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The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:25 pm
by fortyshooter
Have a parts package coming from Michigan to my home in Va. and tracking says "by end of day April 2".
Interesting that tracking showed at 10:41 AM today April 1 it was in Jacksonville Fla. !!
Oh well as long as it gets here tomorrow.
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:37 pm
by Mags
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Maybe it was shipped UPS 'Surepost'. Gets to the Post Office by UPS and then USPS delivers it. I do not like Surepost. I once tracked a package to the local UPS Customer Support dock (about 7 miles away) where it was then delivered to the USPS, sent to Bellevue Washington, 100s of miles away, then 2 days later in my mail box.
fortyshooter wrote:Have a parts package coming from Michigan to my home in Va. and tracking says "by end of day April 2".
Interesting that tracking showed at 10:41 AM today April 1 it was in Jacksonville Fla. !!
Oh well as long as it gets here tomorrow.
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:26 pm
by ESquared
Surepost is the worst. UPS has dropped something or other at my local (KC) "distribution center," and it sits for days before moving again.
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:32 pm
by The Wiz

Had a package forwarded to here from Madison, Wi. Now pay attention. Went to my old address in Rockford, IL , then to Chicago, then to Pittsburgh, back to Chicago, sat there for 5 days, went back to Pittsburgh, on to Charlotte, then to me in Raliegh. Whew! Took 25 days. Funny thing. When I thought it was lost, reorder it and the second order came in before the first.
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:42 pm
by fortyshooter
Well the reason it's in Florida is the company shipping it put the wrong Zip Code on it! Guess nobody pays attention to the address.
Anyway probably won't see it till Friday dang it!
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:50 pm
by Mags
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USPS computer sorting prioritizes the zip code first. The rest of the address comes into play once the package has arrived inside the zip code area.
fortyshooter wrote:Well the reason it's in Florida is the company shipping it put the wrong Zip Code on it! Guess nobody pays attention to the address.
Anyway probably won't see it till Friday dang it!
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:56 pm
by fortyshooter
Yep the shipper had the first digit of the zip code wrong and to Fla. it went.
Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:02 pm
by markiver54
Glad I've had pretty good luck with UPS, even when they turn it over to USPS. Scheduled deliveries have only been late by a day once or twice. Lucky me I guess! Now...WHERE'S MY GUN HENRY!!...

Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:43 pm
by Mags
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Time to give them a call!
markiver54 wrote:Glad I've had pretty good luck with UPS, even when they turn it over to USPS. Scheduled deliveries have only been late by a day once or twice. Lucky me I guess! Now...WHERE'S MY GUN HENRY!!...

Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:15 pm
by markiver54
Mags wrote:.
Time to give them a call!
markiver54 wrote:Glad I've had pretty good luck with UPS, even when they turn it over to USPS. Scheduled deliveries have only been late by a day once or twice. Lucky me I guess! Now...WHERE'S MY GUN HENRY!!...

Yeah, I know...figure I,ll give them till Wed or Thursday, then the wheel will really squeek!
I always fear annoying someone. Just like sending food back at a restaurant, don't know what you'll get in return...

Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:18 pm
by Mags
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I have a true story for that. Many years ago I went out to dinner with some friends at a very nice place. On being served our waiter dropped my plate on the floor face down. A few minutes later he came back from the kitchen saying they were out of that particular cut of meat. So I ordered something else. When he brought me my meal it was my original order, said the chief found one in fridge. I've often wondered if that was true or did I just eat the meat that had hit the floor. I'll never know in this lifetime.
markiver54 wrote:...I always fear annoying someone. Just like sending food back at a restaurant, don't know what you'll get in return...

Re: The long way around...UPS shipping
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 6:31 pm
by markiver54
Mags wrote:.
I have a true story for that. Many years ago I went out to dinner with some friends at a very nice place. On being served our waiter dropped my plate on the floor face down. A few minutes later he came back from the kitchen saying they were out of that particular cut of meat. So I ordered something else. When he brought me my meal it was my original order, said the chief found one in fridge. I've often wondered if that was true or did I just eat the meat that had hit the floor. I'll never know in this lifetime.
markiver54 wrote:...I always fear annoying someone. Just like sending food back at a restaurant, don't know what you'll get in return...

Dodododo...least your still alive!..
I also avoid fast food when I can, especially Bugger Queen

, lifes like a box of chocolates...