21 Feb
2001
21 Feb
'01
8:01 a.m.
A big part of the problem is that they seldom remember to leave the little
yellow tag. That's why I didn't find the run-over tape drive right away.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: UPS woes
Not too many years ago, they used to leave a little yellow form advising
that they would try again on the following day or you could call the
distribution site and arrange to pick it up yourself. Presumably, they
have concluded that paying claims under the current system is less
costly than under the old.
- don
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, John Foust wrote:
> At 10:17 PM 2/20/01 -0700, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >When the UPS guy delivered it, I was still at work, so instead of putting
the
> >package somewhere out of the way or
delivering it the next day, the package
was
left in the driveway where it led into the covered
portion of the carport.
That's 100% UPS policy for residential delivery: they can leave it
seemingly anywhere unless the sender has paid extra for
signature verification. My favorite location is in the bushes,
where it will be found months later after the weather has
attacked it. (For those of you in California, "weather" can
be things like rain, the frozen rain we call "snow", etc.)
Think about the alternative: UPS trucks driving endlessly to
attempt to deliver packages to residential addresses where
no one is there to accept the package...
- John