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United Parcel Service (UPS) provides package delivery and logistics services around the world. It provides domestic and international shipping, freight transportation and supply chain solutions. Established in 1907, UPS brings together organized delivery networks, advanced tracking and comprehensive logistics support for businesses and individuals.

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  • Poor customer service experiences
  • Inconsistent communication

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    Reviewed April 29, 2016

    UPS was to deliver a package to our house on 27 April. The driver alleges that he attempted a delivery at 5:31 but did not leave a yellow delivery notice. Since we missed the "delivery" my wife decided to work in the front yard during the day. Just before lunch time she observed a UPS truck approaching our house and thought, "must be our package coming." The truck continued on by, not stopping. The driver logged that he attempted a delivery at 11:48. Curiously this is the same time my wife saw the UPS truck pass by. No delivery notice was left again.

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    Reviewed April 26, 2016

    They didn't deliver my shipment which I expected from Yoox.com and returned it back so I had to call good.com and reorder it. Another shipment of the same order date I had to pick myself from the UPS after they made only two attempts to deliver it at my home. The trip cost me 30 dollars by Uber there and back. And this all after I tried to call them and set time. The worst customer service ever!!

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    Reviewed April 25, 2016

    My wife ordered something online which was supposed to arrive today and UPS decided that for no reason they were going to reschedule the delivery date to May 6th. When I called the local store to see if I could pick it up they told me that I would not be able to pick up the package and that there was nothing they or I could do about it. The Supervisor was very rude and basically made no effort to help me at all. This location is 104 Foster Avenue, Brooklyn NY. Is incredible how a company could be this terrible.

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    Reviewed April 25, 2016

    On April 7th, 2016 went to a local UPS store in Arlington out Cooper in TX and requested for a packet to be delivered to the hotel Now Larimar in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. I paid a total of 471.90 USD to ensure the package would be delivered safely in 4 days at the hotel. The person who took my order at the JPS store said it was guaranteed that my packet with my wedding decoration was going to be delivered in 4 days and I believed him. I declared the packet content for a value of 300 USD since it also had sentimental value. I trusted the packet was going through UPS, but I came to find out days later they had used DHL once I figured the tracking number provided was not valid for UPS.

    I contacted the hotel to ask for my packet and the hotel delayed on responding, but when they did they informed me no packet had been received. I got really upset and disappointed about their customer care because after paying such big amount to ensure the delivery nobody even bother to call me to say there have been issues with my packet overseas. I tracked my packet and it showed to be in pending clearance for over a week in an airport in Santo Domingo. I contacted UPStella and all they did was to blame DHL even though they had failed to informed me they had used DHL.

    I contacted DHL and someone took my case and said they would look into it and get back to me on April 25th. I couldn't wait till the 25th without knowing the real status of my wedding decorations!! So I called DHL in Dominican Republic and came to find out my packet has been retained in custom due to pending taxes and nobody had bother to notify me! Why nobody would contact me or the hotel when I had paid a lot of money to ensure the packet was delivered to the hotel? Now, what is worst is that when I requested an invoice from the DHL in Dominican Republic for taxes, found out the person who coded my packet committed a huge mistake and declared value of my packet declared for a value of 660 USD! The double of its cost.

    I called UPS to request an explanation and also an invoice of the value declared at the store, but the manager did not cooperated with me and stated she could not refund me or do anything about it because she had no control over international laws! Really?? I insisted I had been guaranteed and had paid a huge amount for their services, so my packet was delivered door to door and they had lied to me. I told them they should not lie to their customers, charge them and guarantee something they couldn't.

    Moreover, that her personnel had made a mistake in the way he had coded my decorations and I was being overcharged due to their error and my wedding arrangements were in jeopardy so I needed that documentation reviewed, she did not care bit!! Till this day I still waiting for her invoice and a call back from DHL in the USA. What a lack of responsibility and committed to their customers. It's been the worst experience ever, please do not use any of those companies unless you want to lose your money and items!! Tracking # **.

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    Reviewed April 25, 2016

    UPS has gone to **. I ordered some clothing from Polo get up on the 21st and there has been no movement. Since the 22nd is standing still. I just called Ralph ** and told him to cancel - my order was over $300 due to the fact they can't deliver as promised. I hope they lose UPS and go FedEx.

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    Reviewed April 23, 2016

    I dropped off a document at the UPS store on Saturday morning and was told it would arrive in Canada by Thursday. They charged me 27$. I've been checking the tracking every day and it's showing delays. Now, the documents won't get there until Monday! Why did I pay 27$ if I was promised by Thursday. I could have sent by regular mail with a 1$ stamp and it would have gotten there by Monday as well!! I called UPS and they of course made all kinds of excuses. I paid 27$ for a service and am not getting what I paid for! UPS should reimburse me for their mistake.

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    Reviewed April 22, 2016

    Within a few days from UPS managed to lose two package for us and they drag the whole thing for 3 weeks. While it was under investigation nothing we can do. They don't seem to care or feel responsible. Please think twice before using their service.

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    Reviewed April 21, 2016

    For the past month, UPS delivery has become terrible. We have a delivery driver who refuses to ring bells to deliver packages. He simply leaves the packages outside in front of doors. I live in Manhattan (NYC) and we've had several packages stolen as a result. I have called to ask that he ring my bell as I work from home and am home 95% of the time and able to accept my packages. All my requests have gone unheeded. He continues to do as he pleases. Last week he left a very expensive package outside of my front door, and because I was unaware it been delivered, it remained outside all night. It was just coincidence no one stole it.

    I have been calling and complaining and now the UPS dispatch center and driver are targeting me. I was expecting a package from Amazon and instead of delivering it to my door, they diverted it to one of their UPS Access Points where I was expected to go and pick it up WITHOUT my approval. When I called to ask why the customer service agent lied and told me Amazon had requested the delivery change. I knew that was false and called Amazon to confirm. UPS LIED! When I finally got a UPS customer service supervisor on the line, he confirmed Amazon did not request the change. UPS customer service swears up and down they will fix the issue but NOTHING gets done. Apparently, they have no control over the dispatch centers and drivers.

    Yesterday, I had to go to the local UPS retail store since they lost a package I was sending back for the item being the wrong size. The UPS counter agent told me the dispatch centers have been telling their drivers to NOT ring bells, but to simply drop off packages, to NOT scan packages and if no one is home (if they even attempt to ring the bell) to sign for the package as if the recipient approved them leaving it without a signature. Apparently he said the dispatch managers are under pressure to increase productivity at the expense of the customers!

    This is unconscionable. When you pay for a service, you expect that service to be delivered. The only way UPS will hear us is if we call them and complain but not calling customer service, but their corporate offices. I have contacted my local TV consumer complaint division and they are contemplating doing a story on this issue. Also contact your Consumer Affairs complaint boards and anyone else you can think of. This is simply greed and uncaring behavior once again of a big business doing what it wants without regard to anyone else.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2016

    I recently took several boxes to the UPS store in Boca Raton Fl after my mom died and I was distributing mementos to family. I was very clear with the rep at the store that this was a fragile box full of fragile memories. She assured me she would mark it appropriately. When the box was delivered to my condo and received by the concierge, the box was broken on all of the sides, the bottom was ripped apart and there were NO fragile signs visible. Every piece of glass inside the box was shattered, every piece was either bent or broken and several things were missing. It looked like the box had been dropped off the truck and then run over. All of the memories gone. There were no notes, or no acknowledgment from UPS about their liability. Needless to say I was angry and extremely sad that all of my mom's stuff was left in a shattered mess. UPS. Never again!

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    Reviewed April 19, 2016

    My package was delayed because a UPS employee put it on the wrong truck so now I have to wait longer. And they don't do anything to help for their mistakes. They just say wait longer... If you have a package call FedEx.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2016

    I needed a very important package to be delivered within two. Through the UPS Tracking, it stated that it would be delivered by the end of the day 04/15. Around 7 pm I called customer service, as I haven't received my package, and they ensured me that the package would be delivered by the end of the day, and the trucks were out until 9 pm. I did not receive my package!!! When I got up this morning, I checked the tracking. According to the tracking now, it will be delivered by the end of the day on 04/18.

    So, I went ahead and set my package to be delivered to the nearest store for pickup, because I no longer had trust that they would deliver like they were supposed to. I called customer care, and they stated there was nothing that they could do. They also stated that even though they dropped the ball, they wouldn't be able to compensate me. I am highly upset at the customer service, as well as the false tracking information given. I will NEVER have my items shipped through UPS again!!!

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    Reviewed April 15, 2016

    I received notice that my package would be delivered today. I saw the truck stopped by the mailbox and started out of the house into the garage (door was open & car was outside). My dog was sitting quietly next to the car. By the time I actually got outside the driver had driven off - left a note - DOG!!! Stuck to the mailbox.

    I understand why drivers are afraid of dogs - but why didn't he blow the horn and wait for a moment to see if someone would come outside. This is absolutely ridiculous - because this is a gift I have to drive 15 miles to pick it up tonight. Will request USPS shipping from everyone in the future, or not order from them if UPS is the only option!

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    Reviewed April 14, 2016

    On 04/11 I received an email from UPS that I had a package coming and it would be delivered 04/13 between 1:45-5:45 pm. On 04/13 I checked the status and as of 6:39 am it was on the truck for delivery. I arrive home at 6:25 pm and no package or note that the package had been left at the leasing office, which was still open. At 7:07 pm, I received a text and email that my package was just delivered and left on the door. I'm immediately confused as to why whoever the person was who delivered it did not attempt to knock on the door but when I go to the door there is no package. I immediately call UPS who continuously tells me it was delivered. I advise I can read both the email and text but I was sitting home and never heard anyone pull up and nothing was delivered.

    My address was verified and I was told in the morning someone would get with the driver to find out what happened but the driver, who at this time could not have been more than 5 minutes away, could not be reached. I am told to get with the shipper, as if it were their fault. I get an email at 7:14 regarding the next steps for my missing package which basically tells me I cannot submit a request for investigation until 24 hours have passed from the delivery time but someone would call me in an hour; I never got that call.

    I called at 4 pm 04/14 and was told my package was delivered yesterday at 7:07. Again, I'm pissed because it's as if I did not speak to anyone yesterday and advise nothing was delivered. This person kept telling me per the shipper's instructions it was to be left no matter what and he didn't seem to understand it was not left. He also told me he could not leave notes on the file and I needed to speak with the shipper about reshipping it. I get to speak with a manager, who just like the past person said, repeated the same thing except she could make notes. I don't think she did, because I was so upset about receiving notice the package was delivered when it obviously was not.

    It's a shame that the only time I do not have an issue with receiving a UPS package is when it is actually delivered by USPS. I do not know why any company would use UPS as their preferred carrier because this is the 3rd time someone has had to resend my shipment (who knows what the driver is doing with all the women's clothing and shoes).

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    Reviewed April 12, 2016

    I took the time to write personal notes on 50 individual Christmas cards to send to a former workplace in Monterrey, Mexico. I included $300 in gift cards. The padded envelope that contained all the cards never even made it across the border into Mexico. It came all the way back to Georgia where it was "damaged," meaning "never to be seen again." And I, as the shipper, was never even notified.

    I started complaining but did not hold Store 0328 responsible. When the Smyrna store management said they wanted to reimburse me for the missing gift cards, I appreciated them reaching out. They said UPS had approved the reimburse in December. However, it was all a ruse. I supplied receipts and waited five months, assured repeatedly that the check would be cut to put things right. Today, I was told that UPS doesn't have to reimburse. Mind you, I never asked for it to begin with. The way that the management of Store 0238 in Smyrna, Ga., handled the situation only made it far worse.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    Don't use if you want your packages. On 3/18/16, I had ordered a package from Amazon.com. Noticed that the package was shipped out via UPS on 3/21/16 and was expected to be delivered on 3/25/16. On that Tuesday, 3/22/16, I had a schedule change with an appointment on Friday, which meant that I needed to have the package delivered by 3 pm since the appointment was at 4:30 pm and I wouldn't be home until after 9 pm.

    Well I requested the time frame for a two-hour window immediately after I found this out. I set the window from 11:45 am - 1:45 pm for delivery. Got a confirmation and even had the $8 deducted out of my bank account. Then comes the delivery day of 3/25/16. The tracking number stated at 10 am that it was out for delivery. So I figured good...nope. At 2 pm, I contact UPS to figure out where the package is, to be told that no one was home. So I explain that I had been home the entire time. Then I got told by the person on the phone supposedly working customer service, "I just spoke with the driver, no one was home, don't ** lie." I hung up. Went on Facebook and contacted UPS. Gave all the same information and was told that the delivery was shown to be on the truck but the driver was behind in the route. I explained about the 2-hour delivery time, which I paid for, and was told I should have the delivery in the next hour.

    At 5 pm, I contacted them once again via Facebook because I still had not had the delivery and stated that I had to cancel my appointment because of the delivery. Was told that the driver was around the corner...yeah right! The driver was around the corner, getting hammered at a bar. He showed up at 9 pm, smelled like he'd bathed in beer, and pulled up halfway into my front yard (not the driveway which was 10 feet to the right). Then he proceeded to scan the package and looked puzzled when the package said late (because I paid for the delivery window and this was well beyond it). I said it's because I requested a 2-hour window 4 days ago, and he proceeded to tell me that they don't do that - that they deliver the packages when they feel like it. I'm sticking with FedEx or even the USPS, at least I can expect my packages' delivery time.

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    Reviewed April 11, 2016

    Let me preface this by saying that this is in regards to the second delivery today so a package had already been delivered to me with no problems about an hour previously. Today I was waiting on a package containing a gift for someone I'm having dinner with this evening and who will be leaving the country in the morning. I was sitting at my desk less than 5 feet from my door and thought I heard something. When I opened the door I found the sticker with the info notice that the driver had tried to deliver the package but failed. However, no one even knocked on the door. I am sitting, literally, right here and would have heard it. I immediately called the number on the back to see if the driver can come back by and drop it off. Instead I am told that customer care will be calling back within the hour.

    Later, a rep calls to tell me that the driver cannot come back today and he will be back tomorrow, which entirely defeats the purpose as the person I'm giving the gift to will be on a plane to another country tomorrow. I asked if I could speak with someone else about this and then the manager Deborah picks up (completely unenthused and kind of brash sounding) and tells me that this is one of her better drivers and he's got a lot of business deliveries to make today but she has asked him to drop it by later this evening. She said it won't be 10pm or anything but it will be later this evening.

    I am thoroughly disappointed. One, in the situation itself. The driver must have a lot of deliveries and be feeling the pressure to either knock so lightly that someone sitting right beside the door can't hear it or to just assume nobody is home and just leave the info notice behind. I really can't fathom another way this could have happened. Two, in the terrible phone etiquette and customer service I received just now. I am in hospitality management so I understand what it is like to be overloaded and still have to apologize to customers over issues. I felt thoroughly brushed off and unimportant. I'm sure I was rude to Deborah at the end of the phone conversation but I became really upset at her clear lack of concern and being made to feel like the issue was insignificant and I just don't matter and they have lots of other business deliveries that are more important than mine.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2016

    I mailed a package on 3/24/2016. It was delivered outside an apartment door on 3/28/2016 in full view of everyone. Almost impossible to get anyone in the UPS customer care to understand the seriousness of the situation. Investigation has started and I must now wait 8- 10 days. My mother and I mailed out Christmas packages for over 40 years using only UPS. A loyal UPS customer. UPS is NOT the UPS of yesteryear. Who would leave a package outside a apartment complex? No longer on my list of mailing packages.

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    Reviewed April 7, 2016

    We call numerous times their 'Customer Service' to tell the driver to put the packages on the front porch where they're not getting wet. The driver keeps on laying them in the grass next to the USPS mailbox. I rather not buying anything anymore from a seller who offers only UPS shipping. Completely and utterly dissatisfied with UPS!

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    Reviewed April 7, 2016

    I called UPS yesterday morning to have a package picked up. When I called in I specifically let the phone agent know the package needed top be picked up that day and before 4 as I would not be at the office after that. I was assured this was not an issue so you can see why I was surprised that they showed up 4 hours later at 8 pm! Clearly I was not there so they said they would return the next day before 4 pm. As my package was an extremely important business matter and was now late I called the next morning and requested to have the package picked up before noon. Again on the phone I was ensured it was not a problem as my matter was escalated but that I would receive a call to confirm. Fool me one shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.

    Of course when they called it was to tell me that they would not be by until 4 pm. Despite my anger what could I do? Fine. I will wait again until 4 and hope they finally deliver on their promise. Well it is now 4:30 pm and no sign of UPS yet. I spoke to a manager named Pamela who gave me her direct line. When I called her to ask what was going on she said the driver said he didn't have to come by 4 pm and that he wasn't in the area!!! WHAT?!?

