i had a package shipped from socal(i live in norcal) thursday morning via ups 2 day air, had a pkg shipped from ny thursday afternoon via fedex 2 day air. the ups update didnt give me a delivery date, but left for west sac( wich is about 130 miles from here. we do have a good size ups facilty here also) at 9 pm. i figured if it went by air it would get to west sac before midnight in plenty of time to go out on the early am truck(dont understand why it wasnt flown here direct tho..) t oredding & then gout on delivery today.
well i got updated today, & it had a 'rescheduled delivery time' notice & it still hadnt made west sac wich means it was trucked up here. what happened was, ups saw that ifthe ydid air they would deliver early & for whatever reason they dont like that. i have seen this behavior before with pkgs sitting down in west sac for 2-3 days until they send it up here to get delivered 'on time'. i have never had a pkg delivered early by ups.
now, i got my update on fedex last nite saying it would be delivered monday, wich is about what i expected. chkd again a little bit ago & the pkg is on truck for delivery! i have had several pkgs arive early with fedex.
anyway it is just a rant, just sick of ups sitting on pkgs so they wont have deliver them early(dont know why they care), & getting my item trucked instead of flown like i paid for becuase their logistics can make it work within their allotted time frame.
& i know 2 days air means 2-3 business days, but if fedex can fly it & get it from ny to nor cal overnite & delivered, why cant ups deliver it a few hundred miles using the same shipping method & with a 6-8 hour headstart?
like i said this a pattern of behavior i have seen over several years & it obviously irritates me.
ty for for the rant.