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Amazon’s New Seattle Facility Reportedly Set To Test “Amazon Flex” Package...
(Chris Yunker) When making a purchase through Amazon there are several options for delivery, depending on where you live: free-two day shipping with a Prime membership, Sunday delivery via USPS, Prime...
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Target To Test Program That Gives More Specific Delivery Window For Online...
(Mike Mozart) Back in February, Target upped its shipping game by reducing the amount of money consumers had to spend to qualify for free shipping from $50 to $25. Now the big box retailer is taking...
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USPS Says It Tried To Deliver My Package, But Home Security Video Shows...
UPDATE: Tony says his local postmaster arrived on his doorstep the day after his story was posted on Consumerist, to personally apologize and get more information about his situation....
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Amazon Flex Launches In Seattle, Allows Regular Joes To Earn Money Delivering...
Amazon’s latest attempt to quickly and cheaply deliver packages got underway in Seattle on Tuesday with the launch of the company’s consumer-turned-courier program, Amazon Flex. The program, which...
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Amazon Prime Packages Reportedly Overwhelming College Campuses
If you think Amazon Prime is a reasonable deal at $99/year, imagine being a college student who only has to pay half that amount. Apparently, so many college students are using the service that school...
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UPS Increasing Fees, Fuel Surcharges For Larger, Oversized Packages — Just In...
Shipping that new bike to your niece this holiday season will cost more than it did last year if you’re using UPS: the company announced that it’s upping the fees it charges customers to ship large,...
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Police: If You’re Waiting On Packages Filled With Marijuana, Feel Free To...
We know how annoying it is when a package you’re expecting gets lost in the mail, and so do police in Hazlet, N.J. That’s why they want the public to know that they’ve got boxes filled with around 50...
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USPS Denies It Has Missing Damaged Package, Still Turns Down Customer’s...
It’s always a good idea to purchase insurance for your packages, especially if you’re mailing something valuable. But even having that protection didn’t keep one USPS customer from ending up with...
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FedEx Expects To Handle A Record 317 Million Packages Between Black Friday...
As consumers continue to rely on online retailers to fill their holiday shopping needs, FedEx says this year will be busier than ever before: between Black Friday and Christmas, the company says it...
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UPS Having Trouble Handling Holiday Avalanche Of Online Orders
We already know UPS is renting additional vehicles to help with the onslaught of holiday deliveries, but it seems that’s not enough to help the company stay ahead of the avalanche of online orders this...
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Hilton’s DoubleTree Hotel Now Offering Fee Packages For Extras Like WiFi,...
Just like airlines, hotels charge customers an array of fees for everything from WiFi access, minibar usage, premium coffee, and other little extras. Instead of surprising guests with these costs when...
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Collectibles Seller Films FedEx Worker Flinging Packages Around
When a Long Island collectibles seller heard reports from customers that items were arriving damaged, he became a one-man investigative reporting team and decided to watch workers in action at the...
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UPS Will Now Let Customers Follow Packages Out For Delivery In Real Time
No more wondering what your package gets up to while it’s out for delivery — did it stop for a drink and miss its connecting flight? — with a new service UPS is rolling out that allows customers to...
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Ryanair Getting Into The Hotel Business?
Could Ryanair be the Amazon of air travel? If the company’s executives have their say, the answer is a resounding “yes.” The cheapo European airline is taking steps to reach that goal with plans to...
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Check Out The Arm On This USPS Delivery Guy
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen a delivery person caught in the act of lobbing, tossing, or otherwise chucking a package instead of walking it to its intended destination and depositing it on, say, a...
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UPS Testing Saturday Ground Package Delivery
With FedEx and the Postal Service expanding their weekend delivery options as more Americans go online to buy stuff, UPS is finally getting around to a test of offering Saturday delivery for ground...
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Amazon May Or May Not Be Trying To Overtake UPS And FedEx
When you see a UPS or FedEx truck in your neighborhood on a weekday, or a U.S. Postal Service truck on a Sunday, they’re probably there with some kind of delivery from an online retailer, and that...
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Video Shows Amazon Delivery Guy’s Friend Stealing Package Right After It’s...
We’ve seen strangers and passers-by swipe packages right off the front porch of someone’s house, but it’s not as often that we find delivery workers teaming up with their friends to steal the goods...
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UPS Testing Using Drones For Package Deliveries In Remote Locations
Whether it’s robotic carrier pigeons or unmanned aircraft dropping off burritos, drones are big in the delivery world. UPS is the latest company to take to the drone-filled skies and see if the aerial...
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Video Seems To Show Man Instructing Boy To Swipe Package From Homeowner’s Porch
It’s bad enough to steal a package from a stranger’s porch, but enlisting the help of a kid to do your dirty work? That’s even worse. Police in West Covina, CA are on the lookout for a man seen on a...
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