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Cryptic UPS Message

Kachina624 — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:48:21 GMT

This QVC package arrived in town yesterday afternoon and was scheduled for delivery today. Then this morning I discovered this unusual message:

May 07, 2020, 16:30Your package has been delayed due to events beyond our control. We're adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible.Albuquerque, NM

What do you suppose could have happened? Some kind of accident? Maybe they drove a forklift over my Bose Radio? Interesting....

It's now scheduled for Monday delivery.

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May5 — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:52:13 GMT

I get those messages from time to time. I think someone left it off the truck.

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newjersey — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:52:56 GMT

I got the same message the other day. Didn't get my package as of yet.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 08 May 2020 17:15:26 GMT

I got that 4 days in a row for the same package. Every morning it would be loaded on the truck, go out for delivery and about 5:30 I would get that message. I talked to UPS and they were no help. They said that if the driver doesn't feel like delivering that package that day he can choose not to. Then another day they told me that out for delivery doesn't really mean it's out for delivery. Whatever. I finally got the package on the 5th day and it looked like it was dropped several times from the truck. The staples were open, a big gash in the box, plus the guy just left it in the middle of the driveway for all to see. Fortunately it was just a kitty scratching post and didn't get damaged. Not to happy with UPS at the moment.

Then the same thing happened on Monday with a handbag I bought. At least it was only delayed one day and it arrived in good condition but again this moron leaves it out in plain sight instead of walking the extra 5 steps to my doorway and ring the bell. If I hadn't notice the garage camera alert I wouldn't have known he delivered.

I have decided to have my packages delivered to the UPS Store 5 minutes from home. I got sick of waiting until after 6 pm for my packages, having them just thrown anywhere for me to find. I can't stop them from being delayed but I can get them earlier and I won't have to worry about thieves.

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SharkE — Fri, 08 May 2020 17:14:14 GMT

I got that , too, just the other day, it got delayed one to 2 days.

I'm taking a break from ordering from Q for a while. Everything is just

in a jumble. I have to haul stuff back to the post office that I never ordered

they did give me a credit. To much hassle and the stores I suspect will

be opening back up before long.

In my area the dentists and hairdressers are opening back up. toliet paper back on the shelf. I'm optimistic !

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Vivian — Fri, 08 May 2020 17:20:11 GMT

I order everything online these days and I receive messages like this all the time. Everything is delayed. These are not normal times.

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4kitties — Fri, 08 May 2020 17:47:06 GMT

I got one of those cryptic messages from UPS about a Lands End order in February. I cannot remember exactly what it said, but then I heard on the news that our local UPS had a fire! I guess my order was burned up in one of the trucks involved.

I called Lands End and they were wonderful about it. Sent me out a new order right away.

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freakygirl — Fri, 08 May 2020 18:57:36 GMT

i have many packages delivered by UPS, but haven't yet had that kind of notification. hmm.

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Mominohio — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:04:45 GMT

I can't answer for sure @Kachina624 but my husband works at UPS and says they are busier than the Christmas season most days right now.

He is a mechanic, and usually this time of year, he can hold out several trucks a day for service, but they have every truck in the fleet in use, as well as some rental trucks, which they usually only have to utilize at holiday time.

So it could be they literally couldn't get it on a package delivery car to get it to your house, or even that it never really arrived in your town, but was scheduled to, because even the amount they could fit on the incoming semi exceeded the space they had. Also, it could have got there, but they are so backed up with incoming trucks, they couldn't empty all the tractor trailer loads in time to get it out on a package delivery car.

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Mom2Dogs — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:30:51 GMT

At least you got a message. I had a package due to be delivered to our business for 2 weeks....they (FED EX). NEVER EVEN tried to deliver as my husband is in the office daily, but they fibbed to say that they did try.

Never was a note left on the door...I finally had it divered to a pharmacy, where I went and picked it up.

I guess Fed Ex hires independent drivers, and I don't think they are reliable..

Fed Ex admitted that to me!!!

