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UPS LATE DELIVERY

shaggygirl — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:58:58 GMT

7:57 pm and poor UPS guy just delivered a package. Used a flashlight to walk up to my door. Geez, I thought now that Christmas is over they'd be home in their jammies this time of the evening.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:05:18 GMT

Transit and delivery times have been very slow. I've heard on the news they're transporting a huge number of returns.

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VaBelle35 — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:12:09 GMT

UPS and Amazon deliver in the 9pm hour here.

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x Hedge — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:13:20 GMT

Six months from now he won't need his flashlight to deliver at this hour. Meanwhile, would people rather have their delivery postponed an extra day, just because it's dark?

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Venezia — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 04:58:17 GMT

I'm probably in the minority but, yes, I'd rather have my delivery a date later, rather than some poor guy delivering it in the dark. I'm so rural, I'd be surprised if he could find my drive at night, let alone negotiate my very long drive. No street lights here of any kind!

We had a snowstorm this past week and I'd gone out to plow my drive around 10:00 the next morning. We'd gotten about 10 inches of snow and it was still snowing, but easing off.

To my amazement up my 710-foot drive came a FedEx van! I told him I couldn't believe he'd driven up through that and he said the vans were really good in the snow. And then proceeded to almost get stuck in front of my plow truck!

We were able to get his van over far enough for me to plow around him and then down the drive, so he could get back out. I had to give him credit for getting the job done, but I'd rather these drivers stay safe in storms.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:52:13 GMT

I get 7pm, even 8pm all the time. It's not at all uncommon in this area.

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shaggygirl — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:11:10 GMT

@x Hedge wrote:
Six months from now he won't need his flashlight to deliver at this hour. Meanwhile, would people rather have their delivery postponed an extra day, just because it's dark?

Personally yes I'd rather have it the next day, morning or afternoon. Too often packages have sat out there all night because I don't always open my door and look outside before I hit the sack to see if any deliveries were made without me knowing it. Last night if I hadn't pulled back the curtain and looked out the window to see if the rain had started yet and saw the truck and him walking up the driveway it probably would have sat out there in the rain all night because God forbid he should ring the doorbell.

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Krimpette — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:34:03 GMT

My UPS guy rarely delivers before 8PM these days. I'd much rather wait a day and have a more reasonable delivery time.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 14:27:02 GMT

@shaggygirl wrote:
@x Hedge wrote:
Six months from now he won't need his flashlight to deliver at this hour. Meanwhile, would people rather have their delivery postponed an extra day, just because it's dark?
Personally yes I'd rather have it the next day, morning or afternoon. Too often packages have sat out there all night because I don't always open my door and look outside before I hit the sack to see if any deliveries were made without me knowing it. Last night if I hadn't pulled back the curtain and looked out the window to see if the rain had started yet and saw the truck and him walking up the driveway it probably would have sat out there in the rain all night because God forbid he should ring the doorbell.

UPS doesn't do that anymore. If something is scheduled to be delivered on a certain day, that means it is on the truck and the driver has to deliver it. 8pm isn't late at all and if you go to the UPS website, you can track how far out the guy is. Also, if you sign up for My UPS, you get text messages telling you when the package has been delivered. The text comes minutes after the deliver the package, so if the driver left it, you can go out and retrieve it. UPS is doing their part but we still have to do our part too. If you know you are expecting a package on a specific date and you know UPS delivers late and you choose to go to bed without looking....well....that's your choice. You own whatever happens if you don't go out and get your package. However, if you want to avoid that. Track your packages and have your deliveries go to one of the UPS Access Points. They are local businesses in our own neighborhoods. They will hold them for up to a week, pick them up at your convenience.

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lovesrecess — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:11:11 GMT

I got one UPS delivery sometime during the night right before Christmas Day. I was expecting the delivery that day and checked my porch about 11pm and it still hadn’t come. Went to bed and DH found it on the front porch around 6 am the next morning when he went out to get his newspaper. When I sign up to be notified of delivery, it is hit or miss.

