Howdy fellow listers,
Whenever I know that a package is coming, I leave a signed note on the door
in case I'm not home when they stop by. I've never had them not leave a
package using this method. Once I get the tracking number it's easy to
figure out when they are going to show up.
Greg Gowins
'69 Sprite
Dublin, CA
----- Original Message -----
From <RBHouston at aol.com>
To: <DLancer7676@cs.com>; <ATSEIFERT@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: Is is Moss or UPS?
> In a message dated 08/31/2000 1:14:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> DLancer7676@cs.com writes:
>
> << When I got home all that was there was a
> damned slip of paper that ignorant pinhead had left marked "Attempted
> Delivery". Burn. . .burn. . .burn. You wouldn't have wanted to be the
> customer service lady who had the misfortune to pick up the phone. HA! I
> think I out-Eded ED! 8^)
>
> But then, I live in a rural area where we never lock our door, and
whatever
> is left on the porch will be there when I get home.
>
> --David C.
>
> >>
>
>
> David,
>
> Companies other than UPS, such as FedEx Ground and in many cases AirBorne,
> use independent contractors instead of drivers on a payroll. Where a UPS
> driver will maybe get counseled if he has too many packages pilferred by
the
> neighborhood kids, the independent guys get to pay for the package.
>
> This makes them more reluctant to leave the package.
>
> If your really want it left, pick up a standard form from the local
office,
> or look at the sticky note they left on your door, and you can sign away
> their responsibility for the package and leave the note for them to pick
up.
>
> I know it is frustrating when they do not leave a package you need, but
they
> do not know the neighborhood as well as you, or you, and have much more to
> lose. Yes, people have been known to pick up the box on the front porch,
> take it inside and call in a claim that it was not dellivered.
>
> I was tempted to call UPS and complain when the left three boxes of
Gateway
> Computer on my front porch. With the cow-skin boxes, they were
advertising
> for a theft.
>
> R Houston
>
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