Originally posted by PakRat:
I know what you mean - even within the states I use USPS to ship stuff.
The worst part is the tracking that UPS provides - I've watched packages sit on the regional dock to age only because if they put it in a van and delivered it, I'd get it before the ground rate shipping delivery time. Apparently since I didn't pay for two or three day, by God I ain't getting it in two or three days.
I ship and request shipping by USPS whenever possible.
Yup, ta hell with United Parcel Screwups. Every time I've ordered something and it was shipped through them it's arrived 2-5days past the scheduled delivery date. Dinnae matter if it's overnight, 2nd day air, or regular ground, it's gonna be 2-5days late.
Latest incident was ordering Shaw's book from Amazon. They recieve the manifest on one day but dinnae ship it until the next night. Called thier customer support and the woman I talked to said "we recieved the manifest on that day, but not the package for shipping." I'm like "How can you recieve the manifest w/o the package?" and she couldna answer that one. It was 2 days late.
USPS or FedEx from now on.