UPS Inflexible UPS does not deliver Internet

For anyone to have written so much against my report, I can only imagine that they work for UPS, but they do not identify themself as such.

To those who say it is impossible for a shipper to do otherwise, both the post office and FedEx can change the delivery date without a fee.

Now whenever I order something online, I will have to find out whether they ship by UPS, and if so, I cannot have them deliver to my home.  I certainly have a preference for vendors who do not ship by UPS.   It's ironic with all the new technology in recent years like cell phones and GPS that they cannot improve their service.  They may be ok for delivering to businesses that are open Mon-Fri, but to individuals who work and cannot be home every day, UPS is inflexible.

How does this person figure it's the shippers fault? To incorporate the 'flexibility' insisted by this irrational person would cause the entire delivery service for any and all carriers (not only UPS, but Fedex, USPS, DHL, etc, etc) to completely breakdown. How could anyone realistically expect ANY carrier to daily record and accommodate every conceivable special need for each and every shipment? And then doing this while coordinating an ever changing daily process (and then further changing during that very same day to again accommodate people such as this whiner) with the drivers that are already saturated with deliveries that are organized within a route that maximizes efficiency to theoretically complete those shipments in that one day?

This complainer believes that he, and therefore everyone else, can merely state a day and a time of day for any service to swing by and deliver a package?? Isn't it obvious that now all carriers would need to zigzag all over their territory in a random delivery/pickup order, adding miles and hours to transit time, just to suit an individuals day? The entire industry would bog down to a near stand still, delivery date guarantees voided, and in-transit durations greatly increased.

Inflexibility is not the problem. Perhaps this complainer can give us a detailed description of a reasonable solution to defy physics, that no other carrier on the planet has yet to resolve. These issues include all residential deliveries to be delivered after people get home from work (who knows when that may be) presumably between 5-7pm. No problem! Now explain how to read minds to make everyone content when one person whines that they won't leave a package, while the next person whines that they just leave it and leave - while both totally disregard the rational behind protocol. UPS is the only carrier thus far that can do a package intercept while in transit to modify a destination address. So let's see...let's just all order new top of the line Dell laptops and have them sent via UPS to any address....then call the carrier and tell them to deliver it on a different day, a different time, AND a different location! All this without Dell's approval. Sounds like an easy way for everyone to get a free laptop at everyone's total convenience. Gee...why doesn't Fedex or the postal service operate any differently?

Signatures from companies are frequently required to ensure persons like this complainer don't receive a shipment then simply state, "I NEVER SAW IT SO GIMMEE MY MONEY BACK". Shippers such as UPS are then mandated to get that signature service that the sender paid for. If this complainer doesn't like it, stop ordering items that need to be shipped or use alternatives options which sometimes require fees.

Most people would be utterly embarrassed if they caught themselves babbling such nonsense. It only shows how they feel the world should evolve around their specific needs, their inability to contemplate what's really involved in society, then using their own inadequacies to not only blame others but then insist they pay for it too. So far all the complainer here has shown is the daft ability to complain while offering absolutely no practical solutions to improve the shipping industry.

How about building a box that will protect your deliveries from the elements, that is if you live in a safe neighborhood?  The UPS in my area just takes it back the the pickup point and leaves a card where to pick up the package. 

After the first couple of pickups I told them to just leave it at the door.