    At this point I am done with UPS and as for Pamela the second I told her I would make sure the 15 condos I manage and all of their tenants never use UPS again... she hung up on me because that is how professional UPS is. They create a mess then leave you high and dry to clean it up. Needless to say I have called Purolator and they have a driver on the way. To anyone reading this, unless you feel like delivering your own mail don't use UPS EVER!

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    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    They failed to deliver documents from US to Canada overnight as stated on their policy. Customer rep was rude and blamed it on Canada Customs held up and provided no proof or ETA.

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    Reviewed April 6, 2016

    I shipped a package with UPS - the same package I have shipped with USPS before... and UPS just told me after the package is shipped they want an extra 200$ for customs handling. It's not even worth it. I'm going to just abandon the package I've been waiting for because of UPS.

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    Reviewed April 5, 2016

    Their website informed me I had a package coming on certain day. Waited all that day. No delivery. Then on their website it says receiver was not home. That driver lied. I stayed home all day just to get package. So I call UPS and they assured me it would be delivered the next day. So waiting all today then comes up on their website that I had moved and package was undeliverable. What? I haven't moved. I called them again. Now they tell me sender has addressed it wrong and I must get a hold of them to fix my address. Only trouble is UPS I don't know who the sender is. What you think I am clairvoyant or what? Also if they had my address wrong why did it say on your website to be delivered to me at my correct address. Everyone I spoke with at UPS was rude and not helpful. So please try to skip using these lying unhelpful company.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2016

    In December of 2015 I took a package to the UPS Store #0396 in Pinoe, Ca., to be delivered to my sister in Michigan. I prepared one of their Packing slips with the required information, including her correct address. The owner of this franchise used an old address, also in Michigan, already in the computer, rather than the address I listed on the packing slip. Obviously, my sister never received the package.

    I addressed this with the owner and returned five times to get reimbursed for the value of the contents and shipping fees, $127.00. He was rude, unknowledgeable about procedures and wanted my sister to go to the address she hadn't lived at in over three years to collect the package. On the fifth visit he told me to call before coming in in the future. And when I asked if he was the manager or owner, he replied "Oh no, we ain't going' there". When I indicated I would be contacting their corporate relations department, he replied "You do what you have to and we will just keep doin' what we been doin'" which was basically nothing.

    After many additional calls (8+) to their Customer Relations Dept, I have been told that there is nothing they can do to make the franchise owner pay for his error. He also gave them false information stating we had discussed the addresses at the time I shipped the package. Not true! This started on December 16, 2015 and I have been diligently contacting the store, UPS, and UPS Store Customer Relations. Not once did they follow up with a call to me. This experience was a nightmare.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2016

    On April 1st (my birthday) I expected a package. 2 hrs I called number on ticket. Showing pick up at 5079 Dixie Hwy., 2 mins from house. I called. CS said the package is at 3800 NW 16th St. only 2 hrs later? And UPS will call me for pickup time. Nothing! Waiting on my birthday to receive a package that still has not been delivered. Now the customer is responsible? After UPS failure? Really? Then spoke with Supervisor regarding refund of package and immediately the supervisor said "no refund will be given". I will push my company and many others that use UPS to go to FEDEX. People hired idiots and that just what we get these days.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    Paid for a two delivery on March 10th and when I checked online tracking one week later there was no information only that an order had been generated. Called UPS who said I would have to call the UPS store because corporate was not responsible. The store said UPS had picked up the package and showed me documentation. Now UPS is trying to track the package. Very bad customer service, important tax documents lost. Stay away from UPS.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    I have had it with UselessParcelService. Not only do they destroy every package they deliver, IF they deliver it - they have instituted a new "It's up to the driver's discretion whether a parcel is left" or not. It is no longer up to the payer - the sender or the receiver - but the delivery guy who decides if, when and where a package is delivered. No matter if it's a $600 phone or a $2.50 pack of gum, that the parcel is destroyed or crushed into pieces; as long as "An Adult" signs for every single parcel, UPS absolves itself from all liability. I signed a Driver Release 5 years ago releasing them from said responsibility. No matter - they blanket my door with yellow slips anyway. Why: their war cry is that it's the sender's requirement.

    In fact that is a lie, it's a UPS requirement. However, UPS will leave the parcel as long as I sign the back of the slip and leave it for the public to see, yet driver refuses to leave the parcel in the secure, designated area @ the security camera. Now they are not even trying - they just dump everything at the new Access Point. Being disabled I cannot retrieve packages from an access point. In the past month I have alerted all of my 20 online retailers that if they continue using UPS as shipper of choice I am no longer a customer. My list is long and includes Amazon, Best Buy, Groupon, Home Depot, PetCo, PetSmart, Sears, Staples and so forth. Yes, I'm willing to go without or go shopping a painful and arduous ordeal, yet less so than dealing with UPS. I've spent hours on the phone with corporate and the local office to no avail. Done. D.O.N.E.

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    Reviewed March 31, 2016

    We shipped a handmade piece of artwork from Albuquerque to Ohio that was very sentimental in value. It displayed over 50 years of memories for a family member celebrating 50 years of life. The artwork was packaged with Artwork/Mirror/TV boxes (DOUBLE BOXED), extra Styrofoam, extra bubble wrap, glass corner protectors, and "FRAGILE/GLASS INSIDE" verbiage on the outside box. We secured the package with a $500 value and had receipts showing the cost being above and beyond this amount to create the artwork. This package was delivered with (3) three MAJOR holes in the outside box that also penetrated the inside box. Corners of the outside box were totally separated and caused damage to the inside box as well. Long story short, the artwork was TOTALLY DESTROYED and all we received from UPS was "We are sorry your package was damaged, but your claim is DENIED due to 'improper packaging'"!

    REALLY UPS? This package was shipped from one of your franchise locations and if they are trained as you say on how to package items for delivery, then why was my package approved by the store to be delivered safely? DO NOT USE UPS! They do not CARE about you, your package, or your experience with their services.

    We recreated the artwork, sent the item via FedEx, and it was packaged EXACTLY the same way. The artwork was delivered without a scratch on it or the boxes! I will make sure to deter ANYONE I come across that needs to ship items, from using UPS. Shame on you UPS! I guess you have gotten so big that you forget how your company was started with customer experience as your TOP priority. I see that this has fallen to the bottom of your customer service expectations.

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    Reviewed March 30, 2016

    Do yourself a favor, use FedEx. I just had the most horrendous experience using UPS, tracking number **. Not only did the package not arrive after 2 weeks, UPS's online system changed my address twice to the wrong address automatically, only to tell me 1 day ago, "yes we will hold your package in Dallas, come pick it up. You have until Friday to do so," and today I get a notice of "your package has been returned to sender." Called UPS and they tell me they see all the address corrections but have no record of them telling me they would hold the package and can do nothing.

    I called at least 6 times to get my package during all the time it was missing, always being assured it was on its way and nothing, every conversation was just a lie. Now I have an expo in 2 days and no materials for it, thanks to UPS. Again, do yourself a favor, use FedEx. I know I will. If I could give zero stars I would due to the preventable errors made on their end.

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    Reviewed March 29, 2016

    This is probably the 20th or so time that I've had the unfortunate event of having my package delivered with UPS. Again, in hopes that the company had improved from my last experience - I attempted to have a very important package delivered to me via next day air. Some genius at UPS thought it was a good idea to attempt the delivery at 6:50 AM and again at 7:50 AM - before my company was even open. Came into work, found the slip and waited from 8:30 AM till 4:00 PM for the package. Nothing ever came.

    I called and they told me that they wouldn't attempt to deliver the package until 6:30 AM the next day. Even after I told them that my company doesn't open till 9, she said there is nothing they can do about when packages are delivered. I'm sorry - but I find it extremely hard to believe that any person is up and/or around at 6:30 AM to receive a package. The sun doesn't come up until 7AM - but UPS still thought it was a good idea to start shipments at 6:30 AM?

    Now, because my package will never be successfully delivered to my company - I have to go stand in line for the next 2 hours at a "shipping facility" that's the size of a public restroom. Not only will I be crammed into a room the size of a minivan, but I'll now have to wait in line for the next 2 hours - to receive a package that I paid 25$+ on shipping, to ensure that I had it in my hand the next day.

    Never again will I ship with UPS. I would rather pay another company double what I would pay UPS, because now not only am I out of the cost of my shipping money (and still have no package to show for) but I have to go waste the most valuable asset we all have. Time. This company sucks, and I know writing my experience here isn't going to change a damn thing.

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    Reviewed March 29, 2016

    THE ABSOLUTE WORST - NO STAR REVIEW IF YOU WILL. My house has been in its location for 50+ years, it does not have wheels. Every delivery is detained or returned to sender because they can not find it (even with cross streets).

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    Reviewed March 26, 2016

    I paid 20 bucks to have an easter package delivered before easter but UPS said they could not deliver it because my 8 year old daughter's name was not on the mailbox of her mother's apartment and then they said deliver is closed on Saturday, so once I gave them her mother's name they can't deliver until Monday. No one at UPS ever told me my 8 yr old daughter's name had to be on a mailbox to be delivered - they said it was for security reason. None of it makes any sense and since when does UPS not deliver on a Saturday. The customer service sucked some poor guy from India who made no sense talking about a directory. I will NEVER use UPS again. Now my daughter doesn't get her easter present like I promised her.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2016

    For nearly 20 years after my retirement I received packages, including prescriptions and merchandise, on my sheltered doorstep in a very good neighborhood. This became more important as I became older because age and infirmities meant that I needed to order virtually everything except groceries online. Moreover, my townhome is upside down with the living areas upstairs and my arthritis makes going downstairs to answer the door very slow and difficult. Leaving packages on my stoop was safe and reasonable. I used Prime Mail for prescriptions and Amazon for most everything else. I ordered smoke alarms from Home Depot several months ago and never received the merchandise. Subsequently I was told by UPS that they had delivered the merchandise to my stoop on a certain day. I knew this was not true because I am home 99% of the time and on that date I was home every minute, checking several times for delivery.

    Of course I filed a complaint, as was my right, and UPS fought it and "investigated" it but eventually conceded. That should have been the end but it wasn't. From that time on, UPS has refused to leave anything on my doorstep and requires that I personally accept and sign for the merchandise. When I have complained to UPS about the difficulty for me, the delivery people are very arrogant and one of them said "you shouldn't have filed a complaint". This is clearly retaliation by UPS. Since I must order by mail, accepting packages mailed via UPS has become a chore involving putting explicit notices on the door, abandoning all other home projects, and hanging around downstairs to be sure that I catch the UPS guy before he rings the bell or knocks and runs away with my package.

    Today I was expecting a prescription delivery which I thought would be another carrier (DHL) as it usually is. To my horror, since I desperately needed the meds, it turned out to be a UPS delivery. Now I am old, but I am not deaf and I did not hear a knock or a doorbell even though I was home all day. But I received one of those "Sorry we missed you" notices on my door which means that I will go without my meds for two days waiting for "next weekday" delivery. UPS has behaved despicably and has caused me much pain and suffering. There was never a problem leaving packages on my doorstep until the one time where the fault absolutely was with UPS and I had the right to complain. I do not know what the order number was. It was sent by Prime Mail pharmacies.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2016

    2 OF 3 PKGS ARRIVED. Started at 2:37 - it is now 6:42. Since my customer needs the items this weekend I have called 3 times to go through phone hell to tell the same story 3 times: "It is out for delivery" and "They will call you in 1 hour." They do not provide a direct line to the service center they are contacting and you can't reach the same person - so you start ALL OVER AGAIN! I've been on for 25 mins and the SUPERVISOR is now calling them directly. Latest is they will call me back in 45 mins max to tell me if they will still deliver... I gave my cell phone in hopes of a return call and better yet - my customer's product. 1 phone call would have prevented this...

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    Reviewed March 25, 2016

    I ordered something on eBay. It was shipped quickly. I received a slip from UPS... I wasn't home and it called for a signature. Odd, the slip was attached to my bottom right corner of my door, near the sidewalk. I didn't see it right away and when I did, it was blank... nothing checked and no address for pick up. So I called UPS... and called... and called... sworn at BY SUPERVISORS, laughed at, called names, ignored, hung up on over and over. No one cared, but when I got mad and after about 20 calls I was mad, I was called abusive.

    So finally, a rude supervisor decided to assist. She told me to read the back of the UPS slip and sign the back. This gives permission to the driver to use that signature and leave the package without me being present. She said to put a note with it for him to check the back. I did... still not left. I called back (many times) and was told it would be delivered the next day - no show... I was there ALL DAY. 1 vacation day down the tubes. So, they gave me another delivery day and I stayed home again, opened my blinds to see outside and kept watch. Well, they must have come at a brief time I wasn't "at my post." They didn't knock or ring the bell (and my car was outside... obvious I was home) but put another blank sticker on the door. WHAT???

    So I called over and over... NO ONE CARES. I finally got a woman who said, "The notes show how much you have called. You will never get your package now. We hate you!" I asked over and over for the address to pick it up, as you can't find it on Google. I finally went on Facebook. I found UPS and PM'd with Sara who promised me (have in writing) that the package would be delivered Saturday at 8 AM. Never happened and she won't reply any longer. So, after about 60 calls, I got the phone # and address for the pickup location and was told, "Come on down... open until 5. We have your package." I took my handyman, hired to install as a witness and am glad I did.

    They said, "Oh, you have a lot of notes on your account. I need to call a supervisor." I said, I don't want to argue... I just need my package. 15 minutes later, out comes someone named Dawn and a supervisor who refused to give his name, and who said, "We are pissed and won't give you your package... it's going back to the shipper Monday." I said, "you can't do that. You can't tamper with the mail - unlawful!" He didn't care and withheld the package. The original woman said, "You will never get it, and it's beautiful... will look nice in my kitchen." They laughed but that made it pretty obvious that they opened it. Dawn used a lame excuse, "We can't get to it. It's in one of our trailers and we can't find the key!" REALLY???

    It has now gone back to the shipper and I am still calling... well over 70 calls. They refuse to refund the shipping and will not get the package back. They STOLE my package! I was told they wouldn't deliver it, as I was abusing the drivers. I NEVER saw or spoke to a driver! I am filing suit. No work ethic... corrupt! Beware! UPS is no longer a decent company!

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    Reviewed March 23, 2016

    A 100 lb woman, Pam **, at UPS tried to deliver a 121 lb package (1 of 2) to my 3rd floor apartment. She knocked on my door for help due to the size/weight of the box, as if it is the customer's job to carry boxes. My daughter didn't answer the door so Pam took the box to the office. No call. No note a delivery was attempted. Yesterday, 3/22/16, package 2 of 2 arrived and Pam had help this time -- it was a tall package. Her supervisor, Lou **, told Pam she was not allowed to go to the office and deliver box 1 because it was signed for and not their responsibility!! This futon bed is for my 15 year-old son who is 6.2 and is visiting next week. The office can't deliver 1 of 2 because of liability procedures. Shame on UPS!! Will never use a company that uses UPS again!!

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    Reviewed March 22, 2016

    I ordered a laptop through an Amazon seller, and before it arrived I realized it was not what I needed. I contacted Amazon and the seller to arrange for a refund and was told by Amazon to contact UPS to stop the shipment and have it turned around. They warned me I might have to pay a fee for this and to ask first. When I called UPS, the customer service person said yes, I could stop the shipment and send it back. I asked if there would be a fee and she said she didn't think so, but she was going to double check. When she came back, she told me that I could not turn the shipment around, but would have to wait until it was delivered and refuse delivery. Which meant I had to wait 3 days before it could be sent back.

    I refused the delivery on Friday, March 18. It is now Tuesday, and the package has been sitting in Secaucus NJ since Saturday. When I called UPS to find out why the package was still there, they told me the information I had was wrong and that the package was in transit. I read the tracking information to her exactly as it was on the screen, including the three entries from Saturday, Monday and today, saying the package had been received in NJ, to which she said there was no shipping on Saturday. I asked when the package would be returned to the shipper, and she told me I had to wait until NEXT MONDAY. So, apparently the package is going to sit in NJ for however many days, because why? No one knows. Meantime, I can't get my refund until they receive the package next week. This is unacceptable.

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    Reviewed March 22, 2016

    I'm disabled and don't get out, except for rare doctor appointments. Thus my caretaker and I are here during UPS delivery hours.

    Package 1: On March 17, 2016 UPS said they would be delivering a package. We waited for them to arrive and as I said we're home and waiting. Instead of seeing a truck stop and someone come up to our door, we got an email saying they missed us and the package would be at an UPS Access Point. I contacted UPS explaining (A) we were here, (B) didn't see the truck come here (might ended up at a similar but thus wrong address), and (C) I can't get out to come to an Access Point.

    The person promised to schedule a redelivery for the package for March 18, 2016. Come March 18, 2016 and again the UPS truck did NOT appear. I called and they promised the package would arrive on March 21, 2016. Again NO truck stopped in front of our home and no one came to the door to deliver the package. Three promised dates and NO ONE SHOWED UP FOR ANY OF THEM.

