UPS Sucks v. 1.5 mill
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Originally Posted by dE.fUsEd
i do tech support for DHL. i've done quite a bit of shipping with them too. as far as overseas, DHL > every other...but their domestic needs some improvement.
DHL has been around for as long as UPS, but they were only doing International. Couple years ago, they bought out Airborne Express. Airborne did only Domestic, so now DHL is learning the ropes. Given time, i think DHL will be used twice as much as UPS is today. The company is growing extremely fast.
DHL has been around for as long as UPS, but they were only doing International. Couple years ago, they bought out Airborne Express. Airborne did only Domestic, so now DHL is learning the ropes. Given time, i think DHL will be used twice as much as UPS is today. The company is growing extremely fast.
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Originally Posted by brtecson
For the first and third packages, they may be on a train, on the way to City of Industry CA, or Oakland CA. The trains don't move on weekends AFAIK, and it usually takes a few days to go cross-country on a train. If time is an issue, you may want to choose to expidite the package. Three day doesn't cost that much more. For the second packages, IDK if it was packed correctly, but more than 90% of damages like that are caused by poor packaging. Like somebody already said, that box is going to be traveling on conveyor belts, slides and chutes with boxes up to 70 lbs. The goods should be packed accordingly. Poor packaging will lead to goods being lost in belts/chutes/slides. Your best bet is to file a claim with UPS. It's most likely sitting in "overgoods" (unknown shipper/shipee, damages, lost items, etc) storage right now. If you file a claim, the package is traced to whatever centers/hubs it went thru and they look for it there.
Trust me, nobody wants to steal your 30" fork, let alone know what your 30" fork is for. Even if they did want to steal it, they couldn't get past the metal detector on the way out. Anything electronic or mechanical has to be cleared by security and management before it can leave the premisis. For this reason, we can't even bring cell phones, radios, etc into work.
Trust me, nobody wants to steal your 30" fork, let alone know what your 30" fork is for. Even if they did want to steal it, they couldn't get past the metal detector on the way out. Anything electronic or mechanical has to be cleared by security and management before it can leave the premisis. For this reason, we can't even bring cell phones, radios, etc into work.
My other pacakage still has not moved in the last 5 days so much for the train "theory" its now past its delivery date by two days.
Then again maybe someone needed some Hayes disc brakes
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Originally Posted by brtecson
Trust me, nobody wants to steal your 30" fork, let alone know what your 30" fork is for. Even if they did want to steal it, they couldn't get past the metal detector on the way out. Anything electronic or mechanical has to be cleared by security and management before it can leave the premisis. For this reason, we can't even bring cell phones, radios, etc into work.
Interesting, We dont have security nearly that tight at our hub. No metal detectors, I bring my cell phone in daily with no problems what so ever. They did just catch someone stealing a cd a couple weeks ago tho.
Originally Posted by wagon89
IM sorry but I have to call :bs: IM sure ALL of the employees they hire for $7.00 an hour that are part time are honest and don't steal
My other pacakage still has not moved in the last 5 days so much for the train "theory" its now past its delivery date by two days.
Then again maybe someone needed some Hayes disc brakes
My other pacakage still has not moved in the last 5 days so much for the train "theory" its now past its delivery date by two days.
Then again maybe someone needed some Hayes disc brakes
And employees at our Hub start out at 8.50 an hour. People do steal reguardless of what salary they are making. I still dont see your 30 inch fork being high on someones list of items to steal tho
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If your package is past the scheduled delivery date, call the 1-800 # and have a trace put on the package asap. If it is past the scheduled delivery date, there is no reason to wait. They can take 8 business days, so the sooner the better.
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Originally Posted by wagon89
IM sorry but I have to call :bs: IM sure ALL of the employees they hire for $7.00 an hour that are part time are honest and don't steal
My other pacakage still has not moved in the last 5 days so much for the train "theory" its now past its delivery date by two days.
Then again maybe someone needed some Hayes disc brakes
My other pacakage still has not moved in the last 5 days so much for the train "theory" its now past its delivery date by two days.
Then again maybe someone needed some Hayes disc brakes
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Originally Posted by brtecson
UPS employees start at 8.50 to 9.50 and have an excellent benefit package. Nonetheless, a persons wage doesn't reflect his or her integrity.
Hmm my roomate worked for UPS and made a whopping $7.50 at part time which might as well be minimum wage.
Considering what the fork cost it might have been more then the persons paycheck.
I can't imagine UPS drawing high caliber people to lift bend work in hot or cold area's for $8.50 an hour.
Not throwing all UPS employess in the same pool, every company has a few dirt balls
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If he made that little, he wasn't a UPS employee. He was a third party auditor, security guard, maintenance, or temp worker.
But whatever.. I'm here trying to help you get your shit back, and you're here nitpicking and bitching about UPS employees. With your attitude, I'm sure you'll get your fork back.
Good luck :wavey:
But whatever.. I'm here trying to help you get your shit back, and you're here nitpicking and bitching about UPS employees. With your attitude, I'm sure you'll get your fork back.
Good luck :wavey: