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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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  • Good tracking information
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  • Inconsistent communication

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    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2013

    The UPS driver in my area 60543 is the worst mail delivery person I have had in 43 years. They are the most careless of all the mail delivery companies by far. It is probably just the driver because I don't really remember them being this bad before. A few months ago, my wife witnessed the driver rolling a $1100 speaker cab end to end down the ramp of her truck. Then she left it in the driveway in front of the garage. She happened to leave it in front of my wife's car and she had to move it with my dolly causing her to be late for work.

    I complained to UPS and they told me they would talk to her and that they took complaints seriously. If they do take it seriously, the driver obviously doesn't. Now months later, I ordered another speaker cab, same result. Only this time, not only was the package on the driveway and in front of my wife's car, the box is damaged. Now I have to open it and hope it's not damaged. If it is who gets the headache, you guessed it, me. Stay away from UPS if at all possible. They are expensive and no, you do not get what you pay for!

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2012

    UPS has totally disappointed me, and I will never use your shipping services again. I shipped a package to my mother from Gaithersburg, MD to Charleston, SC on Mon, 12/17/12. It was to arrive on 12/19. It did not arrive. I contacted UPS through the tracking # and learned that the apt # information I provided to the store clerk was apparently not on the shipping label. I called UPS on 12/26 to give them the correct apartment number, and they still got it wrong. In addition, I filled out the Exception Change online with all the correct information, as well, along with my phone number and my Mother's phones. The gift meant for Christmas was to be delivered after the Apt. correction on 12/27. It was not delivered because, once again, the person who was taking the information made an apt # mistake. I think there is a big difference between 03 (zero) and D3. I have done everything that I was supposed to do from filling out the Shipping form correctly with all the right information to making calls to be sure the improper information was corrected. I paid $14 to ship a package that didn't even weigh a pound. I'll use FedEx from now on even though their office is out of my way.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2012

    I moved from Canada to Dallas, Texas. I sold all of my furniture and gave away a lot of my things. I took two bags with me on the plane but needed to ship most of my things through Purolator which uses UPS in the States. Purolator did their job correctly and the two bags passed customs. It was passed on to UPS and reached Mesquite, Texas. Then both bags were scanned saying they arrived at the Dallas depot. The one smaller bag arrived in at my home a couple days later. The second one showed it arrived at the Dallas depot then was in transit via Dallas, TX depot. From there, I waited a couple days then called UPS to find out where my bag is. They said they would transfer my call to someone who would know more info. I was transferred to a voicemail. I called again, same story. I called a third time. I finally spoke to someone. They said they would start an investigation to find my bag. They started this investigation and then a few days later, they left a voicemail on my phone asking if I received my bag yet. I tried calling back.

    I spoke to the first person who said they lost my bag. I was obviously upset that almost all of my possessions are just lost and I said, "Well, it has to be somewhere. Someone needs to keep looking." He said, "There is no bag here so we can't keep looking for something we don't have." Then he said someone sent me an email stating the investigation is closed and they will file a claim. I said, "I didn't see an email. Was it sent just now?" He said yes. So, I asked to speak to a supervisor because I was getting absolutely nowhere with him. I waited for 20 minutes on hold for the supervisor who told tell me they will give me $100 plus the cost of shipping that one bag, because it was personal items even though the declared value on my receipt was $500.

    To replace every item of clothing in that bag would cost thousands, not to mention there is a picture of my grandfather who died years ago with no negatives and it wasn't saved anywhere. When I asked why there are no repercussions for people who are clearly not doing their jobs properly he said, "We haven't found your bag so we do not know what happened so we can't say for sure someone wasn't doing their job." I said, "If everyone was doing their job, I would have my bag." He offered no help or anything I could do on my end. Just that they've looked everywhere and haven't found it. He said it might still turn up. I said well according to other people, the sticker probably fell off so it would just be a random bag. So how could it be when they find it when they closed the investigation and they aren't looking for it? He didn't have an answer to that either. I asked, "What happens to bag that isn’t claimed?" He said they are given to charities or auctioned off.

    So essentially, they can steal your bag and make a profit out of a paying customer and there is nothing you can do about it. After I got off the phone with him, I looked over the info they quoted me and compared everything and saw that one of the numbers they left on my voicemail was for the bag I received. I called back and gave this other person the new # and he opened a second investigation. Now, I'm waiting again for an investigation which will likely get me nowhere. Does anyone know of any next step I can take? I feel so helpless.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2012

    I was supposed to receive 5 packages today via UPS. Two were left on the doorstep and the other three continued to show "out for delivery." I just looked at 9 pm. It's the same status but delivery date changed to Monday. One of the packages is 2nd day air. This is obviously a mistake. I should not have to wait until Monday. This is the second time our driver has done this. He has also delivered to another house instead of ours. No one from UPS wants to take responsibility. It is unbelievably disappointing when one pays for premium service and gets nothing.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2012

    I had a custom made dress made for my daughter for a ceremony at church. The dressmaker had a few issues which caused her to send it out the Thursday before the ceremony. She sent it Next Day Air and was reassured that it would be to me by Friday. I checked status of it in the afternoon because the UPS man came to my apartments but didn't come to my unit. According to the online status, there was an exception and it was still at the originating city. When I called them, I first was told, "Oh well," to find a new dress if it is that important. The rep did state that it was their fault that they lost my package on Thursday (that was the exception).

    I hung up and after calming down, called them back and asked for a manager. After speaking to a manager, she reassured me that a manager from the originating office would call me back within 1 hour of my call. Two hours later, I called again. I was 52 minutes on hold. Finally someone answered. When she connected me to a manager, he picked up the call, then hung up before even talking to me. I have told them numerous times that I am willing to drive to the "hub" near me to pick it up on Saturday, but currently all anyone can tell me is they won't allow me my dress until Monday, the day after the ceremony.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2012

    On Tuesday, December 18, I visited the UPS Store at The Rim in San Antonio to ship out several frames, accompanied by other items. Specific frames were supposed to be delivered to three different individuals. The UPS representative was made aware of this. The names were also on the frames and billboards, and matched those of the intended recipients. Upon delivery, recipients received the wrong frames and one did not receive the additional item at all. After calling the store to determine how the problem could be rectified, I was told that the only thing they could do was have us bring all the items back in for re-delivery at our expense. It is frustrating and disappointing that UPS, previously known as a reputable and dependable organization, handled this situation so poorly. We will avoid using any UPS store in the future.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2012

    UPS made a mistake during their sorting process and as a result, delayed the delivery of medical supplies for my chemotherapy treatment for cancer (package sat at their sorting facility for 3 days). This treatment was supposed to save my hair and without this treatment, I will lose my hair. I called UPS and spoke with several different people including a supervisor. None of whom were apologetic or offered any solutions or mitigation options. Their response has been "There is nothing we can do" despite the fact that the package is in transit within just a few hours drive from my home (same state shipment). I told them I need the package by tomorrow early morning at the latest and they told me they can't do that. No explanation why. They told me they cannot expedite it and cannot guarantee that it will arrive even by tomorrow morning. No willingness to help or fix a life changing mistake they made.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2012

    I placed an order with 2 companies that use UPS. The packages were delivered on the right day, just to the wrong apartment & building. When I called UPS to advise, I was basically called a liar. I was told the package was on the porch. I told the rep that I'd been home all day & no one knocked nor were there any packages on my porch. The rep referred me back to the company I ordered from, who then gave me a refund due to the item I ordered being sold out. Ugh. I'm so upset. I can't believe UPS is off the hook like that. Just terrible. I still haven't received the packages.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2012

    I just experienced a very rude UPS employee at my door. Right when I opened the door, the employee then rolled his eyes. I asked, "Is there a problem?" since that's not the reaction that I was expecting. He said, "I thought you weren't home and I'm new, so..." I said, "Okay, did I need to sign something?" He said, "Yeah, but if you didn't answer the door, I could have left it here." I then said, "Well, you can leave the package." He huffed and had me sign. He was extremely rude. No one with an attitude like that deserves to be working with customers!

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2012

    I do not recommend using UPS if you are delivering to a Manhattan location. They notify you with a large time window, during which they will come, and only deliver on weekdays during hours when most people are at work. I had a package delivered to me three days in a row, during the same time period each day. Since I was at work at that time, no one was home to let the deliveryman in. It would have been fine if they had attempted to vary the delivery hours each day. After having failed to deliver my package at same time slot twice in a row, I would think they would at least try a different time the third day. But they did not, which I consider poor customer service. It would be a different case if the time slots were more precise, but I cannot take off work for the three and a half hour time slot they notify you with to make sure that I am home to let them in. Again, this review is Manhattan specific. I do not recommend using UPS in a Manhattan location. However, I cannot comment on their service in other locations.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2012

    My company ships over 1,000 packages per month. UPS by far has the highest damage rate on packages. On top of that, they do not pay claims as they always state items are not properly wrapped (what is insurance for?). I use USPS, FedEx, and other freight companies and do not have the same problems. It is time to drop UPS. They are quite proud on how few of claims they pay out and how their system is able to bill and collect as many extra charges as possible.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2012

    I asked my niece to send me a care package as I live and work in Saudi Arabia. I have been here a long time so I know what things are not allowed. I bought $700 worth of things on Amazon and had the items sent to her in SC. She then put everything in one box and sent it to me. This was the 14 of November. It is now the 8th of December and still I have not received the box. I have been told I needed to send the receipts, so I did. I was told I needed to send the contents list, so I did.

    And now, the UPS office in Saudi is telling me they need me to fill out a commercial license form to receive the box and I refused as the things are for me alone and I am not selling anything. Then the UPS office told me it cannot clear customs even though there is nothing in the box that's not allowed. So they will try to bring it to me another way. It has been 9 days since that call and still nothing. I paid $670 to UPS to get the box and today when I called them to ask what is going on, I was told it appears to be lost. I swear I will hire a lawyer and sue the company. The service is revolting.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2012

    I am an eBay Trading Assistant. I ship every day and I used to use the UPS store a lot. The people in the store were always lecturing me on how things needed to be packed. So when I sold a print with a glassed in frame, I had UPS pack it. They packed it and went ahead and shipped it without asking me if I wanted insurance (but that doesn't really matter, because they don't pay anyway). The item arrived in smithereens. I got nothing. My client was out $400. I was out the $175 packing fee. The buyer lost $400. UPS is not to be trusted. Find another way!

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2012

    I shipped a trophy that was brand new from Orlando to Colorado and then back again. On its return trip, it was completely destroyed in transit. I have sent numerous letters and tried to work out a resolution with UPS. They simply ignore and stonewall you endlessly as the little guy out there and it is an endless runaround. They took the trophy back and then said they won't pay anything. The trophy was about $165 and shipping was $23.55. I want a refund for the entire $188.55 and a return of my broken trophy. This has been going on with them since July. They have no interest in trying to address it amicably based on their actions so far or inaction should I say.

    I filed a complaint with BBB and Federal Trade Commission. BBB let them off way easy. UPS basically said they won't pay or deal with the situation and BBB accepted that response and closed the case. They were useless. Unless you take them to small claims or some other legal action, you are fighting an uphill battle. It's a brand new trophy they destroyed and they are fighting me every inch of the way as if they were not responsible. Their ploy is to pass it on to the store you sent it from which is always a little mom/pop operation for the most part, and although they do delivery and destroy the items, they act like they are not liable. It is really absurd. This is not the first the first time they have destroyed items but it will be the last of mine. I still encourage complaints with all possible agencies. Out of principle, you have to do something to, at least, warn your fellow consumer.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2012

    I chose to sign up for My Choice because I order a lot from HSN and other sites. I am supposed to be notified when something is about to be delivered. I went to the UPS site and clicked on that I will pick my items up. I was waiting for a $1,200 watch that was shipped and asked if it was delivered to UPS. They said no. Well it did come in. The driver left it at my door and was subsequently stolen. Shop NBC sent me out a replacement watch and a second watch for my brother for Christmas. They left an info notice on my door without writing down who sent it. I also, at the same time, was receiving emails from them that mail had arrived and I chose to pick it up. I came home from work and found a final notice on my door. I decided to find out why because I picked up what was emailed to me from UPS.

    I spoke to customer service and I was told that it was already shipped back. Management did find one of my watches before they went back, but my brother's gift was lost. If you have My Choice, you should not receive info notices. A few weeks later, I found another info notice on my door. I called customer service again and informed them that I have My Choice and never received an email from them. I told them I will pick it up tomorrow. Would you believe that both customer service and her supervisor argued with me and stated I could not pick it up in person! I think they fail to realize that I paid for these items and paid for shipping. I finally got in touch with a UPS local manager and it was delivered to my door an hour later.

    The supervisor in customer service refused to give me her name. If the bad service continues, I will have to contact the CEO. The shipper charged me for the items and I have to wait for a billing cycle to be reimbursed for the lost watch. UPS employees need more training as they are not on the same page with procedures. HSN, QVC and Shop NBC all ship with UPS. What should be a simple service is double the work for the receiver. One good thing is that the local manager of UPS gave me his personal cell phone number in case of another problem. He knows that I am not shy and will send a letter (FedEx) to corporate.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2012

    I sent a new Old Stock engine block in the factory box and cradle to a customer in California. This thing is 20+ years old and has been moved and transported many times. It originally came from Japan, for Pete's sake. We banded it to the pallet, as well as added expanded cardboard, bubble wrap, and paper packaging material and put several fragile stickers on the outside of the carton. Sure enough, when it got there, it was smashed. They say they are not responsible because we didn't use foam for a packing material and refuse to pay any damage. The people at UPS say your package has to withstand a 3-foot drop. Does everyone who ship UPS know this? What package that weighs 130 lbs. will take a 3-foot drop? Now I have a two-thousand-dollar pile of junk.

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2012

    I ordered an iPad through the Apple store. The package required a signature and arrived on Monday when we work and nobody is at home. I went on UPS tracking online service and requested a delivery on Wednesday after 5:00pm. The package arrived on Wednesday between 10:30 and 2:00, so another notice was left. I called the UPS 1800 number and changed the delivery address to my work. I was told that the package will arrive at my work on Friday. On Thursday, a third and final notice appeared on my house door. I called UPS on Friday to find out that there is no record of my conversation with UPS on Wednesday and I have to go and pick up the parcel. I tried to file a complaint with UPS but this can only be done by the agent I was talking to. She put me on hold and after 20 minutes and no response, I gave up.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2012

    UPS laziness - I purchased some items from Amazon and received a text message notifying me that the packages were delivered to my doorstep. I was at my residence at the time of the delivery and checked the front porch only to find there were no packages. I recalled seeing the UPS truck drive by since I had the door open and could see through the storm door. I went to check the mail only to find my packages in the middle of my driveway for the world to see and pick up if they wanted to. Thank goodness, Amazon is a proactive company because they sent me a text message telling me that the packages were delivered. It's ridiculous just how lazy someone is to not walk to the porch and just drop them off.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2012

    UPS sucks. I made several purchases online for my family and have received several large checks from my job. The only time I have issues receiving anything is when it's sent through UPS. The first time I had an issue, I was waiting on a check for over $2,000. I was tracking this package online and it said they delivered my check, but I was at home and no one had come to my door. I called UPS and the agent told me the driver put in the notes and left it in my balcony. So, I checked my balcony and nothing! I checked the surrounding areas to see if it blew off and nothing.

    I finally got a call from a so-called supervisor saying the driver has it with him and was going to come back, because no one answered the door even though I had been home all day. But my question is why did the driver put in the notes he delivered it when he didn't? And why did he lie and say he put it on my balcony? I have had several issues with this driver and made several complaints, but I just get callbacks from supervisors that tell me I'm wrong and things could have been worse. I hate UPS and their horrible customer service!

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2012

    I tracked my packages that were shipped through UPS. Tracking shows packages were delivered and left on the front porch. The only flaw is that we have security cameras all over the property and at no point in time did a UPS vehicle or driver enter the ranch! I contacted UPS and explained this and even offered to forward the security info, but they wouldn't hear of it. I was told to contact Amazon (whom by the way was awesome) and Amazon would have to ask them to track the package. In saying that unless the packages have some kind of homing device, what good is that going to do? I wish Amazon would negotiate with another shipping company. I feel they are on the losing end with UPS! Hopefully I won't have to deal with UPS anytime soon but can't say too many good things about Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2012

    I ordered a camera lens from a company in Chicago on Monday for Tuesday morning delivery by noon by UPS priority overnight. I needed the lens by 10:00 am on Wednesday for an important photo shoot at a Museum in Dubuque, Iowa. The lens did not arrive on Tuesday so I tracked the package and called UPS. I spoke with a CS Agent named Zack and explained my situation. According to Zack, the package had been missorted and sent to another location due to a mix-up with the zip code. I told Zack I needed the lens early the next morning and would gladly pick it up at the sorting warehouse the next morning. He said he would watch the package and as soon as it arrived at the sorting house, he would contact me.

