shepd's Journal: Just call 1-800-F**K-UPS 7
Update (feb 18, 2k3): IT MADE IT! My package made it. It was dirtier than a New York taxicab floormat, but it made it!
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UPS just hit a new low. They've now admitted they've lost track of my package after having admitted to shipping it to the wrong city. It's been sitting in limbo for half a day. UPS hasn't a clue where it really is right now. I'm posting a [censored] version of the tracking for your amusement. I should note I'm in "city #1" and that "city #2" and "city #3" are about an hour away. I expect with this much bouncing the package will arrive in a spherical shape.
Their answer isn't to put a trace on it automatically, though. I have to bother the sender instead (which is difficult, because it was sent via a logistics company by the store I bought it from). Isn't UPS customer service helpful?
At least they offered to refund my shipping. Which doesn't mean much when the shipping was included in the price of the item anyways, unless UPS wants to cut the cheque for me (ha! that would be a laugh! I'd post it here but slashdot doesn't allow ACII art unless it's pictures of torn [censored]).
The package was supposed to arrive 3 days ago. Ne'er to a knock at my door. Nevermore?
Status: In Transit
Rescheduled Delivery: 17 Feb 2003
Shipped to: [censored], ON, CA
Shipped or Billed on: 13 Feb 2003
Tracking Number: [censored]
Service Type: STANDARD
Weight: 1.00 Lb
PACKAGE PROGRESS
Date Time Location Activity
17 Feb 2003 8:01 City #1, ON, CA OUT FOR DELIVERY
7:33 City #2, ON, CA DEPARTURE SCAN
7:27 City #1, ON, CA ARRIVAL SCAN
15 Feb 2003 4:07 City #2, ON, CA DEPARTURE SCAN
14 Feb 2003 10:50 City #3, ON, CA ROUTED INCORRECTLY AT UPS FACILITY;DELIVERY RESCHEDULED
7:59 City #1, ON, CA OUT FOR DELIVERY
7:15 City #1, ON, CA ARRIVAL SCAN
6:14 City #2, ON, CA DEPARTURE SCAN
5:01 City #2, ON, CA ARRIVAL SCAN
13 Feb 2003 22:29 [censored], PQ, CA DEPARTURE SCAN
21:34 [censored], PQ, CA ORIGIN SCAN
18:21 CA BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
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My landlady was outside when he stopped by to pick them up. He wasn't amused. Like I care if he's happy he has to pick them up, isn't that why I paid 158 bucks to mail three simple boxes? 52, 58, and 72 pounds.
52. 58. 72.
An SGI. Its 20 inch monitor. A box stuffed with random x86 cards from the mid 1990's.
In that order.
UPS delivered one of them properly. The other was delivered but the contents were mutilated. The third box was "lost".
Guess which box was mutilated. Here's a hint- you could get about 90 cents for the class in Michigan and 45 in Vermont.
Now it's even easier to guess which one got lost. I'm sure some UPS delivery man's little daughter is going to have fun playing "pretend office" with her Barbie purple SGI; either that or some old lady will turn it into a planter. Or maybe, just maybe, please God, let some poor kid who knows what it is and deserves it snipe it off a mislabeled eBay listing.
The only thing that makes me feel good about ranting online instead of out loud is that search engines archive me and turn my rage into keywords
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