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FiddleDeeDee — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:41:38 GMT

Mine was on the truck and the driver didn't see it when he delivered my other packages. It was delivered the next day.

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Estates — Fri, 08 May 2020 19:51:05 GMT

I had 3 packages coming UPS yesterday. 2 from Q and one from Amazon. The 2 from Q stated they were delivered at 2pm. I got an email from UPS that they were delivered at 6pm. Unfortunately,not to my door.The UPS guy showed up at 6:45 with the Amazon package.I ran out to show him the delivery message. He said he hadn't been down my street but offered no explanation.I think he delivered them to the wrong address. I was watching it on Manage my delivery. He advised me to call UPS. After holding for 15 minutes,they said to call QVC. I called them and they refunded my money.

So no trace on my packages? They were both as is items so no reorder. It irritates me that people would keep packages that don't belong to them.

Okay,rant over. Hope everyone get their packages.

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Sage04 — Fri, 08 May 2020 20:13:33 GMT

UPS sends me a message that my package would be delivered between a certain time, usually by 11:30 am. As the time approaches and they realize that it¨s not possible then they will update with another time which is never later than 2pm that same day.

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Meowingkitty — Sat, 09 May 2020 14:39:57 GMT

Then there is this message I got for another package.

An Emergency Situation Or Severe Weather Condition Has Delayed Delivery. / Your Shipment Is Scheduled To Arrive Today After The Delivery Commitment Time.

My package is already in Phoenix and the weather is sunny, dry and hot with not a drop of rain in site. I don't know what severe weather or emergency situation has occurred. I think they are just overwhelmed.

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 09 May 2020 15:48:42 GMT

Ive had that message a couple of times. One time the package was delivered on the delivery date, and the 2nd time it arrived the next day. Just a snafu

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SandySparkles — Sat, 09 May 2020 16:20:32 GMT

@Kachina624 Thank you for posting this! I too, have had the same issue the past few days on several orders from Amazon, and thought it was a unique situation. After reading these posts, I think with everything going on, the drivers might be so overwhelmed that they run out of time, leave packages on the trucks, and enter whatever information is acceptable for their tracking system. It's a tad frustrating, but I have a better understanding now.😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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lovesallanimals — Sat, 09 May 2020 16:32:02 GMT

Yes, I get that message in the winter when we have bad weather, which is perfectly understandable. However, on one of my recent orders I received that message. It went back and fourth to our UPS delivery center and was "out for delivery" and back at the center 4 times! I received the package a week later. It just went on the truck and off the truck for a week. Unbelievable.

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ScarletDove — Sat, 09 May 2020 16:39:36 GMT

I got the same message very very late last Saturday night 5/2 (UPS has been delivering on Sat) when it was not delivered after stating "out for delivery". I received item on Monday afternoon.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 09 May 2020 18:23:46 GMT

I had read people were ording mundane things online in lieu of going to stores. I've been doing the same thing. I didn't realize UPS was so swamped and backed up. It's like Christmas all over again. They'd better put on some extra help as this may go on for quite awhile.

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esmerelda — Sat, 09 May 2020 18:40:58 GMT

@Estates wrote:
I had 3 packages coming UPS yesterday. 2 from Q and one from Amazon. The 2 from Q stated they were delivered at 2pm. I got an email from UPS that they were delivered at 6pm. Unfortunately,not to my door.The UPS guy showed up at 6:45 with the Amazon package.I ran out to show him the delivery message. He said he hadn't been down my street but offered no explanation.I think he delivered them to the wrong address. I was watching it on Manage my delivery. He advised me to call UPS. After holding for 15 minutes,they said to call QVC. I called them and they refunded my money.

So no trace on my packages? They were both as is items so no reorder. It irritates me that people would keep packages that don't belong to them.

Okay,rant over. Hope everyone get their packages.

@Estates Give it some time. Maybe whoever got them put them back in the stream and they’ll l show up at your house in a few days.

My HSN order is still in a PO two hours away...where it has been since Sunday, the third.