    That never happened so I called UPS the next day at 7:00 am when they opened and explained my situation. They said the package was already out for delivery and there was nothing they could do. I am now sweating this very important photo shoot so I contacted the museum and told them I was running late. I called UPS back and again explained my urgent situation. I asked them to contact the driver so I could come and pick up the package myself. UPS said there was nothing they could because they do not provide phones for the drivers and it is a safety hazard to give driver locations to customers. They did reassure me the package was scheduled for delivery by 10:30 am. That was too late as it takes me a half hour to drive to the museum in Dubuque. I begged them to help me and they again said there was nothing they could do.

    The package ended up coming at 11:50 am which was too late for the photo shoot. The museum had set aside the time earlier and was not able to let me proceed with the project so I refused the shipment and sent the lens back to Chicago. If you absolutely positively have to get it there overnight, do yourself a favor and do not use UPS! They will let you down just like they did to me.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2012

    I purchased a Bosch Greenstar NG boiler worth $4,000.00 and the item was shipped to be delivered on 11/27/12, only to find out from my wife that the accessories were the only thing delivered. The 125 pounds boiler was nowhere to be located, despite UPS claiming it was delivered. I promptly contacted the sender to initiate an investigation as requested by UPS support. It has been 3 weeks and counting without heat since Sandy. And to be deprived of basic heat by criminals who work at UPS, I have therefore contacted the United States postal inspectors to initiate an investigation as well as my bank. I intend on pursuing with my district prosecutor.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2012

    I had 5 packages picked up so that I could move them to my new home. I used the UPS stick on labels. Four packages showed up at my house. The last one valued at $600 never did because apparently the sticker fell off. However, I still had my home address taped to the box. It made it across the country to a UPS location 20 minutes from my house. The status was out for delivery for over a month. I reported it lost and they never tried to resolve it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2012

    UPS is the worst. How can you damage an amplifier packaged in foam cushion and cardboard. I will never ship through them again. I paid $100 with insurance for an item that weighed 76 pounds and they won’t even refund me my money for shipping. If they don’t package it, it’s called underpacked. Scam artist, I hope they go out of business one day; sorry **.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2012

    I ordered checks through Walmartchecks.com and had them sent overnight delivery. They were supposed to be delivered by the 19th, which was yesterday. When 7pm rolled around and I still had not seen a delivery person, I contacted Wal-Mart for the tracking info. They told me that the checks were marked as delivered on Friday the 16th at 9:38 in the morning. I immediately called UPS to find out what was going on. I was at home all day on Friday and nothing was delivered by UPS.

    After a bit of research, it was found out that the delivery driver left them on the doorstep of someone else's house! That particular house happens to be up for sale and I have been unable to reach the owner. The package is not where it was supposedly left. So now, some stranger has access to my bank account information. This is causing a huge headache since we now have to close out our bank account and change all of our direct deposits as well as our drafts. Does anyone happen to know if I would have any sort of recourse against UPS for this very costly mistake? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2012

    My item was damaged by UPS. It was dropped off wet and the box was damaged. UPS noted that the box was damaged but refused to take care of the problem.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2012

    I received the second delivery notification on 11/13. I filled out the back to leave parcel, and taped to outside screen door. On Thursday, I returned from work, found notification # ** on the entrance floor that the package was returned to Lyncare. The message I had taped the previous day was still taped to the door. Driver never even looked at my taped message.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2012

    I made a purchased from AT&T by phone from Puerto Rico to send to an address in Pennsylvania, where I was going to fly on November 8. On that day, I was supposed to receive the phones to the address in Pennsylvania. Some inconveniences happened that I did not fly that day, I had to change the flying day for Nov. 13. UPS was to ship on Nov. 8 and it did not ship. I called on Saturday to UPS to cancel and to send it back to AT&T. They said they can't do anything because they did not make the first attempt. I contacted AT&T for the cancellation of the purchase. A supervisor contacted UPS and they said they contacted UPS to cancel and return to AT&T. She said that they are going to send the packages back to AT&T.

    One of the packages is supposed to be received today. I was told by AT&T that the other UPS package was left at the address AT&T told to cancel. I contacted UPS and explained the situation. They said they are going to pick up on Monday. I asked if they could deliver after 5:00PM because it's the time my brother is off as well as my dad. They can't make it at that time. Now the phone, I don't now what is going to happen to it. I want my money back for the phone because I am no longer going to Pennsylvania. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2012

    I ordered an upgrade smartphone online, as no retailers in my area had the phone in stock. I will not name the retailer as I don't have any issues with them other than they chose such an inept shipping company. Delivery attempt #1 was at 12:16PM and required an adult signature. Well as I have a job, I was at the said job at 12:16PM and thus unable to be here to sign for package. I contacted UPS and was told I could drive to the distribution center or pay to have the delivery rescheduled. I (not very patient admittedly) explained that since I didn't have time to be at home to sign for package, I also didn't have time to drive to the distribution center which was over an hour away (and reading other posts, I'm not sure it would even be there or be able to be located if I did make it there).

    They asked if I could have it delivered to a neighbor. No, guess why? Because they have jobs too. They offered to let me pay to have the delivery rescheduled. Hmm. The delivery initially was touted as free. A mighty handy way to boost revenue or hold possessions for ransom. I'm going with the latter. OK, so I decided to wait another day. Delivery attempt #2 (today), quelle surprise! 12:43PM, so guess what UPS? I'm never home between 12 and 1 unless I have meningitis or am on vacation. Maybe I'd respect them more if they said, "Look, we're not giving you your package unless you pony up the bucks." It makes no logical sense to me to have a delivery requiring an adult signature attempted repeatedly in the middle of the day unless it's deliberate to boost revenue.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2012

    They are running a scam! I pre-ordered an iPad mini and received notification that it would be delivered today. But yesterday, I decided to track the package. The status said on Wednesday (11/7/12), "The receiver requested a hold for a future delivery date. UPS will attempt delivery on date requested." The tracking status was updated at 4:45 pm when my husband was sitting right at home and no one came to our door. We never requested to hold the package for future delivery. I immediately called UPS customer service asking who decided to have the package held because we never did. He said there wasn't any information as to who requested it. We didn't even get a notification on our door. The customer service representative said the package was scheduled to go out on Thursday, 11/8/12 (the same day I called). But it didn't go out for delivery, and he didn't know why. I requested to just pick it up at the Landover UPS on Friday. He said, "I can come in anytime between 8am to 7pm to pick it up."

    Well today, I checked the tracking. It was confirmed that the iPad was at their Landover UPS location, and it was signed by someone named "Mark" at 8:09am. I went there around 4:30pm, and guess what? They couldn't find it! They said any high valued items like Apple products are normally locked up in a security cage. They had three places where the package could only be, and it was nowhere to be found. They pretended to keep looking for it, and I just sat there and waited for over an hour. I demanded for a manager several times, and it seemed like she was avoiding me. I asked them to contact "Mark," and he could probably tell them where he put it. All they could tell me was he was at home and got off work at 3:30pm. I asked for the counter customer service representative's name, and he asked me, "What do you need that for?" I told him I was filing a complaint. He said he goes by Chris, but just minutes later someone called him Charles.

    Then I asked for the manager's name, and everyone didn't know her last name. How do 4 employees don't know their manager's last name? Charles, or whatever his name is, said the manager was involved and she was looking for my package. But, of course, she couldn't come out to speak to me. No one bothered to let me know what the status was while I was sitting there for over an hour. I was so frustrated, and I called my husband to let him know what was going on. He immediately came and demanded to speak to the manager "Syreeta". She had an attitude. She asked me for my last name and address. I instantly got angry and told her I was sitting here for over an hour and, "You didn't have that information already? I was told you were searching for my package and you weren't!" So, they were going to let me just sit here all day and pretend as if they were helping me and they weren't doing anything. The whole time she didn't acknowledge the package was missing. She was afraid to face the truth that her employees stole my package and she didn't know how to tell me.

    Finally with my husband there, she looked in the warehouse for no more than 10 minutes. She began giving excuses by saying they don't have "control logs" to track where that package should have been internally. She wasn't sure if it was there or across the street. They don't have a way to track it. Of course, I asked why would it be across the street. She said that the package originally came from there. But, why would someone sign for it at this UPS if it was across the street? She was pretty much trying to blow us off and get us out of there. She said high-priced items like Apple products should be locked up in the security cage but it wasn't and she didn't know where it was. She just stood there with no resolution. She just shrugged her shoulders and pretty much told us that too bad they didn't have it. I asked her "What do we do next?" She said, "We had to contact Apple customer service or UPS customer service." We even waited until 8pm to go the UPS across the street when they have their will call and they were wondering why she referred us to them and why they would have our package.

    All in all, the information that was conveyed to us by Syreeta was not consistent. She and her employees weren't genuinely concerned. No one seemed to care. They didn't mind me just sitting in the waiting area for over an hour while they "looked" for my package. They kept saying they couldn't find it but didn't offer any solution. Since there isn't any "control logs," this is the perfect way for employees to steal items. All the employees knew I had an iPad and I didn't even tell them what was in my package. The package was signed by "Mark," but no one seems to know where he put it and couldn't give me any explanation. Who's not doing their job? My package should have been in the "security cage," but no one knows why it wasn't. I filed a complaint and investigation with Apple and UPS. These employees are doing their early Christmas shopping at the customers' expense!

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2012

    My iPhone got stolen on Monday, 11/05/12. Immediately, I filed a claim with PhoneClaim.com/Verizon. Note I have been paying insurance on both iPhones for almost 2 years. For replacement, I was charged a $199.00 fee which I paid immediately using my credit card. All this by Monday morning after my phone got stolen. The phone should have been delivered by UPS by Tuesday, 11/06/12, until the latest 7pm. The phone never arrived. When I called to find out what happened, I had to hear the shocking news that the apartment number was missing on my address and therefore the truck driver couldn't deliver my package. Fine; I asked them kindly to add my apartment number. The agent affirmed me that the phone would be delivered by Wednesday, 11/07/12.

    It's almost 8pm and the package has not arrived yet. I called UPS 5 times to find out what's going on; they (Nicole, Anthony, and Erin) kept telling me that it would still be delivered. Just now, 7:56pm, I got off the phone again with UPS to find out that again they did not add my apartment number. Erin assured me that the package will be still delivered. I am super frustrated about this low and incompetent customer service. I want an apology from the Verizon insurance company and UPS per accrediting my account. I need my phone replacement because I use it mostly for work and I have been unable to do my work without it since Monday. I am extremely disappointed and upset.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2012

    I am just experiencing the same ** answer you have received. I sent consumer electronics through UPS. I paid the additional insurance as you did. The package arrived about a week late (it went to New Jersey in the hurricane). To make a long story short, the unit is sealed from the factory but the inside had a lot of water inside it, most likely moisture accumulation. I filed a claim 1 hour after the unit was delivered. UPS picked it up and said they denied my claim due to faulty packaging. I call it **. I sent the electronics in the exact packaging the electronics came in when purchased new. It's amazing how UPS can fabricate any excuse for not paying a claim. This "insurance" they sell is a complete scam and charges should be brought against them!

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2012

    During the last several months, we experienced very bad service with UPS. Within three to four months, two packages got lost and one package got delayed. For one lost package, the computer system indicates that the package is non-moving from the original UPS Center. We have been dealing with them to try to get this resolved but this package cost us over 10,000 USD. However, their explanation was because the label fell off from the packaging that’s why the package can’t be traced. We used UPS provided stick label; how can this be lost?

    Another recent incident: our package was delayed three times due to airplane mechanical problem. How could this happen? How can we trust UPS anymore? We also used DHL, Fedex, USPS; but we never had such kind of problem.

    This makes us believe that UPS’s systems are not working. We should encourage everyone in the world - don’t use UPS at all .

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2012

    I received a package that I did not order by UPS and called UPS customer service for a pickup to return the item to the shipping as I did not open it and wanted to refuse it. I called Thursday, November 1, 2012 and was assured the package would be picked up that day. Well it was not. I called back today, November 2, 2012 and was assured it was in the system and would be picked up today. Well it is 8pm here now and it is still not picked up. I cannot take it to any local UPS stores as they say they do not take items to return to the shipper even though the package was never opened and all I want to do is give it back to UPS so they can take it back to the shipper. This is Friday, so UPS does not run again till Monday. I am very unhappy with UPS and want to be able to find a phone number to contact a supervisor or anyone that can do something about this.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2012

    My daughter is a performer with a BFA in Musical Theater. She moved to NYC in Sept. '11 to pursue a career in singing/songwriting. She couldn't take her keyboard with her on the plane when she moved. I shipped it to her via UPS in May '12. The keyboard, which she had worked to purchase, was in perfect condition. She had gotten a hard keyboard transportation case for shipping. My son took the keyboard to a UPS store for shipping. No one at the store told him it was not packaged sufficiently for shipping. He insured it for $2000. Needless to say, my daughter was ecstatic when it arrived. However, when she opened the case, she found the keyboard dented with broken keys and things rattling around inside. She filed a claim with UPS, who told her it was impossible for UPS to have done the damage; and they refused to pay the claim and insinuated she was trying to scam the company. Obviously, it made me livid when she called me crying several times to tell me the details of the saga.

    I also pursued trying to get help. Everyone I was directed to speak with at numerous different phone numbers gave me the runaround. No one I spoke to over a period of a few weeks was able to help me. I finally took a break from the ordeal, disgusted but determined to pursue legal action. For some time now, I have been working 7 days a week; but I am making time to get this settled, as my daughter has not been able to play her keyboard the entire time she's had it in NYC. Until this incident occurred, UPS was my go-to shipper. I will never use them again. My company will never use them again. And I will pursue this case until my daughter is rightfully reimbursed for the damage incurred by UPS.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2012

    UPS is defrauding the public with misleading information. I shipped an antique and the drop off store told me it was covered for $100. The item was worth over $250 so they said I could buy more "insurance" and I did. The package arrived broken and UPS refuses to pay the coverage I bought, because they said I didn't pack it according to their specifications. Also, that they do not offer insurance but declared value. I said I "declared" the value at $200 and they needed to pay me. I have pictures of how it was packed correctly. Their "inspector" denied the claim. I asked where their packing instructions were posted and they said they are only online! I have now reported them to the Attorney Generals' Office for committing fraud against the general public. In order to go to court, we need more experiences like this to present to the judge. Please email me at **.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2012

    First time I sent with UPS and what? - lost parcel. Surprise. If I knew all those reviews before, I would never send parcel with UPS, and I will not send again, never ever. I think that they just stole my parcel, because it went to the warehouse in Tamworth, GB on 24 September, 2012, 10:08 pm arrival scan and never came out from that warehouse. Maybe they have there a black hole where parcels get lost. You know their explanation that maybe the label came off is weird - how many parcels without labels do they have? I described how my parcel have looked like and still they didn't find it - it's unbelievable. Don't send with UPS ever.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2012

    Shipping a plasma TV from Massachusetts to Arizona. Local UPS Store in Hyannis said, "No problem." Brought the TV, in original Double wall corrugated box with all original packing materials. The Manager, Gianna, assured me she knew what she was doing. She would pack with peanuts, re-tape, etc. Got a declared value of $1500.00 and left the package in her hands. I received package in Phoenix, AZ seven days later (09-10-2012). Package had been damaged (appeared to have been turned upside down resulting in TV falling out and crushing the stryrofoam packing and top of the TV). No extra packing or taping had been done. The box was how I left it with the UPS Store.

    Last few months have seen my being ignored, passed from UPS ("we're not part of the UPS Store") to UPS Store corporate headquarters where I was assured everything would be taken care of. Then told there was no record of my paying the store to pack the item. Luckily, I had all my receipts. I was told, “This will clear everything up. Good thing you had those. Otherwise, there was nothing we could do." I sent copies of these to Priscilla at UPS Store headquarters, who responded with, "Yes, these are what we needed."

    Nothing for two weeks. Contacted them again, Priscilla said, "There's nothing in here that says 'pack and ship guarantee’." Even though it says declared value of $1500.00 right on the receipt and on their website it reads: "What do I need to do to have my packages protected by the Pack & Ship Guarantee? Just take your item to a participating location and let The UPS Store Certified Packing Experts handle the rest. We will professionally pack and ship your item via UPS. You should know the value of your item to obtain Declared Value protection if the value of the item exceeds $100."

