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I've said this before but...
Feb. 25th, 2010 01:38 pmUPS sucks.
They tried to deliver the PS3 today but I wasn't there to pick it up so they left a note. No big deal. I was expecting that, so I had a co-worker drop me off at my condo during lunch so I could grab the thing off of the door and then call them later and tell them to hold it for pickup.
Just got the call back from them. It won't be available for pickup until 7:00pm ("maybe 6:45 at the earliest" according to the guy on the phone). *weary sigh* Guess I'll be lollygagging at work between 5:00 and 6:30 or so, since there's no point to me going home, given that where I work now is just a few blocks away from the UPS hub (and the Bear Creek Park & Ride, so I can just catch a bus home afterward, rather than walking a mile and a half carrying the thing). This would have worked out fine if I could have simply left work at 5:00pm, hopped over to the UPS hub and grabbed the package, skipped over to the Park and Ride, and then jumped on a bus... but no. UPS simply has to suck, I guess. Now I probably won't be home until 7:30-8:00pm or later, depending on how big a line there may be at the UPS hub and on how slow they are at getting me my stuff and on how soon after all of that I'll be able to catch a bus.
The last time I called them and had them hold something, it was available for pickup pretty much as soon as they called me back around 20 or so minutes later. Of course, the last time, I didn't actually call them until after 5:30pm or so, which was when I got home from work.
Seriously, Amazon, when I order something via Super Saver Shipping, why do you sometimes send it via UPS anyway? If you sent it via the Postal Service, which is what I expect you to do when I use the Super Saver Shipping, it would take a little longer (which wouldn't be so annoying since I would be expecting it to do so), but at least USPS would usually just deliver it, rather than all this crap with leaving notices and wasting time and such.
They tried to deliver the PS3 today but I wasn't there to pick it up so they left a note. No big deal. I was expecting that, so I had a co-worker drop me off at my condo during lunch so I could grab the thing off of the door and then call them later and tell them to hold it for pickup.
Just got the call back from them. It won't be available for pickup until 7:00pm ("maybe 6:45 at the earliest" according to the guy on the phone). *weary sigh* Guess I'll be lollygagging at work between 5:00 and 6:30 or so, since there's no point to me going home, given that where I work now is just a few blocks away from the UPS hub (and the Bear Creek Park & Ride, so I can just catch a bus home afterward, rather than walking a mile and a half carrying the thing). This would have worked out fine if I could have simply left work at 5:00pm, hopped over to the UPS hub and grabbed the package, skipped over to the Park and Ride, and then jumped on a bus... but no. UPS simply has to suck, I guess. Now I probably won't be home until 7:30-8:00pm or later, depending on how big a line there may be at the UPS hub and on how slow they are at getting me my stuff and on how soon after all of that I'll be able to catch a bus.
The last time I called them and had them hold something, it was available for pickup pretty much as soon as they called me back around 20 or so minutes later. Of course, the last time, I didn't actually call them until after 5:30pm or so, which was when I got home from work.
Seriously, Amazon, when I order something via Super Saver Shipping, why do you sometimes send it via UPS anyway? If you sent it via the Postal Service, which is what I expect you to do when I use the Super Saver Shipping, it would take a little longer (which wouldn't be so annoying since I would be expecting it to do so), but at least USPS would usually just deliver it, rather than all this crap with leaving notices and wasting time and such.
