Thousand dollar box....

[kaiser715]

And this is where FEDEX leaves it....at least it is out of the roadway:

And not much better than UPS, who last week left a 70-pound box on my front porch, blocking the outswinging storm door. I was home, had to walk around the house.

 

[77GreenMachine]

That's not a very nice box for a thousand bucks. I will build you one with plywood, insulation and shingles, and big enough to sit in for $550.

 

[kaiser715]

 

[77GreenMachine]

Seriously, it's pretty messed up. I know their slammed and all this time of year but right by the road like that is ridiculous.

 

[Fabrik8]

And on a wet surface...

 

[TARider]

You can tell it's not UPS by the lack of crushing and torn cardboard.

 

[ponykilr]

I say again, my UPS driver is great. He has been doing it 30 years and is a conservative gun guy. Has the code to my garage and always looks out for us. I get him a Christmas gift every year and know him by name and have his cell number. After stories like these I guess I am very fortunate.

 

[BRUISER]

Well yesterday I got a call from delivery guy saying he was at my office. I told him I would be there in 5 mins. I called a guy from office had him go down to meet guy and he told me that when he came down he pulled pallet off truck said thanks and left. He never even asked the guy if he was the correct guy. He just assumed it was me since he came to the losing dock. No one signed anything. It could have been anyone that just happens to come to the loading dock. I was shocked

 

[Lizooki]

I had the postal carrier on our route to pull into the driveway and drop boxes out of the vehicle window.
The box and I had a nice long chat with the postmaster ..... I get door service now.


Matt

 

[tkeaton]

My wife ordered two custom photo albums ($175/each) as gifts for Christmas. Both were ordered with explicit instructions to leave them on the front porch. Both had follow up instructions with UPS specifically, to leave on the front porch.

Both were left ON TOP of the mail box, at the end of the driveway, by the heavily white-trash traveled road, in the rain.

Oh how I miss the days of UPS/FEDEX/USPS drivers that cared about their job.

 

[RenegadeT]

...
And not much better than UPS, who last week left a 70-pound box on my front porch, blocking the outswinging storm door. I was home, had to walk around the house.

The UPS man has trapped me like this too before

 

[1-tonmudder]

So since nobody has ask,what was in the $1K box???

 

[Fabrik8]

So since nobody has ask,what was in the $1K box???

It looks like a fake Christmas tree box. I'm going with that. Must be a high-end tree.

No, wait. Shotgun-of-the-month club?

Bulk ski poles?

 

[Infamous1]

UPS man a drug dealer and don't even know it....

 

[1-tonmudder]

Looks like "A major award" to me.

 

[kaiser715]

Not quite close.....front bumper and other goodies from LOD.

 

[ManglerYJ]

"Free shipping" has done for the shipping industry what "free phones" did to the wireless industry. It has taken something of great value and made it something that has no perceived value. If you get something "for free", even though it may have been a $600 cell phone, the value of the item becomes just what you paid for it. Nothing.

Since every company out there seems to offer free shipping on stuff, the shipping companies have become overburdened, and have realized that in fact a lot of the stuff they are moving was "free shipped", so they treat it as such as well. Problem is that there is no way to tell from a package what was "free shipped" and what was paid for legitimately, so they treat them all the same.

 

[jyaks]

I always say if you want it fast ship UPS if you want it where the box doesn't look damaged go fedex. Ps I worked at UPS for over 3 years

 

[RatLabGuy]

related (sort of)
FedEx is shipping on Christmas to get delayed packages to customers

I think people just take for granted that they order stuff and it magically shows up, especially given as mentioned above that shipping is "free" (meaning only that you don't pay directly for it), but without a doubt somebody is paying, the delivery guys don't (and shouldn't!) work for free.
It takes a lot of work, effort and coordination for a package to be picked up, sorted, sent halfway across the country, and dropped off where it's supposed to be. A lot of human effort, and variables... weather, traffic, volume from other packages, etc.
Sometimes shit happens. In the case linked about, bad weather slows things down. Not really anything FedEx can do about that. Yet people are so accustomed to things going 1so smoothly and quickly that they just take it for granted and assume it should always be the case. I know I'm guilty of ordering stuff at the last minute, counting on it arriving just in time.
I commend the guys busting their asses to get us stuff on time, with little to no gratitude.

Not that that excuses things like the ditched packages or blocking doors...

 

[RobMcBee]

Lol had too.....

 

[Jus Jim]

Crap getting left out like that happens often so you can't blame it on the holiday rush. Thankfully I can get my UPS or Fed Ex stuff delivered to work so that eliminates that issue.

 

[strange1]

I have found that when living in the country, USPS is your best option. Maybe a little slower, but the best service. I have most of my stuff shipped to work.

 

[shawn]

Problem is that there is no way to tell from a package what was "free shipped" and what was paid for legitimately, so they treat them all the same.

That is nonsense. Nobody ships for free.

 

[cgm147]

I always say if you want it fast ship UPS if you want it where the box doesn't look damaged go fedex. Ps I worked at UPS for over 3 years

You must have never seen the FedEx hub in orlando. About 20 guys I went to college with in Florida worked there and made sure everyone knew not to use them if possible.. said not one person in the warehouse gave 2 shits about anything.. but this was back in 02 so anything can change..that's just my experience.

 

[Fabrik8]

"Free shipping" has done for the shipping industry what "free phones" did to the wireless industry. It has taken something of great value and made it something that has no perceived value. If you get something "for free", even though it may have been a $600 cell phone, the value of the item becomes just what you paid for it. Nothing.

Since every company out there seems to offer free shipping on stuff, the shipping companies have become overburdened, and have realized that in fact a lot of the stuff they are moving was "free shipped", so they treat it as such as well. Problem is that there is no way to tell from a package what was "free shipped" and what was paid for legitimately, so they treat them all the same.

Come on now..

The vendor pays for your free shipping as part of their profits and overhead. They have bulk commercial shipping accounts, so they get high volume shipping for cheap. Every package is still paid for. From a shipper standpoint, the warehouse guys and delivery guys don't know how much was paid for shipping, and therefore don't have special sliding standards for bad or good handling based on that. Being overburdened nmakes everything suffer, just like any other industry.