    UPS, the UPS Store and UPS Store #** have gone out of their way to deny what should be a pretty straightforward claim. The funny thing is I originally wanted to pack it on my own but the store manager, Gianna, refused to let me. "Not with a plasma TV and you can't do it here," she said.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2012

    Avoid UPS at all cost. I am retired and stay home. They claim to have left packages at my door, two delivery days in a row. Since the first package was not there, I left a big sign on my door to "deliver to office only" for the other (I was home watching for them). The merchants contacted UPS. This machine-like mouth from UPS called on two separate occasions for each claim. She claimed they were delivered and had the audacity to tell me, "They don't read signs ma’am."

    Needless to say, they told the merchants they were delivered. Twelve days later, the first package showed up. Thank God! The credit card company will not stand behind this because a 3rd party is involved. I'm stuck paying $162.21 because of the incompetence of this company. Their drivers do the least. Their service is poor. They do not knock on doors and only leave notices half the time. Do not deal with any business that uses UPS for delivery.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2012

    We got physically threatened by a UPS driver in San Francisco mall twice. I am working with UPS, FedEx and DHL for the past 6 years, and I never had to face such a relentless employee who is rude and aggressive. Last week, the UPS driver at Westfield mall in San Francisco parked his cart too close to our store in order to take a personal phone call. He was shouting and screaming on the phone, next to customers. And when my employee politely asked him to move his cart aside, he started shouting at him and physically threatened him. When a mall management representative came, the UPS employee said to him (the mall representative) "I can punch him (my employee) in front of you, and none of you can do anything!"

    Today (10/24/12), he was very aggressive to me as well when I asked him if he has our package. He ignored me at first. When I asked him again, he said he doesn't know our store. When I asked him for his name, he came very close to me, waving his hands and saying "Are you threatening my job? Huh, are you threatening me?" He refused to give me his name. He did not wear a name tag as well. And when I said I will complain about him, he started laughing and said, "From now, I will refuse service to you." I am the store owner and was polite the whole time.

    I am handling this situation with the mall management, and if needed, with police and any legal actions needed. My employees feel as if he is discriminating them, and they physically do not feel safe next to him (He is a very big guy). Obviously, UPS is in charge of this misbehavior by not educating their drivers or screening them from the first place. It is clear that he has no limits and is not afraid to be facing any responsibility for his actions.

    Avoid using UPS in the future. A company who has such rude employees does not care about customer service. When I ship a package, I pay to the company that pays its employees. So, in other words, I am paying him for being rude and aggressive to my employees. I will instruct all my vendors to ship with FedEx or Post Office instead.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2012

    Due to the poor economy, I was forced to liquidate some of my goods and valuables to make ends meet and feed my family and as such, I sold some of my unused Scuba equipment on eBay. One such piece of scuba equipment I sold was a $600 Dry suit, weighing approx. 20 lbs and packaged and shipped by UPS (The UPS Store) to the eBay buyer in California. The shipping cost was nearly $80.00. I was tracing the UPS shipment online, until it reached California and did not move for 2 days.

    At that point, I decided to call a representative. The rep. told me at that time, the shipment was lost, that it could take 3 to 5 weeks to recover any money from the lost shipment and that the most UPS would pay would be $100.00. I am so upset at UPS, and the UPS Store for their indifference, lack of professional care, and complete and apparent negligence in the handling on my package. I will never use UPS again for anything and am devastated at this loss. I was forced to sell other items at much greater loss to bring money into my household, simply for food.

    I expect that UPS' agents or employees are stealing these goods. As I was selling goods to make ends meet, some are stealing goods to benefit themselves. UPS cannot disclaim their negligence. UPS is negligent for the value of my shipment and the cost of shipping. I would like to (and I will) file a lawsuit (Small claims or otherwise) against The UPS Store for the difference in what UPS eventually pays less the value of the sold goods plus the cost of shipping on the basis that Lost shipments are the result of improper packaging and that The UPS Store was provided and paid with the responsibility to package the goods and affix the label. If I could give UPS 0 stars, I would have. Anyone interested, I will eventually post the results of this case online, although it may take another 2 or 3 months at a minimum.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2012

    I ordered an expensive unique one of a kind Halloween costume off eBay. It was shipped via UPS. The online tracking showed delivery was on track until it reached California. For some reason, it sat at El Cerrrito dock for a couple of days. Okay, fine. Then it reached San Ramon. Tracking said it couldn't find the apartment number and returned to San Ramon. I live in a house. Then it said correct address found and it was delivered and signed by a man? Nobody was here at that time and there was no package. I got the runaround with their computer recording saying the tracking number was wrong. The eBay seller will get a bad review just for using UPS. I will never buy anything from eBay unless they use FedEx or the Post Office from now on.

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    Reviewed Oct. 20, 2012

    My customer sent a shipment on Thursday 10/18/2012, within next day delivery. Somehow, with UPS’ mistake, they weren’t able to deliver my shipment by Friday. Therefore, I had to wait until Saturday morning to pick up my shipment. When I went to this pick up location (3930 Pleasantdale Rd. Doraville, GA 30340), there were two employees at the counter. There were no apologies at all and they gave me all excuses why they couldn't release my shipment for about an hour. Finally, their supervisor showed up to help me out. The point is, those two employees were very rude with service. One example of their excuses was that the driver took a truck key and its lock. But their supervisor got a shipment later. (I never heard this kind of excuse before. And this is just one of them).

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2012

    I was at a residential town homes parking area and was just pulling out when a UPS truck pulled in and parked immediately behind me. I bumped the truck but fortunately, there were no damages. I asked the driver why he would park directly behind me, without allowing me any clearance to get out. He replied by asking me where he was supposed to park. In addition, he parked next to a curb marked red and with a fire hydrant. Not only that, he became very confrontational and threatening, and claimed it was all my fault. Not only do they have terrible service, they are also exceptionally hurried and feel they can park anywhere they want. I've had several packages stolen when they leave stuff at my door, even after I've told them (with a huge sign on the door) not to leave it there and that I'd pick it up at the UPS facility. They need to teach their drivers some common sense and cordiality.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2012

    My expected delivery was from USA and the given track number was unrecognized by the UK Branch. My delivery finally arrived on the 4th day after the initial 'shipment progress report' and meanwhile, I was sequestered indoors receiving 2 other so called 'updated time-delivery'. Trying to submit a complaint to the lawfully required 'complaints procedure', I received answers only from the Email Customer Relations with evasive answers, equivalent to plain refusals. Apart from being traumatized by the long hours of waiting to know what happened to my expensive item now, courtesy of USP, I am being bombarded by their clients with offers of drugs.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2012

    We are food vendors. We ordered a special smoothie mix for a weekend event. The shipper was in Seattle and we're in the Palm Springs area. The shipment included one box of non-perishable and one box of perishable product. Both were sent on Monday and arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday. The non-perishable product was delivered on Friday. The perishable product was not delivered. We talked with the local UPS agents. They said sorry, it will most likely show up on Monday. I said you might as return it to the shipper since it's perishable and my event will be over. Poor delivery cost me $192.00.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2012

    I sent 3 packages to Brooklyn, New York 11232 from North Augusta, SC on Wednesday, 10/3/12 by UPS. Delivery date was Friday, 10/5/12. Two was delivered on Friday about 2:15. My grandson was home all day! Package 3 was not delivered, and they claimed they tried two times and nobody was home. That's a lie. It cost me $74.99 to send these packages to my grandson. Awful. They could not do this right.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2012

    The package was dumped on the front landing in the rain. There was no knock on the door to let me know the package was there. I was home with lights on. It did not even take an extra second to place the package between the outer storm door and the inner door. The package was left in the rain in plain sight of anyone walking by who could steal. I'm extremely upset about the driver's lack of interest about whether I get my package or not. Obviously, they're only interested in getting out of there as fast as possible. I will never use UPS again if at all possible.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2012

    I had a TV shipped to California by UPS. I purchased insurance for the plasma TV in the amount of $1,500, which was the actual cost. When delivered, the driver admitted the TV was laid flat, which I observed myself since I accepted the delivery. There were stickers all over the box not to lay flat and that the box was fragile. The box was damaged and upon opening the boxes, I found the TV to be totally shattered. It was clear upon inspecting the TV that there was an impact point on the screen. I filed a claim, including many pictures of the damage with my shipper, who in turn submitted a claim to UPS. The shipment was packaged as directed by UPS, which was reported more than once. The TV was even inspected by UPS.

    About a month after filing the claim, my shipper was informed a check would be sent by UPS and it should be received within 10 business days. After a two week period, I went to check with my shipper and was told UPS was now denying the claim! The shipper filed a dispute with the form provided by UPS, the packaging details and the pictures were again submitted on August 11. After again inquiring with my shipper on August 23, I received an email on August 26. My shipper stated she had not only emailed but also faxed the forms and photos to UPS again. She also emailed again to confirm receipt. My shipper rep felt possibly the UPS rep was deliberately slowing down the claim.

    I'm sure UPS is hoping I'll just give up and go away even though their delivery driver admitted the shipment wasn't handled properly. Not to mention, I observed the improper handling. Why does UPS offer insurance if they have no intent on paying claims? Is this another money making scheme to take advantage of people who honestly file claims? This displays dishonesty and a lack of integrity on the part of UPS. This claim was originally filed on June 4, 2012 and it's now September 18. It's going on 4 months with no resolution or response so far.

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    Reviewed Sept. 18, 2012

    I was expecting a package from Seattle, Washington to be delivered to Southern California. Using the tracking number, I discovered the package was sent to Illinois and then to Kentucky. From Kentucky, it was sent to Oakland, CA and was making its way south. I contacted UPS and provided the mileage from each destination to the other and wondered why they would send a package from the West Coast to nearly the East Coast and then back to the West Coast. Why not ship it directly from Washington to California?

    A UPS representative wrote and said that the package was routed through a complex and extensive delivery system that may not seem geographically efficient, but assured me the route my package took "accelerates" delivery. She didn't explain how or why. Now looking at a map or using MapQuest to determine time and mileage, how on earth is that route more efficient? Given the cost of fuel aviation, I think it would have been less expensive to drive from WA to CA. One thing I can agree on, that package was indeed routed through a complex and extensive delivery system. Perhaps UPS should look into simplifying their delivery system.

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2012

    On or about 8/24/12, I placed an order with the famed Allen Brothers of Chicago for almost $300 worth of steaks (a perishable product) to be delivered to the residence of my cousin, John's home in Alta, Wyoming whose address is: **Table Rock South Road, Alta, Wyoming 83414. My cousin has maintained a second home at this address, in this town of approximately 120 homes (300+/- residents) for almost seven years. The order taker at Allen Brothers did read back the address to me on 08/24, and it was confirmed but I probably did not listen to the address confirmation as closely as I should have, since looking back at their confirmation email, the delivery address was incorrectly taken down as: ** Table Rock Road E., Alta, Wyoming 83414 The steaks were to be delivered on Friday, August 31st, 2012.

    Late afternoon (about 6.00 pm) on August 31st, when we (John and myself) arrived at ** Table Rock South Road, we could not find the box of steaks anywhere around the property, so immediately contacted the shipper, UPS, for which we had a tracking number. UPS informed us that in accordance with shipping instructions, they had delivered the steaks at 2:40 pm that day to ** Table Rock Road East. We immediately drove over to Table Rock Road East, but quickly realized that there was no such address, so then we continued on to visit as all the other seven (we know all the neighbors) homes on that street with no success of locating the box of steaks. We called UPS several times, both on Friday (August 31st) and Saturday (September 1st) pleading with them to pick up the box of steaks from wherever they delivered it, and re-deliver it to the correct address on Saturday as we needed the steaks for a special occasion..

    While we got to a live person at UPS, it was the same reception as if we had contacted a robotic device - the person continued to repeat, "We delivered the shipment to the address that the shipper provided which was ** Table Rock Road East, we cannot pick up and re-deliver." I continued to inform the robot person answering the phone that there was no such address, and he continued to repeat the same line, as if he was reading a script or looking at a teleprompter. It appears that our steaks were delivered to a home under construction located at ** Table Rock East Road. On Tuesday, Allen Brothers informed us that the steaks were delivered to the non-existent address of ** Table Rock Road East and that they had been in contact with the people working there and had instructed them to destroy the steaks, as they would no longer be fit for human consumption after three days without refrigeration.

    Allen Brothers agreed to give a gift certificate for the lost steaks, and we do not have a problem with that company but still wonder why did UPS deliver our steaks to ** Table Rock Road East, while continuing to insist that they delivered to ** Table Rock Road East. This is beyond the top in terrible customer service, and I certainly will never use UPS for any shipping needs in the future. It is obvious that they should have kept the box and informed their shipper, Allen Brothers, that no such address existed. I consider their response to be no less than rude and dysfunctional.

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    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2012

    We recently flew to USA from UK. We had lots of luggage to carry from UK and thought of taking courier service. Our previous experience with courier services was at least up to satisfactory level; but this time we are extremely unhappy about the service which was provided to us. The consigned was booked by SkyNet in UK and they used UPS to deliver it to us in USA. The consignment had 9 bags in total and 3 bags were completely shattered by the time they were delivered to us. We contacted SkyNet who confirmed that they have not opened the bags and haven't removed any of the items. We have been asked to lodge formal complaint with you and the same has been done by SkyNet as well. The UPS tracking number is **.

    Our luggage that we packed in UK had some item with sentimental value such as used kid's story books (about 15 to 20), some birthday gifts that were not opened (around 10 to 12), their soft toys (8 to 10), my kid’s asthma medicines (particularly his inhalers), my wife's original degree certificates which has lot of importance and so on. We have paid nearly 400 GBP for the luggage and got extreme disappointment. I need help to sort this mess. At least if you can help us to find out information regarding the original degree certificate of my wife, would really help. I can be reached on ** if required. I’m looking forward for the positive response.

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2012

    On September 10, 2012, I had a delivery attempt memo from UPS on my building lobby door marked "final attempt." Prior to the delivery, I ordered a product from HSN. So now I started to track this package. I learned that the UPS driver made three attempts and the package is now being shipped back to the sender (HSN). Now the facts - if UPS delivered this package two times before, why didn't they leave an attempt memo on the same lobby door? Because they made no prior two attempts! If UPS made the first attempt and left the memo, I would have scheduled a pickup or change address (opportunity was there). Why am I so dissatisfied with UPS? I was home on two of the attempts, 9/7/12 and 9/10/12. The UPS driver didn't ring the doorbell. OK, you ask why? Because I live in a walk-up top floor. Yes, #5. It's starting to make a lot of sense now.

    What makes this horrible is if the UPS driver just rang the doorbell, I would come down the stairs, the same way FedEx and US mail service ring the doorbell and I always come down. No problems with these two package services. When I talked with the supervisor of the UPS hub where the package came out of, I explained that this isn't the first time this happened. This may be something personal with the driver. The UPS supervisor said, "It's not personal because you had three different drivers trying to deliver that package so it's not personal." My question is how and why? From 9/7/12 to 9/10/12, three different UPS drivers had that package. But on 9/10/12, two attempts were made - one at 6:12PM and the second attempt at 8:54PM. I was home from 5:15PM to 7:45PM on 9/10/12.

