Question
How does UPS manage to stay in business? What advantage do they have over any of their competitors?
Seriously, it's not just an opinion but a demonstrable fact that UPS just BLOWS. How do they manage to stay in business?? Why do online retailers use them???? They are not cheaper and they take, on average, 2-3 days LONGER than the plain ol' US Postal Service. Their "tracking" is just a worthless black box where you can see that your package left it's destination, then ends up in (usually) Hodgkins, IL for a a few days, then more black box for a few days until it finally gets delivered. I placed two orders online recently: One on Saturday (4 days ago) from BestBuy, and one two days ago from a Toyota parts dealer. Best Buy used UPS (and it's a smaller package than the Toyota parts), and the Toyota dealer used priority mail. The package from Best Buy is scheduled to arrive next MONDAY (more than a week later) and the package from Toyota is OUT FOR DELIVERY ALREADY! Both packages were sent from Ohio, curiously enough, which makes it all the more appropriate to make the comparison and conclude that UPS SUCKS...How do they manage to charge more for a FAR inferior service and stay in business???
2 months ago - 1 answers
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The fact that your package from Best Buy took longer has nothing to do with UPS providing poor service, but rather what level of shipping was used, and when Best Buy actually shipped out your item. Just because you ordered it on Saturday, doesn't mean it was shipped that day. The earliest it could be shipped was Monday. Also, if ground shipping was used it would naturally take longer than USPS Priority since Priority mail is only 2 days. UPS is also not just in the US, but does shipments all over the world. They have a very large network of aircraft and trucks to ship items almost anywhere. That is there advantage over the USPS, plus they also provide cheaper shipping for companies and can ship items that the USPS cannot.
by mindcrime828
2 months ago
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