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United States Parcel Service

Mailing Service, Delivery Service,
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1.33 Reviews
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STEPHEN G.
Apr 2013
1.0
Delivery Service
$20
UPS delivered the package at 9:30 per their web site.  they didn't ring the door bell and left it out in the rain.  Both packages are wet.  When I went to file a complaint on their web site, they want the shipper, not the receiver to file the complaint.  Furthermore, they want you to create an account and agree to the terms of a long technical/legal agreement before you can file a complaint. 
When they screw up like this, they do their best to discourage any one from filing a complaint against them.

Barbara
Nov 2012
1.0
Mailing Service
$200
When is the next day three days later? When you ship with Useless
(oops) United Parcel Service. Our repaired camera was shipped back to
us last Friday marked for "Next Day" delivery. It arrived Monday around
noon. This is their idea of Next Day??
The repair company had told us it would be there on Saturday, but
guaranteed no later than 10 am on Monday -- at the very latest. When it
didn't arrive on Saturday, we thought we could save time by picking it
up at the UPS Terminal in Denton. Mark tried calling UPS customer
service Monday morning before 7 am. He actually found the automated
system more helpful than the person who finally came on the line. But
because he had to leave, I took over the wait on the phone. I could see
his point. It seemed that the only English phrase she'd been taught was
"I understand" and then she repeated what I said. It was becoming pretty
clear to me that she in fact did not understand, or at least understood
very little. I was able to determine that the individual I was speaking
with was located somewhere in "Asia-Pacific". That covers a fairly wide
area, but it really doesn't matter. She wasn't in the United States and
she didn't understand because if she did, she might have tried helping
me instead of offering to have someone call me back in the afternoon.
Her "I understand" became so annoying that I requested,
demanded that she stop using the phrase. "Accept that you do NOT
understand, and let's move on." We finally did move on -- to nowhere.
She was able to establish that the package was not in Denton as we
thought, but in Sherman. Okay, it wasn't on the way to anywhere and
there was nothing we could do but wait.
More stress than anyone needed! Mark's first job was over an
hour's drive away. He was so upset that he was halfway there before he
realized he forgot his computer. I offered to take it to him but he said
he just needed to come home for a minute. (He'd also forgotten to take
his pills.) I rescheduled him for a later start time and he hit his
reset button. I got on with my day while I waited for the UPS guy, who
showed up just before noon.
We paid close to $200 to have the package delivered "Next Day
Air". And we were just a bit disturbed that it hadn't arrived on
Saturday. I thought that some sort of refund should be in order. This is
where it gets ugly. I phoned UPS again. I selected the option for
"Customer Service". The automated system asked me what I wanted,
suggesting that I might want to say "Track a Package (a completely
different option) or "Order Supplies". Did it occur to their system that
I might have selected "Customer Service" because I wanted to speak with
a customer service representative? I was connected to Sarah, who was
located in the US of A. I was thinking that at least she would
understand me. (Maybe.)
After we established that I had paid the shipper for the UPS
charges, Sarah indicated that she would have to issue the credit to the
shipper, not to me. I had no problem with that, I would just call the
repair people and let them know to issue a credit to me when they got
the credit from UPS. But that wasn't what Sarah meant. She meant I would
have to call the shipper and get the shipper to call them to complain
about the late delivery. Sarah was not going to be satisfied that my
time was being wasted, she was intent on wasting Bill's time, as well.
But the other thing is that I've already paid the shipper. Bill has my
money. Where is Bill's incentive to waste his time calling UPS trying to
get a refund for me?
Her next tactic was to inform me that I would have to contact the
shipper because UPS had kept their part of the bargain. They had
delivered it "Next Day Air" as requested by the shipper. She insisted
that "Next Day Air" shipped on Friday meant Monday unless it was
specified as Saturday. What kind of double-speak was that? If you have
specified "Next Day Air" on a Friday, why would you assume that you had
to be any more specific than that? The next day is Saturday. It is not
Monday. Apparently if you ship something on Thursday, the next day is
Friday. But if you ship something on Friday, the next day is Monday,
unless you specify that the next day is Saturday. Sorry Sarah, the day
after Friday on my calendar is Saturday. It's the same all 52 weeks of
the year. SAT. UR. DAY.
Sarah was really astute. She sensed that I wasn't happy. She
suggested that I contact the shipper to let them know that they'd done
it wrong. Yes, she actually suggested that I phone up what may possibly
be the ONLY vendor for this product in the United States and alienate
him by telling him he doesn't understand how UPS works. It's very
possible that he doesn't understand it. I know I don't. But I do
understand alienating the only company that can fix the sewer-cam.
The bottom line is that I paid the "Next Day Air" price for "Three Day Ground" service. I am not a happy girl.
But I've learned a valuable lesson: When it ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY has to be there overnight - use FedEx.

JILL S.
Apr 2012
2.0
Mailing Service
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3
They provide terrible service, and it was really bad. For example, not this past time, but one other time I took something in, and he said that the staple and other things will cost me this mush money more, so I thought that was the dumbest thing, and I have never heard that , so I came home and looked up on the internet with their site and I couldn’t find anything on extra charge for paper clips, then I called the general US number and talked to somebody, and she said there is none, and I told her what had happened, so I went back up and said what had happened, and the lady said I can give you the money back on that, it was matter of principal.  The piece was fine. There wasn’t much work other than buying some stamps. I will go there as it’s the closest one.

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United States Parcel Service is currently rated 1.3 overall out of 5.

No, United States Parcel Service does not offer free project estimates.

No, United States Parcel Service does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.

No, United States Parcel Service does not offer a senior discount.

No, United States Parcel Service does not offer emergency services.

No, United States Parcel Service does not offer warranties.