kjchronister
Member
With the oft-discussed demise of the local hobby/train shop, we're all often dependent on online/catalog/mail order for our supplies & equipment.
So when I ordered something I needed on September 17th, I didn't think much about the fact it would ship UPS. I should have... especially given that in the past a solid 1/3 of my UPS shipments get delayed, messed up or otherwise wrong.
Now, despite the vendor shipping promptly, UPS has delayed my package again. From the original delivery date of 9/24 it was pushed to today, and now it's pushed to 9/29... There go my weekend plans! Ugh. It never crossed my mind that something I ordered (from the U.S. at least) could POSSIBLY take 12 days to get here!
Now stuff happens, I know. BUT, it seems to happen to UPS a lot more than anyone else. Starting with the fact that a shipper sending out a package on 9/18 by Priority Mail would probably have got here before 9/24 to start with. So not only has UPS pushed me back twice, but their original date was nothing to jump up and down about.
It's pretty sad when USPS is kicking the butt of a private-company shipper. Isn't it supposed to be the opposite?
It's literally getting to the point that I'm going to stop ordering/bidding when folks use UPS. Fool me once, yeah... Fool me about 27 times now and shame on me...
Does anyone else find the same?
Sorry. Just had to vent.
So when I ordered something I needed on September 17th, I didn't think much about the fact it would ship UPS. I should have... especially given that in the past a solid 1/3 of my UPS shipments get delayed, messed up or otherwise wrong.
Now, despite the vendor shipping promptly, UPS has delayed my package again. From the original delivery date of 9/24 it was pushed to today, and now it's pushed to 9/29... There go my weekend plans! Ugh. It never crossed my mind that something I ordered (from the U.S. at least) could POSSIBLY take 12 days to get here!
Now stuff happens, I know. BUT, it seems to happen to UPS a lot more than anyone else. Starting with the fact that a shipper sending out a package on 9/18 by Priority Mail would probably have got here before 9/24 to start with. So not only has UPS pushed me back twice, but their original date was nothing to jump up and down about.
It's pretty sad when USPS is kicking the butt of a private-company shipper. Isn't it supposed to be the opposite?
It's literally getting to the point that I'm going to stop ordering/bidding when folks use UPS. Fool me once, yeah... Fool me about 27 times now and shame on me...
Does anyone else find the same?
Sorry. Just had to vent.