UPS 2nd day air takes 6 days

[Telecaster]

Label created June 19th, in UPS’s hands June 20th, supposed to be delivered June 25th. I remember when you could trust UPS, but now the names of their shipping options are just cruel clickbait. “Overnight” probably takes 5 days.

Rant over, carry on.

 

[Breakaway500]

I use and will pay more to use UPS vs USPS.

UPS has never lost one of my packages and delivery times are usually on target.

USPS manages to lose 2-3 packages sent per year (I buy/sell on eBay) and delivery times are a joke. 2-3 days turns into 2-3 weeks.

Not even going to discuss Fedex..may as well put something in a large bottle and bury it before using them.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

One tear while on vacation, dad tested all the 1-Day mail services. 30 business days of daily returns overnighted to Florida from Columbus, O. Everything was in triplicate and sent every day on all 3 carriers. Only one day did he not get the info from one of them.

None proved to be any more reliable than the others, but the USPS did stand behind their money back guarantee! It took almost 18 months to get UPS to pay up. After 4 years he gave up getting his money back from FedEx!!

If it absolutely positively has to be there...use a fax!

Ivan

I keep waiting for "Transporters" like on Star Trek, you could hand deliver to the other side of the planet in 30 seconds!

 

[Yendor357]

Tele, you kind of failed to mention that there is a weekend involved. And today is Saturday the 22nd. Why don’t you let UPS fail BEFORE you start complaining.

And if you needed your package sooner, you could have ordered it sooner, or had it sent Next Day Air.

 

[chief38]

After shipping many many items for 30+ years in my professional business career & personal life, I have found that ALL the shippers are pretty poor. The best of the worst is UPS, then Fedex and scraping the bottom of the barrel is the USPS. I think they should bring back Railroad Express Agency and the Pony Express - they might be faster and better! LOL

I could fill this entire page with horror stories of the USPS - suffice it to say, if you think UPS is bad, the USPS is ................

 

[Telecaster]

Tele, you kind of failed to mention that there is a weekend involved. And today is Saturday the 22nd. Why don’t you let UPS fail BEFORE you start complaining.

And if you needed your package sooner, you could have ordered it sooner, or had it sent Next Day Air.

No sir, what I failed to mention is that the package arrived in my city this morning, but it still says it will be delivered Tuesday. Is Monday a holiday?

It was most definitely not worth paying more than double for overnight, if this is how they do things.

Who knows, maybe it’ll be delivered today. Maybe not.

 

[Yendor357]

Chief, I think you meant all CARRIERS are poor. (I vehemently disagree) UPS is a Carrier, not a shipper. The shipper is for example what we used to call a mail order business; like MidwayUSA.

In my 43.5 years as a professional UPS driver (now retired), what I saw was a lot of poor packaging.The resulting damage was then blamed on UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc. The people sending out the package in the first place, who were too cheap, lazy, or simply unknowing to sufficiently package items, were most responsible. I’m not saying UPS was never at fault when damages occur, but the vast majority of damages is the result from insufficient packing.

Me personally, I’ve sent a lot of packages UPS over the years.
I use a lot of tape, always double box. I have so much faith in my packaging, and UPS, that I don’t insure my stuff because I know it’s going to get there unharmed.

I knew all the mail carriers, as well as the FedEx drivers in my area. They’re all fine, top notch people. At least they were a couple of years ago.

 

[Yendor357]

If your package is in your city, as you say it is, at this point, your package is on time.

It should be delivered on Monday. Monday is not another frivolous new holiday, to the best of my knowledge.

I can’t explain why your package is in your town but the tracking says it is going to be delivered Tuesday unless the shipper (like MidwayUSA) used that goofy Sure-Post, where UPS delivers the package to the post office, then the post office delivers it the next day. If that the case, that is on the shipper, not the carrier.

Or maybe the tracking is wrong.

Did you specify, and pay extra for 2 day shipping?

 

[Telecaster]

I specified 2-day, as it was the lower cost option. It’s a 1911

“2-day” only applies to the transit time, clearly. Not the time being shuffled around a distribution center. Seems like once upon a time it meant two days from the shipper to your door. I suppose it says that in the fine print somewhere, but it’s still mis-named.

 

[Telecaster]

On a happier note, the MecGars I ordered from Gun Mag Warehouse took 4 days by USPS. The USPS tracking site has been down, so I don’t know when they were due. See… no promises = no disappointment.

 

[Rudi]

2-4-6? It's gubment math.

 

[biku324]

You should have used UPS Next Day - it only took 5 days for my package.

 

[Yendor357]

^What’d you do? Order it the day before Thanksgiving? Because I don’t believe NXDA took 5 days.

 

[Telecaster]

But you believe 2nd day takes 3-4 days.

 

[BC38]

Tele, you kind of failed to mention that there is a weekend involved. And today is Saturday the 22nd. Why don’t you let UPS fail BEFORE you start complaining.

And if you needed your package sooner, you could have ordered it sooner, or had it sent Next Day Air.

Exactly. If it is delivered Monday the 24th, you will be getting it 2 business days after they picked it up. That is what 2-Day Air has always meant. 2 BUSINESS days - weekends don't count.
Now if they really don't get it to you until Tuesday the 25th, THEN your 2-Day Air package will have been delivered in 3 business days. It is a fail, but not nearly the fail that 5 days would be.

 

[Skeet 028]

Had to pay Next Day Air for UPS to ship a M-41 70 miles. Only took them 5 days to deliver Filed a claim...Rots of ruck...but I did get it. My dealer works from his house...and Cabela's won't ship to him...Not a storefront...duh

 

[LVSteve]

Not even going to discuss Fedex..may as well put something in a large bottle and bury it before using them.

That's funny, because for years here Fedex were the go to guys in the Vegas valley. UPS were the clowns that stated I refused a delivery at my home when I was 13 miles away at work.

 

[Telecaster]

My daughter ordered something from Amazon, and FedEx said they delivered it, but it was nowhere in her apartment building. Amazon refunded her money so she could re-purchase it, and the original delivery magically appeared a week after they said it was delivered. So she will get two for the price of one, and send the other one back for another refund, I guess.

 

[yaktamer]

I use a lot of tape, always double box. I have so much faith in my packaging, and UPS, that I don’t insure my stuff because I know it’s going to get there unharmed.

Whenever I ship something by air, I insist that it travels in the plane's black box.

 

[Golddollar]

Ivan

I keep waiting for "Transporters" like on Star Trek, you could hand deliver to the other side of the planet in 30 seconds!

We'll probably have those right after we get dilithium crystals.