UPS sucks

[andysocial]

I have a package being delivered via UPS, which left Kentucky on the 25th, bound for Arizona. So, why, exactly, is the package now in Illinois? Is it being routed through Alaska next?

Yep, sure is cool to track packages on the web, although very frustrating. In San Angelo, I'd be able to watch the package arrive in Dallas on Monday and sit there for 3 days before it moved to San Angelo, where it would sit for at least one more day. Grrr...

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Definitely not going through Alaska!

[bloojanuary.livejournal.com]

Most websites that use UPS as their shipper don't ship to Alaska. You have to order stuff parcel post, and it takes like 3 weeks! It's a pain in the ass. I don't understand what the difference is...

Try APO sometime

[andysocial]

When I was stationed in Korea, it was especially entertaining. Some vendors don't give a choice of shipment method; they'll choose one for you. They'd get so hung up on the APO AP address they'd go into a complete tailspin. Um, guys, you just need to get it to San Francisco, the US military will take it from there. As if the APO/FPO system was a new invention.

"I'm sorry, we can't ship to Korea."
'It's not Korea, it's an APO'
"What's dat?"
'Do you have a brain?'

Re: Try APO sometime

[bloojanuary.livejournal.com]

Yah, and then they want to charge you EXTRA for "shipping outside the US."

*holds up her middle finger and yells!*

[andysocial]

How about the immense wait for things to show up when you're outside the Lower 48? I would routinely get magazines by subscription a week after that issue had been REMOVED from the shelf at the local bookstore. Exactly how did the bookstore get it 5-6 weeks before the subscriber? I was not happy with the "book rate vs first class" answer, either.

[arf.livejournal.com]

Nice LJ image

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