USPS/UPS/Fedex Terribleness
scarlin
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So I recently ordered a jersey from MLB.com and shipped via UPS and USPS. Want to know the logistical perfection?
UPS
Date Description Location
Jun 20 2012 Package transferred to Post Office PITTSBURGH, PA
Jun 20 2012 Ready for post office entry Groveport, OH
Jun 19 2012 Package received by dest MI facility Groveport, OH
Jun 19 2012 Package transferred to dest MI facility Logan Township, NJ
Jun 18 2012 Package processed by Mail Innovations Logan Township, NJ
Jun 18 2012 Package received for processing Logan Township, NJ
USPS
Date/Time Event Name Location
23 Jun 2012 00:24 Package processed by local post office ROCHESTER, NY
20 Jun 2012 12:05 Shipment Info Received by Post Office PITTSBURGH, PA
This is supposed to be delivered right outside Pittsburgh... So share your experiences with shipping terribleness.
UPS
Date Description Location
Jun 20 2012 Package transferred to Post Office PITTSBURGH, PA
Jun 20 2012 Ready for post office entry Groveport, OH
Jun 19 2012 Package received by dest MI facility Groveport, OH
Jun 19 2012 Package transferred to dest MI facility Logan Township, NJ
Jun 18 2012 Package processed by Mail Innovations Logan Township, NJ
Jun 18 2012 Package received for processing Logan Township, NJ
USPS
Date/Time Event Name Location
23 Jun 2012 00:24 Package processed by local post office ROCHESTER, NY
20 Jun 2012 12:05 Shipment Info Received by Post Office PITTSBURGH, PA
This is supposed to be delivered right outside Pittsburgh... So share your experiences with shipping terribleness.
Comments
And, on the other hand, my package was shipped from PA on Thursday and was in my hands on Saturday - 2 days - via USPS priority mail. Anything shipped from the same place on a Thursday arrives 8 days later - the following Friday - via UPS. Go figure, eh?? And it's that way constantly.
Shipments delayed in Dallas, Denver, even Miami, boxes lost, crushed, shipments that arrived but no one knew they were there (I became adept at sneaking in their warehouse and finding them), boxes on the wrong plane heading to LAX or wherever... It was so consistently bad that I kept a notebook for a year, just to run the averages. Over a seventy percent screw up rate by my math, figuring by the box. So out of ten boxes shipped, seven would wind up dead fish in Dallas. The boss had a sheaf of claims against the airline yay high.
The opposite end of the spectrum is this: There's an outfit named McMaster-Carr sells every imaginable fastener, tube, valve, hose... I don't know, everything you can think of that's made out of that special unobtanium alloy. Located in North Jersey. A motorcycle riding buddy who works as a prototype machinist in the University of Dull-Aware engineering dept. turned me on to them one evening. I was making hand controls for my grand-daughter who has cerebral palsy so she could lean to drive. I ordered these ball socket linkages and left thread jam nuts at 9:30 one morning from work. The parts beat me home. I swear to God. I get home at 4:15, the package is on the doorstep. RedHead reports: "Sophie started barking around two. I didn't know what she was upset about." I promptly called my machinist buddy. He spots me on his caller ID and here's how he answers his phone: "You got your stuff already" I say yes. He says: "They do that all the time. I didn't tell you."
McMaster doesn't use FedEx, UPS, or U SPS.They use an outfit called Lightning Express. I wrote Lightning a letter, cc to McMaster, in which I quoted Mark Twain: "Thunder is fine. Thunder is impressive. But it is Lightning that does the work."
Dude, I still have the box it came in! It's ragged as He11! Six trips between two states... Gnarly!! LMAO!
Dude, I still have the box it came in! It's ragged as He11! Six trips between two states... Gnarly!! LMAO!
Why don't you just tell C.Com to ship priority mail ONLY and have done with it? They'll do it. They do for me.....
UPS from PA to Oregon 5-7 working days. $11.50
Tough decision to make.
Yep! Based on my experience I'll drink to that. Of course, I'll drink to almost anything... LOL
Had a package sent out on Sept 27 using UPS. It went 100 miles in 4 days and then back tracked to the originating city. WTF???
For 2 days, sat in one place and on the tracking, it says this.........
An exception in the sorting process has occurred. UPS has taken corrective action.
Then scheduled for delivery on Oct 9.
Another package, scheduled to be delivered today, was transferred to USPS. So now I'm hoping it will be delivered tomorrow. And I have to wonder, if you have to make a claim on something that was transferred, how does that work?
It continues to amaze me that UPS is still in business.