    When I left my building, there was no memo on the door for that first attempt the day of the delivery of that package. I came back home at 10:15PM and found a UPS memo final attempt. The package is being returned to the shipper. The UPS supervisor told me the problem is, "If you live in a walk-up, 99.99% is the reason why you don't have your package. The only thing I can do for you is put your phone number in the computer and next time, the driver will call you." She also asked four times if my intercom works. I told her yes three times. The fourth time I told her, "If you ask me that 100 times, it's yes 100 times." Question, does UPS care about its customers when it's a billion dollar company? Only if you are a billion or a million dollar company! Maybe if you live in a better area, they won't ask if your intercom works four times. It's time for the customers to do something.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2012

    The driver forgot to pick up a package on Friday night. I called on Saturday when I saw it's still here. I got a call center that sounded like it was in Mexico. I called 3 times and got the same group of people all 3 times. They were rude and told me they couldn't do anything. This was a time-sensitive package. I am going to have to ship it out overnight, at my cost, on Monday. They told me they were not responsible for the driver forgetting the package. I feel sorry for the workers, but the company is horrible now. Sounds like they outsource customer service and that's part of the problem. I always use FedEx, but my company uses UPS. I will never use them on my own.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2012

    I sold a brand new $1,100 RV/Marine refrigerator on eBay and shipped it via UPS from Virginia to the customer in NJ. The box was obviously dropped by UPS in shipment because when it arrived to the customer, it was seriously dented and damaged. He didn't want to buy it anymore. I thought okay, well at least I insured it for $1,000 and I'm sure UPS being the reputable company that they are, they will pay the insurance claim. Wrong! UPS' answer to me was basically, "Sorry pal the fridge wasn't properly packaged so too bad." In actuality, the refrigerator was brand new in the original factory shipped packaging and no one at the UPS store ever mentioned anything about insufficient packaging. So now, I am getting the runaround big time. I can't talk to anyone at UPS directly because they keep telling me I have to deal with the store. However, that's also useless because there isn't anything the store can do for me. I think it's all an intentional strategy designed to wear down the customer in hopes that he or she will just go away. I'm not done yet and I'm not going away until I get my just compensation.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2012

    I received an email that driver attempted delivery. I was home all day but apparently he didn't want to go down my driveway because he thought he would get tree damage. I am okay with this and am willing to walk to the end of driveway. However, when I attempted to reschedule delivery, I was told that I had to meet the driver at a business across the street from my house because his schedule was too tight to drop the package at the end of my driveway. This is absolutely ridiculous. I will try very hard not to ever deal with UPS again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2012

    I just recently had some documents sent back to me that my mortgage company wanted the notary seal within their margins. The clerk at the store refused to do it the way they requested. He said he had been a notary for 25 years and they were nitpicking. Not only did he do it again the wrong way, he said he would not correct it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2012

    I shipped antique dishes and an antique clock via UPS using Staples as the shipping point. The box arrived severely damaged. Someone at UPS taped the box back together. Several of the dishes were shattered and the internal workings of the clock were damaged. I filed a claim on 7/11/2012. Today is 9/4/2012 and Staples is still dragging their feet on getting this claim approved. I have sent documentation to Staples direct and then had to send the same documentation to UPS because UPS said they never received it from Staples. I intend to take both Staples and UPS to small claims court and let a judge decide if I packed the box wrong and who is responsible. Both UPS and Staples have lost my business due to their poor customer service and for what I believe is a scam by Staples.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2012

    UPS now seems to have a new policy. In the past couple of months, packages that have been damaged all seem to be the fault of the packaging. We have been told that the contents are missing and the original package was insufficient and was discarded. We get none of the product back that was in the box and have no pictures or proof of the damage or insufficient packaging. The claims are all initially refused. I am wondering if this total loss of product and packaging and no proof of damages are happening to others. We ship from about 10 to 110 packages a day and have used their services for 30+ years. This response and policy seems new, and in my opinion, is tantamount to theft. Typically, we are reimbursed for some or all of the damages but not without having to follow through with a complaint.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2012

    I shipped an antique piece of my mother's china that I sold on eBay via UPS. It was bubble-wrapped 3 times and then I used shipping paper and a shipping blanket. The piece was shattered (not just broken) upon arrival which only could have happened from dropping the box from a high place (like the back up a UPS truck). The box was marked this “side up and fragile” all over the box. I paid for the declared value for what I sold it for ($3,000). UPS denied the claim and said it was not packed exactly to their specifications, which I was never even told about at the UPS store I shipped it from and they denied the claim. Do not ever use UPS: they are crooks.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2012

    In hindsight, I should have asked about the shipping process and how things need to be packed; but I was trusting that the people at the UPS Store would be helpful and that insuring the package would be enough to ensure its safety. I was very wrong. I learned from my mistakes.

    On August 3, 2012, I brought a package of antique china tea sets to the UPS Store 1635 in Yuba City to ship from Yuba City, California to my home in North Carolina. These were my grandmother's china tea sets that I inherited from my father upon his death in July. Because of the sentimental value of these sets, I packed them very carefully inside of a heavy duty moving box. I told the clerk that I wanted the shipment insured for over $500, hoping that this would ensure that the package was treated delicately on its journey across the country. She asked me what was in the box, and I told her "antique china." She asked me if I had packed them well, and I told her I had. She sold me the insurance policy of over $500 that I had requested.

    When I received the box, I noticed that one side of the box looked like it had been caved in as if something heavy had been placed on top of the box and crushed it. As I unpacked the box, my worst fears became true - the portion of the tea sets that I had packed on the top were all crushed. I thought that since the package was insured for over $500 and I had told the clerk it contained antique china, UPS would have taken more precautions to make sure the package was delivered safely. But I have since learned that they don't. They treat all packages the same, and they never label anything "Fragile." It's company policy. In a later conversation, the woman at the UPS Store actually told me if the boxes are labeled "fragile," she thinks the drivers treat them worse.

    I called the UPS Store in Yuba City to make a claim on the insurance I had purchased. They said that they were not responsible because the insurance was only good if they packed it themselves. I asked her "So you're telling me that you sold me insurance you knew you weren't liable for?" She went to talk to her boss. They told me to send pictures, and I tried making claims to UPS and the parent company, Mail Boxes Etc. But they were no help. UPS claimed the box was packed improperly, and Mail Boxes Etc. said they could do nothing since UPS denied my claim.

    The customer service at the UPS Store was totally argumentative, denying any responsibility for anything and never acknowledging any remorse at all. And both the corporate UPS and Mail Boxes Etc. were also unsympathetic and unwilling to give back any amount of money. They even refused to refund me the original amount I paid in insurance! On the brighter side, my credit card company gave me a $15 goodwill credit! If UPS and/or Mail Boxes Etc. would have apologized and given me a $20 goodwill credit, I would have better feelings toward them. But now, I see them as companies who take advantage of innocent people and care about the money they make. UPS & Mail Boxes Etc. do not care about their customers one bit. I will never do business with either of them again.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2012

    We have had two bicycles shipped through UPS that were severely damaged. The first one was shipped in a box made for an oak tabletop, and UPS insisted that we hadn't used an adequate box. The second one was shipped in a box made for bicycles that we got from a local bike shop. They still insisted that we hadn't used adequate shipping materials. Then, we shipped a box of glass mason jars. We also used the US Post Office to ship a box of glass mason jars to someone else. UPS completely destroyed the jars, and will not accept any responsibility. With the Post Office, not one jar was broken. From now on, we will pay the extra $20 to ship through the Post Office!

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    Reviewed Aug. 22, 2012

    I shipped a pkg. to London, England for my wife. It was a gold bracelet sold for $4,500 (valued at $5,770). It turned out that the purchaser was a con-artist and we immediately called UPS. UPS advised me to go to the store since they shipped the item and place a stop delivery. We did and the delivery was not made on the scheduled delivery date. When we were told the stop delivery was done by UPS (we received an email from the con-artist upset about the stop delivery as well) and I was told that in order to get the pkg. back, I needed to pay for the return. I went ahead and paid for the return.

    To my disbelief, regardless of the stop delivery placed, the driver returned the pkg. back to the UPS depot. The following morning, UPS, instead of shipping the item back to me as instructed, then sent the pkg. back out for delivery to the con-artist! UPS had ignored my requests for compensation and never has responded to me but instead left it up to the UPS store (which had nothing to do with the mishap) to talk to me and tell me that there was nothing to do. I had argued that they had also charged me for the return of the pkg. (which never occurred).

    After months of making excuses after excuses, UPS store agreed as their responsibility, to refund my shipping cost for the return and was told I would receive it in about 2 weeks! Well, it has been 6 weeks since I was told of the refund of the shipping cost and I still have not received a penny! When I walk into the UPS store, they seem annoyed that I'm there asking for my shipping cost and some kind of compensation due to their incompetence. This is why I am sending you this complaint, to see justice done!

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2012

    I wasn't home on August 16, 2012 and received the yellow and brown sticker that UPS was there to drop off my package. It said the driver would be at my location on August 17, 2012 between 2:00PM-5:00PM. I went home early by 11:30AM to make sure I'll get the package. Well by 3:26PM, I went on the UPS website to track my package. It said the UPS driver was there and no one answered the door? No one ever knocked, also no sticker? I'm still waiting for my package.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2012

    I was waiting on a package with the tracking # **. I saw that UPS website says the package was delivered and it was definitely not delivered. I am a stay-at-home mom and I am home all day. I did not sign for any package. UPS sent me a copy of the signature that was given. It is not my signature. It is not even my name. The UPS driver should have noticed that the name given was not the name that was on the package! I want to file a formal complaint against the driver immediately. Now, I am told that I have to wait up to 8 days for an "investigation" to be completed. My son's party is Saturday and I am without his party supplies because the driver did not do his job correctly.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2012

    I was employed at UPS and they do not have much regard for their employee's safety. The particular hub I was working at was poorly ventilated and there was constant exposure to diesel exhaust from the trucks/package cars. In addition, the hub was poorly maintained, there were high levels of package and miscellaneous dust circulating in the air. Over time of being exposed to these contaminants, I started to develop respiratory distress and have since been struggling with a respiratory problem. Even though I have left the company, I continue to experience these symptoms and the medical expenses I have occurred have been quite substantial. As a company that is highly profitable and does provide rewarding jobs to its drivers, the employees inside the UPS hubs are poorly paid, overworked and exposed to unsafe work conditions. Please consider this next time you use UPS to ship a package.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2012

    I ordered a 100-pound piece of workout equipment from Amazon and UPS essentially lost it (hard to believe, I know). The real problem is that their tracking service let me track the package all the way up to a facility 20 miles from house. It was due to be delivered on 8/7 and had yet to arrive by 8/10. After complaining to numerous people at UPS, I finally found out that the scanning for tracking has two types: physical and logical. Physical scanning is when someone actually handles your package, while logical scanning is when the UPS computer determines where it should be and calls that an arrival or departure scan - even though no one actually sees the package or confirms it has arrived where it supposed to be or left the initial location.

    As a result, UPS looks like idiots regarding tracking because they are saying it went from Missouri to Illinois to Pennsylvania (where I live), and then for no good reason, shipped it to Montgomery, Alabama (and UPS says the package wasn't lost because it is in Alabama after three days without physical scans). On top of this, because I am the recipient, they won't even open an investigation as to what went wrong and no one will be held accountable for such a blindingly obvious screw-up. Their "tracking" system is clearly just meant to placate customers as it doesn't track anything most of the time - it simply tells you where the package "should be," not where it actually is.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2012

    Driver delivered order to Desert Skies Resort office and left. He turned the truck around to leave and threw out a bunch of orange peels. I live here and it is a nice clean court and everyone keeps their property well maintained. The court is very good in keeping the trees and flowers in good condition and the trash that blows in to the court picked up. The delivery was around 12:45 on Aug. 7.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2012

    I shipped a package - it came to the person but it was broken. So, I requested them to issue me a refund. When I shipped items, I was told they were automatically insured for $100. I guess not. I won't be using UPS again!

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2012

    We packed the stained glass window with hard styrofoam and soft foam in a custom made plywood box. It was shipped exactly as we have many times over the past 30 years. When we took it to the UPS Store, it was labeled to the hilt with “Fragile, this side up.” Every side, top, back, front and bottom were labeled. I insured it for $1000 and when the claim for the broken pieces was put to claims, it was denied the request of $800 for insufficient packing. This box was screwed closed and the packing was thick. We paid almost $100 for insurance alone. I'm very disappointed! I will not use UPS again.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2012

    On July 18, 2012, I went to UPS shipping service. I paid $583.05 to ship 12 boxes to Reading, PA to Maria **. She sent by email 2 copies from UPS info notice dated on 7/26 and 7/27/12 that they had the intention to drop off the 12 boxes at ** Reading, PA but nobody was home therefore Maria went to pick them up at UPS office. But they informed her that they had shipped those boxes (12) back to California. I went to UPS located in San Marcos, CA to make a complaint regarding the big mistake that they did by returning the 12 boxes so soon to California. They are claiming that they did go to the Reading, PA home four times to drop off those boxes. They never did drop off the above boxes nor notified Maria ** (receiver) four times.

    I had proof of 2 notices only to pick up the boxes. On the second notice, they said that it was the final notice. They only notified Maria just one time because when she got the second notice and went to the UPS office located in Reading PA, it was too late. They had already sent those boxes back to California. Now they are claiming that they notified Maria 4 times - they are not telling the truth. They only notified the receiver just 1 time; on the second notice they already sent those boxes back to California.

    Please help me to have UPS ship those boxes back to Reading, PA at no cost because it is not my fault they shipped those boxes back on the second notice of arrival. Before I shipped those boxes to Reading, PA, I asked for their rules and regulations and they informed me that they would attempt 3 times for the receiver to get those boxes. According to my records, they only had attempted 1 time because by the second notice it was too late. They had already sent those boxes back to California. Please, this is my tracking number from UPS ** shipment. Please, I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible. If you have any question, please do not hesitate to call me. Thank you.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2012

    I have been waiting for a package since Wednesday. Then, I received an email saying that the address was incorrect so I contacted UPS directly. I was told that someone was going to contact me within an hour; no one did. I contacted them again on Thursday and someone did give me a call. I told them my address was correct and it was not an apartment because they said that the driver needed the apartment number. I even described the house to the lady and I was told that I was going to receive my package on Thursday - but there was nothing. Today, I received another email saying that the driver needed the apartment number. I, for the fifth or sixth time, said that it was not an apartment, it is a house. So they scheduled my package to arrive on Monday. I then decided to call and told the lady that I was just going to pick up my package myself because obviously, the driver is very incompetent - he couldn't find my address. What makes them think that he is going to find it on Monday?

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed July 27, 2012

    The order for women's clothing was placed with LaRedoute.com on 5/17/12. I received notification that it was shipped on 5/18, but the tracking number didn't work. About two weeks went by and I then contacted customer service to get the tracking number and saw that it had been sitting in Philadelphia for a week. I then called UPS International and the person with whom I spoke was only able to report that they were missing tariff information. Following the call, the tracking information suddenly showed it had moved to a UPS warehouse in KY. UPS said that it was being held because the tariff information was incorrect.

    I communicated with both UPS and La Redoute over the course of the next week or so to try to keep the ball rolling because no one had contacted me about the package being held. UPS claimed to have tried unsuccessfully to get the relevant tariff information from the warehouse in Poland. When they finally did hear back, the warehouse refused to give them the information (according to the rep I spoke to the third time I called). I called again on 6/6 and UPS said that if the package didn't clear customs with the necessary documents by 6/9, they would either ship the package back to Europe or dispose of it. On June 15, I mysteriously received the package, which was left (not requiring signature) in our breezeway.

    I have just received a bill from UPS on 7/23 for warehouse fees and other charges for $435.46, which is due on 7/31 (incurring 6% interest for every day after that it is paid late). I called UPS to explain that these warehouse fees were not my responsibility. They filed it as a claim; however, they informed me that if they weren't able to get the shipper in Poland to "accept the bill," then I would be responsible as the "importer of the goods." I explained that I was a retail customer who had paid for the goods and shipping already and that should resolve my end of it. If they shipped the package, I assumed that meant it passed customs. The rep also said that they were showing in their system that the package was still being held in the UPS warehouse. This seems like a serious security issue to me as well as a consumer service issue from both companies.

    Not only was UPS International negligent in not informing anyone that the package was sitting there, but if it were indeed a security, tariff, or customs issue, the fact that I received it and then received a bill for which the rep could not account seems downright wrong. Again, they've filed it as a claim and this time she actually took my phone number, but it has been three days and I've heard nothing. It seems like a completely bogus practice to stick a consumer with a bill like this since it leaves the door open for international companies to freely misrepresent customs information while knowing that UPS International is neither tracking the packages appropriately, nor holding the shipper responsible for the misrepresentation. I have also filed a claim against La Redoute through ** and against UPS International through the FTC.

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    Reviewed July 24, 2012

    I received a notification from UPS informing me that I could sign up for a "My Choice" service which would allow me to release the package online so I would not have to be there to sign for it and I could avoid those endless stickers on my front door. I thought "great" and this is what I need since I work full-time. Well, apparently UPS cooked up this convenient online service but didn't get their delivery employees on board with it. Despite the fact that I had released the package online, the UPS driver still insisted that I be there in person to sign for the item with no explanation as to why they would not release it as I had requested. I had to miss a full day of work to wait for UPS to deliver a package (later than the time frame given in the sticker) containing a custom greeting card that had sentimental value, but was worth less than $10 and likely less than the cost of UPS shipping.

    I called customer service to ask what's up and why the package was not released, thinking the company I had ordered the card from was insisting on a personal signature. Then, I found out from the card company that they did not require a signature and that it was the UPS driver who was requiring me to miss a day of work because he was unwilling to drop the package off despite the fact that I had released the package days before online. Now, that's "My Choice" service for you! Next time I'll be requesting shipping via the good old USPS - at least they are willing to leave the package in my mailbox!

