On 11/30/06, jtainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If anyone has read this far, please don't insult me and the rest of the list > by moralizing about how UPS usually delivers as promised and I really must > expect an occastional glitch. >
The whole story is unfortunate. It's good that you got your package, though. Maybe you should gripe to UPS about the crappy service. They will sometimes refund your shipping expenses. I had a similar experience with FedEx. On a Thursday morning I discovered that I needed a part for the car. After calling a few repair places and auto parts stores (no one had it) I decided to overnight it from a place out of state. They shipped FedEx. Since I needed the car running for the weekend, I called off work on Friday to wait for my part to arrive. At 3:30pm the FedEx tracking site said they had attempted a delivery but I wasn't home. After spending a couple seconds trying to figure out where I went while I was at home all day I called FedEx to gripe. The operator insisted that there was nothing she could do and that the package would be delivered on Monday and no I could not pick it up before then. If I wanted to pick it up I could do that Monday morning. So I asked for a supervisor. At this point it occurred to me to mention that the driver did not leave a tag on my door. "Hold please." Several minutes later: "He'll be there within thirty minutes." That guy had to be the maddest FedEx driver I've ever seen. He demanded a signature and driver's license before handing over the package (which really consisted of tossing it in my general direction). They're all the same. They all suck. But I'll still deal with FedEx and UPS before I ship through the USPS. I'll go somewhere else entirely before I'll buy from a merchant who ships with DHL, though. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
