MAN, that UPS tracking is nice...

Resident Alien · #1 November 12th, 2000, 06:34 AM

How about this for "So Close, So Far". On Friday the UPS dude knocked on my front door with SE4 in his hand but there's nobody home. It is a signature required package so back to the depot it goes and I get a yellow sticky saying 1st attempt made. Arrrgggg! Depot is closed Saturday. Arrgg! I have arranged to pick it up in person on Monday morning. Oh well! So Close, but.......

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Originally posted by markgame:
But UPS tracking can also be frustrating. Not being able to convince myself to spend that extra money for overnight, I opted for Standard delivery. Using the tracking, I watched my game leaving Chapel Hill on Thursday night, then hitting two intermediate points before being put "in transit" to my local UPS office... on Friday night. Since I have standard delivery, it won't be delivered to my home till Monday. So close, and yet so far!

WendellM · #2 November 12th, 2000, 07:58 AM

That's rough, RA. I *hate* those yellow stickies - they mean that the game was *right there* on the doorstep, but then went away <sniff>! I wish us both better luck on Monday.

markgame · #3 November 13th, 2000, 03:38 PM

Uh oh... I hope that Standard delivery means I don't have to be there for a signature, because I won't be! I seem to recall a number of times that UPS (or was it FedEx?) left off packages if there was no one there to sign for it. Anyone know about the terms of Standard delivery? I couldn't find the particulars on the UPS web site.

LintMan · #4 November 13th, 2000, 04:04 PM

I think whether a signature is required by UPS or not is specified by the shipper, but it also might depend on the area (ie - whether they think it might get stolen if it was just left there).

I ordered the 2nd day UPS Red shipping, and the guy just put the package in our mail slot without even ringing the doorbell (we were home at the time).

I don't know why they would just have left the package for us, but require a signature for someone else.

Resident Alien · #5 November 14th, 2000, 01:48 AM

Mine was signature required and they didn't leave it. You would expect that all the SE 4 shipments would be the same. Probably depends on the individual UPS truck driver.
That was for 3 day select shipping to Philadelphia.

Picked it up this morning at the UPS depot. Took them 45 mins to find it though...... I was begining to worry when they brought it out.

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Originally posted by markgame:
Uh oh... I hope that Standard delivery means I don't have to be there for a signature, because I won't be! I seem to recall a number of times that UPS (or was it FedEx?) left off packages if there was no one there to sign for it. Anyone know about the terms of Standard delivery? I couldn't find the particulars on the UPS web site.

WendellM · #6 November 14th, 2000, 11:43 AM

Mine arrived Monday as well, after its misadventure on Friday. I've enjoyed the few hours I had with it tonight and look forward to exploring its depth and modifiability for weeks/months to come.

As for signatures, I signed releases with both FedEx and UPS a couple of years ago (they need to be renewed every year or two), so that packages don't need a signature. If you frequently order lots of stuff and are OK with having it left outside, you might ask your delivery guy about it.

Taqwus · #7 November 15th, 2000, 08:04 PM

Hrmmm. I check the UPS site, and what do I see but...

...Rescheduled delivery.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgggh.

Well, at least it's not been redirected to Timbuktu.

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