UPS rant: WHAT THE HELL MAN!?

[DocMedic]

So I ordered a new scope and a mount for my rifle last week and today I get the confirmation email that they were delivered to my Parents home (live in a apartment, I don't like having anything big sent there.) I was all excited but had to finish my classes and work, so afterwards made the drive up to the springs only to see my 2 packages SITTING OUTSIDE ON THE PORCH! WTF! They been out there since 12pm, and non of my parents have been home all day.. $2,000+ of glass and mounting hardware + extra in plain view with one of them having big lettering saying LA RUE on one of them... My parents don't live in a bad neighborhood by any-means but the street is often traveled by kids all of all ages due to 2 schools being within walking distance to each other. I mean WHAT THE HELL MAN!?

Thanks for listing.

[AR_ART]

When you order something you can ask that a signature be required. That way its not left there...

[Zundfolge]

Yeah, I love how for ammo and some other things you pay extra for "Adult Signature Required" ... and then they just leave it on your porch.

UPS delivered a VZ24 to my neighbor once ... thankfully he delivered it to the wrong address on one side of us instead of the wrong address on the other (where the schizophrenic nut lived).

When you order something you can ask that a signature be required. That way its not left there...

No guarantee ... often times they still leave it on the porch.

[BigMat]

Yeah, I did the must be signed thing for my wife's whole families Christmas presents. Tracking said "signature obtained" a line or so down it noted the package was left on the porch. Huh? Well, it got stolen and I am still not gonna use UPS, and they have handled the customer service terribly, just constant big business hand off.

[theGinsue]

When you order something you can ask that a signature be required. That way its not left there...

No guarantee ... often times they still leave it on the porch.

Yup. Learned this one first hand too. Luckily nothing was stolen in my case. But, they did ring the doorbell (so we're told) and honked their horn as they pulled up.

[TFOGGER]

I always have anything valuable delivered to my shop. They ALWAYS get a signature for commercial deliveries. Of course, we've had everyone from Sam Colt to Yosemite Sam to Ronald Reagan sign for stuff....

[StagLefty]

I thought shippers designated value packages to be signed for to avoid "I never got it claims" ?? Stag Arms sent a complete upper last year that required a signature and because I wasn't home I had to pick it up at UPS in Commerce City. Stag required the signature not me.

[TFOGGER]

I thought shippers designated value packages to be signed for to avoid "I never got it claims" ?? Stag Arms sent a complete upper last year that required a signature and because I wasn't home I had to pick it up at UPS in Commerce City. Stag required the signature not me.

FYI, if you specify a value over $1000, UPS considers it a high value shipment, and it receives special handling(yeah, they'll actually get signature, even for residential delivery). Over $5K, it is HAND CARRIED through their warehouses, and never sees a conveyor belt, according to our old driver who just retired after 33 years at UPS.

[DFBrews]

FYI, if you specify a value over $1000, UPS considers it a high value shipment, and it receives special handling(yeah, they'll actually get signature, even for residential delivery). Over $5K, it is HAND CARRIED through their warehouses, and never sees a conveyor belt, according to our old driver who just retired after 33 years at UPS.

And has special yellow striped tape on it. The package handler has to sign for it when it goes into the trailer and another on removal. I threw packages at UPS for a year or so.

[Daniel_187]

I ship for a living and UPS Sucks. Had a bunch of mags sent to me and UPS gave them to the people accross the street who are Flaming Libby's and if you looked at the lable it said for my house but they opened it up anyways and not only did they open it they tore into the mag packaging too. Finaly found out where my box went to and went over and was not to happy, and they kept asking all these questions like what type of guns are they, where are they, Do i have a permit. told them to get bent. I called UPS and sent them a nice shit storm