    Package 2: This is a package from Amazon.com. Like the first package, UPS had an original date of March 18, 2016. Thus package 1 and 2 should show up. As no one from UPS stopped by using any form of transportation, the package went to the Access Point, which might as well be 1,000 miles away! I called UPS and they promised it would arrive on March 21, 2016, which it did NOT.

    QUESTION: Is this UPS Access Point a way for UPS drivers to get out of doing their stops? I ask this based upon my experience of THREE times drivers were to stop by and they never did drive to our location, stop, and come to the door. What they did do was go to an UPS Access Point. Based upon these observations, I'm wondering if the UPS driver looks at Access Points as a way to save gasoline, reduce wear on the truck, and a way to do something other than deliver packages? I don't know and this speculation is just my wondering. I'd love to know what the driver was doing instead of coming here on say Monday, March 21, 2016 when the UPS 800 # promised both packages would arrive. PLEASE NOTE: We have ZERO issues with other delivery companies, such as Amazon Now, Amazon Couriers (different from Amazon Now), FedEx, DHL, USPS. These firms deliver on their first attempt 95% of the time with us!

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    Reviewed March 21, 2016

    I like Amazon. I'm elderly and handicapped. The carrier lied - he stated that my porch was visible and I wasn't home. BS! My dogs live indoors and let me know when there's a truck. I got the runaround from UPS. Finally I threatened to file to the higher ups. Neither was there a tag saying attempted delivery. I finally got hold of a live person - and another carrier was coming out... But it was Monday or Tuesday... Still not funny. Apparently new drivers or p/t carriers want to take off early on Friday. The first carrier gave a generic description, but he didn't describe it right. I want the guy to be fired and will file a restraining order if I feel threatened by him.

    I checked "UPS complaints" - good lord, lots and lots of complaints. Times are tough, doesn't mean UPS carriers (and USPS are like that) - don't short customers, esp. elderly and handicapped. I stay home most of the time, and the zip code I'm at apparently there's lots of thefts. No reason to screw me. Fire that thug who thinks s/he can get away with telling lies. A slight inconvenience can be life saving or an important item. It took over 5 days to get a 2 day package and lots of stress. Where can we go to take care of this matter? I don't give in to the runaround and will not tolerate it.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2016

    I ordered helmet for my kids as a gift and I was given an estimate date of 3/8/2016 for arrival of my package. As I kept waiting for my package until the estimated arrival, it did not arrived at my house. Checked the tracking info and shows it was delivered 3/1/2016. I checked my camera on my front gate on that date that shows on my tracking that it was put on my front porch @ 1230, as it records movements, and did not show nobody.

    I called UPS to complain and all I got was wait 8 days for the investigation to complete and they will give me a call. Now, it is about 12 days from the time I called and nothing was done. I called every day to find out what happened to my complain and all I got was to call the shipper where I ordered the helmets due to UPS don't have the right to informed the customer what happened to the package according to the customer representative I was talking to. I was like "WHAT." My conclusion is that UPS is BAD, BAD, BAD. They don't care any customer complaint.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2016

    We properly packed our 55 inch television and shipped it to our son in Greensboro NC. The driver that picked up the package said that we should not insure it because we are not manufacturers and UPS won't cover it anyway. So we took his advice and did not insure the TV. Turns out that UPS damaged TV along the way.

    We've spoken to the gentleman that loaded the box onto the truck for delivery and he said the box was in good shape when it was loaded. The driver showed up to deliver the TV and the box was open. The driver proceeded to show our son the damaged that was caused and said that he would file a possible damage report. He filed it and brought a copy of the report to our son. The driver told us that UPS doesn't like to pay for claims and will more than likely deny ours as well. We tried anyway! After filing the claim, it was like pulling teeth to get UPS to respond to our claim. Finally, we called again and they said that the claim was denied.

    So to sum it all up... 1. UPS told us not to add insurance on the box. 2. The UPS truck loader said the box was in good shape when he loaded it in Greensboro NC. 3. The driver recognized that the TV was damaged on the way to our son's house and even filed a possible damage report. 4. UPS doesn't want to pay. This is just wrong. $1000 plus $160 for shipping is now completely down the drain. This has to be resolved properly.

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    Reviewed March 19, 2016

    This is the second time in 4 months that UPS has delivered my goods to the wrong address. UPS sends me an email stating that they have delivered to my address, I rush home from work only to be left empty handed. I always provide them with the correct address which they always confirm yet they still decide to deliver it "who knows where." USPS always delivers to my correct address, FedEx delivers to the correct address. So why do companies continue you use the useless UPS? I'm fed up and hope to hell I never have to use them again. Luckily my second package is being delivered by FedEx.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2016

    I did everything I needed to do to open this account with CA just to make this complaint... I just created a personal account with UPS. I go to create my first shipment. As a first time user, I take advantage of the "i" icons. Upon using first icon, I was unable to return to shipment page, was kicked out and had to start over again. None of my info was saved even though I clicked on save. I was kicked out 2 more times for various reasons, each time having to start from scratch. On my 4th attempt I made it to the end and it returned me to a page I already completed, then kicked me out again. I should have read the reviews from others before signing on with UPS. I will certainly be sharing this experience with everyone I know even though others point out UPS doesn't care.

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    Reviewed March 18, 2016

    T-Mobile uses this company to delivery your expensive phones but fail to provide proper delivery and provide false information about where your page is at. I had purchased Galaxy S7. I was not home, they left an info note to the door, said they left it at a local Access Point, something new UPS is doing. I went there to retrieve the phone but they were close as they close early. I called UPS and they said the item will be available the next business day. So next day I went back to the Access Point to pick up my package. They tell me the driver never drop the package there.

    I call UPS and they told me that I needed to pick up from the HUB in Gardena. I wasn't able to pick up since it was already late and they close at 6. At the end they refused to delivery my package, they sent it back to T-Mobile made up lies about me refusing a phone. UPS is so stupid, how can I refuse my own package specially if I'm paying for shipping next day air and a phone in which I'm financing. UPS is full of **! Here's the tracking info so you guys can see for yourself the stupidity UPS does with customers' package **.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2016

    I ordered an optical lens on a Friday (selecting expedited delivery). The vendor chose to send the parcel through UPS. The UPS driver decided to leave a note indicating a signature requirement for delivery; however, checked the boxes indicating if I signed the back of the form, they would leave the parcel there the following business day. I signed the form and left it on the front door. On returning home, I found a new notice (as well as the one I had signed from the previous day left there as well). The notice stated the same thing, that I could sign the back of the form and they would redeliver the following day; however, as this was their second attempt, another failed delivery would return the parcel to the sender. I called UPS to file a complaint.

    The agent on the phone barely spoke intelligible English and I could barely understand what they were saying. I asked to speak to a supervisor. The individual kept trying to talk over me as I had to finally raise my tone and again (5th time) ask for a supervisor. The individual stayed on the line (you could literally hear them breathing) and after approximately 20 minutes, someone picked up the phone and said, "This is Derek, how may I help you?" I was able to get, "Yes, I would..." and Derek hung up. I called back.

    After another runaround of trying to get through to a supervisor, one came online and after explaining to them the incompetence I was experiencing, he informed me I could pick my package up this evening from the UPS facility in Virginia Beach at 1390 Air Rail Ave. He informed me that he would get in contact with them, report the problem and they would call me back so that I could confirm that they would have my parcel waiting for me. I confirmed with the supervisor, "So I will be able to pick up my package this evening then?" And he again stated that I could and it would be no problem, he just needed to contact them to let them know that I'd be coming in to pick up the package.

    After I hung up, I checked the hours for the UPS at 1390 Air Rail Ave, and it closes at 6 pm. So, in sum - UPS has some severe integrity issues. Multiple misleading and false notices on my door, disregard for customer service by personnel, and blatant incompetence, or outright lies just to get someone off the phone. I would recommend using USPS, FedEx, or another carrier over these folks any day of the week, which is what I will start requiring on any vendor I will be dealing with in the future.

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    Reviewed March 17, 2016

    I got an email stating I had a package arriving requiring a signature for delivery. The package was a gift since I didn't ship anything. Took off work to wait the majority of the day to sign for the package. Halfway through the day the delivery driver said my address was incorrect, although the email I received had my correct shipping address. I changed the address on the website by reentering it the same way it was already written. Called the company after the delivery hours to see what happened.

    Miguel told me, "Sorry for the inconvenience and it would be delivered by the end of the day." Within 15 minutes I got a phone call from a lady with attitude stating the driver was done for the day. Miguel was incorrect and it would not be delivered until the next day unless I decided to go pick it up. I noticed online if I decided to have it delivered the following day, I would be charged $5 for a delivery fee. These guys are a constant disappointment. If a package is ever delivered on time, it is usually damaged. A previous reviewer was correct, they could care less about customer service.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    Sent a package to a business from IL to FL on 3/10/16. On 3/15/16 when I checked the tracking on the UPS website, the package was not delivered because "receiver has moved". I called back on 3/15/16 and added the suite number to the delivery address of the recipient. On 3/16/16, on the tracking site of UPS, I received the exact same message that the "receiver has moved". I called the receiver who verified the address that I revised and the fact that UPS never attempted delivery. If an attempt was made and the receiver refused the delivery, the UPS tracking would have stated so. I called UPS Customer Service on the phone and it has been hell since then. Incompetent people who would care less about your package, asking repeatedly if you are the sender or the receiver. Promises made and never delivered.

    Finally I get a call from a hostile person at UPS customer service that was again asking repeatedly if I am the sender or the receiver. Short of telling me to go to hell, he left me hanging there not knowing anything new about future delivery or why the package was not delivered in the right address after the delivery address was expanded. If you want your package to be delivered, never use UPS. I will use Federal Express that has been much more reliable for me. UPS RIVALS THE POST OFFICE IN ERRORS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. STAY AWAY!!

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    Reviewed March 15, 2016

    Driver left a notice with an address for me to go pick up my delivery. I could barely read the address. Now the notice left was right next to the note I have on the front door to ring my bell that's labeled with my apartment number. I called UPS and reported that this was not the first time! Someone by the name Janice called me claiming to be a supervisor. I informed her that I'm a disabled woman and am home ALL day and night and I even tested my doorbell to see if it's working and it was.

    This is how this so called supervisor rectified this problem. She said she's looking at the system indicates that the driver was parked in front of my house. I corrected her because I saw the truck from my window. The truck NEVER parks in front of the building. They park illegally on the corner of the block that intersects mine. So I proved to her that I can pretty much expect NON TRUTHS to come from them. She also told me to go pick it up. REALLY?! I thought that was the job of the driver!! Also, to call the shipper and tell them to take me off the drop off delivery location. So NOW my disabled self has to WALK to where the driver left my package and back home. I've owned 4 businesses since my disability and this is A SORRY EXCUSE for rectifying a problem. THIS HAPPENED ALL BECAUSE THE DRIVER COULDN'T RING A STINKING DOORBELL!

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    Reviewed March 15, 2016

    If you want to ruin the surprise for your loved one's birthday: UPS is the carrier you! 4 days after the mentioned birthday and 5 days after the planned delivery, we still do not have the package!! NEVER NEVER NEVER use UPS!! My dissatisfaction grows by the minute against this company!

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    Reviewed March 15, 2016

    Drivers lied after a complaint was made regarding a driver ranting and hollering. After the complaint the driver retaliated by saying we have a biting dog. The UPS manager refuses to inspect the property. Service has been terminated. It was a conspiracy due to my initial complaining to teach me a lesson. Driver threatening us. They have torn up my culvert entering my property. Horrible people. Act like they are police.

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    Reviewed March 14, 2016

    I have moved in September to Philipsburg, PA. My husband has been getting packages at our new address for 6 to 8 months. Recently I have had problems with 4 separate orders not making it to my house until a week to a week and half later than they were suppose to be there. Not to mention the contents of this package is supposed to be kept cold. Which I mentioned to the reps on the phone, not really a concern of theirs, passing the buck is a concern for them. I placed an order from a Lab on March 4th, I was told I would get it Tuesday, March 7th. Today is March 14th, and I still don't have it yet, real quick service UPS. My husband and I have probably called about this package about 4 to 5 times. There is no reason for this crappy service!!

    UPS employees keep relabeling my packages to other addresses instead of delivering it to my house (which is the correct address given). You call them and ask them where your package is and they will name off all these address it went to and was refused at, then you ask why the package is being relabeled? They will tell you it is computer error. Let's see, it is taking a human to label my package and put the incorrect address in the system.

    Then after no answers to why this is happening, they will give you a supervisor supposedly and they go through the same crap "we have to get you in our system". After 3 other times I should be at the top of this system in bold letters as much trouble as I have had. Can anyone in this company do their job??? Last I heard they attempted to deliver my package at my old address. I call Altoona and I'm told "if you live in Philipsburg we don't take care of your package, that is someone else in St. College". You call St. College and they say the same thing. How in the world does a company still work like this and keep in business.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2016

    All I will say is that I will never in the future would I want to have UPS as my delivery service. They do not care about their customers or service. I purchased a Galaxy S6 with T-Mobile, and I was assured that I would get my package on Friday. Sure enough I check my tracking info, and it says that my package was delayed? I called T-Mobile, and asked what was the problem? And they told me they did their part, but UPS delayed my package when I paid 24.99 for overnight shipping. I placed my order on a Wednesday, and got an email that my package was processed, but for some reason they decided to delay my package? I called customer service and of course they just kiss your butt, and they give no answer at all. They told me I had to have T-Mobile contact them to get a confirmation that I got overnight shipping. I sent them a screenshot and still they said that isn't enough proof?

    I emailed UPS and eventually they just stop replying to you, no matter what you say they will not care at all. I never make reviews but I wanted everyone to know that UPS is nothing but fraud and lazy customer service. If you do decide to do business with them, don't get overnight shipping. Just be patient or wait or have USPS deliver your package. I know nothing is perfect, but if I paid 25 dollars for overnight shipping I should of gotten that service. But instead they made me wait an extra 5 days. Take my advice and don't pay extra for that service or do business with them.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2016

    We just purchased raw land in Somerset CA. It is a rural area and we do not have a physical address for our property yet. Our local post office is where ALL of our mail/packages get delivered. We receive on average 2-3 deliveries per week. If it is not possible to be delivered to our PO Box, we choose General Delivery and it is held for up to 1 month for us at the post. FedEx and DHL have no issues with this. UPS will only make the delivery if it is being shipped "smart post", apparently some deal worked out between UPS & USPS. If a package is shipped regular UPS ground, they will not make the delivery! This means that I have to make a 3hr round trip to Sacramento just to pick up my package. The best part is that it's only available for pick up Mon-Fri 3:30pm-6pm!!!

    It makes no sense at all. The post that they refuse to deliver to is in town right off the highway. They demand a physical address other than the post office that the driver passes multiple times each day. Once we get our address, UPS is going to wish they could drop it off at the post, instead they will be traversing a 3.5 mile mountain dirt/mud road that they'll probably get stuck on. I informed UPS of this as well, they still don't care. Even though they will not deliver the package, they still load/unload the package from the delivery truck everyday! This means the package drives past the post office a handful of times each day without being dropped off. A picture of stupidity.

    Asked UPS to hold the package for us at their warehouse until we get back in town in 2 weeks. Was told they couldn't hold our package for us and they would be returning it to the shipper! Zero customer caring/service! I said, "can't you just stick the package in a corner of your massive warehouse until we are back in town?" Was told no! UPS has stopped caring! Have never had 1 issue with FedEx, the delivery is ALWAYS made! Shouldn't have to have UPS's customer service on speed dial. Have never had to contact any other shipper because of non delivery. BOYCOTT UPS until common sense is a company value.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2016

    UPS said, "Hey be at home between 9 am and 7 pm." I did that and the delivery guy did a drive by and didn't even get out of his truck to deliver a 90-pound package. Lazy and useless! I missed work for this?? I lost one day's wages for this?? I call customer service to let them know and they say, "He couldn't find you, you aren't in your building directory" Seriously? I was standing there in my lobby as he did his drive by. If he was trying to find me that's not the way to do it! He didn't even buzz!

    I called customer service every hour on the hour as they instructed me to do and they guaranteed the package (a birthday gift) would be delivered no problem before end of day. Each hour ticks by and I call and I get a different reason for the delay each time. Finally, they say to me, "Hey if you rush you can make it to depot and pick up your 90-pound box instead of us delivering it to you." Lazy incompetent buggers but I need the birthday gift so I go do just that. I drive a half hour each way and when I get to the depot what do they tell me? "Yeah, we don't have your package." UPS, Useless Package Service. All the customer service people could do was apologize for their stupidity and offer me a $20 shipping credit (** am I going to do with that?!). Meanwhile, a little boy went without his birthday gift thanks to UPS's lack of professionalism and lazy good for nothing drivers. Thanks **.

