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  1. 03-28-2013, 22:55 #21
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    a LOT of UPS's trailers from major centers like KC go onto trains and dispersed to inter-modal yards, so that very well could be the case here. It happens pretty often actually with ground shipments that go in and out of certain zones.

    One of our biggest yard facilities happens to be in KC, we also have one in Billings, and Denver, and UP has one in SLC.

    ie w/ground, depending on origin and destination, shipments can get bounced around like a pin ball because keep in mind, they are moving a LOT of packages from a single origination point to pretty much anywhere in the US and beyond, so your single package, can move to weird places based on where more packages in the same semi trailer are going, then expand that to a train with about 150 cars on it, and 2 trailers per car.....

    Point being the shear volume of parcels UPS moves every day, and the amount of origins and destinations, it's truly amazing they don't screw it up more often than they do. But it sure does seem kinda crazy when to pay attention to tracking on stuff.
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    Seriously, I have never had a big, no...any, problem with UPS. And I used to ship frozen samples FEDEX overnight in coolers and had a problem maybe once a year, if that.

    You are pretty foolish if you use the USPS for anything "serious" or anything that needs to be there by a certain time. OK, X-Mas gifts can get there a day late....blood samples can't. Use FedEx if it's serious binnuss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GilpinGuy View Post
    So was it UPS or USPS? USPS...totally understand. UPS...I'd be surprised.
    US Post Office is delivering some United Parcel Service packages. They have been doing that fro several months. They travel by United Parcel Service trucks to the local center then get transferred to the US Post Office system for final delivery. So far I've only had it happen when choosing the cheapest shipping choice when placing my order. I adds a day or two to the delivery time for me. It's frustrating to see UPS tracking a package get to Commerce City on Thursday, then to my local US Post Office on Friday to be delivered on Monday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SAnd View Post
    US Post Office is delivering some United Parcel Service packages. They have been doing that fro several months. They travel by United Parcel Service trucks to the local center then get transferred to the US Post Office system for final delivery. So far I've only had it happen when choosing the cheapest shipping choice when placing my order. I adds a day or two to the delivery time for me. It's frustrating to see UPS tracking a package get to Commerce City on Thursday, then to my local US Post Office on Friday to be delivered on Monday.
    If you use the cheap "nitro express shipping" it goes from UPS to USPS for final delivery. Just like amazons "super saver shipping" goes from Fedex to USPS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rabid View Post
    If you use the cheap "nitro express shipping" it goes from UPS to USPS for final delivery. Just like amazons "super saver shipping" goes from Fedex to USPS.
    Or as I call it....60 to ZERO instantly!!!!

    APEX order had to go Denver from Palmer Lake just to get to FOUNTAIN!!!! 5 days!
    My Mag order from Carolina Shooters Supply, shipped on Friday, arrived Monday. now my second order of mags has been sitting in Missouri for 2 days! thanks USPS!
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    Uhhhh, spoke to soon. 7 more 30 rd HIGH CAP PRE BAN NOT SHOOTING ANYONE CLIPS just arrived at my door step!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by SideShow Bob View Post
    Strange, every order I've had from Midway have come due east on I-70 to Commerce City, then delivered from there.
    SSBob, my larger Midway orders that came as "UPS Ground" followed the path you outlined. But my smaller orders ($4.88 shipping w/o coupon) came via "UPS Mail Innovations"
    (http://www.upsmailinnovations.com/). They followed the same path outlined above: MO->UT->MT. "Tracking" indicated they were 1-2 days away from delivery, but they arrived on that day (even though the tacking status showed they were in MT).
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    Well, the tracking thingy says my stuff is still in Billings, MO.

    I find that hard to believe since I just took my package out of the mail box.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
    Well, the tracking thingy says my stuff is still in Billings, MO.

    I find that hard to believe since I just took my package out of the mail box.

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