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United Parcel Service Complaint - UPS SUCKS - A bunch of morons
A bunch of morons - Complaint
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- I was having a package shipped to me from T-Mobile. The package was shipped on Wednesday to arrive on Friday. Well, my mistake, I miss the driver by a mere 15 minutes that Friday. So I call in and ask them if I can come pick the package up because I needed it that day and due to it being a holiday weekend it wouldn't be re-delivered until Tuesday. Well I learned that the pick up place was 20+ miles from my home and I didn't have a way to get there so I told them forget it and just go ahead and redeliver on the following Tuesday. Tuesday comes and I wait until 2pm and I call UPS...they tell me the package was sent out and I would get it that day. No package arrives on Tuesday. Wednesday comes and I call UPS first thing in the AM and they tell me my package is being held for pick up?!?! WTF? After being put on hold for nearly 10 minutes I'm told I'd be called back from the local distribution center within the hour...8+ hours and 6 phone calls later no one has called me back. I call at 10 pm and a nice lady guarantees that my package will be delivered Thursday. Thursday rolls around and I call again at noon. Finally someone tells me it's out for delivery and I'll be receiving it that day. Several hours go by...I call UPS again. They tell me the driver attempted to deliver at noon....I was on the phone with UPS at noon sitting in my window overlooking the street watching for the driver as I spoke with the rep...no one came to my house!!! Several phone calls later I'm told I can meet the driver on the street but that it would not be possible for him to come to my house to deliver...keep in mind he never really came in the first place. When they told me where I could go meet the driver to get my package...I'm expecting to drive to meet him...the rep tells me the driver is 3 blocks from my house!!! He's 3 blocks away yet he can't come deliver my damn package?!? So my husband and I walk the 3 blocks to the truck...turns out the guy knows my husband and he admits that he never really came to our house at noon!!
I'll never again do business with anyone who ships UPS...not only because of this situation but because this type of behavior seems to be the norm with UPS especially in my area. This isn't the first time they have lied about making a delivery attempt to my house.
I'll never again do business with anyone who ships UPS...not only because of this situation but because this type of behavior seems to be the norm with UPS especially in my area. This isn't the first time they have lied about making a delivery attempt to my house.
Comments:
Posted by Issis_P on 2006-01-16:
and he new your husband!? wtf. the sad thing is like with any shipping company, until the customer calls in to complain about a driver they have no way of knowing what they are actually doing on there routes, its blind trust.
Posted by abruell on 2006-02-27:
Obviously UPS is no longer focusing on the customer. I also had virtually the same issue with UPS not just once but twice! The first time I was expecting a high dollar item and waited on the promised delivery date but never received it. I called also and was given that no one was home at the time of delivery...:( Really wanted the package so filed a complaint and drove 45 min. to pick it up. When I arrived the package had been OPENED and rifled through, everything was opened inside the box as well. When asking about why my package had been opened I was given a shrug, when asked if a manager was present was given a no! When offering that I would file a complaint, was given another shrug. So I went home and filed the complaint and never received a reply.
Its not over yet! wait till you hear this.
About a year later my mother ships me an expensive gift via UPS. Once again I wait for the package on the delivery date shown and they never show up. I then proceed to track the package and find out that it has been delivered to an address that it is literally across town. I then check all the information given by the sender to verify that all is correct (giving them the benefit of the doubt) and all is just fine. When I called the customer service line I was given that "I" needed to put a tracer on the package, and that "IT" was my responsibility. They delivered the package to a fricken address that had absolutely nothing in common with mine!. I proceeded to slowly chastise the girl in a methodical way, picking away at her excuses until she had none, then proceeded to file numerous complaints dealing with both instances.
Her explanations:
1. Question: "Why was my box opened, and not only that everything in the package?"
Answer: " We can open a package if its deemed necessary?"
Question: "What if the items in the box were sensitive materials for a large corporation, would you then open the box?"
Answer: "If it were deemed necessary"
Question: "Im sure companies would really feel safe knowing this, what do you think that would do to your business?"
Answer: "We are covered against any type of liability"
WOW
So after 30 minutes on the phone I finally get some bit of customer service from her and she starts the tracer by herself...YEAH...they actually give them the ability to be more than Robots and offer something to annoyed customers. She also states that she will file a complaint with the local manager who should be giving me a call within the hour.
She did actually call within an hour and I once again explained the issue about the open box and lost package. She was very surprised to hear about the open box issue, she offered that policy was that when a box is open that they must re tape it. When I offered that not only was the box open but everything inside, she seemed sincerely dumbfounded. When asked if I had ever reported it I told her of the 5 or 6 different emails to every address on the site with no reply.
After about 20 minutes of explaining the problem I mentioned that I would love to have the package redelivered to my residence. Ohh! she said "Its not there?"
To make a long story even longer I still have not heard back from UPS, no email, no phone calls, no nothing. I would offer that this incident as well as the other are just isolated problems, but the way you handle simple problems like ours says alot about your company.
Go Fed Ex or USPS!
Its not over yet! wait till you hear this.
About a year later my mother ships me an expensive gift via UPS. Once again I wait for the package on the delivery date shown and they never show up. I then proceed to track the package and find out that it has been delivered to an address that it is literally across town. I then check all the information given by the sender to verify that all is correct (giving them the benefit of the doubt) and all is just fine. When I called the customer service line I was given that "I" needed to put a tracer on the package, and that "IT" was my responsibility. They delivered the package to a fricken address that had absolutely nothing in common with mine!. I proceeded to slowly chastise the girl in a methodical way, picking away at her excuses until she had none, then proceeded to file numerous complaints dealing with both instances.
Her explanations:
1. Question: "Why was my box opened, and not only that everything in the package?"
Answer: " We can open a package if its deemed necessary?"
Question: "What if the items in the box were sensitive materials for a large corporation, would you then open the box?"
Answer: "If it were deemed necessary"
Question: "Im sure companies would really feel safe knowing this, what do you think that would do to your business?"
Answer: "We are covered against any type of liability"
WOW
So after 30 minutes on the phone I finally get some bit of customer service from her and she starts the tracer by herself...YEAH...they actually give them the ability to be more than Robots and offer something to annoyed customers. She also states that she will file a complaint with the local manager who should be giving me a call within the hour.
She did actually call within an hour and I once again explained the issue about the open box and lost package. She was very surprised to hear about the open box issue, she offered that policy was that when a box is open that they must re tape it. When I offered that not only was the box open but everything inside, she seemed sincerely dumbfounded. When asked if I had ever reported it I told her of the 5 or 6 different emails to every address on the site with no reply.
After about 20 minutes of explaining the problem I mentioned that I would love to have the package redelivered to my residence. Ohh! she said "Its not there?"
To make a long story even longer I still have not heard back from UPS, no email, no phone calls, no nothing. I would offer that this incident as well as the other are just isolated problems, but the way you handle simple problems like ours says alot about your company.
Go Fed Ex or USPS!
Posted by gitcaptain on 2009-11-20:
We prefer to be called Monkeys not Morons. Thanks and have a sparkling day.
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