What is wrong with UPS?

[kennyc]

You guys stay away from my front porch...tracking says it's been delivered!

[Chiron]

Originally Posted by kennyc

You guys stay away from my front porch...tracking says it's been delivered!

Now, where did i put that stalking list? *rush to search*

[DixieGal]

EXCITING!! Who amongst us will get there first?

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Always helps if you know someone in the business.....now about that silver....

For making jewelry. It takes a lot of silver to make a little ring or pendant.

EDIT: Just to brag a bit, but I sold a Uruguyan amethyst (12.5 carats, a big whopper) to a JEWELER at a corporate chain jewelry store in the mall last weekend! She collects gemstones and wanted it for herself. Sort of like selling ice to eskimoes?

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

For making jewelry. It takes a lot of silver to make a little ring or pendant.

Gottcha. Just pulling your leg a bit.

[SDRebel]

according to the tracking update, it was already delivered

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by kennyc

You guys stay away from my front porch...tracking says it's been delivered!

same here, I 'm running home now!

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

EXCITING!! Who amongst us will get there first?

Neener! Neener! I beat you!

My new Pocket Pro is plugged in and charging right now.

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by kennyc

We'll be standing by for pics.

fedex delivered it at 3pm. I was planning on coming home at about 3:30 or so, since last time they got here after 5pm, but oh well....
It's now safe in my hands and best of all, it's not dead

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

It's just weird, that's all there is to it. I ordered some silver this morning (down to $16/troy ounce, so jump on it before it goes back up!). Shipping is tons of options, but to FedEx it to my office where it will be mis-delivered was $1.50 more than USPS to my house in the 'burbs. And it will arrive at home more quickly. Makes no sense.

The most recent shipment was 3 wks ago. I decided to go with the "residential" FedEx. I followed the tracking while it circled the US a couple of times, and then saw that it had been delivered and signed for by a "P. Mathewson." Who??? Took FedEx 3 days to find my package, which had been delivered to a bingo hall and signed for by a security guard there. I'm ALWAYS having trouble with them, and avoid them whenever possible. On the other hand, our UPS man is a gem, always delivers on time, even comes after hours if something needs a signature and he knows we are at work.

It also helps that his mom is one of my closest friends!

where did you buy the silver?

edit:
I've bad bad experiences with both UPS and Fedex in the past, when I lived in apartments... now that I have a home and a porch, they leave everything in the porch, luckily nothing has gotten lost in my new home... unlike the wii and other stuff that "got lost" when living in apartments

[SDRebel]

This is funny.... I just got a UPS package the FEDEX way (drop it, ring the bell and run )

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Neener! Neener! I beat you!

My new Pocket Pro is plugged in and charging right now.

you beat me

[mores]

Funny, I stumbled across this fine specimen of a UPS delivery professional:
http://www.break.com/index/ups-man-throws-package.html

What I don't understand: does UPS just dump your stuff on your doorstep? Is this normal? Or only in rural areas?

In Austria they can only deliver something when someone signs that they got the package - which is either you or a friendly neighbor.

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by mores

Funny, I stumbled across this fine specimen of a UPS delivery professional:
http://www.break.com/index/ups-man-throws-package.html

What I don't understand: does UPS just dump your stuff on your doorstep? Is this normal? Or only in rural areas?

In Austria they can only deliver something when someone signs that they got the package - which is either you or a friendly neighbor.

if you consider Dallas, Tx rural.....
when I lived in apartments, I had UPS guys throw stuff to the balcony and didn't even leave a message, so I found the packages days later

[SDRebel]

Originally Posted by mores

Funny, I stumbled across this fine specimen of a UPS delivery professional:
http://www.break.com/index/ups-man-throws-package.html

What I don't understand: does UPS just dump your stuff on your doorstep? Is this normal? Or only in rural areas?

In Austria they can only deliver something when someone signs that they got the package - which is either you or a friendly neighbor.

ohh, that's the problem, there's none of those here in the US



j/k of course