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    Reviewed July 24, 2012

    I ordered items for a graduation celebration to be held on a particular date. I paid an extra $32.37 for Rush 3 Business Day Shipping. I had a supposed guaranteed delivery for 6/28/12. I tracked it, and it said a correct street number is needed for delivery (12:52pm). I looked again, and it said UPS is attempting to obtain the correct street number. Then it said the address has been corrected and delivery was rescheduled for 6/29/12 (7:38pm). At the end of the day on 6/29/12, there's still no delivery.

    I called UPS and was told it was delivered and signed for. I informed them that I never received the package, and they stated they would launch an investigation. I made the mistake of asking what address it was delivered to. They told me the address of where I'd lived 20 years ago. What gives them the right to decide where to send my package? They said my current address did not exist and there was nothing they could do. My telephone number was on the "ship to" label. Needless to say, I never got the package. I did get a refund, but it is the principle. Granted it is a big company, but we are the consumers and we could bring it down!

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    Reviewed July 23, 2012

    The UPS store was supposed to double box my package. They just did 1 box and wedged half inch foam for packing material. It broke. I shipped a bunch of things that day, all except for this package arrived 7 days earlier for whatever reason. The claims process was a huge pain. The store manager is extremely uncommunicative, it's been 2 months and I still haven't gotten my check, but they told me it's on the way. During the first month, they told me they lost the paperwork and had to start the claims process over again. I asked if they were ** and I did not get an answer.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed July 20, 2012

    I had placed an order of clothing online, and the order was set to be shipped to me by UPS. I tracked the order daily from UPS up until they stated that they dropped the package on my porch. For one thing, I do not have a porch; and the next thing is the package was not at my door step. I contacted UPS, and UPS said to contact the company I ordered my items from because they have some sort of contract with them for delivery of packages. I did just that, and they said there would be no charge of the items since I did not receive them. I am dissatisfied with UPS for not getting involved as of tracking back who was on the route that day and question them about the delivery as to where they could have dropped the package. Here I am without my package of new clothing and afraid to order again, because the same problem might happen. Regardless of not getting charged for the items not received, I wanted the items for a special occasion. I have never had this problem before with UPS, and I am quite upset!

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    Reviewed July 19, 2012

    I'm still dealing with the claims company after the fact. So sad, we will never use or recommend their company to anyone. So rude and sad communication. We've been to the corporate, still no results. FedEx from here on. They dropped a 4-wheeler engine I shipped and cracked the case. I shipped it in a crate, but the receiver got it in a box after it sat in one spot for 5 days. They denied dropping it, but I have strong evidence. Their attitudes were terrible. They didn't do any investigation. They said I packed it wrong.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2012

    I own a business and have had a business account with UPS for about 4 years now. I have to say that when it comes to UPS losing the packages, they can trick you into not paying you for their claims. UPS had lost my 1st package of signs I sent (I make signs) and I ended up making the signs again for the client because my client was very unhappy. UPS took my second package I sent and claimed it as the lost one. They also made some kind of scam and linked both tracking numbers to the same case number. I lost money and they are not willing to take responsibility. So be really careful when it comes to them losing your boxes. If you need to send replacements because their investigation lasts 8 days, do it through USPS, not UPS, because they will use your replacement to justify they found the original package and will not pay you. This is a big company, but gladly, the internet lets us communicate these things to other companies. Another hint, if you need freight shipping, use Conway freight. They are much more cheaper and faster.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2012

    As a warning to all. I used to ship things during my moves and order things shipped via UPS. I pay for packaging, peanuts, bubble wrap, ship a computer and it is totally smashed, ruined computer. Okay, fine. They destroyed my $1,500 computer. What is not fine is having snappy, rude phone calls and accusations. That's where the line is crossed. Looks like they forget any possibility of recompense. Arrogant, rude, bad product. A lot like Aeroflot in the Soviet days. Whether in a professional or personal capacity, my patience and kindness and politeness has been tested to the limit when: (1) they destroy something I paid dearly for to ship and 2) they turn it around on me and call me multiple times in accusatory, impatient and downright snappy tones without any apologies at the least.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2012

    I shipped an Apple notebook computer and accessories via UPS ground recently. The package arrived damaged and was opened in front of the recipient by the UPS driver and my stuff had been replaced by a sealed roll of UPS labels to which only UPS employees have access as per the driver to the recipient. UPS apparently doesn't have good security measures in place to protect "high value" items as my shipment was described. Two of their employees even went so far to open and inspect my package before accepting it. Lesson learned: don't let UPS employees inspect your package afterwards since you don't know which one of them stole your items while they are in transit and UPS’s care and control.

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    Reviewed July 7, 2012

    I call for a general boycott of UPS services from merchants. Please use FedEx or DHL. UPS service is horrible in my neighborhood (Queens, NY). They often don't bother ringing my door bell, just leave packages unattended, or leave them with someone in my building without leaving me a note. They will leave expensive packages at my doorstep for hours when no one is home at all. They usually deliver from 10-4 on work days when no one can possibly be home. On top of that, they want to charge me $7 to reschedule a delivery.

    Their pick-up facility doesn't work on weekends so if you want to pick it up, you have to drive to their facility which is 10 miles away on a work day. I just called about a package I missed Friday, because I was at work, and the note said that they would try again on Monday, but their trucks are making deliveries right outside my window. When I asked why they didn't try today, when they are clearly making deliveries today, I was basically brushed off and when I asked where I could file a complaint, I was directed generally to their website. They've also lost packages, or simply forgot to deliver them for weeks, until I called and complained. The only way to get any results at all is to yell and scream and fight your way up the manager. Don't be surprised if you get hang up a few times along the way too.

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    Reviewed July 7, 2012

    UPS left my packages on the side of my house on the ground instead of putting them on my front porch. I am very upset about this action. FedEx always puts my packages on my porch.

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    Staff

    Reviewed July 5, 2012

    UPS drivers poorly trained - Until recently (the last 5 months), deliveries via UPS were great, and now it’s a nightmare. UPS drivers have lost the ability to find my house on a dead end street. I know they have gotten lost because I have sat on my stoop for 8 hours waiting while the driver plugged into his computer that I was not available. These drivers come out of Secaucus, NJ and I have lived here for 20 years. I am a handicapped person and need medical supplies delivered. Please fix this!

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed June 26, 2012

    My daughter befriended a UPS worker. He bragged about how he "popped boxes" to see what was in them and even took things out that he wanted. He told about how he and other workers covered for a high school buddy that was stealing drugs from boxes. He said he was then thinking of turning his friend in because when he was questioned about the incident by bosses, they told him there was a reward for someone to snitch. He also bragged about how he hurt his shoulder on the job, but it was previously hurt from training horses. But he was going to sue UPS for $15-$20,000. Since he and my daughter have parted, we have used UPS 4-6 times and have received popped boxes all but one time.

    We were ordering an item last week, but decided against it because that UPS was the only company to deliver the item and we do not want our items tampered with, stolen nor snooped in. It was a bad breakup and even though he slept in our driveway and tapped on my daughter's window to the point that she could not sleep in her bedroom, I did not have him arrested because I did not want to lose his job. I realized now that was the wrong decision. We are now still being controlled because of his lack of character.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 24, 2012

    I went to Granite City Self-Storage Postal Center in Quincy to have 2 bags delivered to my daughter's camp in VT on Monday, June 18, 2012. The driver for UPS only scanned in one of the bags, which was delivered to the camp on Wednesday, June 20, 2012. The other bag was never scanned into the system. UPS tries to say the package is still at the shipper location. The shipper guaranteed me that the package was picked up by the UPS driver who refused to scan it. My daughter needs this package for camp. It is not worth stealing as it has all her bedding and personal hygiene items, but camp is tomorrow. Yes, UPS put a tracer on it, but there are no updates. Where are they looking? I have asked for the issue to be escalated as these are not items that my daughter can wait 8 days to receive, she needs them now.

    I have emailed customer service asking for an escalation as well as a phone call, but am getting no response. I have called customer service 800-742-5877, but can get no updates and no one will escalate the issue. Tracking number is **, but what good does that do when the driver never scanned the bag? How will I know they are taking this seriously?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 21, 2012

    The UPS delivery man failed to deliver a package of medical supplies to me on March 22, 2012, but wrote into the "official" UPS tracking records that he left it at the front door. When I complained, I discovered that the UPS complaint process is extremely flawed because you cannot get to anyone in upper management or UPS corporate offices because all the telephone numbers lead to customer service agents who only can send the complaint back to the drivers and their supervisors. Since the drivers and their supervisors are usually the source of the problem, to begin with, it is an endless loop of frustration, incompetency and vindictiveness. I agree with all of the complaints I have been reading here, and I wonder how they get away with it and stay in business. I wonder why some government regulatory agency like the Federal Trade Commission has not intervened on behalf of consumers.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2012

    I went in to UPS at 6:37pm. The location is 1128 Royal Palm Beach blvd, Royal Palm Beach, Florida 33411. The man working is **. He assured me that this would go out Saturday by 12 noon. I called on Monday and found out it did not get sent on Saturday and they claim it got sent today on Monday but the tracking number they gave me isn't in their system. Then I talked to a person named ** and he said that the girl that brings their mail over to the post office had said that the line is too long. He will bring over on Monday and I can pick my stamp receipt on Tuesday at 8:30. This is legal mail. I had no idea that UPS is a franchise so there is no way you can really put in a real complaint but I assure you I will contact my attorney concerning this matter to see how legal this company is and the way they handle legal mail.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 16, 2012

    I sent a package on 12 June 2012 from Brooklyn, NY, to my daughter to San Francisco, CA. I chose the option of 3 days’ service because this package had to be delivered on Friday, 15 June 2012, not earlier. UPS made a first delivery attempt on 13 June 2012 and nobody was there. Another attempt was made on 14 June 2012 and they left a notice both times. On Friday morning, 15 June 2012, my daughter signed a notice and stuck it at the front door so the UPS driver could leave the package. And the UPS driver did not leave a package and left a notice about third and final attempt. I tried to contact UPS customer service and told them about their fall but the UPS representative was absolutely not helpful and did not want to cooperate at all. As a result, my package has not been delivered and my daughter did not receive a very important stuff.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 15, 2012

    Very similar to last post. My son shipped 2 boxes from PA. One required a signature. They tried to deliver at 2 pm the first day, no card was left. After checking tracking status, I called my son and asked him to place hold so we could go to the Dallas location and pick up. It took them over 12 hours to update the tracking status. They tried to deliver again to the wrong address and it was refused. I was standing right outside the house they attempted to deliver to and questioned the driver to the possibility it might be my package. The driver never asked my name, stated the name on the package, just said it wasn't mine and turned around. Fifteen minutes later, my tracking status showed delivery was refused. Instead of checking the status themselves to see a hold had been placed on it, they returned it to PA. Second package? It's lost!! Don't use UPS!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed June 8, 2012

    I had a package being delivered by UPS. They attempted the first time at 1:00 in the afternoon when I am always at work. When I realized this, I went to the website to see what my options were. I signed up for "My Choice" which stated I could change the time of delivery. But even after signing up, that option was never given to me, even hours after the initial sign-up (the site said I would need to wait 90 minutes for the option to appear). When I called customer service to try to find a solution, I was told the sender had set it up so that a signature was required and I couldn't change that (which I later found out was a lie after talking to the sender directly).

    I was also told I couldn't request to have it delivered at a time when I was actually home because that is at the discretion of the driver. So I was told my only options were to pay extra to change the delivery address or go and pick it up at the UPS office - an option that is not available to me since I do not have a working car right now. Basically, customer service told me they were not able to assist me in getting my package because my needs didn't meet with their lack of flexibility. They made a second attempt yesterday at the same time around 1:00 pm and left me a note; then they made a third attempt today again at 1:00 pm. Common sense would say that if a person isn't home twice during a time when most people are at work, they're not going to be there a third day at the same time since they're probably at work.

    I cannot take time off work just to wait on the UPS man. They are paid to provide a service and accommodate me, not vice-versa. The delivery driver apparently will not deviate from his route at all to accommodate customers to ensure they get their packages - the very job he is paid to do. My package was returned to the sender today. I called the sender who was very helpful and agreed to resend it to me at another address, at no extra charge, and this time they will be using FedEx. They will also be advising their shipping department of my experience with UPS and tell them not to use them in the future. I'm the person who does all of the shipping in my organization and I will not ever use UPS because of experiences such as this one. I've ordered many things to be sent to my home and have never had a problem before now because they've always been delivered by FedEx.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 8, 2012

    My name is Mr. Sheldon **. I was leaving Job Corps for good and was having three packages sent to me by Job Corps to **, a location that is accessible. These three packages were not sent to this address. Instead, I received a post card stating that my address is inaccessible and that I can call 1-800-8771719 or take the post card and a government issued photo ID as requirement and pick it up before June 05, 2012 at the UPS Store in Brooksville, which is too far for me. So, I called the number and explained at in fact my area is accessible and that Brooksville is too far for me and I got a customer service lady resend it to my address. She informed me that it would be arriving on June 04, 2012, but when it was the 4th, I still had not received my packages yet. So, I called the number again and asked about the packages. I found out that my first package got sent to someone else and the other two was returned back to sender.

    I'm very upset with this service. One of my packages is missing due to this problem in service as far as my location, there is absolutely no reason or excuse for why the UPS truck can't make it to my house. I'm upset displease with how I was handled and I expect this to improve because I don't appreciate how I was treated. Thank you.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed June 7, 2012

    I ordered some business cards from Zazzle.com, which uses UPS for shipping. On a Thursday night, I received a phone call from UPS claiming a driver had just been to my home but that I was not there. He claimed that he had blown his horn due to my dogs being outside but that no one would come out. I was home, and no driver had been here. I let the lady on the phone know that he had not been to my house, but she claimed he had. So, the package was supposed to be delivered the next day, and again, there's no package. He claimed he tried 3 times, when in fact, he never showed up the first time.

    So on the next Monday, I tried to call the Frederickburg, VA shipping hub which a customer is unable to do since they have that number unlisted. I could only call the customer support line, which is in some other state. And the lady I spoke to there informed me I would have to drive to them to get the package. I told her they were paid to ship to my house and I was not doing their job. She then said she would have them redelivered the next day and would note the problem with the driver's supervisor.

    The next day, again, there's no package; and when I called the main number again I was informed that she did nothing and did not even note the account and that if I wanted my package, I would have to drive to the UPS place to pick them up. Again, I told them that I paid for them to ship to my door, not me having to drive 15+ miles to pick up the cards. After talking to that person, I asked to speak to a manager, who claimed she would have the manager of Frederickburg UPS call me the next morning by 10am. Well, guess what, there's no call and no package. I will not use UPS again, and if the company I'm buying from cannot ship FedEx or USPS, I guess I don't need to do business with that company.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed June 2, 2012

    They said they would deliver by 7:15 p.m. on June 3, 2012. I waited all day, and then half a day on Saturday; still, no product. The product (emergency food) could mean that someone in my family would go hungry, at the very least, or starve to death in a severe emergency. This is a crime, and needs to be addressed, with severe measures. There is no, no logical reason for an organization as big as UPS to drop the ball, and then not even have the courtesy to call, to say they would deliver the product soon. If it were the CEO'S food, I bet it would be delivered on time.

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    Customer ServiceCoverage

    Reviewed June 2, 2012

    Broken Wedgewood antique dish/major hole in the box - I received a box from NY from my husband. He took it to a UPS shipper there. When the box was received (2 boxes), they were extremely damaged. One had a hole in it. UPS took the box and broken dish for inspection. They returned the box at the front door when we were not home and scribbled on it, "Inspection done." So now, we have no idea what was going on. No one has contacted us and the UPS shipper in NY wants a picture of the plate and written value for it. Why? You took the box and the broken plate, and examined it and gave no response to us.