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    Reviewed March 11, 2016

    I have a business from home. Multiple times I have paid to reschedule delivery because I'm disabled & can't carry packages from the access point. They keep refunding my money for the rescheduling of the packages and apologizing. Today UPS rings the door downstairs and never comes up. I call UPS customer service and got a nasty response that the driver didn't scan my package yet. The last 2 times they left notices at 10am and didn't scan or deliver to access point til 6:50pm which is 5 minutes before they close.

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    Reviewed March 10, 2016

    I scheduled a pickup early in the evening and it appeared that they had forgotten about it, so I called them back. I got disconnected the first time and the second time I called back and spoke with a really annoying person who got annoyed with me when I told him that he didn't need the answers to all of the questions he was asking (impertinent). He got me his supervisor and the supervisor went to contact the local branch/driver to see where he was. He comes back on the phone and says that the person with whom he spoke had told him that he had already spoken with me and that they would be there momentarily. It appeared that he was taking some sort of position against the caller (me), based on someone already having spoken with me (as if I was insanely impatient and would call and go over the whole story twice in 20 minutes just for the hell of it). It was insulting, on top of it all. I like FedEx.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    When I sent my daughter her credit card via UPS I had no idea about UPS' practice of rerouting packages to old addresses they keep on file. The package label envelope was damaged in transit such that the shipping address was no longer legible. UPS then took it upon themselves to look up a previous address in their database (old apartment address) and sent the package with daughter's credit card to someone else. UPS never notified me that they damaged the package and had an illegible address. I could have given them the correct address over the phone. They gambled on sending it to an old address, wtf?? No apology and the investigator was rude not just to me but the UPS agent who was helping me!!! The UPS agent that helped me actually filed a complaint against the UPS investigator!! NEVER will use UPS again. Check out the opening scene of Jim Carrey in Pet Detective, it is based on UPS and that scene is how UPS delivers!!

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    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    Paid 115.20 to have a gallon of product, I needed it for a event I was leaving for that afternoon. It did not show up. So we sent another gallon out the next day I had to pay a employee to drive it to me 6 hours away. Called and they refunded some of the shipping cost not all but I had to pay a employee to bring it. Then 2 days ago I ordered a package and was supposed to be delivered Monday at 8:00 pm. I called and they said the address did not exist, funny they was just here Friday. So today I taped our conversation, what an eye opening conversation. How big is too big. Now I had to put packages on hold and drive 18 miles to pick up and the lady I talk to said (O Well) "What can we do"!

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    Reviewed March 9, 2016

    I have been a customer of UPS for some time and have been having this same problem with the same driver that does this route and even though I complained to the company nothing changes. I even put down in my account to put the package on my patio if no answer, cause apparently waiting a minute is too long for the driver to wait, and I still get a notice left on my door that they will redeliver or I can come pick it up. The driver was just taking off when I came out and was waving at him, but he still drove off even after looking at me directly.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2016

    The customer service of this business is A -- Awful! They do not call back when they say they will. I ended up having called them twice! They make it very difficult for customers to receive their packages!!!

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    Reviewed March 7, 2016

    My package (a check) was returned to shipper 3 times (missorted by UPS) before finally being delivered to me. It took 14 days to finally arrive. I paid UPS $25.00 for 2 day delivery and a $50.00 late fee on the bill I was paying with the check. I tried to make a claim by website and by phone, no one would help. One agent finally said a Manager would call me back. That has been over a week ago. From reading the other posts I guess I should not wait on that phone call.

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    Reviewed March 4, 2016

    UPS attempted to deliver a package to my home last Tuesday. We were not aware that it was going to be delivered and we're not home to receive it. They did however leave a notice on our door that they would attempt to deliver it the following day. I contacted them Tuesday evening and advised them that we would not be home on Wednesday. They advised me of several options. We agreed that it was best that they would deliver it to one of their stores and advised me that the store would call me once it was in their inventory.

    When I inquired as to the phone number and hours of operation of the store, the UPS agent said she did not have that data. I was able to find it on the Internet after our conversation. Never received a phone call from any UPS store or agent. It is now Friday. I called customer service only to find out that it was delivered to a different UPS location - one affiliated with a 24/7 gas station. Who knew? Of course, when I called Customer Service, they apologized but...

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    Reviewed March 1, 2016

    UPS has decided that it's beneficial to drop packages at the Post Office for delivery. They're too lazy to actually deliver to an actual address. Too cheap. I don't know. Well what happens when the post office only deals with PO boxes? The package gets sent back to the shipper. UPS has always refused to deliver to PO boxes. You need a physical address to have delivery with UPS. Think about it. I've dealt with several shipments where I explicitly tell the merchant who uses UPS NOT to ship with SurePost. Somehow UPS overrides the request. I've spent hours on the phone trying to sort it out and the merchant usually ends up re-shipping through the postal service. Totally ridiculous, and I'll be dealing with FedEx or some other shipper from now on.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2016

    Ugh! UPS and its forced-down-your-throat "enhanced residential service" is a nightmare. The company apparently changed its terms and conditions to leaving your package at an independent UPS store (which, by the way, the one I talked to said it is not affiliated with UPS) for "my convenience" and without my consent or beforehand knowledge.

    I live in an apartment complex where most packages are left at the leasing office. Not UPS, it is apparently now in charge of all that is and the lowly customers can chase down packages or go without! What a business concept. At least UPS is making USPS look good! So I've called to request my package be delivered to the address on the label. Customer service said they would do that. Somebody at UPS lied to me, because UPS refused to deliver my package. They insisted I pick it up. I am not able to do that.

    I called again and was told a supervisor would call me in an hour. No call. I asked for an email address when I called for the third time. They have none. I don't know if this is really the CEO David Abney's email, but there is a webpage with his and 7 other VP's emails on it. Dabney@ups.com. Mr. Abney, I will be asking all businesses I use to not use UPS. I have found UPS to be an untrustworthy company that does not provide the services it was paid to do. I am asking you to look into how your company is operating because from my point of view, this is unacceptable.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2016

    Shipped commercial exhaust fan on pallet. Fan metal strapped & screwed to pallet all 4 corners, covered fan with heavy cardboard & secured cardboard with staples into wood. Cut cardboard out where it could be picked up by dolly on opposite sides of each other. Marked box on all 4 sides to pick up by pallet only. On top of box, marked "do not place any heavy objects on top." From Alamogordo, New Mexico, UPS shipped one to New Jersey, one to Oklahoma and last one to Louisiana. Customer in Louisiana was only one that received the fan severely damaged and the crate and cardboard missing. UPS denied my claim, because I did not know the thickness of the cardboard. I responded I knew the thickness of the pallet. Why was the disappearance of the pallet the fan was screwed to, not a concern for UPS? UPS still denied claim, because of unknown thickness of cardboard. UPS just lost a Shipping customer.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2016

    I ordered a product online from a retailer I often shop with. Upon receiving my package and opening it, I noticed that it was tampered with. Looking further into my package, I realized 1 of my items were missing from the box. It seems like these package sorta's are opening the packages as they are sealed, removing items and resealing the packages as they are when they are shipped from the manufacture. This is not the first time this has happened and it's so frustrating and makes me not wanna utilize online shopping. Something really needs to change about this and there needs to be some kind of resolve.

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2016

    The tracking information showed my package arriving between 1-5 PM. I called to check on the delivery time and was told some areas stop delivery at 3:30 PM & some places deliver until 7:00 PM. My package arrived at 7:29 PM. This is unacceptable. UPS needs to either improve their tracking feature or dump it! My receipt is in email form. There's no option here to attach it.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2016

    I ordered some goodies last week. My package was scheduled for delivery on Friday and I signed the shipment release online as I knew I wouldn't be home. I received an email that my package was delivered at 12:22 p.m. When I got home there was nothing on my front door. Thank goodness my landlord installed cameras all around our fourplex last year. So we looked at the footage to see who might have stolen it. Turns out the package was never delivered. A UPS truck drove past the house at 12:20 but never stopped. I called UPS, but they're refusing to take any responsibility despite me having proof or even search for the package. They claim that they're not responsible because I signed a shipment release. Yes, I sure did. I signed for the shipment to be released at my front door. Not somebody else's!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2016

    Because I'm pretty sure it's all for the employees rather than the people, aka customers, who keep their business alive. First let me just say that I'm 8 months pregnant and I live with my disabled mother. I had a king sized mattress delivered to my house and in this wind and rain storm, the box was left by my gate. No knock on the door to notify us that it was here, and had he knocked I would have asked for help to just bring it through the door, not all the way to the room. And get this I call UPS and they tell me it is not their job to knock and notify, or to even carry heavy items even over 50lbs in the house. I got no apology, and an answer that left me speechless. It's not their job?

    The lady on the phone had the audacity to tell me to call next time in the morning to request it. I'm sorry but if you're going to provide a delivery service, the service should be better than that. There are people all over the world who are not able to carry these packages into their houses and we have to ask for it? I would have thought it came with the job description. So delivery service just drops off packages and nothing else? I work in retail and my title is sales associate however I am required to go above and beyond for my customers, offering is part of my job and no I don't get paid more for it. I'm pretty sure UPS drivers get paid more than I do and they do just as their title says. Well then they did do their job, regardless of the people who pay for their service, that need their help!

    My Mother and I were able to slide the mattress in slowly but surely. An hour later, my mother is out of breath and on her breathing machine, and I'm in my doctor's office waiting for my sonogram to make sure I didn't hurt the baby in my tummy with my 17 month old son as I type this. I'm glad that my package isn't broken or damaged which is why I gave them 2 stars instead of 1. However, the way I see it right now is that the package I'm carrying is far more important. Never again!

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    Reviewed Feb. 22, 2016

    On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 I sent my mothers insulin through UPS paying a $53.00 overnight delivery charge. On Friday the 19th I began to become concerned being that it had not yet been delivered, my mother decided to traveled to the UPS in Carolina, PR where the package was said to have been as of 9:07 am February 18, 2016 only to find out that not only was the location closed, but they didn't work on Saturdays.

    Today is Monday the 22nd and the package is yet to be delivered. By now her insulin is ruined due to the heat and when I called customer service they stated that the policy is to file a report and wait an eight day investigation period before they can help me. So a hard lesson has been learned. Going forward I will use FedEx because they deliver on time. It may cost a little more up front but the save in the long run.

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2016

    For as long as I've been shopping online (years and years) I've never once had UPS successfully make a delivery to my house. Even when I'm literally sitting on the other side of the door (failed delivery notice in the mailbox is a heck of a lot quicker than waiting 15 seconds, at least for them). What's more, I've never seen them get my package successfully back to their warehouse for pickup within the time frame they've stated. I'd rather be told something I don't want to hear than a lie. I do a significant amount of internet shopping. I avoid UPS whenever I can. This is the reason. Multiple shipping options? UPS will Never get my business if I can avoid it.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2016

    UPS trucks are seen around my neighborhood all morning, coming back to my residential area to deliver my pkg. between 4 and 6 p.m. Seems inefficient but drivers tell me air shipments must be delivered before noon and they're not allowed to deliver to residences. Drivers confide to me this is a clueless procedure.

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    I spoke with UPS after they failed to deliver a package. They left a missed package notice on my door saying it was going to be left at a "Access Point". Well I'm not sure what an Access point is but it's NOT a UPS location. I regularly have packages delivered to my home and live only .5 miles from a main UPS hub. So I was surprised that they elected to deliver a package addressed to me to some in my opinion random business more than 4 miles away. I sent my wife to pick up the package. She said she was not comfortable going into some random business asking if we had a package there.

    We have real concerns about safety. Who owns this business? Do they do background checks on their employees? What's their security protocols for storing packages? Why would UPS not leave a phone number only an address? UPS did not have any answers for me on these issues. They did tell me I could open a MY UPS account so I could set preferences, I'm not sure why I need a UPS account to just get a package delivered to my house? UPS seems completely disconnected from their customer base, even at the main Hub I get marginal service at best. I now have to wait another few days to receive my package and who knows if the driver will leave it or not. It's up to them. The package is from the company I work for. It's a critical part for a customer who I have a trip scheduled to see. I guess they will just have to wait.

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    UPS Ground Freight (UPSGF) abuses its tariff in violation of public policy. This complaint is the result of my six month struggle with UPSGF. Many acquaintances have commented that they would have abandoned this claim, and only because I was a retired lawyer who had the time and knowledge to sue UPSGF was settlement achieved on the eve of trial date.

    1. UPSGF unscrupulously employs customer signed delivery receipts to deny claims. In July 2015, I paid $392 to a UPS store for packing/shipping/$2,000 extra value to transport a 4x4 painting from Raleigh to Denver. The receipt stated: We guarantee your package if we pack it. Upon arrival, the driver wanted to be on his way and asked me to sign a delivery receipt which I did without reading. Unpacking the crate took 1+ hours and I discovered the frame was broken, which was confirmed two days later by UPSGF's own inspector. After duly processing the $1,000 claim per UPSGF instructions, the claim was denied because the signed delivery receipt would indicate the shipment was delivered in the same condition for transport by UPS Freight.

    At my request the Raleigh UPS Store disputed the denial and assured UPS that this painting was not damaged upon arrival at our store, was not damaged in the packing process, or when it was picked up by the UPS Freight driver. The UPSGF claims agent, who never saw the painting or packaging, ignored this new evidence, again asserting All damage must be noted at the time of delivery. Our declination is based on the fact this shipment delivered clear without any exceptions indicated on the delivery receipt.

    UPSGF well knew that Section 11(3) of its own Tariff (UPGF 102-I) stated that Delivery receipts without written notice of damage are (only) prima facie evidence that the shipment was delivered in good condition. UPSGF's spacious second denial of this claim, in the face of evidence which overcame its prima facie defense, demonstrates bad faith abuse of this tariff provision.
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    2. UPSGF's Diversion Tactic to Avoid Responsibility. My claim having been twice denied, I filed a lawsuit in Denver Small Claims Court on December 10, 2015. In January of 2016 UPSGF shifted tactics and asserted a new Tariff defense (in a corollary BBB case) that my only claim was against the Raleigh UPS Store, which like other UPS Stores, are independently owned and operated businesses and are not agents of UPS. (Tariff 15) Whether a UPS Store is an independent contractor or an agent of UPS is a question of fact for a court to decide; a tariff which usurps this issue is against public policy.

    UPS advertises itself as a nationwide delivery service with some 5,000 UPS Stores in every state of the union. To the ordinary consumer the UPS Store and UPS corporate are one in the same, just as McDonald's franchisees and McDonald's, Inc are the same. Tariff 15 seeks to create a Russian nesting doll maze of 5,000 separate entities for customers to navigate. UPSGF Tariff 15 is against public policy on other grounds as well. The dispute in my case (and many others) was between the consignee/owner of the damaged goods and UPSGF. These are the real parties in interest, not the UPS Store which has not been damaged. Moreover, a UPS Store has an inherent conflict of interest when asserting a claim against UPSGF since it is a franchisee subject to oversight and subservience to the UPS conglomerate.

    Yet another flaw in Tariff 15 is many UPS Store/Shippers reside in a distant state from the complaining customer. Even should some long arm statutes allow suing the UPS Store in the consumers resident state, the UPS Store would have no assets in the customer's state of residence. Another suit would have to be filed in the Stores resident state to enforce a judgment hoping there would be Store assets subject to levy.

    Conclusion: My 6 month long struggle resulted in a full settlement by UPSGF on the eve of a February 2 trial date. I expended some 25+ hours reviewing UPSGF's 77 page tariff, procuring witness statements, and researching the complexities of the Carmack Amendment (which exempts UPSGF from the penalties state consumer protection statutes would otherwise apply). The ordinary consumer, especially one who pays for extra value coverage, should not have to run this gauntlet of spurious defenses.

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    Left my packages at a Porn Video Store. That's just the beginning. Their "access point," a service they tout constantly, is a porn video store. Bars on the windows, no sign lit at night and a collection of not-so-favorable guys hanging by the front door smoking. Seven times I was promised calls by supervisors about this, seven times nothing. I had a really nice light fixture returned to shipper because I wouldn't go in that store (after dark is my only chance and the place is frankly, not safe). I bought a giant "deck box" that locks and put it on the porch for packages. Two signs by door. Not good enough. Still takes packages to porn store. They require a signature in "my neighborhood." (Today's interaction was the first time they admitted to redlining their services based on their impressions of a neighborhood. I live in a nice neighborhood. Teachers, architects, engineers, cops).

