a thread where we bitch about UPS

especially now that DHL is ceasing domestic shipments within the united states and turning those operations over to UPS.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/10/news/companies/dhl/index.htm

i has a fedex # - step back

is there a list out there of web retailers that only ship through fedex/usps? because i never want to deal with "brown" and their willful incompetence again.

plus those white board ads right

god the fate of that town in the dhl piece is awful

hate ups

thx mccain and rick davis

i will now rate the professionalism of all carries i deal w/on at least a somewhat a regular basis: fedex express>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ups>>>fedex ground>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>dhl

usually i get work stuff but one day the ups guy showed up nodding his head and smiling at my door w/my custom nikes shipped from china in his hand all i know you been waiting for these

i like my ups guy fwiw

my "guy" puts in so little effort. he barely even stops long enough to put the "we missed you" sticky on the door (when i'm home) and speed away.

yah the quality of ups guys varies wildly

usefull tip: insert UPS tracking number in google search and go directly to tracking info

i love my UPS guy, get bent.

ian maybe we hav the same guy

fwiw all ups & dhl guys i have dealt with through work have been bros, fedex dudes have been monosyllabic.

ups dudes always want a cookie

yeah ups sucks but i can't really blame the individual drivers for anything, they have a lot to do. fwiw fedex engages in many types of shady employment/labor practices. if u care about that kind of thing.

my ups guy is real friendly and honks his horn so i know to come out. i do really hate how you can't have them leave stuff out a lot of the time, even if you ask for it. it's like only the unemployed can receive packages wtf

i do really hate how you can't have them leave stuff out a lot of the time, even if you ask for it. it's like only the unemployed can receive packages wtf

i had a long argument with a UPS customer service rep the other day about this.

yeah i did the same thing last year, i think the CS lady just thought i was nuts and had heard it 1000 times before. mostly because i said "but it's MY package!" and hung up on her.

they have to have a signature if you live in a crime-prone area. i don't think it matters whose signature -- so in theory anyone could run off with your package.

yeah i know that but there should be some kind of hold harmless if i ask them to waive the signature

god they really are fucking awful

can anything be done if he just drove away after he left the final attempt notice on my mailbox without even knocking on my door? i was here, waiting! not my fault

got some scam email from "UPS" @ my third-string account, the one i use for registering online etc, informing me that a package couldn't be delivered (which is bullshit cause the elevator guy is always there to sign) and I would be charged $26 a day until I picked up the package? whatever

oh i guess i can still reschedule it online but it won't let me pick friday. isn't that a business day? seriously how do they think people get packages?

apparently there have been problems in my neighborhood recently with packages being left on porches and stolen when the recipients aren't home, so i guess they don't have to get signatures all the time. if you live in an area where this happens, though, it makes sense to request them if you can.

Not so friendly now then.. Parcel guys are completely unaccountable for their actions. They'll just come out with some bullshit if you get into them, or if you complain and their boss gets into them. And the bosses tend to be ex-parcel men so they know all the bullshit anyway, and will take the driver's side. Gah, I'm still wracked with guilt from the last week of driving for ParcelForce, 4 years ago, when they stuck me to cover someone else's route which I didn't know at all, and I didn't deliver a 9am parcel until later, because it would've really fucked up the rest of my route, and 99% of the time the receiver doesn't really care about timed deliveries. This was the 1% that did. I said I'd broken down. She didn't believe me, but I was really past caring by that point.