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Originally Posted by Manabi
Thinking about it, I don't believe I've had any UPS packages arrive on Saturday. I actually haven't had much from Amazon arrive on Saturday period, but all the ones I can think of were obviously USPS since they were stuck in the mailbox.
It's usually easy to tell here even without checking the label. USPS arrives before lunch, UPS is always in the afternoon. If it's raining, UPS puts it in a garbage bag and leaves it. USPS either dumps it on the front sidewalk in the rain, or doesn't deliver and leaves a slip in the mailbox. (Sadly the latter is pretty rare.) Had them leave a hardback book Amazon had shipped on the windshield of a car, in the rain. Somehow the book managed to not get wet, but the package was soaked.
Yeah, I still think it's a pipe dream for now, maybe in another 5-10 years. But I doubt I'll live to see it happen where I live. The town's just too small to make drone delivery cost-effective, and lots of hills and trees around. Not exactly great terrain for drone deliveries either.
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I have never had a Saturday delivery from ups either. I did have one in the rain the other day and they do put it in a plastic bag for me too. And like you usps just leaves it on the sidewalk in the rain. I had to have Amazon replace an order or two because of it.
My last two deliveries were by Amazon. Last night at 9:45 we were coming home from dinner and saw a car pull into the driveway and someone walking up to the front door with a flashlight. The second Amazon delivery was today around 2:00 pm. If you look at the tracking it shows up as AMZL US. I've seen Amazon vans in my neighborhood before, but the guy in his own car last night was a new one.