    I tried to get signature release, but because UPS has deemed my neighborhood not safe, they won't offer that for me. Yes folks, UPS changes its available service (but not its prices) based on what THEY think of your neighborhood. Yet they have no problem sending a woman to a disgusting porn store to pick up her packages. My Amazon Prime has become worthless. Except I paid for it. UPS is the sole reason it's worthless. Fourteen times over three months I have asked to speak to a supervisor or someone who cares about the whole access point mess and no one has ever called. No one. Not a soul. Now that I have in writing (online chat) that they discriminate due to neighborhoods, I guess the FTC is the next stop. Because one thing for sure, UPS does not give a damn about a customer. They're like the phone company of old. “We don't care, we don't have to.” Well UPS, where's Ma Bell now?

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    I won a $50 Food Lion gift card from Food Lion through a contest on their social media page. It was sent out by Food Lion on February 2nd, 2016. The service was UPS 2nd Day Air. So I wait 2 days, 3 days, and even 4 days, thinking it was a minor delay due to the inclement weather (Snow) that the company was "facing". I am the type of individual to support businesses and allow room for mistakes because we are all imperfect & make mistakes. That being said, I was very calm and allowed additional days for the delivery. By the 7th day, (for a 2 day service) I went to file a complaint but could not do so because I was not the shipper. I got no updates for the status nor any apologies! Forward to the 15th of February and still no gift card, no updates on the "investigation" and no apologies!!! DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2016

    Customer service told us repeatedly today more than five times that our package would be here today. We live in a bad neighborhood so we had to sit there and wait for it so nobody would steal it. About 8:30 pm is when they finally told me it hasn't moved since yesterday!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2016

    Email stated that the package was delivered underneath a tree. We have about 4 acres and some 60-70 trees + I was gone for 5 days at work. Contacted them and told that was not acceptable and they promised to correct it. After a couple of days I contacted customer service again. They stated they did not have any records of me calling them. They promised (again) to correct it since they agreed that it was not acceptable to leave the package out in the elements. In the end we happened to find it. We actually had to dig the package out the snow. It was left halfway up in our driveway close to one of many trees, not very noticeable. The local UPS just called me. I told them about the incident but they stated that the way they delivered the package was indeed acceptable. Never again!

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2016

    The shipper booked overnight delivery and paid for it. UPS not delivering me on time, which results me in 1000 dollars loss. Never ever use this UPS service. Crap...

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    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2016

    An online company that I use (VistaPrint) sent me a package via the UPS service. I have made it a point to bring my laptop out onto the front porch of my one bedroom apartment and work there and wait for my package this whole day (this was at 10 am). I have set here all day. The weather is really nice, and I am able to get word done, so it is not a problem. I noticed later in the day I still had not received a package. I decided to check the status online again, and the holder of my packages claims that they attempted to deliver, but did not get an answer (which can't be true). After I checked with UPS customer service, all my mailing information is correct so that was not the problem. I explained to her that I have been sitting outside all day of a small one bedroom apartment.

    There is no way any UPS driver came here today. I also asked her "Shouldn't there have been a note left at my door if I did not answer?" She says yes. I confirmed there is no note. Her only resolution was to give me address all the way on the other side of town, where I can now burn my own gasoline, and pick up my package. I do not plan on doing any business with this company anymore. I'd rather stop shopping online all together, before dealing with dishonesty.

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2016

    I ordered a pair of Burberry jeans that were in the sale and I kept checking the tracking info as I couldn't wait to receive them. After a while it said something strange I've forgotten what so I called up customer service who told me that I wasn't in when they wanted to deliver and my parcel was being returned to sender. First of all I was in all day. Second of all if I had been out I still wouldn't have been happy that they returned my jeans because delivery companies have to deal with this kind of thing all the time. They can't just send your item back, most have pickup points and cards that they put through your letter box. But no my parcel was just simply returned to sender. Now as these jeans were in the sale they had now sold out and I couldn't order another pair and had to pay twice the price for a non-sale pair because of their incompetence.

    When they were delivered again I asked if they could phone me when they are here as I live in an apartment block and most delivery companies simply phone me, but apparently they aren't allowed to phone me. Why not? Okay so a few days ago I ordered a pair of Timberlands. Again I kept checking the tracking info excited to receive my product. I've just checked and it again says I wasn't in at nine this morning. Both me and my boyfriend have again been in all day. And now it says delivering to a collection point but they won't say when it will be available for pick up at that collection point and it's been two days! So how do I know they aren't just returning my books again!

    I hate how my money has gone, but I don't revive my parcel. And if they return to sender again, again I have a situation where the boots were in the sale and no longer have my size. And my other parcel that they have delivered apparently arrived but there is no trace of it so I lost £160 as I had to reorder the books I need for university because they apparently delivered it. From now on if I see that UPS are delivering I am not ordering! I couldn't be more unhappy with their customer service or their delivery methods. I haven't had any problem with any other delivery company.

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2016

    On the first day of "delivery" of my package I left a note on the front door nicely asking the driver if he could please deliver my package to the back door so that I could sign for it. I have done this with other shipping companies and have never had any problems. Unfortunately with UPS for whatever reason the driver never came to the back door. He just left a notice on the FRONT DOOR stating "no one was available to sign for the package" even though I was home waiting to sign for the package. I called UPS and explained the situation to a customer service rep who made notes in the UPS system instructing the driver to deliver the package to the back door so that I could sign for the package.

    On the second day of "delivery" the UPS driver never came to the back door. Completely ignored the instructions left in the UPS system and once again left a notice on the FRONT DOOR stating "no one was available to sign for the package" even though I was home waiting to sign for the package again. So I called UPS again and explained the situation yet again to another customer service rep who then told me that they would transfer me over to a supervisor which would take about a minute. I was on hold for a supervisor for 35 minutes before I finally gave up and hung up the phone. I called back because I was frustrated at this point and I need the package because it is for my business.

    When I called back I explained the problem to yet another customer service rep who said to me "I am sorry this happened to you. I will get you a supervisor as soon as possible." The customer service rep put me on hold for a couple minutes and finally I spoke to a very nice supervisor at UPS by the name of Debbie. Debbie understood the situation completely and apologized to me for the terrible experience I was having. She stated that she could not understand why this package was not being delivered to the back door as requested as it is fully documented in the UPS system. Debbie stated that she "would be filing a complaint with the UPS shipping port that this package was going out from to find out why the driver was not delivering this package to the back door". Debbie "assured me that someone would call me from the facility to get to the bottom of the problem and would make sure the driver delivered the package to the back door".

    It is now the third day of "delivery". I am waiting on my package yet again. I did NOT receive a call from anyone at UPS and when I called back this morning to find out why I was told that "the case was closed and that the driver was told to deliver the package to the back door." When I asked to speak with Debbie again who was the supervisor I spoke with yesterday I was told that "they (UPS rep) cannot transfer me to this UPS supervisor" even though they transferred me to her just yesterday. After reading the other consumer reports on here I can see that I am not the only one having this serious problem with UPS. With this level of unprofessionalism I do not understand how UPS is still in business. In the future I will never use UPS again and I will make sure that my items are shipped with other companies. I hope that this review helps other consumers out there so that they can avoid problems like this.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2016

    On Feb 10, 2016 my experience with UPS was horrendous and after speaking with their supervisor, she was defending the delivery man instead of defending the customer. I ordered from Amazon and it was to arrive Feb 8 in the evening. I ordered two items, a steel breadbox and a canvas clothes closet. I received the bread box with no problem but they did not send the clothes closet. It wasn't very heavy, it was a tall and thin package.

    I called UPS on this and they said the delivery man couldn't deliver on Feb 8, so I told them make it after 5 in the evening as I work and need traveling time. On Feb 10, 2016 I get done with work and going on the bus, get a call from UPS saying the delivery man is right there. I said "I am not home yet, give me until at least 5:15 p.m." He was already there and put the package in the screen door and for some reason the main door came open. My alarm went off and I live on a busy street where neighbors would definitely complain.

    I was on my way home and my door was wide open, package was on the floor of my porch, when I said specifically I won't be home till around 5:30, need traveling time. UPS said the driver had to be somewhere else at 5:30 and too bad. Not only did I have to pay an alarm fee $25 for him pushing open the door and to deal with upset neighbors for the noise of the alarm. I talked to a supervisor later but she was defending the driver, couldn't care less about the customer, worried about him being on time at 5:30, he had someplace else to deliver. I will not order ever again. I am disgusted by how this was handled. I will never trust UPS again!

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2016

    Absolutely disgusting! I wasn't home the day they were supposed to deliver and instead of making another attempt as FedEx does, they left it at an access point not too far from home. Downside is my licence's address is not updated so the gift my girlfriend bought me for my birthday could not be picked up by me. She lives in Massachusetts. Her name was on the package. I had her tell UPS to pick it up and redeliver it to me at home because if I'm there, I can sign for it. GO figure. Then, they tell her it'll be two business days to pick it up. Really? *sigh* Whatever.

    This was on a Thursday we requested a redelivery. Tuesday comes and it's four days later, five if you count Sunday. NO pick up from the access point. She calls and "complains" (and that's putting it nicely). The person says "how about 7?" And so 7pm comes and goes and she calls again and come to find out they have it in the truck and the lady says "the driver will be getting a hold of him." And lo and behold THAT'S a lie too! Lie LIE LIEEE! It's constant lies! They have been ** around too long. If it were medication, I'd be dead! But they don't care! It is unacceptable! HOW are they still in business?!?

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    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2016

    Driver won't leave package. I had a non delivery, or someone took package from my house. Now driver won't leave packages and is a total **. Don't waste your time and money with UPS. Post office has better service and they are not ** like these guy(s).

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    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2016

    I was waiting for a package that never arrived. When the sender called UPS he was told that I rejected the package. When I called I was told that they attempted to deliver it but there was nobody home. They said they left a notice. They kept it for 5 days and then without even trying to notify anyone they returned the package to the sender for which I got a $105 invoice. Initially they charged a $100 to ship one single document and they couldn't even try call us to let us know that the package couldn't be delivered or that they had it on hold. They returned it without notifying and then charged for it again. In total we end up paying more than $200 for a package that was never delivered. And if that wasn't enough their supervisor was unhelpful and even rude. She raised her voice at me when I called to complain.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016

    Being spit on by your driver is not a way to do business. Truck number **. The driver is a piece of work. Luckily I have a 15-minute long video of the driver. The driver also broke many of our things we have shipped in.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2016

    I have never been so frustrated with trying to obtain a package! My fiance and I ordered items from Apple and they were supposed to be delivered on a Thursday. He waited around all day and then in the hour that he had to leave to pick me up at the train the driver came by the house and of course we weren't home. The driver left one of those post it sticky notes that said "Sorry we missed you." But they neglected to check off any of the follow up boxes. I went online and switched for the package to be delivered to the Access Point close to my house.

    The next morning I received a voicemail stating that I actually had 3 individual packages and that I would have to select all of them to be switched to the Access Point or they would be sent back to shipper. I went online and switched the other 2 boxes to be sent to the Access Point. I went to check online and it said that 1 package would be there for Friday and the other 2 would be delivered to my house on Monday. Later that day I called the 800 number to verify the status of my packages and after 15 minutes of holding and using the voice operated system that talks in circles I finally got to speak to a live person. She then told me the same thing that was online. I told her that this was not correct and all my packages were supposed to go to the Access Point for pick up because I didn't want the driver to go by my house again and not have anyone be home. Her solution was for me to just keep checking online.

    Now my fiance has gone to the Access Point to retrieve the 1 package that was there. The woman said "Hopefully the other boxes would arrive within 30-45 minutes" so he waited around. One delivery truck arrived and they didn't take any packages off of the truck so he asked the woman what to do and she took his phone number and said she would call when they arrived but that they are closing early due to inclement weather today. Now hundreds of dollars of merchandise is just hanging in limbo because no one can tell us where our packages are.

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    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2016

    My wife's cancer medication is provided to us by a Specialty Pharmacy with overnight delivery. The medication is shipped from the UK. This shipment was ordered on Jan 26 for delivery on Jan 27. The label clearly stated that the package contains chemotherapy drugs. When it failed to arrive, the tracking said: "We've incorrectly sorted the package at our facility. This may cause at least one business day delay." The package was finally delivered after a full week!! Instead of overnight. No excuse, no effort to expedite the package. What a way to treat a package a human being depends on!

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2016

    First and foremost, the UPS phone system is the most frustrating, patronizing and exasperating system in the world. If you want to speak to an agent, you have to give your tracking number and then you get a recording of the pkg status. If you ask for a customer service rep again, then you are basically told, this is the most updated info so speaking to an agent is not going to yield any other information. I can't speak for anyone else but I'm calling because the info you just told me doesn't answer my question. At Fedex, you are treating like a person and get through to an agent with or without a tracking number. During the holidays, there was no wait to speak to a helpful operator. With UPS the wait time was anywhere between 15-45 minutes. It's an embarrassment how they conduct business.

    As far as deliveries to access points: A package I was expecting on Jan. 29th was sent to an access point. I called and asked that it be redelivered. They said it would be 5 business days after the request. When my fiancé came home I recounted the story and suggested I just go get it, so I called and asked to cancel the re-delivery. Agent said it was no problem. I can just go to the access point and pick up pkg. Sounds simple enough, but this is UPS after all and it was anything but simple. When I got to store clerk said pkg was not there. I insisted they look again and they said, "UPS advised us pkg was refused and is to be returned to sender." I said "no, I was told by UPS I can just pick it up" and he said "No". It seems cancelling the re-delivery request translated into pkg refused, return to sender.

    Well after 45 mins on the phone I got a supervisor who acknowledged the error and asked to speak to store owner, who guess what still refused to give me my pkg so I had to wait till Monday until UPS could issue a revised electronic notice to access point to release the pkg. Now on Monday 2/1 I called to ask how something like this can be avoided for the future. Agent told me that I should register for UPS My Choice, and I can select the access point I'd like my packages delivered to. I signed up and filled out my preferences and thought I averted the crisis with the 4 upcoming shipments. Well, remember this is UPS, so on Tues. 2/2, I got an alert that said they weren't able to deliver to the requested access point, so delivery will be delayed and they will attempt to redeliver on Wed. 2/3. Strike 1.

    Now I got 3 other alerts that said 3 pkgs were delivered to the access point. (The same one that the fourth pkg couldn't be delivered to.) Well guess what. The access point is no longer an access point but UPS insisted pkgs were delivered there if that's what the alert said. Totally frustrated I walked home and lo and behold the 3 pkgs were actually delivered to my home. Now I get back on the phone and ask what can I do to reroute the 4th pkg. They tell me to pay $40 to upgrade to my choice premium. That will allow me change the delivery address. I sign up, pay my money, and attempt to change delivery address, and keep getting an error message.

    I speak to 4 agents. All each one gives me different information and finally, a supervisor gets on the line and says, "I'm sorry. Because of the request to deliver to an access point, you aren't able to change the delivery address", but he said he would send a message to local facility advising them to override the request and deliver to my home. Great. I wake up happy that last pkg would finally arrive, but NO. The facility didn't do their update overnight so they never got the message to change delivery address, so guess what. This pkg will be going on day 3 of attempted deliveries.

    Based on what happened, I asked to cancel my choice premium membership so what do you think happened, the recording says "please tell me your tracking number." I ask for customer service and it says "you will need a tracking number." I do this 6 times till I finally get someone with a brain, who put me on hold and connected me to a live person. I don't have any special instructions for Fedex, and they always manage to deliver without any problems at all.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2016

    UPS is, as most people know, a delivery service used by many companies. Amazon being one of them. I happen to be a person who has a decent amount of business with Amazon. Now all was relatively decent with getting my packages until I fell for UPS' new scam. They offered, online, for me to sign up on their site for UPS My Choice. This allows you to see delivery windows, change delivery dates, etc. Sounds great right? Well, what happened is during the enrollment process they have you choose a drop off point for your packages. There is no option to ignore this part of the sign up, it Must be done. So living in apartments I chose the office, believing that things would go as they always had. My packages to me, if I am home and to the office if I am not.

    Unfortunately! That is not the case. The packages were to always be dropped off at the office, whether I was home or not. Never a notice on my door to go get them or an attempted delivery. I have spent hours on the phone complaining to the company before they told me it was their UPS My Choice program and that the driver gets to drop off the packages at the office. I could if I wanted, opt to have the packages dropped in a select (UPS CHOSEN< NOT MY CHOICE) few other locations. All these locations are outside. Like, my front door, back door, side door, patio, etc. Each of these locations are for the driver to dump my stuff on the ground and leave without a signature from me or knock on the door or even a notice of delivery.

    You actually waive your rights to claim loss, if your packages are stolen, by selecting any of these options. There are not other options. NONE. Just an office location, varies outdoor locations and if you have a doorman??. All options revoke your rights to claim damage or loss. (Just trying to make this clear). Now if some of you are thinking, there has to be another choice where they 'have' to give the package to you before dropping off at the office, or dumping on the ground. No, there is not. My Choice has specified options set up by UPS. They only offer relinquishing your signature or dropping off in an office or Depot location. If any of you get a package over 100 pounds, Good luck getting it home in one piece on your own. Again, not UPS' responsibility, because of the waiver in UPS My Choice.

