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Originally Posted by Barbara1955
Well in the mean time there goes every one that ordered Christmas!
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The Wall Street Journal's
version of the article has a lot more detail, and this isn't impacting things as much as the other version made it sound. A few snippets since you're likely to run into the paywall:
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Some of the shippers whose pickups were restricted said there have been some delays due to the high number of online orders but that they were managing them well.
An L.L. Bean spokeswoman said that while there have been delays for pickups at a few of its stores, UPS is “actively picking up packages from our warehouse facility and our retail locations daily.”
A Nike spokeswoman said the sportswear maker expects “the majority of these orders to meet estimated delivery dates and are communicating with consumers any changes in delivery.”
“We’re actively working with UPS to best manage customer deliveries,” a Macy’s spokeswoman said.
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Delaying pickups and metering capacity is one way to prevent delivery problems later in the peak season. “They are being very disciplined in what they pick up, and that is what they need to prevent a collapse,” ShipMatrix President Satish Jindel said.
Some retailers are warning customers to shop early and expect longer delivery times this holiday season.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. tells online shoppers to place their orders by Dec. 4 if they want items to arrive by Christmas using its standard shipping option. A spokeswoman said the early deadline is “to encourage early shopping given current challenges surrounding parcel capacity and associated delays” and the chain will reassess the date.
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We knew going into this season that shopping early was going to be critical, and what UPS is doing is another sign of that. Also the WSJ article points out that UPS is doing this to prevent the whole delivery system collapsing from overload closer to Christmas.
But in short: shop early, don't wait till the last minute. And the last minute this year probably starts next week.