Rant on shipping

[Pixguy]

Used to be local 4H or maybe FFA sold the address reflective signs. I bought mine on Amazon

Many fire depts in the northeast will make them up for about $10 and you can screw them to your post.

 

[LouNY]

I have little problem with package delivery in the winter;
I don't want them on my driveway with ice or snow present as it would be asking for accidents so first snow this tote gets put out close to the road till spring;


Now during the rest of the year most of them are very good about bringing things up to the house,
the driveway is a 1/4 mile up a steep hill. Once in a while it must be a relief driver will leave them in strange places not far from the road.

 

[Jstpssng]

This time of year I have any packages sent to the Post Office, or to a drop off point about 10 miles away. My road is maintained just enough from one end for access to the three homes, and they always try to come in from the other end. You would think that after 18 years they would have some type of database telling how to get here or at least read the instructions on the shipping label, but that apparently isn't practical. What's frustrating though is when I place a small order which gets shipped in 5 packages... it costs me 3$/package at the drop-off point.

 

[JethroB]

On my last Amazon order I chose ship in a single box at checkout vs. 3 items over 3 days. It delayed all until the third day but I wasn't in a rush. It also cut down the chances of them disturbing my afternoon nap.

 

[kenmbz]

We are still getting Fedex and now some UPS left in various places around the mailbox and garbage cans, even though the access road is pretty clear.
At least UPS guy puts in bags, fedex leaves right on/in the snow.
Who knows what i will find once the melt is done...

 

[kenmbz]

Date/Time Activity/Location
2/23/2021 12:00 pm Arrived at FedEx location
CONCORD, NC
2/23/2021 9:18 am Arrived at FedEx location
CONCORD, NC
2/22/2021 10:49 pm Left FedEx origin facility
CONCORD, NC
2/22/2021 12:11 pm Arrived at FedEx location
CONCORD, NC

Seems this package is touring around Concord, taking in the sites.

 

[LouNY]

Or else the door was closed and it kept bouncing out and not getting in 3 arrived and 1 left???

 

[Dftodd]

My son ordered some items for his 3d printer from Amazon. Package came it was women’s ski pants and socks. Called Amazon got return label and parts would be resent. UPS stopped next day to pick up package and they left a package. It was what he originally ordered. They had somehow created two identical shipping labels and one got on the wrong package. But by this time they have resent the original order which comes a few days later. Amazon says don’t worry about it our mistake.

Had a new UPS driver yesterday, turns out he was a local boy from a couple ridges over. Asked where the usual guy was and found out he had taken a bad fall on the ice and was having to have some scans on his head.

Guy was lucky from the sounds. My grandfather was a rural mail carrier for the post office. He was delivering in an ice storm and had some packages for one resident that wouldn't fit in the box.

He fell in their driveway, broke his hip and laid there for four hours in the cold till the resident got home from work and found him.

Thankfully he was dressed warm so all he had besides the busted hip was a case of hypothermia.

 

[reb]

I quit following this thread a while back. Now I have a complaint about the USPS delivery system. I placed an order eight days ago--ordered it 9 days ago. Being lazy, I had it sent to my PO Box instead of my street address as usual. It has some white chocolate in it. The seller suggested having it delivered overnight, but I figured the weather is cool and the "free" delivery was attractive. Delivery was promised by Saturday. The latest tracking information says the package arrived in Phoenix this morning. That means probably 2 more days, maybe 3, before it is delivered. Lesson learned--UPS delivers more quickly.

 

[goeduck]

It also cut down the chances of them disturbing my afternoon nap.

I put a sign on my doorbell to not ring it when they deliver. Not that I nap during the day, but the dogs go crazy doing the roadrunner thing on the wood floor getting to the door. Hate that.