    After going through their technical department, customer service and lodging complaints over this ridiculous program, I eventually reached someone in the local depot who suggested I delete my UPS Choice account, if possible. I deleted the account and now am waiting to see on the next delivery if I will still have the MY Choice crap, holding up my packages.

    End result. Do not sign up for UPS My Choice and if you already have and are wondering why you cannot get your packages safely delivered to you with the usual signature required. Please lodge a complaint with the company so they fix this system. I am not the only one affected in my neighborhood. Most of the people who have this program do not receive notices or their packages anymore and have to chase them down either at depots or other places the driver chose to leave them at. P.S. Once and only once I chose my front door, just to see what would happen. The driver sure enough dropped my packages off outside and took off without even a word of his arrival! I was watching through the kitchen window.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2016

    Before posting my parcel from the UK to China, I asked the UPS for all the transportable items, and all the instructions were followed up. But when parcel arrived in China, UPS requested some items pre-loading certificates to prove each single item's details, which it was difficult for us and we were informed too late to prepare all those certificate, meanwhile, we were requested to have restore costs charge. And then we requested to return the parcel to sender, we have called over 20 times to local and Chinese UPS, they kept promising the parcel were sending back.

    After 3 weeks, the tracking shows the parcel was quarantined and both sender and receiver abandoned the parcel. We kept calling local and Chinese UPS until they picked our parcel again. But just for returning my original parcel, they are delaying it for one month. The local UPS contact details are **; And Chinese UPS contact details are **. It's very disastrous and unacceptable. I suggest you don’t use UPS!

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2016

    I shipped a package via UPS thru my company to my mom, by the time she received it, a lot of the items were damaged. This isn't the first time when using them that their drivers don't give a crap (I had fragile all over the package) and just toss your items all around. Then when you go to file a claim they denied the claim as always. They have no problem taking your money, but they won't hold their driver accountable for their deliveries. Products we ship thru have been seen having fragile stickers all over them and the drivers will still toss the package out of the truck. I will use FedEx from now on. I suggest if you don't want your package to get to its destination all messed up then you're better off going thru FedEx. It might cost more but at least your items won't be damaged. And the worst is UPS tries to make it seem it's your fault. They Suck...

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    Reviewed Feb. 2, 2016

    So I have been waiting for my items for 12 hours and still no sign. The app says that the truck is still out for delivery so but they have closed for business. Do that means that my items are now being held hostage? UPS just sucks.

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    Reviewed Feb. 1, 2016

    What ever happen to your parcel, UPS does not care at all! They lost my overnight parcel from Canada to US which contained a unique object and they just don't care at all. My suggest: if you are shipping something important, DO NOT USE UPS. You have been warned!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2016

    A company I purchased from on Amazon used UPS to ship this product. UPS has apparently changed their delivery system I have since found out the hard way. They will only attempt delivery once and then give it to an access point aka random business. I was home when delivery was "attempted". They never rang the bell and they never rang the other 15 bells in my building like they normally do if someone is not home. Normally they leave my packages at the door, but apparently the company requested I sign for a toilet stool. Not knowing they would not leave it, that I had to sign for it or that it would be at a random business. I left town to bury my grandmother, only to come back and find out that my package was at some business.

    And when I found out where it was, I went directly to the place. And when they didn't know anything about it, even though their owner ** signed for it. I called UPS who swore it was at the business even though the business said it was not. UPS eventually admitted that they had no idea where my package was. They asked for my number so they could call their warehouse where it might be, and they would call me back in one hour. 7.5 hours later no phone call. Then at 10pm they call when I'm in bed with my ringer off because I have to be awake at the crack of dawn and no reliable professional business would ever call that late. And now I find out that my product has been returned and the reason says "refused". I never refused anything! And now I have nothing and apparently my product is in IL on its way back to the sender. UPS used to be reliable, but with this new policy change, they suck. Extremely unhappy.

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2016

    I have multiple jobs. I was supposed to receive a rush package on Thursday. The driver went to the building next door. I had to go to work Friday and could not wait at home to receive the package (which would not require a signature). On Saturday I could not do my job because I did not receive the package that day nor the day before. I postponed my job to Tuesday. The package was then according to UPS sent to an address in another city that I lived at over a year ago. Not having the package on Tuesday I lost $200 because I was again not able to do my job.

    On Wednesday I left three notes all around my building for the UPS man, the last note on my front door saying to please leave the package. I live upstairs in a four unit building, all the people I live with are elderly and can barely walk up the stairs, so no one would steal my package. The package contains art supplies to teach children at a low-income school in the community. MY gardener knows what I do, my neighbors know what I do, no one would want to steal my ** package. I got a flyer that day from UPS in my mailbox downstairs, the delivery man ignored my notes and possibly didn't even walk up the stairs to my apartment. I followed the directions on the note from UPS the next day, taking the morning off of my other job to drive 45 min away to pick up the package at a specified address between specified times.

    The package was not there, it was on the truck being delivered to my address which I was not at because I was at the UPS store like the UPS note told me to do. Then UPS charges my employer two extra times because the package is taking so long to get to me. This my first impression with the company that hired me, making me look bad because it is costing them money. It is now a week later and I have again taken the day off of my other job to wait at home for the package. At 1 pm, UPS usually comes to my neighborhood between 11am and 1pm, I call UPS and the person on the phone says the package will be delivered between 5 and 6pm. I have a meeting at 6pm and cannot be at home. So therefore I will not get the package. The person on the phone has no record of the person in conversation I had with another UPS worker the day before, where UPS admits they sent the package to the wrong city for a few days earlier this week.

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    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    No matter what I write it cannot really convey my disgust with UPS. First and foremost, I agree that vendors should be contacted and informed that if they use UPS they will lose your business. Second UPS CEO does not give a hoot about what happens in his company. UPS fosters, encourages and promotes a culture of unaccountability beyond what I have seen in most companies of that size and profitability. I am a small business owner and my business has been severely affected by their incompetence. I wanted to report my package lost with the vendor and place another order but it is out of stock with no ETA. Thus I am at UPS mercy; my package has been lost for 5 days (2nd day delivery).

    The excuses have ranged from: "It is in a frozen trailer" (in Northern Virginia, where we had around 17" of snow last week); "We have a process, and we'll let you know when we have an update; we had a weather disruption, we'll let you know when we locate it" while insisting they know where the package is which is a contradiction; to the trailer is inaccessible. UPS seems not to have many issues delivering in Quebec, Alaska and other cold regions which begs the question why they cannot do their job after six days one storm in many years in Northern Virginia. The so called process is so full of failure points for which UPS refuses to accept responsibility that I hope that refusal to accept responsibility helps them to go out of business one day in the immediate future.

    Six days after the weather disruption the Chantilly location in Northern Virginia is still not making packages available for pick up (I do not even expect UPS to deliver them). The government is back to work; freight trucks are doing their deliveries; planes are flying; people are back to work but the UPS Chantilly location Reston center has their trailers frozen. The managers of this location hanged up on me; he also refused to transfer me to his manager. The so called executive customer support (404-828-4900, my case manager) team has done absolutely nothing for me except to stand behind Chantilly manager's lack of performance. Correction, I forgot to mention they offer to read the updates on the UPS.com site because, in their minds, I am illiterate and I cannot read every time that the last update is no update.

    For the last 3 days I was told I was going to get my package. The truth is that the famous process is so inexistent they do not know where my package is, apparently their scanners do not work and technology is not part of their process. In summary, as of today I still do not have my 2nd day delivery package and UPS is full of incompetent people that refuse to offer any customers support that really solves these types of issues.

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    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    Hello, I ordered a box of Honeybell oranges from SVC and was very excited to receive them without any problems. I received an email from QVC stating that my honeybells will be delivered via UPS January 21, 2016. I thought I was so fortunate because we had a prediction of snow headed to Maryland. UPS were suppose to deliver them on January 21 at the end of the day so it said on the internet.

    No delivery in sight, we got unexpected snow January 22 the next night. No delivery! We got big snow Friday morning and all day Saturday. I knew they were not going to be delivered but the internet said a Monday delivery would be expected. I called Monday and the agent swore up and down it would be delivered Tuesday. Tuesday came again with the apologies due to severe weather, it would be there before 7:00 pm. I called again the same runaround. Wednesday I got same agent who stayed the same nonsense conversation, she was shocked when I called her a liar! She was the same agent who lies the first time because I recognized her voice.

    Again she claimed my honeybells were on the truck and would be delivered Wednesday. Talked to another agent who told me they were on the truck again and would be delivered even up until 9:00pm. So glad I didn't hold my breath. Meanwhile, the regular mail was being delivered. 7 FedEx trucks were in my neighborhood, but 71st they are still sticking to their guns. Thursday January 28 2016 my fiance just called to tell me our honeybells had arrived. He tasted one and said they were not sweet. Well I'll just have to wait until I get home to see. This company really sucks. A one-star rating is way too generous!

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    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    On January 26th 2016 a package was to be delivered to my taqueria stand located in the parking lot of a gas station but I do not understand how the driver ended up delivering it to a building when the address is provided correctly. I immediately contacted the office to report it and to get more information but I was only told they would send the driver to probably try to relocate the package. I do not know how is the driver going to relocate if my delivery was not the only one that day. Up to now, January 28th no one from the central office in Houston has contacted me to let me know about the status but I contacted and that is when I was told to contact the delivery company to place a loss complaint. I am not satisfied with the treatment/UPS because inside the package there was personal and credit card information. I believe the person who signed and accepted my package was conscious there was a mistake and still went ahead and signed for the package.

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    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2016

    I ordered a $2,400 Apple desktop computer from Amazon which shipped UPS 2-Day Air. It was "lost in transit." To me that translates as stolen by somebody either in a UPS facility or off a truck. I'm getting a refund from Amazon so that's not the problem. UPS needs to investigate this, tighten its security and look into some of the people you employ.

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016

    I order a brand new keyboard for my tablet & last Tuesday they no such address or incorrect address. This had happen least 10 times now. Something need to be done. The Reg driver that deliver my packages know where I live. I am cross the street of Maxey Street. UPS to me is the worse service. Don't the driver have GPS on their phone? I am think on get FedEx Deliver my packages.

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2016

    Twice now they have completely smashed an item that my company has sold off of eBay or our website. The first time I ate the $600 loss and re-shipped another item. The 2nd time now I refuse to ever use them again. They do not stand behind their service or take responsibility for the actions of their drivers. The box, with a small countertop creamer dispenser got to the buyer completely smashed. Dented all over. The customer, who is foreign, took some pictures to send to me and was incredibly upset. I told him he needed to contact UPS about this. They have such requirements to make a claim with all these different pictures you had to have.

    Ultimately he just did not have the pic with the Label and tracking # taped to the box because he had thrown it out. He didn't know any better. But THEY do. Why the picture of the label would matter is beyond me. There is no reason in the world why a package should arrive in complete shambles like this one! They clearly smashed the package but their default is to continue to deny the claim until you simply give up. Nice job UPS. You win! We will never use their company again. EVER! Worst company!

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2016

    I have had numerous bad experiences with my local UPS hub but unfortunately cannot get away from them because many businesses use them for shipping. Twice, when I have ordered something and had my PO Box down as my shipping address, because where I live, my street address is not a valid shipping address so most companies systems won't let me enter it, and they are supposed to transfer to the postal system, they refuse to do so. Both times they tried to tell me that they don't deliver to PO Boxes, which of course they don't, but they do transfer to USPS.

    The first time this happened, I was given the option to either drive an hour one way to pick up my package or have it returned to seller. I had the seller contact them and change the address and it and luckily it was delivered to my house. The next time this happened (about 3 years later), one of their night clerks changed my address to a different state but same city name. The zip codes were not even similar. That one took me 3 hours on the phone with UPS and the seller to get it straightened out and an extra week to get it delivered. My most recent experience was them saying weather conditions had delayed delivery. There was no bad weather yet when they said, and FedEx was still delivering at the time. If they would have quit being lazy, I would have had my package already and it wouldn't be delayed 3-4 more days because now the winter storm really has hit. Also, they never knock.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2016

    I ordered a jacket to be delivered to my PO Box but was shipped with UPS. Knowing that UPS does not deliver to PO Boxes I contacted their 1-800 number as soon as I found out and gave them my physical address. The gentleman took the information and I was assured that the address would be corrected. That was on a Friday. Delivery was supposed to take place on the following Monday. Who did not deliver was UPS. I called the 1-800 number again checking on my package and was told that something came up but it would for sure be delivered the next day, on Tuesday. I verified my address again and they repeated it back to me. Needless to say, who did not deliver on Tuesday was UPS.

    Starting to get upset I called the 1-800 number again and requested to speak with a supervisor who listened to my complaints and ensured me that they would make sure the package was delivered the next day, a Wednesday. I was told by the supervisor that she would check back with me the next day to make sure I got the package. She repeated the correct address back to me and left it at that. Reason for the non-delivery that day was ice on the roads. Strange that my neighbor got her deliveries from FedEx without any problems. Well Wednesday came and I still did not get my package. So I called once again the 1-800 number and was told that it had been delivered around noon time to a totally different address.

    I was beyond mad. I was told that after my complaint two different drivers went back to the wrong delivery address, but the people there denied ever having received a package. The driver said he put in front of their door. So I guess I just bought someone a jacket thanks to UPS. They are filing an investigation and will hopefully get back with me in a weeks time. I want a refund for my lost merchandise. I cannot understand how for 4 days in a row they had my correct address, even repeated it back to me, and then still deliver it to an incorrect address. I was told that someone in the Distribution Center linked my PO Box to an old previous owner that once upon a time had my PO Box number. Needless to say they had my phone number and could have contacted me anytime. Unbelievable. I will never choose UPS again.

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    Reviewed Jan. 23, 2016

    I sent an important package via overnight delivery. Paid a lot of money for next day delivery. NEVER was told someone needed to be there to accept package... because I knew in advance that was not possible. They "attempted" to deliver my important package... on a Friday, left note saying will try back on Monday. Really? I paid for overnight delivery and they will attempt again on Monday?? No refund because "they attempted", no Saturday delivery... Oh wait, maybe Saturday delivery for an additional fee! Driver said neighborhood wasn't safe to leave package. $2000 a month rent my friend - VERY safe neighborhood. UPS people I spoke with... and there were MANY, all are supervisors! Most extremely unprofessional. So I suggest you use FedEx or the US Postal Service but never ever UPS. They are apparently NOT in the package delivery service. At least not in Boston Massachusetts. And I do mean you, Mark **.

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    Reviewed Jan. 22, 2016

    We are in TN and on this date, 01/22/2016 have been experiencing pretty bad weather, i.e. snow storms and slick roads. My husband and I are both disabled veterans and he is on a medication that has to be taken every four hours and can only be ordered each month. Recently he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer and has been in extreme pain from that, compounding the pain he is already in from prior surgeries.

    Today I kept up with updates with the online UPS tracking system and each hour an update would give an hour later as the time it would be delivered. According to the site, the medication left the nearest city to be delivered. It never was, so I called customer service to inquire. I was told that all drivers were called in and all offices are closed in the south-east, regardless of the need for medication. This was due to the inclement weather. The rep was telling me this as the postman drove up to the mailbox to make his delivery. I was told that the package would have to wait until the weather and roads were clear.

    I mentioned the postman and was told that USPS has different policies as does FedEx. We live in the country on a dead end road with only four families here. We even met the delivery people at the highway since our road was blocked. But was told that they didn't know when this package with medication someone needs would be delivered. State offices are closed as are all local clinics. The clinic we use is a VA one but is closed on Friday anyway, but was only open two hours yesterday. The representative didn't even give the option to drive to pick up the medication, instead told me there is no one there.

    Now I have an extremely ill spouse who is without meds and I'm unable to get him to a hospital. I called the VA back to tell them what happened and no one there ever heard of UPS refusing delivery. Yes, I understand the difficulty in driving in this kind of weather, but I'm not willing to sacrifice my spouse's life because UPS failed to take in account of weather conditions. It bothers me that UPS website doesn't let someone know that they ARE NOT going to deliver the item but will do all they can to do this sometime in the future. With this kind of delivery, my husband may not even have a future.

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2016

    11/13/15: UPS STORE shipped package to my niece in KY. I paid $300 to insure. UPS STORE says UPS left package on porch. NEVER RECEIVED! Have complained 6 weeks. UPS blames UPS STORE which blames UPS. Owner promised me $300 but has NOT paid me!

