My Online Order Didn't Get To Me, But GameStop, UPS Say It Was Delivered
Bruce ordered an Xbox 360 bundle from GameStop, but says the package never arrived. UPS says it left the package at his door and told Bruce to complain to GameStop, which isn’t responding. He writes: I...
View ArticleThis UPS Center's Package Pickup Could Not Be Much Less Pleasant Or Efficient
Chantell thought that it would be simpler and more efficient to pick up a UPS package declared “undeliverable” at the shipper’s local facility near her home–a large city somewhere in the southern half...
View ArticleWhy I Will Never Ship With UPS Again
Reader Tyler shares the list of reasons he will never use UPS again on purpose. A shot-putted package, $1,000 of computer parts left outside the wrong house with no signature, customer service...
View ArticleUPS Appears To Have Stomped On This Package, Then Left It In The Rain
You can’t blame Ju for being disappointed in the condition of the package that UPS left for him. They didn’t just abandon it on his doorstep on a rainy day. They also appear to have drop-kicked it and...
View ArticleMy USPS Package Took A California Vacation, Didn't Invite Me Along
Using the U.S. Postal Service’s Priority Mail, Justin mailed a gift from his home in New York City to a friend in Georgia. Package tracking meant that he was able to follow the gift’s journey and make...
View ArticleUPS And My Dog Turn Cupcake Boxes Into Expensive Chew Toy
Crystal’s delivery from a third-party Amazon vendor was already more than a week late, and she lives in Hawaii. When UPS finally showed up with the box, the driver simply pitched it over the five-foot...
View ArticleNewEgg Sends Package To Wrong Address, Shrugs
When Jessica placed her NewEgg order, she provided them with a shipping address. This turned out to be a waste of her time, since NewEgg just went ahead and picked an address to send the package to out...
View ArticleOnTrac Marks My Packages 'Delivered' Today, Delivers Them Tomorrow
Last week, we shared a story from a reader who got a very early wakeup call from OnTrac, on his porch with an Amazon package a few days earlier than anticipated. Ryan, meanwhile, has sort of the...
View ArticleMy Toys ‘R’ Us Package Is Simultaneously Shipped And Out Of Stock
(The Caldor Rainbow) Angela ordered a toy from Toys ‘R’ Us last week. She understood the risk inherent in ordering just a few days before Christmas, but didn’t expect the non-shipping wackiness that...
View ArticleKmart Assumes I’m Home All Day, Waiting For My Mason Jars
(irishtermom)Companies that ship things just can’t win. If a package gets stolen from a customer’s porch: somehow that’s their fault. Kmart has apparently taken precautions against that, blocking UPS...
View ArticleUPS Launching Service Where You Can Pickup Packages At The Dry Cleaners
(So Cal Metro)One day in the not-so-distant future, you may come home expecting a package on the doorstep only to find that you have to make a special trip to the dry cleaners to actually retrieve your...
View ArticleCouple Tired Of Holiday Package Thefts Fills Box With Excrement, Sets Up Camera
(YouTube)A warning to those among you who might be tempted to swipe a package from the piles covering doorsteps right now, at the height of the holiday shopping season: You might not open it to find...
View ArticlePackage With $4,000 Worth Of Electronics No Match For USPS Carrier’s Chucking...
The other day we asked readers if they’d pay money to choose which carrier delivers their Amazon packages, and found that about 63% of you would be willing to pay some amount for that right. And it’s...
View ArticleUSPS Trying To Finally Replace Old, Gas-Guzzling Fleet Of Delivery Trucks
(Great Beyond)In an effort to stop effectively pouring money straight into the gas tank, the United States Postal Service has taken the first step toward retiring its fleet of decades old, gas-guzzling...
View ArticleWaffle House Teams Up With App That Recruits Travelers To Deliver Packages
(spinadelic)The next time you go to Waffle House, you could pick up more than a stack of syrup-covered breakfast delight: The restaurant chain has teamed up with a startup company to work with college...
View ArticleUSPS Driver Shows Off Athleticism By Throwing Package, Running Lap Around...
(YouTube)Wait a minute — are the Delivery Driver Games coming up and no one warned us? Why else would a United States Postal Service worker appear to be fine-tuning her athletic prowess by chucking a...
View ArticleAre Your Packages Really More Secure With UPS’ New Access Point Service?
(frankieleon.) Last October, United Parcel Service announced it would attempt to cut down on delivery stops and protect consumers’ packages from sticky fingers with its Access Point service that drops...
View ArticleBubble Wrap: Now With Less Pop
(frankieleon) We’ve all been there: You receive a fragile packaged carefully wrapped in Bubble Wrap that’s just begging for you to start pinching the plastic between your fingers to create that joyous...
View ArticlePostal Worker Accused Of Delivering 22,000 Pieces Of Mail Straight To His Garage
(stirwise)Tempting though it may be for a postal worker to swipe any of the millions of pieces of mail flying around the country, most refrain, and our packages and letters get where they’re supposed...
View ArticleMail Carrier Wedges Package in Box, Doesn’t Have To Leave Vehicle
The weather in Alabama, where reader Alison lives, has been extremely warm lately. If she lived in an old cartoon, mercury would be bursting out of the top of the thermometers. With temperatures of...
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