UPS woes

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Feb 21 15:22:42 2001

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, John Foust wrote:

> At 10:17 PM 2/20/01 -0700, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >When the UPS guy delivered it, I was still at work, so instead of putting the
> >package somewhere out of the way or delivering it the next day, the package was
> >left in the driveway where it led into the covered portion of the carport.
>
> That's 100% UPS policy for residential delivery: they can leave it
> seemingly anywhere unless the sender has paid extra for
> signature verification. My favorite location is in the bushes,
> where it will be found months later after the weather has
> attacked it. (For those of you in California, "weather" can
> be things like rain, the frozen rain we call "snow", etc.)
>
> Think about the alternative: UPS trucks driving endlessly to
> attempt to deliver packages to residential addresses where
> no one is there to accept the package...
>
> - John
>

Not too many years ago, they used to leave a little yellow form advising
that they would try again on the following day or you could call the
distribution site and arrange to pick it up yourself. Presumably, they
have concluded that paying claims under the current system is less
costly than under the old.

                                                 - don
 
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