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2016

    Within the last two days I have had two items sent to me via UPS. The first item was said to have been delivered to my home twice and no one was at home. My wife and I are retired, at home and have video surveillance. We were required to get this item at a UPS drop off station. The second item was ordered from AARP Rewards program, Antwerp Jewelry and was shipped via UPS, UPS delivery information via email established. The item was transferred by UPS to the United States Postal Service for delivery and was left in our driveway. To say the item was expensive is an understatement. In my opinion this item should have been entirely delivered by UPS with a signature required. If I did not go out to bring in our trash cans I would have not seen this item and it could have easily been stolen.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2016

    A UPS driver came to my house and left a package on my front step. It was a snow storm and my 1/4 mile driveway had not been plowed. He parked along the side of the road and walked the 1/4 of a mile to my house and back. That a half mile folks! Props to the guy who works that hard.

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2016

    I shipped 8 packages each weighed about 70 lbs from Philadelphia to Miami. When the boxes arrived in Miami they looked like they were thrown from an airplane. Not one thing was salvaged and this includes a 14kt gold urn that my mother's ashes were in. There was a lot of China and glass nick nacks that were all carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and styrofoam. When it arrived it was sand at the bottom of the boxes and somehow all the bubble wrap was balled up in the boxes. The worst part is dealing with their claims department who wants to make you believe that somehow this is my fault - yeah, maybe for dealing with them in the first place! Total loss is over 8,000 dollars which is really not important in comparison to the headaches and stress they caused and the sentimental values of items lost without even an apology!

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2016

    Months after my mother's death I finally decided it was time for me to pack up and move on. I boxed up her china, frames and crystals (marked fragile) and shipped them to my new home. When they arrived the boxes appeared to have been thrown off of freight train!!! It was like losing my mother all over again. Seeing that her urn and her most prized and valuable possessions had been treated with such disregard was a tragedy!!! Customer service was the least bit concerned. They picked up my boxes and "examined" them returning them to me with most of damaged items missing. I had already taken pictures thankfully! I will be retaining an attorney to bring UPS to justice. I am spreading the word about this company!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 14, 2016

    When expecting a package requiring signature, no phone number offered to find info. BAD COMPANY. UPS only will give a 12-hour window. The "chat live" does not reply. AVOID UPS!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2016

    WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER!!! I had to report this store because that is actually how bad they are in there! I have been twice now. The first time they charged us for tape to tape the box, which no UPS store ever has, but we paid and that was that. So we went again today and taped the box. Now they want to charge us to tape the label! I called customer service - this is not even allowed! They never charge! So this store is doing illegal charges! They were laughing and waving making fun of my fiance. I called to speak to the manager - he wouldn't give me his name and hung up on my face. I was so nice too! This is just wrong what they are doing over there! Hopefully me filing the complaint with the company I will get somewhere so others do not get fraudulently charged! Save yourself the aggravation and take the extra time to go to UPS in Salem, NH!

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    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2016

    Bought a chainsaw from Home Depot online the week before Christmas and was told it will take 10 days to get it delivered to Post Falls, ID... Then it snowed and I get a card from the Post Office saying UPS can't deliver and if I want my package I can drive 35 miles to pick it up. Two weeks later (yes the snow melted many days ago) and UPS still can't deliver because of snow storm 16 days ago.

    So I've talked to the 1 800 UPS doesn't care folks in India and they tell me it will be delivered very soon. Called again today and finally got a call back from the UPS manager in Spokane WA who told me if I didn't like the fact that it was delayed then he would just send it back to Home Depot. He didn't need to explain anything to me and he wouldn't let me talk to his boss - and wouldn't give me his name or his supervisor's name... And then he hung up on me.

    After an hour on the phone with the 1 800 UPS folks (put on hold several times) I get a call from the Spokane UPS guy who starts the conversation by telling me he doesn't have to take any ** from me and then agrees to deliver my package to the UPS store in Post Falls... But not to my house because I complained about him. Nobody makes the Post Office look good better than the special folks of UPS. What's really telling is if you go to the UPS website you will find no way to post a complaint. The boys in the brown trucks don't want to hear about it. Oh well.

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2016

    Was suppose to receive a package that required signature. MY Choice UPS sent email saying it was to be delivered between 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM. No show. Called Customer Service - may be delivered up until 7:00 PM. No show. Called customer service - may be delivered up to 10 PM. No show. Then received email saying a delivery attempted was made - lies. No one came the house. Called customer service, will have someone call within 1 hour. Received call, said driver could not get into security gate but my profile shows what the code is. Was then told driver tried to call. No one called us. Said driver say tel was out of service. Asked what number they called. They did not have access to that number. This was all lies. Now have to spend another day waiting at the house because package requires signature. Terrible service!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2016

    When waiting for a package from UPS plan on being home all day with your front door open. There is no delivery window. They state that a package will be there by 3 pm, don't count on it. Businesses have first priority, then whatever time they have left they will fit in your package. This is the second package this week (both overnight air - the most expensive shipping they have) that I have had to stay home all day long as the package is expensive and you can be sure that like the last one, they don't even knock. Drops the package at the door in plain view of the world and leaves. I am so tired of a worthless, overpriced shipping company. If you are going to charge me $40 at least have the decency to knock on my door before tossing my package that is worth more than the driver's monthly salary on the ground.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2016

    On Thursday, January 7, 2016, when I arrived home from work a notice was on my door that UPS had attempted to deliver a product that I had ordered and was waiting for. At approximately 8:30 a.m. on the morning of Friday, January 8, 2016, I called UPS to notify them that I work during the day and am not available until after 4:30 p.m. The representative indicated that UPS does not deliver on the weekend and that the package was out for another attempt to deliver today. I inquired as to how late UPS will deliver and she indicated that UPS continues to deliver until around 7 p.m. I then asked if UPS could deliver after 4:30 p.m. since I don't arrive home until that time. The representative indicated that the route had been planned and she could not instruct the driver to deliver at that time. She also indicated that a 3rd attempt would be made to deliver the product on Monday, January 11, 2016.

    I asked if delivery could be made on Monday after 4:30 p.m. since surely an appropriate route could be planned before Monday's deliveries ensuring delivery to my home after 4:30 pm. She again stated that she could not guarantee delivery after 4:30 p.m. on Monday. She then indicated that the only other alternative is that after 3 failed attempts to deliver, the product would be returned to the UPS facility in Detroit and I would have to drive there to pick it up. Terrible, terrible customer service. This is a shipping company and they should do whatever they can to deliver as requested and not inconvenience the customer. They are unwilling to work with the customer.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2016

    I ordered 6 bottles engine oil and other items from Walmart online. Outside of the Package, there is huge label "FRAGILE LIQUID". The package arrive tonight (01/06/2015) with a huge damage on the box and 3 bottle oil broken. The oil leaks everywhere and contaminate my other order. I am really pissed off! The delivery guy actually notices the damage and dropped the package in front of my house. Nobody ever knock my door and warn me the leaking engine oil!! I take the package into my house and notice the leaking oil!!!! I SPEND OVER HOUR TO CLEAN THE MESS AND MY HOUSE! The tracking # **. The most terrible delivery company in the world.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2016

    I used to love UPS because they have never screwed up any of my orders and were always on time, but things have definitely gone south. I ordered quite a large package from Bath & Body Works, I kept tracking the package and the day of delivery. I was sitting by the door the whole night waiting on this package. I checked my tracking again, and this time it said "12/30/15 7:24pm. The receiver does not want the product and refused delivery." I sat there in shock and disbelief, I had been WAITING the whole evening for that package & all of the sudden it says I refused delivery? I immediately called their customer service to change it, the lady told me that she would have some guy call me the following week to reschedule a delivery. I didn't think that made sense because it was a Wednesday (the day this happened).

    So I asked her if I could pick it up at a local UPS store near me, she said no. I asked to speak to her manager and they said that they would have it shipped back to me the next week. I had the tracking order, next week rolls around. I check my tracking status the day of the "delivery". It says "Information unavailable. To: Louisville, KY, US." I live in Florida, so I know that's not right. I called customer service AGAIN and spoke to their manager, he told me that it had been in Tampa for that whole week and was shipped to Orlando and then sent to TN then to KY. Basically, they lied to me and screwed up my order twice. I am not happy at all, they did not handle that well and treated me like I was stupid! I will never use UPS again. That was enough for me to change how I felt about them.

    Also, they never ring your doorbell or knock on your door. I had my iPhone shipped to me through UPS and I heard them pull up. As I was opening the door I saw my iPhone sitting on the ground and the guy walking away. They just leave your packages by the door so anyone can steal them. I've seen them drop a package off to my neighbors, they weren't home and 2 minutes later some guy grabbed it and walked away. They should seriously knock or ring a doorbell - that's extremely lazy in my eyes. It takes literally 5 seconds to do so. I'm extremely unhappy and I hope this never happens to anyone. Worst experience of all time.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016

    UPS is still charging for fuel surcharges and fuel prices have been too low for the past year. Also they are charging for rural delivery to Bremen Georgia, when it is not a rural zone. In checking with Fedex, they do not.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2016

    A business is typically open from 8am-5pm. Unfortunately our UPS driver seems to think we are open until 7, because that's when the packages arrive. No amount of calls or complaints gets them to deliver on time, so I end up wasting time at the service center instead of running my business. I hope these people find themselves sitting on a pineapple soon.

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    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2016

    FedEx really needs to put UPS out of business. I was promised delivery of a 2-day air shipment on Dec. 30th by Close of Business. Package did not arrive. And… by the way, this was NOT a weather-related shipment. I called UPS customer service which said it was out for delivery for Dec. 31st between 1:15 and 5:15. It is now 4:30 on Dec. 31st and I called customer service once again and they tell me it will not be delivered until Monday, Jan. 4th. How can a logistics company run on such horrible ethics??? This happens over and over… FedEx, this is your chance to step up and put them out of business!!! If I could pick 0 STARS for this service that still would not be good enough to rate their POOR system.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015

    In June of 2014 I sold an art piece from a glass artist. UPS packed and shipped the item from Charleston, SC to Miami, FL. Some of the pieces of glass were broken. UPS instructed my artist to remake those pieces and ship to Miami for the customer. He did this at a cost to him of $1200 and shipped to the customer. UPS has failed to pay the artist. I have called multiple times on behalf of the gallery and the artist to every department UPS has. The UPS shop owner died two weeks ago of cancer. Even though the piece was insured, UPS has not paid. Every department I called had a different story each time. What recourse do I have???

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015

    Paid for a package to be shipped overnight on 12/29 with guaranteed delivery by 12/30 at 10:30 am. At 2:00 pm, I realized there is a serious issue. I called the customer service line and they stated "there is a 90 minute delay on all overnighted packages due to the holiday" - okay, I get that. I finally got a customer service rep "Marvin" on the line who told me he had no way of contacting our local UPS to find out what is going on. I know this is untrue because I've had similar issues with UPS in the past and they've always put in a request for the local UPS manager to call me back.

    I told Marvin this and he still said there was nothing he could do. I requested to speak with a supervisor. After sitting on hold for 45 minutes, I grabbed another phone and called the customer service line again, getting in touch with another rep who was very apologetic and helped me right away. She put in the request for our local UPS manager to contact me by 3:25 pm and I hung up with her. After being on the other phone for 55 MINUTES, a supervisor finally came to the phone. He was extremely defensive at first, but then said he would talk with Marvin about leaving someone on hold that long and not offering to contact the local UPS. (Yeah right, I'm sure that will happen).

    The local UPS manager NEVER CALLED! Our business closed for the day. This morning, I track the package and it says it will be here today. I went on UPS' "live chat", and the rep said indeed, the package should be here today. I requested a refund, as I paid for overnight shipping and those services were not rendered. The rep on the live chat told me "billing is closed". As of now, I have not received my package. I paid for a service that was not provided, and there is no one to I can contact about this issue. The local UPS manager never contacted me back after the rep PROMISED she would. I'm stuck.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015

    I purchased a guitar two weeks before Christmas. It was shipped on the 19th. Delivery was subsequently scheduled for the 30th, or 11 days. This included seven business days. My shipping address was never displayed on UPS's tracking system, so I had no way to correct it, resulting in a returned delivery because of one digit missing on the apartment number. When I called UPS to find out what was going on, I was informed the package could be picked up at will-call that night. But I was also informed I could meet the driver at a local UPS store to pick up at 5 PM, several hours before will-call opened. When I arrived 8 minutes before 5 PM, I learned the driver had left 10 minutes before that. No way to pick up. Now, after physically visiting will-call, I learn the package has been returned to shipping, and will now be re-delivered on Monday, January 4, or 16, yes SIXTEEN, days after being given to UPS and logged into their system.

    To add insult to injury, I captured a screenshot showing the package would arrive before Christmas. When I called UPS a third time, I was informed I could come to the shipping depot after I received the package and file for a refund. Nothing but excuses and failure to take responsibility for utterly deplorable service. Failure to perform and live up to their promise of service. UPS' system broke down this Christmas. The worst thing they should be doing is instructing their retail staff, those that come in contact with the public, is blame the busy Christmas rush. We all allow for some give and take here. But two things--(1) They need to provide better customer service, 16 days is unacceptable, and (2) not come up with flimsy excuses when clearly 16 days is ridiculous. You can't explain away a full week delay, even with the holidays.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015

    Christmas package sat in my hometown for 6 days without delivery. Called UPS customer service multiple times but somehow it could not get from their yard to my front porch which is only 3 miles away. I called QVC last night about shipping a new one and then UPS finally sends me in a email this morning that it will be delivered today. No package came, so another call to customer service and now the shipment is frozen because QVC stopped it because they are shipping a new one which will not arrive for another week. At this point I am going to try very hard never to use UPS again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2015

    I have damn worst experience of UPS shipment delivery. I have never ever got the shipment on time and when I called CC they just make ** excuses... If you want to send important things by courier please don't use UPS, otherwise ready to get ** from receiver...

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015

    I had rearranged my week to ensure availability for a package on a particular day which required a signature. I did not leave my entire day as it was the only available day I had made available to be home for it. After hours of waiting, I suddenly received an email alert stating, "Sorry, we missed you." I immediately called their customer service department to explain my situation before the driver got too far. They would not work with me and stated they will retry to deliver it the next day. I told them I would not be available and they said nothing they could do.

    The driver made no attempt to deliver my package out of sheer incompetence nor would they allow me to pick up at a close-by UPS location. I called a different customer service number and spoke with a manager that told me they would be back by 7 PM to deliver it. It is now 9 PM and I just received an email alert that they are attempting again to deliver tomorrow even after I stated I will not be here. I was supposed to get a call from their customer service and never did. This is not the first time they pulled this and they need to be accountable for this incompetence and dishonesty! I have never experienced such unprofessionalism from FedEx or USPS. UPS will NEVER get my business again; AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T DELIVERED MY PACKAGE!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015

    My package was supposed to be delivered before Christmas and got delayed to after Christmas. Not a huge deal since I know of the holiday shipping schedule. Checked to see when my package would arrive and online it says delivery was attempted. I checked the address and it, indeed is my correct shipping address (which is a business). I call UPS and let them know that the business is in fact open, that I was there all day, no UPS and no notice. The next day, they "attempted to deliver again" and again, say that we are not open.

    It was becoming clear to me that this person was not entering the building at all, since the building itself and all of the offices are open. I received some other packages from FedEx and OnTrac because they at least know how to deliver packages in an office building (which you know, would be to enter the building and bring it to the correct office...) but still no UPS.

    After calling them (AGAIN) and them telling me the driver would come back, I get a call from UPS saying the driver is outside somewhere and to come down and get my package. Are you serious? no ** way. First of all I am working, this is an office building and I don't know where or what part of the street, or dock you are in, nor am I going to pick up a package that should have been correctly delivered to me in the first place. They then told me the driver had other packages to deliver, so he just drove off without delivering. So now, end of day 2 I still have no package. I assume tomorrow will be just as frustrating since the driver refuses to deliver any packages they have.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015

    I ordered a dress for my sister's wedding rehearsal / rehearsal dinner 12/22/15 and paid close to $20 for 2-day shipping. My expected delivery date started out right for 12/24/15. However, on the 24th it changed and said it would now not be delivered until 12/28/15. This was fine as I needed my dress by 12/30/15. HOWEVER, on 12/28/15 the delivery date changed again to 12/29/15. Then apparently they "tried" to deliver it on 12/29/15 but my house does not exist (although they have the right address and we have had several other packages delivered to our house just in the last 2 weeks).

    Since I need the dress by 12/30/15 I called in to see where I could just pick it up. I was given an address and drove there. After driving 30 extra minutes to pick it up myself, they tell me I can't pick it up for 3 more hours. I have somewhere I have to be tonight and can't go back, and am supposed to be wearing this dress tomorrow. I can't imagine when it would have arrived if I had paid $5 for shipping to have it delivered by today, 12/29/15. Also, before getting the address I tried calling in twice to see where my package was and was supposed to get a call back in an hour each time, and over 2 hours later haven't got a single call.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015

    I was expecting a package today to only find out UPS had a damaged header. On my tracking number in my ups.com come to find out it was carelessly handled and thrown with all my items I ordered ruined right before the New Years! UPS was informed and they did not seem concerned, Target was then contacted and issued my money back but this isn't the first time. UPS has careless employees and I'm rethinking using this service for shipping as I have had thousands of dollars ruined from careless of UPS. I used to work for this company and unfortunate for me I knew all the shortcuts they have provided for their loyal customers!