    We insured that box for $300 and now we are told we need proof of value and had to send the shipper a picture of the plate. I don't understand what kind of game they are playing with me for a dish that is 75 years old and unavailable for purchase. It does not have a $ value. I really need some help here for I will take them to small claims court if I have to. This treatment and non-concern for my loss is unacceptable and someone will answer for it.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed June 2, 2012

    We waited all afternoon yesterday for a package that required a signature. At about 6 pm, we went up to the tracking site only to learn that they had been here and no one was home. No UPS notice was left on the door. The purchase was quite expensive. I called the company to tell them that we had waited all afternoon. The package was delivered today and the delivery person lied and was quite surly when he said he wasn't the person who drove yesterday. We checked our front door all day today and mysteriously, the notice was put there before the UPS truck arrived that a delivery had been attempted yesterday. We will now use FedEx.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2012

    On May 15, 2012, I sent a package to NYC using the UPS store at 341 College Rd. Wilmington, NC 28403. It was sent as first class letter and was never delivered to the recipient. I was told there was nothing that could be done. It can't be tracked if UPS sent it by postal service. I have been given the runaround. I am out $11 I paid and price of merchandise I sent. I have a strong feeling my package was stolen by the UPS store and never went out to be delivered. I desperately need help in resolving this matter.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2012

    On March 30, I had 9 packages sent from Canada to the USA. Upon receiving my package, I notice that the box was taped heavy, which I figure was done by customs. The package contained a computer tower plus the inner components. Doing my inspection, I notice immediate damage to the tower itself in several places - front, back, and side. I then called UPS International to advise of the damage. That was on April 26, 2012. I have been fighting with the Canada Claim department since I have about 10 extension numbers, and no one wants to take responsibility for what I was told. I was told by Agent (Shana) that I would get $100.00. I am now being told that I will not get a dime from UPS, because they don't have to give me anything. Is this fair? I'm glad I did not ask for $1000?

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed May 23, 2012

    I used our UPS account number to ship a small pallet of goods. Standard going rate was $300 to $400. UPS is attempting to collect $2,100 and threatening to take the matter to collections if we do not pay the demanded price. I spoke to two individuals on a conference call and we all agreed that UPS would make an adjustment and bill the shipment at a fair rate. The collections people at UPS refuse to contact their own people to verify this conversation. I agreed to pay a fair price and UPS will not accept a reasonable payment when offered. UPS has also threatened to revoke my existing terms for payment for parcel delivery service after twelve years of doing business.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed May 21, 2012

    I bought some phones from Letstalk.com and they had the bad idea of shipping the phones by UPS. In the past, I would just call UPS and ask them to reroute the package to my office address (due to the fact that most of us have to work and won't be at home when the package arrives). You don't want to hear about the nightmare I have lived for the past week or so. Not only did UPS refuse to reroute my packages but they charged me some $40 promising that if I did that, I could change the address online. Big lie! After they took the $40 immediately from my checking account, they said they could not do that because of shipper's restrictions. So, I was stupid enough to go to the UPS center located in Edison, NJ, only they did not know where the package was, and the UPS who was giving out the packages (who had a terrible attitude, was slow as heck, and had major communication problems) told me she didn't even know when the truck was due back. She told me this when it was past 9:30 pm on a Thursday evening.

    That same night, I called UPS to complain. They said, "A supervisor will call you on Monday morning." That supervisor did call, but was yelling at me without even letting me explain the situation. She was so moody even; she said she was going to return my package to the shipper right away and not four days later, as stated by UPS this whole time the situation was going on. If you can, please avoid this shipper unless you want to put your customers on a hellish trip to nowhere. On a side note, I never got my phones.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2012

    Teller lost my debit card! - I just went through the drive-thru teller of my local Chase branch because their ATM machine was not working again. She asked me to send my debit card and picture ID, which I did. She sent me a withdrawal slip for me to sign for the $100 I said I wanted, which I did. Then she sent me the money and my picture ID back, but no debit card. I asked her to send it to me and she said, "It's in the tube". I said, "Actually, it isn't. That's why I'm calling you." She went, "I put it there." I told her, "It isn't here." She then said, "I'll just get you another debit card." No horror at having lost a card from here to there. No apology. I became very upset. Did I mention it is Friday morning, and I won't have access to cash the whole weekend? The supervisor finally came and apologized, and in the course of trying to explain the unexplainable, she said perhaps the card went into another tube to another customer. Doesn't that make you feel that they really know what they are doing?

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 17, 2012

    I suggest everyone to never use UPS at all. This is the second time they lied, tried to deliver and none. A few years ago, I found my package in the lobby. I complained to them. How come this happen and I had my passport in the package? They apologized, blah blah. Now after few years, I am traveling soon and expecting very important documents, birth certificate. etc. The driver first went to the wrong home. Then when I called them, they indicated they notified the driver and a local person called me from the local office here in Calgary. She was extremely rude, raising her voice on me, cutting me, etc. She said a third attempt was made, but that's impossible because my wife was at home. So UPS is a liar, disgusting and they have very rude people. Never ever will I use their service. Please don't use it.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 16, 2012

    I was on a bike riding home and a UPS driver was not looking where he was going and almost ran over me. I was lucky enough to be able to miss him. But the jerk decided to then yell at me for being in his way! I wish there was some place to complain that will get some results, as it is very dangerous to be on the road with some drivers. They should be more aware of their surroundings as it is Bike to Work week!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed May 14, 2012

    This is the worst customer service company I have ever had a displeasure of dealing with and I will do my best to never use them in the future. In fact, I will do my best to avoid purchasing anything if it is delivered by UPS. The company arbitrarily decides a package requires a signature and won't accept a signature unless it is in person. Well guess what UPS, people work and aren't home. It is absurd. Even though I am willing to take the risk and have it delivered without me being there in person and with me just putting my signature on the notice, they left. They won't leave the package. No one is going to take it and they could easily deliver it to our backdoor where there is no chance of anyone coming to steal it. They also won't tell you what time a package will be delivered. I had to find someone to be at home all day waiting and then the UPS agent didn't ring the doorbell and just left the ticket to state they were going for the third attempt the next day. I just want to scream!

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    Reviewed May 7, 2012

    Insured package damaged during shipping, insurance claim denied - I shipped a custom guitar amplifier to a customer. The item was packed and inspected by UPS clerk at the Colorado Springs Depot. It was insured by UPS for $1,500 and shipped to Huntington Beach, CA. The package was left at the residence without receipt. The customer reported the item damaged and requested a full refund. The item was insured by UPS and a claim was filed. It was denied by UPS claiming the packaging error.

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    Staff

    Reviewed May 2, 2012

    I had a package from Apple Computer sent to me via UPS. Delivery was scheduled for between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. At 2:20 p.m., I noticed a sticker on my front door saying a delivery attempt had been made. The fact is that 4 people were at home and a car was in the driveway. Despite this, the driver did not ring the doorbell or knock on the door. The driver just walked up and placed an "attempt to deliver" sticker on my door. After a call to the national 800 number, we got a call back that we could meet the driver in an industrial area if we could get there in 2 minutes. We did, but this is terrible service. I will make every effort to never do business with UPS again. They do give fair warning as they have named their company "oops".

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed April 25, 2012

    I shipped a package from MD to SC with a used laptop that was like a new computer to my grandson. I originally purchase the HP Mini from Verizon on their 2-year plan and it only costs $200, so I insured it for $200. This would not be possible to replace for that amount, but I am honest and have documentation for that order. The package was tracked delivered at the door of my recipient and I notified her to look outside. The recipient was home and said she had not seen UPS and no package was delivered.

    I opened a claim and UPS went through their process and I faxed documents that proved what I was claiming. After a week and a half, I am told that their policy is not to issue a claim if the package is released. So I have to go by the UPS driver's word that he delivered the package to the right address and lose out on what I had to spend to replace this computer that was a gift to my grandson. Another incident occurred in MD and the UPS driver scanned a delivery to my resident on the wrong tracking number and insisted that I was keeping the wrong package. It was what I ordered and the package showed up in PA. So drivers make mistakes, but the consumer suffers. I will not use UPS again.

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    StaffReliability

    Reviewed April 25, 2012

    I have lived here for 6 years and I can say that the UPS service is the worst I have ever experienced. I have a sign posted at the front doorbell that says, "UPS and FedEx, please deliver to back door! Do not leave packages at this door". It is the same distance to the back door. My front door is not used because the hardware is defective and I have had packages go missing there. Most UPS drivers are very considerate, but occasionally, a driver will throw the package on the top step of the front porch and I will not know it's there. Much of my orders are perishable if left in the sun, which is a big problem if left at the front door.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed April 24, 2012

    This is my second complaint against UPS. I received a UPS notice on Monday, 4/23/12, stating that no one was home to collect my package, so I called and spoke with a supervisor who asked me to sign the back of the form and leave an alternative bell for the driver to ring, which I did. I got home early today (4/24/2012) and observed another notice on my downstairs door. I quickly contacted UPS by phone and spoke with an agent and asked her what is the problem with UPS ringing bells and leaving my packages with my neighbor's who are expecting it. I was told that it was up to the driver's discretion and that they did not have to adhere to my instructions on the back of the slip. I then asked her what is the purpose of filling it out if they (UPS) do not follow it. I now had to put my package on hold, take time off from work to go and get it because they are not open on the weekends and they do not have a late night for pickups. Something needs to be done against UPS for they are the worst company I have dealt with in a long time. I would prefer to go to the post office. I may have to stand on line for a while, but at least I am guaranteed to get my package.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed April 23, 2012

    UPS Claim Fraud - denial of legitimate claim: I have been through this song and dance with UPS claims before, so I knew from the beginning what I was in for. Previously, I shipped items when I was an employee of a big company, and they would not spend the time and energy to appeal this claims process that UPS and Crawford Insurance wants you to go through. However, I am now self employed, and I am going to go the distance on this just on principle alone. Enough is enough. We need national exposure on this scam, and ultimately a class action lawsuit as this is a clear cut case of defrauding the customer. This is because UPS and Crawford Insurance conspire to either deny every claim, or undervalue every claim. It is a conspiracy to defraud and needs to be prosecuted as such, both at the criminal level, and civil process.

    I prepared two shipping labels where I paid for the insurance at an amount that was clearly under what it would take to replace the items if lost or damaged. And, I was fully willing to accept that amount when UPS lost my package. However, Crawford Insurance, as usual undervalued my claim, and did not "make me whole" as required under the law. Then they jump you through hoops when you try to appeal the decision in hopes you will just go away, and most people do. That's why they get away with it.

    I finally get a return call from a supervisor with Crawford & Co. by the name of Tiffany with a caller ID of UPSC **. She was snotty sounding from the start and talked down to me like I was stupid. (I'm not by the way). She tried explaining that this was not insurance that I purchased, but rather "declared value". (semantics). This person sounded like she is like 12 years old. I declared the value of that package at only $195 (trying to be fair and reasonable) even though the items could never be replaced for $195. Crawford went ahead and processed a payment for like $101 total! I was given the amount over the phone, and have not received the check yet.

    My total claim amount was only $231.59 which I was fully willing to accept, but now, that offer is off the table. I reside and do business in Florida, which to the best of my knowledge (from past experience) is a "make whole" state which means they are required to pay me at least the declared value or they must actually replace what I lost. I am now going for nothing less than full replacement of my lost items, as that cannot be done for less than $1000. These idiots think that just because I paid a certain amount for something, that is all they are required to pay. The part these mental midgets cannot comprehend is that the lost items cannot be replaced for what I paid for them.

    Buyer beware! When you purchase insurance from UPS, you need to understand that they have no intention of paying you the declared value that you are paying for. I must now proceed against the seller on eBay on this although he did nothing wrong, just so there is another party involved against UPS. Although, I purchased the UPS labels on my UPS account and sent them to the seller, that makes me the shipper, legally. These lowlife already tried using that angle, "Well, you are not the shipper." Wrong!

    Crawford & Co./Crawford Insurance/UPS will do whatever they can to get out of paying a legitimate claim. These arrogant fools are willing to go to court and possibly have a legal precedent set over a measly $130! How stupid is that! We really do need a class action lawsuit on this of every single person who has ever been shorted on a claim with UPS or any claim that Crawford every processed and shorted. Any lawyers out there want to tackle this? If not, I have enough experience to prepare and file my own complaint and it will be filed in Federal court. It will be filed against UPS as they are the ones who actually lost my items, and then they can deal with Crawford so they can see how they like it!

    I printed the labels on 3/19/2012. The eBay seller dropped them at a UPS store on 3/26/2012 in Edison, NJ. My package never made it past that location as per the tracer. On 3/31/2012, UPS declared the package lost and this nightmare claim process began.

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    Reviewed April 21, 2012

    My mother sent me a laptop that was insured and according to my mother, a signature was required. The UPS driver comes to my apartment complex and leaves the laptop in front of the door. My mother stated that it would be delivered on Wednesday, 4-18-2012. Thursday, I contacted her and she went to the UPS store in OH that shipped the package to NC. They stated the package was delivered at 3:08 PM, Wednesday, 4-18. I was not home at work at the time. Now, they are investigating, which could take up to 8 days trying to figure out why the idiot would just leave an insured, signature required laptop in front of my door.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2012

    I just received a package; my package showed up with broken glass in it. The delivery guy dropped the package off and ran before we could stop him. I want this replaced.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2012

    On May 13, 2011, I shipped a $400 AV receiver to Atlanta for repair due to electrical storm. I purchased insurance for the value of the unit at the cost of $10. Several days later, I got a call from the repair facility that the package had arrived and when they opened it, they could tell that it had been dropped from a good height and the area that you plug the components into was dented and damaged. They would not work on the unit and informed me that I needed to file a claim with UPS. After filing the claim, I received notice that UPS was denying my claim as they felt the box that I used for shipping was not of the correct thickness. I have had numerous calls to the UPS Store that I shipped the AV Receiver from and they told me today that they were not going to pay and that I could come pick up the package.

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    Reviewed April 20, 2012

    I placed an order from ShopNBC and it was mailed out on 4/12/2012. A first attempt was made to my home on 4/16/12 at 4:03 pm. UPS claims that no one was available to receive the package. A second attempt was made on 4/17/12 at 11:17 am. Again, UPS says that no one was available. A 3rd attempt was made on 4/18/12 at 3:32 pm. Again, they claimed no one was available. Another attempt was made on 4/19/12 at 2 pm. Again, they claim no was available. Each time I would put the UPS slip back out on the front door informing them on who to leave the package with and what bell. I would have a minimum of 3 contacts who were expecting my delivery. I have been contacting UPS since Tuesday, 4/17/12, about their drivers and was given lame excuses.

    I even went so far as to put another note on the door in big letters so that they would be able to read it. Each person who was asked to look out for my packages were home on those dates mentioned above. This is not the first time this has happened to me. This appears to be an ongoing thing with UPS when it comes to my packages. I even spoke with a supervisor and reminded him about the clips I saw on the news about their drivers not delivering packages and instead tossing them over fences. My package is being sent back to the shipper because of UPS’ gross negligence and dereliction of duty. UPS needs to be held accountable for their actions or should I say non-actions.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 20, 2012

    Thursday 4:30 PM Alderwood Road, Walnut Creek, a private road. UPS vehicle, license ending in ** was speeding down this tiny road. He may have been upset as he had to wait a minute for a car to clear the path as it is a single lane, but grossly over-reacted if this was the case. Many children and pets adorn this country road and he needs to dramatically reduce his speed. This is highly unusual as most drivers are very courteous and respectful.

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    Reviewed April 19, 2012

    In January of this year, I was returning a large package to the company I purchased it from. I was issued a RMA from UPS. The first time UPS attempted to pick up, I was not home so they left a "UPS InfoNotice". The InfoNotice indicated there would be two more attempts. The second day UPS attempted to pick up, I was at home waiting for UPS to pick up. I checked the front door and there was a "UPS InfoNotice" marked "Final Attempt".

    I called UPS to inform them of this and the customer service representative (or person claiming to be a customer service representative) basically said there was nothing they could do and I would have to bring the item to UPS to be shipped or get a new return authorization. I asked to speak to a supervisor. He told me that because I live near an industrial area where UPS does a lot of deliveries and pickups, they did not have the time to deal with my return item.

    I made it very clear that the second day, I was home and it was not a third attempt! UPS made it clear they had no concerns and that the driver was accurate in that it was a third attempt - and even if it was - I was home! This has happened before and this is the first time I have made a complaint. The recurrence of this is obviously a pattern of conduct on the part of UPS to make one attempt at delivery/pick up and then the heck with the customer.

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    Reviewed April 19, 2012

    I had a package being sent from China to California San Jose. It took a week to be delivered and in the end, it was delivered to the wrong address, in Ontario! Nowhere close to San Jose. I made so many calls and talked to so many representatives, they didn't tell me about the truth of the wrong delivery until I found out and confronted them about it. It was an urgent package, and so the UPS said they will have the Ontario group contact me within an hour and see how it's going to be taken care of. I waited till 4pm, and called back, and they said they couldn't get a hold of the Ontario group, so I have to wait until tomorrow morning. When I demanded to talk to the supervisor/manager, they put me on hold for 20 minutes, made me call back again, super mad!