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HiLo — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:11:25 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
@shaggygirl wrote:
@x Hedge wrote:
Six months from now he won't need his flashlight to deliver at this hour. Meanwhile, would people rather have their delivery postponed an extra day, just because it's dark?
Personally yes I'd rather have it the next day, morning or afternoon. Too often packages have sat out there all night because I don't always open my door and look outside before I hit the sack to see if any deliveries were made without me knowing it. Last night if I hadn't pulled back the curtain and looked out the window to see if the rain had started yet and saw the truck and him walking up the driveway it probably would have sat out there in the rain all night because God forbid he should ring the doorbell.

UPS doesn't do that anymore. If something is scheduled to be delivered on a certain day, that means it is on the truck and the driver has to deliver it. 8pm isn't late at all and if you go to the UPS website, you can track how far out the guy is. Also, if you sign up for My UPS, you get text messages telling you when the package has been delivered. The text comes minutes after the deliver the package, so if the driver left it, you can go out and retrieve it. UPS is doing their part but we still have to do our part too. If you know you are expecting a package on a specific date and you know UPS delivers late and you choose to go to bed without looking....well....that's your choice. You own whatever happens if you don't go out and get your package. However, if you want to avoid that. Track your packages and have your deliveries go to one of the UPS Access Points. They are local businesses in our own neighborhoods. They will hold them for up to a week, pick them up at your convenience.

Thank you for the post. Everything on the truck must be delivered the same day. There are times however, when the driver gets so backuped management will send another driver who has completed his own route , to help out (info from my UPS driver son) There have also been times when my son has been delivering till 10:00 in the evening,and not only at holiday time. One good thing about the job is that all the running involved has kept him in great physical condition. Also he is a people person and thoroughly enjoys all the contacts.

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lovesrecess — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:13:25 GMT

I don’t like pkgs sitting out all night...there are still porch pirates seizing the opportunity to take whatever they see the trucks drop off...camera don’t catch a lot of them...and even if they do, without a license number or a clear facial image most of them still go about their stealing unfazed.

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lovesrecess — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:18:50 GMT

I have had UPS pkgs delivered and retrieved them immediately, only to have my text notification sent several hours later. I think some drivers stop and take the time to send the texts all at the same time after making several deliveries or emptying their trucks. Most of my UPS orders were handed off to USPS after shipment so that was my biggest frustration. Our mail doesn’t get here until 8-9pm now that our regular guy retired. It is now an endless line of subs who are rookies. Our post office is a training location so we are at their mercy. Some days there is no mail delivered at all.

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shaggygirl — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:20:33 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
@shaggygirl wrote:
@x Hedge wrote:
Six months from now he won't need his flashlight to deliver at this hour. Meanwhile, would people rather have their delivery postponed an extra day, just because it's dark?
Personally yes I'd rather have it the next day, morning or afternoon. Too often packages have sat out there all night because I don't always open my door and look outside before I hit the sack to see if any deliveries were made without me knowing it. Last night if I hadn't pulled back the curtain and looked out the window to see if the rain had started yet and saw the truck and him walking up the driveway it probably would have sat out there in the rain all night because God forbid he should ring the doorbell.

UPS doesn't do that anymore. If something is scheduled to be delivered on a certain day, that means it is on the truck and the driver has to deliver it. 8pm isn't late at all and if you go to the UPS website, you can track how far out the guy is. Also, if you sign up for My UPS, you get text messages telling you when the package has been delivered. The text comes minutes after the deliver the package, so if the driver left it, you can go out and retrieve it. UPS is doing their part but we still have to do our part too. If you know you are expecting a package on a specific date and you know UPS delivers late and you choose to go to bed without looking....well....that's your choice. You own whatever happens if you don't go out and get your package. However, if you want to avoid that. Track your packages and have your deliveries go to one of the UPS Access Points. They are local businesses in our own neighborhoods. They will hold them for up to a week, pick them up at your convenience.

Or if they have a late evening delivery for me they could just place the package at my doorstep and ring the doorbell.