topic Re: UPS in Community Chat

UPS

Alexa6352 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:41:08 GMT

I'm not sure if this has been discussed on this Forum.. I live in New York City. I don't know if this will be their Policy for the entire country..BUT maybe you should ask your Driver if you get a chance!

I was speaking to my UPS driver yesterday.He starts to tell me that UPS will be having a new policy.He said that they will now make only 1 attempt to deliver your package. If you are not home they will take your package and bring it to a designated area. He told me my DESIGNATED AREA is a CANDY STORE on the corner of Stillwell Ave & Highlawn Ave. This store was picked because it is open 24 hours. How crazy is this????? This store will be paid 50 cents per package.....I can see all kinds of crazy things happening to our packages..I can't wait to see what happens during the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY'S?? If you're not home all your packages will be brought to this place and then you have to figure out when you can go and get them. He didn't tell me how long you have to retrieve these packages?? This is going to be very interesting!!

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Pqfan — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:04:17 GMT

This will be a surefire way for UPS to go out of business.

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Sushismom — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:05:41 GMT

I'll wait to hear this from UPS directly.

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Cakers1 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:07:41 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Pqfan said:
This will be a surefire way for UPS to go out of business.

Agree. Once a package is accepted by someone other than the intended recipient, that person, or in this case the candy store, is responsible for it.

What a nightmare - I don't imagine it will be just a few packages - does this candy store need business???

I don't know what UPS is thinking - leaving a package at an office at a complex is one thing, as our UPS person will do. But a totally removed drop site from your home???

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Pqfan — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:09:14 GMT

A note to UPS: Please leave my packages at my local Papa Johns Pizza.

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Preds — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:13:56 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Pqfan said:
A note to UPS: Please leave my packages at my local Papa Johns Pizza.

I love the way you think!

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Krimpette — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:16:29 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Sushismom said:
I'll wait to hear this from UPS directly.

I agree.

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foundinlv — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:19:25 GMT

It will be interesting to know where our packages will be left. Thefts of packages are already up and was reported on our local news just last night. Maybe this is UPS' answer to leaving packages unattended when no one is home...trying 3x's only to get the same result. Since UPS delivers here so late in the evening someone is always home plus we track it online and make sure we're home. But, from May through Sept, perishables, supplements and even cosmetics don't fare well at all after sitting in a hot truck all afternoon.....so Qvc and other companies who don't give me good shipping options, don't get my business during that time.

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Sushismom — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:20:18 GMT

At this point it's just a rumor so I won't worry about it or concern myself until it's fact.

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Pqfan — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:23:49 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Preds said:
On 10/4/2014 Pqfan said:
A note to UPS: Please leave my packages at my local Papa Johns Pizza.

I love the way you think!

Hi Preds!

They better not get sauce on my boxes either I won't tolerate that.

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Cakers1 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:29:09 GMT

Well, I'm usually home so the few UPS packages that arrive are not an issue for us.

But I do remember back when I was working up north you had to either call and reschedule or opt to go to the local UPS center to get your package.

Maybe the UPS delivery man was smokey the dopey. It wouldn't be a smart move at all for UPS.

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tansy — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:31:35 GMT

Amazon gives me the option of having packages go to a ""locker"" at various locations around me. So far I haven't tried that.

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scotttie — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:44:14 GMT

I haven't heard this but then I don't get as many packages as I used to.

I did see another interesting thing about UPS this morning. I think it was Yahoo.

That UPS drivers have a special GPS that makes sure they don't do any left turns. They showed a little enactment. ONe driver used the UPS GPS (it has a name but I don't remember it). The other used regular GPS. The one using the no left turn system finished his delivery while the other guy still had 10 packages left to deliver. Really interesting.

UPS is not sharing the technology.

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Alexa6352 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:47:53 GMT

Oh I forgot to say this..Many Drivers will try to give your Packages to neighbors,which is very nice. He told me that UPS doesn't want them to do that anymore. He said that takes to much time....Holy Cow.. I think UPS is losing it's mind!

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Cakers1 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:47:58 GMT

On 10/4/2014 scotttie said:
I haven't heard this but then I don't get as many packages as I used to.

I did see another interesting thing about UPS this morning. I think it was Yahoo.

That UPS drivers have a special GPS that makes sure they don't do any left turns. They showed a little enactment. ONe driver used the UPS GPS (it has a name but I don't remember it). The other used regular GPS. The one using the no left turn system finished his delivery while the other guy still had 10 packages left to deliver. Really interesting.

UPS is not sharing the technology.

scottie: I didn't see that but I vaguely remember (not with UPS) seeing something about left-hand turns and decreasing travel time sometime ago.

Not sure how it works - I guess I need to Google or something.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:57:58 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Cakers1 said:
On 10/4/2014 Pqfan said:
This will be a surefire way for UPS to go out of business.

Agree. Once a package is accepted by someone other than the intended recipient, that person, or in this case the candy store, is responsible for it.

What a nightmare - I don't imagine it will be just a few packages - does this candy store need business???

I don't know what UPS is thinking - leaving a package at an office at a complex is one thing, as our UPS person will do. But a totally removed drop site from your home???

Is the candy store owned by a Mr. Brown?

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Cakers1 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 19:00:24 GMT

On 10/4/2014 tansy said: Amazon gives me the option of having packages go to a ""locker"" at various locations around me. So far I haven't tried that.

At a store? Like Foot Locker?

Seriously - where are the lockers? Never knew that about Amazon.

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Say Nay — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 19:00:59 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Preds said:
On 10/4/2014 Pqfan said:
A note to UPS: Please leave my packages at my local Papa Johns Pizza.

I love the way you think!

LOL

If this is the way they are going to handle packages I don't see the public sitting quietly over it.

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scotttie — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 19:01:32 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Cakers1 said:
On 10/4/2014 scotttie said:
I haven't heard this but then I don't get as many packages as I used to.

I did see another interesting thing about UPS this morning. I think it was Yahoo.

That UPS drivers have a special GPS that makes sure they don't do any left turns. They showed a little enactment. ONe driver used the UPS GPS (it has a name but I don't remember it). The other used regular GPS. The one using the no left turn system finished his delivery while the other guy still had 10 packages left to deliver. Really interesting.

UPS is not sharing the technology.

scottie: I didn't see that but I vaguely remember (not with UPS) seeing something about left-hand turns and decreasing travel time sometime ago.

Not sure how it works - I guess I need to Google or something.

LOL nobody knows how it works. UPS isn't sharing the technology!

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sgraham30 — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 19:03:11 GMT

On 10/4/2014 Alexa6352 said:
Oh I forgot to say this..Many Drivers will try to give your Packages to neighbors,which is very nice. He told me that UPS doesn't want them to do that anymore. He said that takes to much time....Holy Cow.. I think UPS is losing it's mind!

I hope they don't give my packages to my neighbors, I'll never see them! My address is 5668, a former driver kept delivering my packages to 5868, which is several houses down & around the corner from me. When I called UPS to report the package (s) missing, I was told that the driver said that he'd delivered them to 5868, which is what the package indicated. (this was not correct) When I went to retrieve my package (s), the person who lived there refused to even open their door to me. ( I saw them watching out their front window) Thankfully, whoever it was that I ordered from reshipped the order (s) in question.