There's No Tracking Like UPS Tracking

[HighRoller]

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I cringe when Amazon ships me something via FedEx. We've had repeated problems with FedEx delivery being late and/or saying our address didn't exist, even though they can obviously locate us 90% of the time.

Similar experience here. Admittedly, I do live "way out in the country" but somehow UPS (and USPS) has always been able to find my place (often with different drivers) but the only time I received a package from FedEx they couldn't seem to find the place until they called me for directions.

 

[Lakedog]

I cringe when Amazon ships me something via FedEx. We've had repeated problems with FedEx delivery being late and/or saying our address didn't exist, even though they can obviously locate us 90% of the time.

Same here on FedEx. Although I knew it was highly unlikely, I asked Amazon customer service (when requesting a refund for a lost FedEx shipment) if they could eliminate FedEx shipping for my account. They told me that was not possible but said they would make a notation on my account about FedEx shipping issues to my address. Most of my Amazon orders seem to be shipped via UPS or USPS but I still receive a few via FedEx.

 

[meierlde]

It seems like most of my orders go through FedEx. They will just leave it at the door, no problem. I had UPS deliver me a chromebook yesterday and it said I had to be there to sign. So I was a house prisoner all day. By 7 I had given up even though the tracking center said it was on truck. Sure enough at 8 pm he shows up with it. He said it was last drop off of the day and he was tired. They must beat those UPS workers with whips for them to have to work that long. It didn't realize they delivered that late into the night.

When I was working and lived in a big city, I just paid for a mailbox at what was then Mailboxes etc (now UPS store), and had all deliveries go there. I was worried that something left on the doorstep might disappear before I got home.

 

[Mulligan]

When I was working and lived in a big city, I just paid for a mailbox at what was then Mailboxes etc (now UPS store), and had all deliveries go there. I was worried that something left on the doorstep might disappear before I got home.

I live in a small town, not that people wouldn't steal here, but I do see packages on the porches all the time. I looked a little closer at my bill and it was the sending company that requested the signature not UPS. Best Buy wanted it for my Chromebook. My IPads sent by Apple did not request it, I guess, and FedEx just left it there.

 

[meierlde]

I live in a small town, not that people wouldn't steal here, but I do see packages on the porches all the time. I looked a little closer at my bill and it was the sending company that requested the signature not UPS. Best Buy wanted it for my Chromebook. My IPads sent by Apple did not request it, I guess, and FedEx just left it there.

Dell wants them for computers also.

 

[gerrym51]

i use amazon often. i also have prime and a kindle. i have not had a delivery problem yet.

 

[rbmrtn]

I live in a small town, not that people wouldn't steal here, but I do see packages on the porches all the time. I looked a little closer at my bill and it was the sending company that requested the signature not UPS. Best Buy wanted it for my Chromebook. My IPads sent by Apple did not request it, I guess, and FedEx just left it there.

Typically it is the sender that request a signature. But my UPS/FEDEX person just drops at the door, doesn't even ring the bell. I hear just a thunk when he drops it against the door. The online status shows delivered.

 

[easysurfer]

My understanding, at least for UPS is that unless the sender requires a signature, to drop the package off or not is up to the discretion of the UPS delivery person. I suppose that makes sense as most folks don't want to miss a package and have to wait another day.

 

[easysurfer]

Let The Games Begin

I received the call screening device that I re-ordered today.

It came in a bubble wrapped envelop, so I imagine the one that got damaged the other day probably got smashed by another package.

All I need now is some repeating telemarketing calls so I can block them out

 

[JPatrick]

I received the call screening device that I re-ordered today.

It came in a bubble wrapped envelop, so I imagine the one that got damaged the other day probably got smashed by another package.

All I need now is some repeating telemarketing calls so I can block them out

Good, but get on the DNC list. It works great for us 98% of the time.
Of course you still hear from surveys, politicians, charities, people you've done business with in the past and occasional DNC violaters, but caller ID lets us avoid them.
Did I say 98%?? I'm going to lower that to--maybe 95%

 

[RustyShackleford]

Amazon.com: T-lock Incoming PRO Call Blocker with LCD Display and Blacklist: Electronics

Why does it have memory for outgoing calls ?

The drivers in my neighborhood work unbelievably hard and still manage to keep from growling at their customers.

Around XMas, I was getting a package almost every day. I was particularly watching for one, and when it came I realized the driver had left the depot about 5am (in December, yikes !!) and had been working about 8 hrs when he got to my house. I also like the fact their drivers seem pretty dog savvy - not freaking out and being chill when the neighborhood dogs do their duty.

My buddy in college worked for them as a summer job in high school. He was convinced they were laundering money, because of the combination of the wages and benefits they provided, the service they provided to their customers, and the fact they washed every truck every day (he seemed really fixated on that

 

[RustyShackleford]

It seems like a lot of stuff is broken in this poor old country of ours. One of the thing that gives me hope is that I can sit in my chair, push a couple buttons on my computer, and the next day (or day after) a man in a brown outfit shows up with almost any item under the sun.