    In the end, UPS changed what they said and told me that the package is in custom hold. OK, if it is in custom hold, why is my tracking number showing as "Delivered" on the website and was signed by a complete stranger?! So after the whole day, I considered my package as lost and guess what, UPS is not going to be responsible for this at all, fantastic. I waited a whole week for this package, and will be on business trip for a month.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 18, 2012

    Who may I contact concerning employees of agencies UPS and the U.S. postal service who take it upon themselves to use their positions to target certain people by tampering, destroying, stealing or deliberately "misdirecting" their personal property? I have long complained of this sordid matter and have documented this problem only to have it ignored. So now they feel free and justified in these criminal acts. I have no dealings with these or any other that can even be misconstrued as any justification for this. Who do I contact? I wish to make a formal complaint in person to address this problem. Those appointed to combat these affronts turn a blind eye to it.

    I was at the shipping address all day on both days noted here. Also, I received a package for my son on Tuesday and the delivery man had only that 1 package. No others. The tracking info on the package I signed for was timed and dated only minutes before the 1 they claimed was refused. I need to address this problem and would appreciate being put in contact with those with jurisdiction over UPS and USPS ASAP, please. Thank you.

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    Reviewed April 17, 2012

    My accountant used UPS to overnight our taxes which also included all the documentation they needed to do the taxes. My husband was going out of town so we needed them expedited so he could review them, sign the necessary papers and fax them back to the accountant to be e-filed. The delivery was slated for a Saturday morning delivery. I waited at home and by 2 p.m., when the package hadn't arrived, I called the accountant and got the tracking number and started tracking the package. On their website, I saw that the package supposedly had been delivered to my front door at 10:12 a.m. This was now at 3 p.m. and I had been home the entire day but the package hadn't been delivered to me. As you can imagine, I was very upset. All our information that anyone would ever need to wipe us out financially was in that package. My accountant called UPS and spoke to someone, only to be told that since it was Saturday they had all gone home for the day. I was beside myself and my husband was really angry at UPS and their unwillingness to help us with this potential disaster they had created.

    About 2 hours later - around 5pm - a neighbor knocked on my door with the missing package. Evidently, the driver had delivered it to the wrong address and then lied, saying he had delivered it to my address. My door has large, easy-to-read numbers on it. My neighbor - whom I had only met once - as I discovered, has a dark screen door and the numbers are barely visible.

    So not only did the driver do a careless job, he lied. Is this the kind of service UPS wants to provide? Aren't they liable for this kind of mishandling of packages? I thought it was bad enough when they've left big packages at my front gate - not inside the gate and didn't carry them up a short flight of steps to my front door - just dumped them - but this has to be illegal. And if it isn't, shouldn't it be?

    And given the significance of the material in the package, the driver should at the very least be severely reprimanded if not fired. What company can have an employee who is that careless and lies about it? I'm not a vindictive person. I just don't want anyone else to go through what we went through and if I don't speak up, it'll happen again. The next time, the person might not have such honest neighbors and they could be completely financially wiped out.

    I, of course, have contacted UPS customer service. They seemed appropriately upset at what had happened. They assured me they would contact the supervisor of the driver. But it's 4 days later and a call with excuses for not being able to reach the supervisor isn't good enough. I guess they don't care enough and so now I'm going to make a lot of noise. I don't want anyone else to have to go through what we went through. It's not acceptable and UPS has a serious problem that needs to be fixed.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2012

    Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at FAG Bearings in Stratford, Ontario approximately noon, UPS driver sitting at customer. I came in and parked 25 feet ahead of small UPS van. A younger driver came around me, showed me the finger, turned around, came back toward me very close, opened window part way and shouted the ** word long for a few times. I asked him what was the problem several times and he would not reply. The young reddish hair male then drove away. I called my employer. FedEx freight said I threatened him. Not true. Your driver instigated the whole matter, where I was fired. Legal action is in the process for all parties connected. I demand a reply on his status.

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    Reviewed April 16, 2012

    This is probably the 3rd or 54th time this has happened. The UPS Package arrived in the country 5 days ago. It has not yet been delivered and the website has numerous erroneous messages saying office closed and so on. The last time I had a series of this issue with Aramex, I scrapped them off of the vendor list. I hope this doesn't become a habit with UPS.

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    Reviewed April 15, 2012

    I recently ordered cosmetics and UPS happen to be my carrier. I had never had a problem receiving packages before but this time it went totally wrong. I was home awaiting my package, and no one ever showed up, although they claim they left it at my front door! The tracking emailed claim they left it at 11:40, and I was sitting at my computer desk, which isn't four steps away from my door. I tried to get in contact with UPS. I even filed a claim, and they canceled my package search because I could not contact the shipper. I believe that that would be their responsibility, not mine. I am very upset by this. I'm young and I work very hard for things that I purchase. So who are they to misplace my package, and not even try to replace it? Fortunately, I am prepared to take legal action.

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    Reviewed April 12, 2012

    In the last few weeks, I have received two shipments from UPS. I was at home when a thump occurred at my front door. Opening the door, I found a box inside a large plastic bag. It was raining, so the driver threw the bag to the door. Inside, the antique German beer mug was shattered. I reported the damage to UPS. The UPS demand was that I return the damaged box and beer mug to the original shipper location, so that they could examine the package to determine if it was properly wrapped. It was wrapped in bubble plastic. The breakage came as a result of improper handling. The second shipment was in a like manner--improperly handled, tearing open the outer and inter boxes. In this case, the wooden drawers were mounted on Styrofoam blocks, so the case had a small scratch. I need the German beer mug repaired by a competent restorer.

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    Reviewed April 9, 2012

    I'm fed up and tired of using UPS as my sole delivery service. They lose packages and deny any responsibility. Then, the package shows up months later disproving all their claims and inaction. The UPS stores are also horrible by refusing to give out receipt for my pre-paid and labeled packages. Read Google Places for the UPS Store # 2947. The rest is pretty explanatory and thankfully I'm not alone in my posting.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceReliability

    Reviewed April 6, 2012

    I purchased a new, powerful, gaming computer with $3,000 chipped in from my family because I'm disabled and they know computer gaming is what gets me through the days. I had trouble with it from day 1, but I was a trooper and tried to work through it. But the problems worsened, and on Dec. 9, 2011, I packaged it up and shipped it back to the company I had purchased it from, and purchase insurance for the full cost of the computer so that it cost me over $150 to ship. In my opinion, the computer company is partly to blame because it was apparent that they didn't do any quality control (they were so busy at the time of purchase they offered a 5% discount to those willing to have their new orders placed at the end of the line) and if they hadn't sent me a defective computer, I never would have had to ship it back in the first place.

    Dec. 16, 2011, I get an email from the computer company saying the package had arrived, but badly damaged. And I should make a claim. Making a claim was an adventure in itself, but I won't go into that here. I was told that in late Dec. UPS had inspected the package and they would likely deny the claim due to improper packaging. I packaged it in the exact same box it arrived in and I even added extra foam on the top because I was concerned about it having room to move up and down. Included with the email informing me of the damage were several pictures. The top of the box at some point had been completely opened and resealed with a clear, plastic tape (I used good ole industrial strength duct tape when I sealed it).

    The outside case of the computer was badly damaged, and broken into pieces. The internal frame - hard steel frame - was bent in three places. It is apparent to me that the machine fell out of the box at some significant distance and hit the floor. It had to be a pretty significant distance because otherwise I don't think it would've bent the internal steel frame in three places.

    The computer company at first started to assess the damage, and claimed the only thing they could see damaged was the case, as it turned on and worked upon putting it back together and trying it. But then they just stopped touching it, saying it was a mistake and against company policy for them to touch it until my claim with UPS was settled.

    It is now almost April 9. Four months have gone by and I haven't had access to a $3,000 computer that I own and paid for. And UPS has still not made an offer of what they're going to cover or not cover. After initially being told my claim would likely be denied due to improper packaging, I began posting daily on the computer companies forums at how wrong all this was. Apparently, it had an effect because a month or so ago, I was told UPS re-inspected the package and were likely going to compensate me, but for the case only, although I still haven't even gotten official confirmation of that.

    So, I lose access to a $3,000 computer that I own for at least 4 months and who knows how many more, and if and when I get it back, the only thing that will be replaced is the outside case when the inside components obviously took blows that no computer components are manufactured to withstand and I'll get to stress every day forward wondering when those components will fail as a result of those blows even though one couldn't "see" any visual evidence of damage at the time. And when those parts fail, I would be 100% responsible for them. All of these even though none of it were my fault. I can't even put into words how angry I am, how depressed I am, and how badly I'm doing because I don't have my gaming computer to help get me through the days. This is wrong, period.

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    Process

    Reviewed April 6, 2012

    I mailed a package containing a pillow I had made from one of my deceased mother's garments to my sister. The pillow, which weighed less than one pound, was delivered to an unsheltered side entrance at their home on an extremely windy day. The package blew away and after an extensive search of the area, was found approximately 1/2 mile from their home. I attempted several methods to contact UPS to discuss my disappointment with the failure of the employee who delivered the package to assure that it was safely protected from the elements. The process to lodge a complaint is unwieldy and really nonexistent. I requested a refund of at least a portion of my shipping fees and was denied.

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    Staff

    Reviewed April 4, 2012

    UPS informed Staples that my package was delivered at front door on step. This is the information that Staples provided me about my delivery. The information UPS has is that the package was delivered. No location was given by the driver. My package was put on top of my car on the hood and put a large gouge on the paint. I contacted Staples about this and told them that I will never purchase from them again if they use UPS. I told them I want USPS only for all deliveries. Now, if Staples wants money from me, they must ship my orders via USPS or they will not get my money. I will not purchase from any company who uses UPS for my shipments.

    It is the company's prerogative to ship my orders the way I want or to not get my money. I will not, under any circumstances, give my money to any company that will not ship my order via USPS. This is how I will address my distaste for UPS and its gross negligence and unconscionable dishonesty. UPS is a company without any ethical standard. I am also filing a small claims action in California. If we, the consumers, want to fight against unethical, dishonest, crooked companies, we need to inform them that we will not allow it anymore. No more money to anyone who uses UPS. Lawsuits in small claims court where there is evidence of wrongdoing and damage is very appropriate. If the consumer continues to purchase from companies who use UPS, that consumer is not real credible.

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    CoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 29, 2012

    On March 19, 2012, UPS made an initial attempt to deliver a package I had ordered on March 14, 2012. At the time, I did not hear the knock on the door and missed the delivery. A delivery notice was left, indicating the next delivery attempt was to be made between 1000 and 1400 on March 20, 2012. I signed the delivery notice and included instructions to only deliver to the rear door or knock loudly for front door delivery if rear door delivery was not possible and post it on the front door. Having worked the previous night, I slept until 1300. I awoke and checked for the package, which had not yet been delivered. At approximately 1530, I utilized the UPS website to track the package and discovered that the item was delivered to the front door at 1435. I was surprised because I had not heard a knock or seen the delivery person at the back of the house during the afternoon. I checked the front door, back door, back courtyard, and spoke with my neighbors to see if they had accepted the package for me. Unfortunately, the package could not be located.

    I called UPS’ tracer department and explained the problem and was directed to contact the sender to initiate a tracer. UPS later called to notify me that the driver would be stopping by on one of the upcoming days to investigate the lost package. On March 22, 2012, at 1535, the driver stopped by my home, had me sign a paper stating I did not receive the package and then left. He stated that UPS would not cover the loss because I had signed the paper, despite the instructions not being followed. He failed to show me where the package was left on March 20, 2012.

    I called the UPS tracer department to express my frustration with the driver and my concern that little, if any, information could have been gleaned from his visit. UPS informed me that the tracer had been closed with no claim issuance at approximately 1018 that morning. They included that the driver contributed notes to the tracer at approximately 0953, stating that he had left the package at the back door as instructed. The tracer has been reopened twice since and promptly closed with no resolution. The back door is only accessible through a locked gate, in which only residents and delivery personnel have access. UPS has failed to acknowledge the discrepancy between the logged front door delivery on March 20, 2012 and the driver's rear door deliver claims on March 22, 2012. There has been no resolution made at this time.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 29, 2012

    I purchased book on 3/14. On 3/15, my books were shipped via UPS. I never got any information. I called to the company today and turned out that they shipped it on 3/15. When they tracked via UPS, they told me that they attempted delivery on 3/21 three times and I wasn't available. That's a lie because I never even received yellow sticker to notify that they did attempted the delivery. To keep the story short, UPS promised to call me tonight at 8:30PM to deliver the package.

    I called 1800 number and they told me it's going to be at 11PM. Also, I tracked my package and it shows that I requested my packages to be picked up, which never happened. I'm having problems with UPS since December. Somehow, my package was not delivered and got lost. Since then, I never get packages, they don't deliver and ask me to go and get it myself. This time, there was no notification at all. Poor customer service.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2012

    On March 21, 2012, UPS driver attempted the delivery of my med package, I was not home. He left "UPS InfoNotice", that the package would be delivered on March 22nd, between 2:00-5:00pm. I waited home all day until 9:00pm, no package delivery. On March 24th/8:30am, I called the local UPS center to indicate I will pick up the package because it was not delivered the day before, as stated on notice. Per agent, driver returns to the center/station between 8:00-8:30pm. However, around 4:30pm, I received a call from Bridgett, stating that my package was not on the truck, they will check with driver and call me back. She calls back at 5:00pm, the driver did not have med package, she will have security look for it, and that I should call my doctor to get more medicine and call her back on Monday.

    At 5:30pm, my wife, Loretta called UPS, spoke with Juan who noted that the package is to be picked up by the customer. My wife says, yes, but we received two calls an hour ago that the package cannot be found, it's not on the driver's truck. Loretta asked if he knew the content of package. He said it appears to be some type of medication. Juan's response: "...needs to be delivered today. " Per wife: 'Well it wasn't delivered yesterday and this is why my husband called this morning, stating that he will pick it up tonight. Juan said we will get a call in one hour.

    Okay, at 6:20pm, Candice/supervisor called to confirm that the package is lost, security filed a claim, and we should contact the shipper that the med has been lost, UPS will pay for it. No apologies from anyone at UPS --'oh-well, it was just lost!' In the meantime, this is critical medication that my husband takes on a daily basis and now he's suffering because of someone's negligence, and we have to initiate a resolution! How about this for customer service involving urgent medication? We cannot believe this has happened to us. Today is Friday, and nothing can be done until Monday? The med should have been delivered Thursday, but that day just dropped off the face-of-earth, no UPS documentation as to what happened on this supposedly follow-up delivery and when we indicated pick-up at UPS center, it's conveniently lost! No one is held accountable? It doesn't matter that this med could be a life-saver? I guess it doesn't matter that it's lost --they'll pay the provider or "shipper"! It's not that simple.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2012

    I shipped a Mac Pro Desktop Computer, Valued at $1000 from Calgary, Alberta, to Edmonton, Alberta, and paid for $1000 insurance. When I dropped the package off at the UPS store, I asked the person working if it was sufficiently packaged or if I needed better packaging and was informed the packaging was perfect and the computer would arrive in perfect condition. Well, the next day, the buyer contacted me and said the machine is completely destroyed. So I filed a claim with UPS, it took over a week before UPS contacted the receiver (after I called to see what was taking so long), claiming they didn't have his contact information even though when I filed the claim, it was the first thing they asked for.

