I live in a residential suburban area, where someone is usually available in every residence, so both UPS and FedEx show up late afternoon. We also get to know the drivers and tip them at Christmas, so they go out of their way to provide good service. Paul On Nov 23, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> On Nov 23, 2006, at 8:43 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> The functional difference I've experienced is that FedEx always (even >> with their cheap ground service) knows enough to wait until after >> working hours to deliver to a private residence, whereas UPS still >> expects to find June Cleaver at home baking cookies during the day >> and >> if she isn't you're out of luck. > > Doesn't seem to work that way around my area. Both of them seem to > deliver between noon and 3 pm no matter what I do to have shipments > marked for residence or whatever. FedEx Ground confusticates even > that by using totally separate delivery depot contact points ... I've > had to chase the truck several times or drive to meet them at some > arbitrary location because we simply could not seem to connect up > with a time they were going to be at my home. > > So it goes... > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