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015

    Ordered a package from Kohl's and they shipped it through UPS, and the driver said I signed for it which I never did. And when I called UPS to track my package the lady was so rude and told me I have to call Kohl's and tell them, which I did. I really think I am going to call my local news station because I don't think UPS is going to do anything to help me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2015

    My passport was sent from Russia to China on December 23 and it's the 29th already and the package is still flying around the globe. First it went to Germany, got stuck there because of Christmas for 3 days, then it arrived to China yesterday then somehow moved to...South Korea!!! Like... why? Now, support says, it's in transit between SK and China. And it's been 9 hours. I had to cancel my entire new year's trip abroad because of UPS's disastrous service. What drives me mad the most is that support is not allowed to give us information about flights' schedule. They simply say, "it's in transit, sit and wait". The worst service ever! NEVER USE THIS COMPANY if you need something delivered to you urgently. Oh and PS, the sender paid for 1-2 days express delivery door to door and he was never ever informed about all the transit hubs but instead was told my passport would go from Russia straight to China(!!!).

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2015

    I am in the service industry so I am all about giving people who provide you a service the benefit of the doubt. Packages get lost, it's the holidays, a million different things. Due to unfortunate circumstance I was out of a phone and had one overnighted to me. I got up early, waited in my living room for a knock at the front door or a buzz... nothing. I tracked my package again and it said "will try delivering again tomorrow". I ran outside, there was NO "sorry we missed you" note. Nothing. My front door is located in my living room so there is absolutely no way I could have missed someone making an attempt at delivery. That is what is most frustrating about this situation. It wasn't that they lost the package or couldn't get here until tomorrow, it was simply an ignorant person who didn't care about what they were doing. And unfortunately that reflects poorly on the entire company.

    I'm just curious as to what this delivery person actually did. Did they merely just stand outside my door and wait for me to appear without having to knock? I'm struggling to understand the thought process behind what happened. Now I have to wait an extra day even though I payed for it to be here today and must drive to the UPS store tomorrow to avoid the risk of the same thing happening. I'd just like to reiterate if they got lost or couldn't find the address and I had to pick it up, that's one thing. But the fact that they were here and essentially wasted their time and mine, that's where I have an issue.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2015

    Never will I use UPS again. **, the owner of the UPS (store #0488 at Mission Bay Plaza) in Boca Raton, Florida is a liar & con artist who only cares about his store's ratings & taking customer's money. 7/16/15 I shipped a large box by UPS from Florida to Arizona. I bought extra insurance on the package and asked several questions regarding the shipping process to make sure my package arrived safely. **, the store owner, helped me bring in the box from my car and provided extra tape on the box and wrote "Fragile". Accepting the package he told me "everything was good" so I left feeling secure. I had ** word. 7/23/15 I received a notice that my package was damaged and they discarded some of the merchandise. I immediately ran over to the UPS store and ** from the store called UPS. She told me I will be receiving the insurance plus the delivery fee.

    7/27/15 I went back to the store. They said my claim was denied because I packed the merchandise myself and I did not pack it right. Despite initially being told "everything was good" & being confirmed to get a full refund by UPS, they went back on their word. I said to ** "Your store accepted the package and said it was fine". He told me UPS is not responsible for how they treat the package during delivery. When I asked him for proof & pictures that it was not packed right, he said there were none. After leaving UPS being scammed, I sent a certified letter to the CEO of UPS, David Abney, only to never receive a response. I left several messages to the head office. No response. I put in a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. UPS did not respond back to them right away and they had to send out the complaint again.

    They finally responded that I needed to go back to the store (#0488) and work it out with them. The owner, **, said he will not help me because "It will downgrade his store and his ratings will go down with UPS". I was blown away at what he just said. An individual like this cannot be trusted and the company is just as guilty. They will accept your merchandise, your money, provide empty promises, and tell you exactly what you want to hear. Once anything in transit goes wrong though, they will immediately point the blame to you and claim no responsibility. They offer you no proof or apology, how/why your package was destroyed and even have the nerve to take your extra insurance knowing they will not reimburse you when something goes wrong. It is very clear that UPS does not care about their customers or reputation. What is more amazing is how they get away with it.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2015

    I had a package that I paid for 2 day shipping due to arrive. I came home early that day and I received a notification at 4:52 that there was attempt to deliver and nobody home. When I called UPS to find out what happen, I was told that the driver delivered to the wrong apartment number 2066. If he went to the wrong apartment then why didn't he deliver to the front office? The next day when my package was delivered to the office, I saw that apartment # 2066 was also there and the office staff told me the UPS driver told them he did not attempt to knock on our doors. So apparently there are lazy UPS drivers not willing to search for apartment numbers. I have a package due to be delivered today, my apartment office closed early today so I called UPS to speak with management to explain what happen and how can I be assured my package is going to be delivered TODAY.

    The lady who is to be "management" mumbled her name, did not state her position nor have any feelings towards my concerns. She put me on mute and assumed what I was trying to ask for. She was absolutely no help, very rude and probably not management. I called back to speak with someone else in hoping for a better outcome and spoke with Philip who I don't really feel was phone friendly. He interrupted me when I was trying to explain the nature of my call. I did thank him for at least being kind but it is not how I felt. I spoke with other residents who claim to have issues with UPS. Some are stay at home mothers and they say that UPS never knocks on the door. They have dishonest workers. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE customer service and overall, just RUDE.

    This is very unprofessional. We pay to have our packages delivered by a specific date but have to count on UPS employees to do their job. The lady I spoke to put me on mute several times, didn't respond when I asked if she was still there. I never have these issues with FEDEX and if I ever have a choice a shipper, I am not choosing UPS. I will be sure that this goes public. They don't allow you to speak with anyone higher than them and it is not fair that we pay for this service and aren't treated right.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2015

    I'm saddened by all the negative reviews. I've wrote them a few times to compliment their service. They ALWAYS get me my packages on time, are so nice and just blew me away with how fast my stuff gets here. I am a huge online shopper and I've always had such a great experience. Sooo much better than FedEx or USPS.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2015

    The delivery was during a strong storm. The package was envelope-size and light. Instead of putting the package in the mailbox those idiots left the package on the steps to be blown away. If not for honest neighbors my wedding band my wife bought me for Christmas would have been lost. So thanks you bunch of idiots.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2015

    I ordered gifts for Christmas from Walmart and was guaranteed they would arrive before Christmas. In the beginning I was quoted a date of 12/23/15 and I checked the tracking information on 12/23 and it stated 12/31/15. I placed the order on 12/16/15. UPS also provided me with the wrong tracking number. I chatted with an UPS rep on line, a Shaun **, but that person was absolutely no help at all. In my opinion, this is incompetence and false advertising. Very frustrating to say the least.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2015

    In this day of people stealing packages right off your doorstep, UPS delivered a large box, from Hollywood Racks, ordered from Amazon.com, to my porch and didn't even ring the doorbell. I was home, so I'm sure of it. In addition, the tape sealing the box had been cut already, so someone, at some point, had at least looked into the box. The nerve in this day and age.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2015

    Hours posted on the Customer "Service" Center on Valley Forge Ln N in Maple Grove, MN say that they are open for business until 8 pm. I have used this service center ever since it opened. The hours are not convenient, by any means, but service has always been pretty good in the past. I drove 15 miles in terrible holiday traffic to mail out 2 packages and arrived at this UPS location at 7:40 pm on Dec. 21, 2015. Was told I could not mail any packages out unless I had a corporate account. The 2 young individuals working there could NOT have been any ruder about it. When I asked WHY I couldn't mail my packages there when their door and website clearly say they are open until 8 pm, I was told I could only mail my packages if I had a corporate account. What?! Made no sense.

    I was really, really disappointed that I had driven all the way up there only to be told I couldn't mail my packages, I should have been there earlier, they said. Super messed up and rude, rude, rude. The young man working was talking so fast I had to ask him to repeat what he was telling me at least 4 times. Then I asked him to please SLOW his speaking down so I could understand what he was saying. He and the young woman working asked me if I was paying by cash or card. Then decided (I'm assuming because they were closing their registers out and it was going to be a hassle for them to do a transaction) that they could not take my packages at all. I'll never be back. Will go out of my way to use FedEx or USPS from here on. And I've been a customer for 25+ years or more.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2015

    I went to the UPS Store 1836 to send a package by UPS on Friday Dec.18 around 2PM. When asked the cost to ship in time for Christmas the owner said $75 without checking and delivery on Dec. 21st for a 5lb robe in a padded envelope. It was expensive so I asked for the cheapest option a longer transit time before Christmas. He then quoted me $65 plus $15 discount. I was desperate and rushed, accepted $50.18 being told that it was the cheapest option arriving the latest day possible Dec. 24th. After leaving the shop still weary of the price, I checked shipping cost online and UPS Ground is $20 for a 4 day transit arrival Dec. 24th.

    After many attempts to call the store to get the tracking number I was put on hold and hung up on. No tracking number was provided on the receipt or the email that was supposed to be sent. Once I drove back to the store I got a print out from Click-N-Ship misaligned cutting off the total price which I was told by USPS was $13 and some change. First learned that it was going to be shipped USPS. My request made 30 mins after paying for shipping was to go and pick up the package/envelope and get a refund. The owner claims it was no longer in the store and was shipped out to USPS within that 30 mins.

    Checking on updates on USPS says only shipping information was sent package hasn't been received by USPS. I went to confirm at the location on Bolsa in Westminster where the UPS owner told me it was dropped at and the postal worker checked in the back for me and did not have the envelope which was colorful and stood out not just a regular brown card box. On and off two hours later the tracking still shows only shipping information was received. Asked owner exactly how much the surcharge was and the shipping cost. Denied he just replied "its going to be more expensive at the UPS store. You should have use USPS store if you didn't want to be charged extra."

    I had no idea that USPS was sending as far as I knew and was told UPS cheapest way to deliver. On my receipt it says Priority Mail with no trademark, no tracking info. Asked owner why he told me delivery date the 24th not the 21st as it stated on my tracking info. Owner said "because you wanted it guarantee by Christmas and delivery date 21st is not a guarantee", which is misleading. Told owner to call the USPS store to stop shipment for pickup and I will have to forfeit the $13 shipping cost and get a refund from UPS Store for the $37 but owner would not allow refund and said, "you signed the receipt for $50 are you dumb?" and proceed with bribe of $20 to leave then a threat to call the cops.

    UPS owner gave no option for customer to get a refund and withheld my package. Since it's a franchised and has different policy nowhere in the store does it say no refund after 30 minutes or no explanation on charges I did not authorized. Also deceitfully overcharging and upselling shipping cost not making it clear that UPS is not the provider. Not allowing explanations or questions I have for non-itemized receipt with actual and exact cost of shipping in additional to UPS surcharges. Unlike other shipping receipts it does not provide tracking number and expected delivery date and extra services add-on which when I saw differ from what I was told and authorized.

    None of which was made available in writing or on the receipt during the purchase that was opposite what the owner had said regarding pricing and shipment transit time. Owner told me the package will be delivered on the 24th and was the cheapest (any cheaper would be after Christmas). Earlier the owner had quoted a delivery date for Dec. 21 will be $75. Owner is making up numbers charging from $75 to $65 to $50.18 all for the same service, Priority Mail shipping. Owner just made up the Dec. 24th delivery date for the 12/21 package so that he doesn't have to go any cheaper than $50 knowing it is a Christmas gift.

    Purposely hid the tracking number and did not provide it at time of payment to mislead customer from knowing they were been charged for USPS service and the real amount for shipping with the hidden UPS fee. I received a reply from UPS Store corporate stating that UPS Store has the responsibility since they sent out the USPS package that I do not have the option to request hold for pickup nor if anything happened to the package UPS store will have to deal with the claim I am not able to since UPS store is the sender. Yet the owner said he will not call and told me to call USPS if I wanted to call and to leave his store and call UPS to complain he was 'finished' with me. He knew I would get nowhere with both companies and I was refer back to the local store.

    The UPS Store is lying to customers about guaranteed delivery dates, upselling higher price shipping options that does not actually exist or provide no additional benefits to customers, concealing the existence of cheaper shipping services cost when requested by customers. In addition, denial for refund and service paid for. As well as violating consumers right to information, right to choice and right to be heard. The package was delivered today and finally update and shows December 18, 2015, 7:46 pm - Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility - WESTMINSTER, CA 92683 which I was told at 2:48PM when I called package left the UPS Store 1836. Plus a Signature Confirmation which is a paid service I did not ask for nor had authorized.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2015

    UPS delivered a sofa that I had cancelled online with Kohl's. UPS tossed the sofa into my backyard... We were not informed that it was being delivered. I was under the impression that the order was cancelled. Called UPS and they said they would pick it back up and return to Kohl's. UPS never showed up despite several phone calls. They would set up times where you had to wait all day 9 am to 7 pm and would not show. They did this twice. Finally we returned it to the store on our own.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2015

    Three packages have been delivered this week and left at the end of the driveway. One that was marked " fragile" was tied to a tree. Ups has never left packages outside in the weather before. Previous deliveries have been put on our porch!

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2015

    UPS is the new United States Parcel Service. You get your package when they decide you get it. Forget about that "online" tracking. It is an absolute dupe to make you think you are actually tracking your package. Case in point, today, December 18th, I was scheduled to receive 8 packages. Logging into my UPS account confirmed they were on the truck "out for delivery". Never mind that several had been on the truck "out for delivery" for several days. Today, December 18th, I did not receive a single one of those packages on the truck "out for delivery".

    I live in a suburb of Denver Colorado and eventually spoke with a UPS representative in Commerce City, Colorado. That UPS representative confirmed that none of those packages were actually on a truck "out for delivery". And that UPS representative went on to say "they were going to try and get those packages delivered". Note, not "get those packages delivered"... but "try". The new United States Postal Service. UPS. Motto... "we'll try". In the meantime, disregard that silly "online tracking". It is meaningless.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2015

    In the past two months, I have been lied to by UPS regarding 2 separate deliveries, and treated with callous disregard by their customer service representatives when trying to remedy the problems. They indicated that they had tried to make a delivery 3 times in November when they had NEVER approached my home (was present the entire time with big window allowing full view of the street, never rang bell, never came). And tonight they sent me a phone message regarding separate delivery, claiming that the 33 lb. package had been delivered, when it had not.

    When I called to report the error, I was told to contact the company I bought the gift from and see if they would replace it, as they had no way of tracking where it was delivered if it wasn't on my porch. They suggested I go up and down the street, asking the neighbors if they'd seen my package. UNBELIEVABLE!! They are now "investigating", but my Christmas is ruined, as this very important gift cannot be replaced in time. UPS doesn't care about their clients. I will consider the shipping service when I select stores to purchase from in the future, and opt for those that don't use UPS.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015

    Had a present delivered to my house and instead of putting it at the front or back door, the driver put it at my side door which entailed forcing a locked storm door open, subsequently bending the bottom of the door. Evidently in a hurry and too lazy to move to another door!!! Hope the door will function.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015

    We paid for 2-day shipping on our package for an item that was essential for our wedding. It arrived on 12.16.2015. It took 8 days to arrive! Mind you, after calling Customer Service on the 3rd day, the response given was to call back at 9 pm if package still had not arrived. It did not, we called and guess what? Customer Service Department was closed!!! We had online account to track any delays. HAHAHA. (Yeah right!) The tracking information stated that package had arrived on 12.10.2015 in San Bernardino, CA and it took another 6 days to arrive at our residence all of six miles away!! We want our 2-day shipping fees returned and WE WILL NEVER EVER USE THIS COMPANY again! FedEx all the way folks!!! As this was related to our wedding, I can only say that I hope my grandmother's "life curse" be upon all members of this company. Talk about some BAD mojo!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015

    I have shipped furniture for years and lately, UPS has been damaging everything we give to them. They lie to us on the phone and will not take responsibility for poor handling. I have lost thousands of dollars and have even paid for insurance. This company is a ripoff.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015

    I shipped a limited edition serigraph. The artwork was received by customer completely destroyed. Broken plexiglass. Customer kept packing intact to show how it was shipped. Three layers of bubble wrap. Shrink wrapped, corrugated box on the outside, reinforced on the borders. Insurance for the amount paid. UPS picked up the piece for inspection. Discarded the piece and notified me that claim was denied. Do not ship with UPS. Please. Do not ship with UPS. They are irresponsible and unprofessional. The piece was valuable. Insured for $1400. I am looking for legal options.

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