    Well, I just had to call UPS again to find out what was going on (another 10 days later) and I was informed that my claim was denied because my package was shipped in my packaging and not on an "UPS Box". Huh?, since when does it matter when shipping an item what brand of cardboard box the item is in? From what I have heard and read on all the forums about UPS, is that they deny every claim until you make a fuss which I am going to do even if it takes me calling them every single day and taking them to court. Word of advice, never use UPS.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2012

    It's obvious shipping with UPS is the worst choice, especially when it comes to business goods. I have received 3 sets of shipments for starting my new business, and each time the package arrived, it looked as though my product had been through chaos. I've had many shipments through other companies, and UPS is by far the worst. Are the workers at UPS this miserable in their lives, such as their service? It shows, UPS does not provide the customer care that is required for business. I refuse to allow my business to be represented by such a deterioration of another business. UPS is off my list of services to use.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2012

    I contracted UPS to deliver me a parcel to South Africa. They lost this parcel within one day and now almost five weeks later, it is gone. I had not support from them only automated replies other than UPS South Africa. Now I have no item no apology or anything. Via their shipper, they have not refunded me. It makes me mad to think you as the customer buy a service on trust only to discover this type of theft of your item. How do you lose a parcel day one and then keep the customer hanging around for 4 weeks. They only started to move a little bit when I complained on Facebook. However, they then cut me off there as well. How does a company like this survive all the negative comments about them? So now I have no parcel and no refund either up to date. This is theft!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2012

    Being in the customer service industry for over fourteen years, I know we unfortunately hear the complaints more often than the good service stories. Please know that 99% of my experience with UPS drivers have been very good, but I wanted to bring to your attention a bad service experience I had with one of your drivers at my place of business this afternoon. A driver named Danny on trailer number ** came to my store for a delivery. I redirected him to have the shipment delivered at our other location, which is a building directly behind the store. UPS has delivered to our other warehouse location many times before and this has never been an issue. The driver made several poor excuses on why he couldn't drive around the parking lot to drop off the shipment. Then he told me if I wanted it delivered to their direct traffic! Locations are in the same parking lot. He did end up delivering it where I wanted it with no problem. I understand the UPS’ drivers work long hours and are on time crunches, but he is in the customer service industry and there is no need to be inconsiderate.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2012

    On several deliveries, my packages were left outside on the ground in front of my building after one ring on my bell and the package was food. On two occasions, my packages were left with someone in the building without my permission. On 3/15/2012, once again he rang my bell once. By the time I got to the bell, he was in the building but he never came to my door. After a few minutes, I called from my window "what happened and where's my package?". He said he left it with some lady, stating on the door it says to leave my packages with her. There is no sign that states that on any door nor did she have my permission to pick up my packages. He was very rude.

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    Customer ServiceCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2012

    I originally sold a guitar to a person in Nashville. I packaged up the guitar like I always do and shipped it UPS and insured it. The customer received the guitar and the box is damaged. It has a punctured hole on the top; something pierced the box and put a chip in my otherwise flawless guitar. The box is also scuffed and damaged. I contacted UPS since I have the guitar insured. They picked up the guitar from the customer in Nashville with the box, but the customer did not have all the packing material I used. He had thrown it out so he packed it in the original box with his packing.

    UPS picked up the guitar the next day. They tell me it could be five days before I hear anything. That's okay. I’ll wait. Two days later, UPS called me and said your claim is denied as it was packaged poorly. So I argued with the girl on the phone from UPS, telling her the box was perfect until UPS got a hold of it. Regardless, she wouldn't hear it. She said it was denied and goodbye. So now I have a damaged guitar, which will cost hundreds to fix. UPS charged me to ship it back to my house and denied my claim. I am so pissed off. And this is hardly the end of it.

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    Reviewed March 20, 2012

    I had researched and found the last OEM Toyota Hitch for my 4 Runner, which was coming out of Toyota Dealership in Las Vegas. The dealership said they shipped it to my body shop in MN, which was packaged secured. The last place the 45lbs hitch was located was in Denver Hub. The label made it to MN, but not the 45lbs piece of steel. How does this happen? They cannot locate this 45lbs hitch, they said it is nowhere to be found. The claim is closed. Unbelievable. How does UPS lose a 45lbs of steel that is an awkward size and shape? I don't understand this. In Denver, a live person from their Revenue Recovery Personnel had scanned this tow hitch. After that scan, there was nothing else. I would like to have more answers as to where my hitch went.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    I have a prepaid package for pick up and called store 2114 and talked to Jeremey who did not want to help or provide any info other than passing the buck by telling me to call the 1-800 number. I personally don’t care if the package ever gets picked up. It’s not mine. I don’t have time to take care of all of my business, let alone someone else’s. But if I was paying Jeremey, he would be looking for a job elsewhere. He’s milking your clock.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed March 19, 2012

    I moved from S. San Francisco to Georgia. Before moving, I shipped stereo equipment in 5 cartons. All were packed with extra care to hopefully protect the fragile contents--corner protectors doubled, shrink wrapped, all were marked "fragile" and "this side up," and all were bound with tape from UPS marked "heavy item." 4 of the cartons arrived; two of them had damaged boxes, and one of them had a big hole in the side. My receiver had parts loose and rattling inside. Regarding the box that did not arrive, after calling UPS to find out where the last box was, I was informed that it was damaged beyond salvage and was discarded by UPS.

    First of all, I don't know what right UPS had to dispose of my property. The items in the box were vintage Yamaha speakers with hardwood cabinets that aren't used in the new speaker enclosures any longer. The closest in value we could find was valued at $599.99. It's insured for $112.00. I was not told about the estimated content value at the UPS store I shipped them from.

    When I contacted UPS about it, they said they would only pay the $112 that the insurance cost and value of contents for the same. In total, my claim will not even cover the cost of new speakers. And like many others, I was given the runaround and told that the reason that they would only pay that much was because there was no declared value upon shipping.

    I will never use UPS again. I contacted a lawyer to find out if I had any recourse. He said yes, but it would cost more to sue than what could be gained. He said to wait for a class action suit and get involved then.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2012

    I took the entire morning off to wait for this package. UPS has done this before, several times. They just stick a notice on your door after a feeble attempt at knocking. In fact, it has happened so many times I have specifically told the driver that my room is at the far end of the house and he has to open the storm door and knock on the door, loudly. The difference is this package was important that I took a half day off to wait for it and subsequently most of the afternoon chasing the driver down. Couldn't you driver figure out the only morning delivery I have had in twenty years might be important. That's in several dozen deliveries.

    The package was for delivery before noon. It was marked signature required, as well as a second package from China being delivered. Only a complete moron would assume nobody was home waiting for the package.

    I called UPS at 8:15 am, 11:55 am (after discovering the notice), at 12:58pm when UPS didn't call back as promised. They called at 1:24, 1:44 and 1:48 to tell me I could either meet the driver or pick it up later in Bethlehem (~20mile). The driver would be delivering packages to a garage less than two miles away (which, by the way is two right turns). The driver refused to correct his mistake and drive the 2 miles to deliver the packages he should have had in my hand 3 hours earlier. So, I had to drive to this garage and wait. He was supposed to be there within 20 minutes. He was late!

    My time is valuable to me, and I should not have to waste an entire day chasing down a package. I assume this is probably the same driver that has left packages in the woods in the snow, or outside in the pouring rain with no protection. Not even a flimsy plastic bag to keep the contents from being ruined. The last time it was two food processors worth about $500 that had to be returned, thanks to UPS.

    The postal carrier honked when she came up the driveway and I was at the door to receive two other packages. Don't UPS trucks have horns they can use when their fingers are too delicate to knock on the door audibly? When someone comes up my driveway, the neighbor dog almost always starts barking. I have two parrot, 5 feet from the door. When someone knocks, they let me know it. The fact of the matter is the driver did a pathetic job, but different from the past, this package was extremely important. UPS wasn't even going to bring it back Saturday, but Monday.

    I paid Canoga Camera an extra $75 for this expedited delivery. They went to great lengths to assure the package (ordered after 5pm EDT) would leave in that night's shipment. After hearing the true facts, not the yarn that the driver spewed out, they credited me the full charge, as they should have. Now UPS should reimburse the vendor for the trouble you caused all of us, except the driver who didn't lift a finger to help. In fact, I'd prefer if he never show his face on my property again. Send a driver who is willing to do his job properly.

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    CoveragePrice

    Reviewed March 15, 2012

    Unethical Business: UPS delivered a package in a nice brown box. When I opened the box, inside was the original box of the company I bought from. The box was destroyed and pieces inside were damaged and loose. When I finally was able to get a human at UPS, no resolution offered but a run around. I asked them to ship me a new product with 2 day shipping. They refused. I purchased a tool to sharpen chain saw blades. It will cost me more than the product costs to pay someone to sharpen them. I ordered a new tool. I asked UPS to ship it for free. They refused. As far as I am concerned, when they covered up their mistake and delivered a nice looking package, they lied. That makes them liars. And I can do nothing about it.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & AppStaff

    Reviewed March 14, 2012

    We shipped out an irreplaceable 1895 Music Box through UPS. It was damaged in transport by UPS (when I say damaged, I mean it looks like it exploded). We purchased insurance on this package. When we purchased the insurance, no one told us about the 3-page packing instructions from UPS. We told them what was in the box and they even took our $30 for insurance and still did not tell us about the packing instructions. We have shipped many items (over 7000 packages in 6 years) daily through our business over the past 6 years and have never had a problem. We opened a claim through the UPS Store we shipped it from.

    The package was shipped back to UPS on a Friday, we finally called them the following Tuesday to find out if the package was there. They said it was and we had to pick it up. They never called or anything. I wonder if it would still be there or if they were going to even call us. Mind you, this is in a town where you literally know everyone. These people live less than a 1/4 mile from us, and they know who we are and we use them for our business. We asked if they knew what the status of our claim was. They said there was no claim filed and they knew nothing. After some digging on the website and many phone calls to UPS, we found there was a claim filed in their name and we had to go through them.

    UPS said they have been in contact with them on this claim. Even though this is our $2300 we are talking about, they cannot tell us anything and we need to deal with the shipper. The shipper is standing by their story that there is no claim and they know nothing. This is unacceptable, if we ran our business this way, we would not have one. The package we are talking about was 27"x27"x28", and it weighed 79 pounds. It was packed with 4 cardboard boxes on each side, as well as packing foam and Styrofoam. It had 'Fragile' and 'This Side Up' all over it and 'Caution: Heavy' label on it. It looks like it was dropped about 4 stories onto concrete.

    We paid our customer and the person who bought this to keep our good name. Now we are out $2,300. We did our part, our customer did their part, what about UPS? Step up to the plate and take responsibility for your part. UPS pays for insurance to cover this, and I paid UPS the insurance fee to cover me. If UPS was doing their job, this would not have happened. I will be filling a police report on both UPS and the UPS store as well as getting an attorney. They could just pay what they owe and be done with it. But now they will have a lot of added costs.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2012

    I just got off the phone with UPS and feel the only satisfaction I will get is by venting because they will never admit fault. I bought thousands of dollars worth of plumbing equipment online for a bathroom remodel. Some two dozen boxes arrived fine. Three small items and a toilet were shipped back in the same packaging they arrived in. Three were the wrong items, one toilet (out of three) was no longer needed. One of the small boxes arrived back at the supply house empty. The toilet (never opened) arrived broken.

    When I filed a claim for $629 (all paperwork included), I was told they would not pay more than $100 because the forms didn't indicate a declared value. I explained the UPS driver literally left the forms on my porch and gave no instructions one what to fill out. All the forms were filled out exactly the same. I told customer service the driver should have been clear and maybe seeing the size of the item he was wrestling into his truck, would have suggested filling in the box that said carriage value (huh?). I also asked why, after spending thousands of dollars for the products and the shipping, would I fail to fill in the value if I was told to? The answer was basically, "We screwed up but you're the one who's screwed." Never again.

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    Reviewed March 13, 2012

    All my mail is being returned to sender. I have been to the post office and was told by the supervisor that my landlord should have someone in the office of the building to receive the mail when there is a mail box in front of the building. I asked to see that policy in writing and was told no. I am not the landlord!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 10, 2012

    Chase Card overnighted a replacement Visa card on Friday, 3/09/12 via UPS. They assured me it would arrive by Saturday, 3/10/12, no later than 12 noon. I waited all morning Saturday and it did not arrive. I then called UPS and input my tracking number given to me by Chase fraud department this morning. It stated (clearly) that my parcel was 'dropped off at 11:56 AM and left on my front porch'! I was literally sitting nearby waiting for this envelope as I was so concerned after someone using my card fraudulently yesterday, not to mention that I really needed the card this weekend for important purchases! Chase then checked the tracking and got the exact same message I did. I live in a flat cul de sac with only 4 houses and it is a very wide street with clearly marked houses and easily accessible.

    I searched all around my house and neighborhood and asked neighbors...nothing. No one rang my doorbell either, as is usually customary with my regular UPS driver. I then called UPS to complain and ask 'where was my package?' They said I needed to ask my neighbors, look around my house and could not help me! They told me to call Chase as they originated the shipping! I called Chase back (reaching India) and they verified it was delivered and suggested canceling this card because it was most likely delivered somewhere else! Now, I had been on the phone for 25 minutes, wasting a lot of my time, not to mention paranoia about someone else getting my credit card and I would now not even have use of it this weekend as I had needed it badly.

    The Chase C.S. person was very nice and I asked her to please use FedEx to deliver the next card to me, which now wouldn't be until Tuesday as it was Saturday and they were already closed. She told me she would have to check and put me on hold, another 10 minutes of waiting. While waiting, it is now 12:35 PM; a UPS driver pulls up and brings me my envelope! I immediately asked him 'why' the tracking said it was already delivered at 11:56 AM, almost an hour ago. He looks at me and blames it on a 'co-worker' who he says 'clocked out at 11:56 AM' and he was delivering his route. When I asked for the name of that driver, he refused to tell me. I asked him again...still nothing.

    I honestly felt this driver was lying to me and it was actually him who had stated the parcel was delivered earlier and left on my front porch. When I then asked him for his name, he refused to tell me. I can give you a good description of him if necessary. Obviously he/UPS created chaos for me by not delivering the parcel as they had noted on record. I continued to be on hold with Chase for another 5 minutes and immediately reported the situation to her, who also agreed this was absolutely unacceptable for UPS to lie about a package delivery, not to mention that they were, in fact, 35 minutes late! I do hope you reprimand your driver/s involved in this as they do not deserve to be in the service business or represent a company who obviously lie. They wasted an inordinate amount of my time and ruined my Saturday, spent on the phone, waiting around, and without my credit card.

    I refuse to use UPS ever again and only FedEx. In the meantime, I would hope to report back to me with an apology and state what will be done to rectify this problem and speak with your personnel. My case # **, as reported to UPS (Devante) in Virginia as well as his supervisor, Lenise. Chase has also filed a complaint so we hope this does make a difference. Yes, I am an angry customer!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 10, 2012

    Your drivers are so stupid that they have never been able to deliver any package of mine to the correct address. Customer service is of no use because all they keep saying is the package was delivered. I sent my adult son next door (as this is where packages are delivered) and fortunately my package was there. No one lives there which is good as I might never have gotten my package. The irony is my street number is clearly displaced next to my front door. Please hire drivers that can read or afford glasses. This is so frequent that whenever I order anything in the future I will pay extra to make sure UPS is not the carrier.

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    Customer ServiceCoverageStaff

    Reviewed March 9, 2012

    03/8/12 this afternoon, UPS came to the door and rang the bell. I was on the third floor, nine months pregnant with a seven year old and a mother who is in bed and can't move around as she wants to. I heard the door bell, looked out the window and said "I am coming". I told my son to sit at the table till I get back and rushed downstairs, only to see the UPS driver had already left and on the next block at someone else's door. So that means to say when I said I was coming, she started writing the slip. Now calling UPS, some of them are so nasty to you. The lady said "we will call you back in an hour". When I did not hear from them in an hour, I called back. The lady told me that the driver said they stood outside for five minutes and no one came to the door. I might be pregnant, but not stupid and can tell time.

    Do you know they tried to cover their track already? The invoice number was not good anymore and the tracking number no longer say first attempt, but out for delivery by the end of the day. If the driver doesn't like their job, they should leave the job and UPS will get someone who is ready to work and someone who will enjoy their job. This is unfair. I placed an order and used UPS because I know I will get my package when I need it. I am angry.

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    Reviewed March 8, 2012

    A package was received on 3/5/12 at my home in CA, 91384, at around 3:00PM. It was sent from Orion, Illinois, with tracking number **. It was an airplane Excite 90 worth $ 157.00. When I opened the box, I found both sides of the wing damaged. It is a model aircraft, almost ready to fly, which means it has covering on it. There is no way to fix the wood without removal of all the covering. The airplane is worthless without wings. Both the supplier and the customer (me) are very upset.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 8, 2012

    One of your UPS drivers damaged my left side driver mirror on February 25th. I have placed numerous calls to UPS since February 27th. It is now March 8th and I have yet to hear from any UPS representative. This lack of customer service is unprofessional. I am requesting an immediate communication from a regional manager, not a middle man, to contact me ASAP so we can resolve this problem.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 7, 2012

    I had been to the post office and the office had been opened late a couple of times. On March 5, it opened at 9:10. I arrived at 8:55. The clerk Ms. ** stated that it is not 9 yet so I have to wait. Then she opened at 9:10. When asked what happened, she stated with an attitude that "we had to prepare." The opening hour is at 9 and not 9:10. Today, they opened at 9:03. Then when in the line Ms. ** stated that she has not changed for 20, so I can buy stamps because "we just opened." Then when I stated that I have a box with delivery confirmation, she told me to take it back and come back. Looks like she just wanted to just say "no" to anything. Very poor service. They are disrespectful to other customers there. They should be under supervision and see what kind of services they are providing.

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