Consumerism Commentary - Latest Comments in UPS Stealth Delivery

Re: UPS Stealth Delivery

Danny — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:38:31 -0000

I had UPS deliver a few packages to my home a few years ago and the same thing happened to me. The first was sent to one of my apartments in which the landlord signed for it, the second and third packages where left at my door without anyone signing for them. Luckily my stuff went unharmed but I was a bit irritated. This prompted me to begin using a local delivery service as opposed to one that is part of a large conglomerate.

Re: UPS Stealth Delivery

admdave — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:33:11 -0000

I had a friend that lived in a farm house with a driveway about a half mile long. She loved to shop online. UPS, on a regular basis, would not come up the driveway but simply dump packages in a small fenced off area next to her mailbox at the entrance to her driveway.

Re: UPS Stealth Delivery

Troubleshooter Solver — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:16:38 -0000

In the places I have lived, I have given UPS and others directions where to put any packages.

Right now it is in the passengers seat of my old pickup parked in my driveway.

Since they have the ability to access delivery requests for each address, [started to do this at my old business] they and I can make the delivery and receipt process safe and efficient.

And since I live in an area that receives measurable precipitation over 200 days a year it just makes sense.

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Harlan Landes — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:18:46 -0000

Doobie: That's a good point. I rarely remember to do that when I order online, but it certainly would make things easier.

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doobie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:25:41 -0000

You should have that stuff delivered to work.

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Matthew Paulson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:14:41 -0000

You're not the only one who's had UPS problems this week. Trying to get a package at a college is almost impossible!

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jim — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:59:42 -0000

I just bought a whole bunch of stuff at Monoprice too, those prices are absolutely awesome.

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Hilarious — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:05:31 -0000

That is so funny. I really doubt he threw the package up there, especially if it was right by the door. But then again, that is the only sensible explanation. Like you said if the superintendent let him in he would have just left it inside the apartment.

This is a real mystery, if you ever find out what happened let us know.

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My Dollar Plan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:14:06 -0000

Earlier this week they showed up in a rental truck to drop off a package! Must be the holiday rush.

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Mike L — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:35:26 -0000

LOL @ the story itself, and also Santa... Speaking of UPS, tonight at my own house it was something out of a movie...The doorbell rang, and before I could open the door (within 2 seconds later) I saw the UPS truck screeching around the corner, almost on 2 wheels. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical of retrieving the package in this terrorist age, but then I noticed it was a package from the Disney store, haha.

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Rev — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:35:21 -0000

Our UPS people toss my packages on to my balcony all the time.

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nothanks — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:06:30 -0000

it was Santa

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Mrs. Micah — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:28:58 -0000

UPS ninjas, perhaps? I'm just voicing what we're all thinking. ;)

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paidtwice — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:06:32 -0000

Odd. Just, seriously, odd.

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Scott — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:04:42 -0000

I've had UPS leave a package on my balcony. I am certain that it was thrown up there. Luckily it was just a shirt and was unbreakable, but the delivery man didn't know that. Packages declared to be valued at more than $200 are not supposed to be left without a signature as per UPS rules, but when someone got a hold of my credit card number and ordered a laptop to an empty house, the UPS guy left it on the doorstop on his first delivery attempt with no signature.

While I am somewhat irritated by these practices, I was happy to have my shirt waiting for me when I got home rather than having to drive out to the UPS facility at the airport to pick it up! It is a tradeoff between security and convenience .

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SingleGuyMoney — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:24:15 -0000

That's funny, I can just imagine the UPS guy/girl throwing a package up on the balcony. I guess they have to get them delivered somehow. LOL

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Jeremy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:23:24 -0000

UPS irritates me sometimes. A few years ago when we were living in an apartment, we had numerous odd deliveries. The worst was in the middle of winter I was expecting a package and it said it was delivered, but we couldn't find the package. The front desk didn't have it and nobody could tell us where it was.

A few days later I looked out on our patio and since there was snow, I noticed foot prints out around our grill. Knowing I wasn't cooking in the snow, I went out to check. You guessed it, the package was INSIDE THE GRILL.

Ridiculous.