 

[tinlizzy]

I live in a small town, not that people wouldn't steal here, but I do see packages on the porches all the time. I looked a little closer at my bill and it was the sending company that requested the signature not UPS. Best Buy wanted it for my Chromebook. My IPads sent by Apple did not request it, I guess, and FedEx just left it there.

When I started 20 years ago it was not uncommon for me to open a door and set a package in the house. I would even get notes to leave the parcel on the kitchen table. Nowadays people seem uncomfortable when I walk into an open garage and leave the package.

There are websites now with tutorials on how to follow delivery drivers around and steal packages.

I have several customers who have put those garden storage benches beside their door - the kind that lock. They leave a padlock in the bottom of it and I lock it after I put the box inside.

 

[tfudtuckerpucker]

Well, I caved from all these telemarketing calls and bought this Caller Blocker device from Amazon. (Yes, I still have a landline). .

Yes, I was also very fed up with all the spam calls. Every day, several calls. I was building up a list of numbers I blocked, but they kept coming. So I bought something called a Obihai VOIP box, and hooked it up to Google voice. This brought me 2 benefits

1- zero, nada, nichts spam calls. It's heaven. Google voice has a spam filter (like gmail). Works great.

2- My landline costs me zero, nichts, nada (after the $40 cost of the obihai box). This may change in the future if Google starts charging, but there are cheap options out there, once you're not locked to a certain provider.

 

[easysurfer]

Why does it have memory for outgoing calls ?...

I think the outgoing can be used to dial numbers so that number shows up on the device, then put that number on the blacklist.

(Or to spy on some unknowing person in the household to see who's been sneaking around ).

I'll just wait until a telemarketer calls me, then if the call is a repeat, add to block that number. That's my approach.

 

[audreyh1]

It seems like a lot of stuff is broken in this poor old country of ours. One of the thing that gives me hope is that I can sit in my chair, push a couple buttons on my computer, and the next day (or day after) a man in a brown outfit shows up with almost any item under the sun.

Usually a youngish, fairly fit man in brown shorts with tanned legs!

 

[Tyro]

One of the thing that gives me hope is that I can sit in my chair, push a couple buttons on my computer, and the next day (or day after) a man in a brown outfit shows up with almost any item under the sun.

Tyro

 

[davemartin88]

Similar experience here. Admittedly, I do live "way out in the country" but somehow UPS (and USPS) has always been able to find my place (often with different drivers) but the only time I received a package from FedEx they couldn't seem to find the place until they called me for directions.

We're well out in the country as well but UPS always finds us, in fact, not unusual for the driver to see us driving in town and getting our attention if we have a package. It saves them the trip up the mountain!

We use Amazon Prime and get multiple packages per week, usually from UPS but sometimes FedEx. FedEx is getting better but sometimes they don't seem to bother to even try to find us and mark the status as being a customer issue. I've had several conversations with the FedEx management but not sure it helped. The FedEx ground people seem to get it better than the FedEx express team, I've had them both deliver packages on the same day probably passing each other on the 1/2 mile driveway to our house, lol. I mentioned to a driver and was told they are completely separate companies?

 

[easysurfer]

On the topic of telemarketing calls....

This actually is pretty funny (falls into the category of "who's playing who?")

How to torment telemarketers with one word!! - YouTube

 

[easysurfer]

Still Fishin'

An update on the call blocker that I bought about a week ago.

The good: I'm only averaging about 1 telemarketing call a day as now I have seven numbers added to my call blocker. (To add a caller on my device is easy. The display pops up during a call and I just press "Blacklist". Or scroll through the number on the display after the call and press "Blacklist").

The bad: None of the numbers added were repeat callers. So I haven't had the satisfaction of actually rejecting a call yet.

 

[tinlizzy]

I mentioned to a driver and was told they are completely separate companies?

Yes. FedEx ground (green logo) is the old RPS. The drivers bought their routes and most now own several routes. They are considered contractors. The "owner" hires his own drivers. The owner I know has 5 routes, pays his drivers $125/day, no bennies and makes about $45K/yr himself just managing his routes.

Fred Smith did this so FedEx would not fall under the Nat'l Labor Relations Act. They are currently considered an airline and fall under the Railway Labor Act, making them nearly impossible to unionize and work stoppages illegal.

 

[easysurfer]

Success...a repeat telemarketer just automatically got hung up on by my call blocker.

 

[jazz4cash]

Rachael?

 

[easysurfer]

Not Racheal, but some other repeat that called me about 20 times last month.

 

[Redbugdave]

I'll bet you guy's didn't know that the UPS man carries doggy treats for those with big dogs. Ankle biters might also get a treat if they act about 20 times larger...