they have to pay out of pocket.

 

[Braves]

Here's another person to feel sorry for... If your in the bay area maybe u heard about this. A local Wendy's had a bag full of money, and one of the drive threw (through?) workers absentmindedly picked it up, thinking it was the order, and handed it to the customer. Not just a couple hundred, but thousands of dollars. THe person didnt' return it, and their looking for him now

 

[jimmyhaha]

Is it a consensus that
Fedex > USPS > UPS
in service and reliability ?

 

[Ns1]

<< Is it a consensus that
Fedex > USPS > UPS
in service and reliability ? >>



yes

 

[Ferocious]

I've used all 3 over the years and all 3 are good. The only screw up I've ever had was with FedEx.

Considering the millions of stuff these guys handle every week......cut them some slack won't you.

These guys work harder under more stress than most people here I bet. I mean they don't spend half their work day posting on messages boards like a lot of people here do!

 

[Mo0o]

UPS is really slow. of all the ebaying ive done UPS took the longest

 

[PsychoAndy]

slow relative to what? if its sent ground, the transit time is completely dependent on distance. i'm in fl. they can deliver to most of FL (except the panhandle) and a significant portion of GA overnight.

 

[Hoeboy]

<<Here's another person to feel sorry for... If your in the bay area maybe u heard about this. A local Wendy's had a bag full of money, and one of the drive threw (through?) workers absentmindedly picked it up, thinking it was the order, and handed it to the customer. Not just a couple hundred, but thousands of dollars. THe person didnt' return it, and their looking for him now >>

i assume the paper was in a wendy's bag and that's how the guy messed it up. that begs the question why would you put a couple thousand dollars in a wendy's take out bag???