UPS rant

[Lindberg]

That just SCREAMS "We don't want to be bothered doing a service for our customers that doesn't show up in our bonus metrics, so we'll scramble for any excuse that shifts the blame to someone else, no matter how implausible."

The jurat is self-proving -- that's specifically why it was invented.

And yet notaries do get called to testify in court, and are expected to carry professional insurance. And offering that service to the public in this day and age? You couldn't pay me enough. And I'll bet bank customers would ***** if you charged them $5 for it.

 

[David7700]

And yet notaries do get called to testify in court, and are expected to carry professional insurance. And offering that service to the public in this day and age? You couldn't pay me enough. And I'll bet bank customers would ***** if you charged them $5 for it.

I think it’s more about litigation concerning fraudulent signing of a will or testator capacity. And the plaintiff looking for deep pockets, so they try to argue some liability on the part of the bank for the action of their employee (the notary).

 

[Pinecone]

And yet notaries do get called to testify in court, and are expected to carry professional insurance. And offering that service to the public in this day and age? You couldn't pay me enough. And I'll bet bank customers would ***** if you charged them $5 for it.

I used to be a notary to do company documents. The law limited charges for notary services to $1. Not going to get rich at that.

 

[Rene]

The Fed-Ex and UPS drivers downtown here are very professional and run regular routes during normal business hours. I usually have stuff sent here (plus it is out of the rain, not left on the porch, etc).

I use the USPS mail for very little these days and have even started changing notice provisions in contracts to provide for hand delivery or overnight delivery only (or email notice, but not USPS). Though certified, return receipt requested may be a little better. It took over 28 days for a certified letter to get from across the street to me (and it was a legal notice of a confessed judgment required to be mailed by statute). We have also had checks stolen in the mail (seems tot be a nearby sorting facility). And then there is this:

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/mail-found-in-church-hill-trash/

My postman, Warren Schiff, watching the game in his den . . ..

Some folk say he resembles Richard Dryfuss.

 

[pfarber]

SS cards have never been a form of ID. Banks and most of the financial world is run by idiots who rely on the customers to be even dumber.

it's a good chance that several people have your exact same SSN as it's based on your location of issue.

 

[Southpaw]

In our small town, FedX is a joke. Often see posts on the community Facebook page asking if any one has found their package.
UPS is very good . Lots of deliveries to the local post office who puts them in your P.O. Box or a key locker in the lobby with key to open in your mail box.
We live 10 miles from PO but most parcels from UPS are placed at farm house door.

 

[wilkersk]

So, now I'm caught up in another UPS/Ebay/PayPal drama. Bought another PMA6000B off of Ebay for a spare on the RV-8. That way I'll have on the shelf spares for the GNS430 and the audio panel. They're the only non-Dynon avionics in the plane, and both are now discontinued.

The seller sends it "signature required" without telling me. And, you guessed it, I had to go out of town. I only found out it was signature required when I got an email saying UPS tried to deliver. So now its at a UPS "access point" with a "return to sender" date of 2/14. I don't get back to the 20th. Ebay has change communication between buyer and seller so that I can't just send the seller a message to explain what's going on.

It gets better: I followed the links in the UPS email to change my delivery date and redeliver to my home address. It cost me $9.95 and I paid with PayPal. The charge went through, and that's the last I've heard from Ebay, Paypal, and UPS. Tracking still says it'll be returned to sender as of the 14th.

The really fun part: So, if the new "pay-after-delivery" set up on Ebay works the way I think it does, the seller already has a status showing that UPS delivered (now delivered to an access point) and will get paid, and get the audio panel back from UPS.

 

[wilkersk]

I just avoid the stores all together and go right to the Customer Service counter at the hubs.

I have a funny story about that. Years ago, I bought a KX-155 radio that I planned to use as a troubleshooting spare and loaner for a flying club/part 61 school that I occasionally did avionics work for. It was bubble wrapped and placed in a foam lined box that was large enough to protect it from routine rough handling.

The delivery driver pulled up, and I knew it had to be my radio. I ran to the front door attempting to take it directly from his hands. But, I wasn't quick enough it landed at my feet. He had literally heaved it to the top of my front steps from a good 10 feet away. I said, "hey thats expensive aircraft electronics in that box". His reply was "yeah, good luck with that. Have a nice day!"

I went to the UPS hub, located the next town over. And told the guy that eventually came to the counter what had happened and described the delivery driver. He said, "well you could make a complaint with our manager. But, he's out making deliveries. And, I think he might just be the guy you described."

I called UPS corporate offices and they asked if I was the shipper or the reciever. When I told them I was the receiver, I was told that only shippers can file a claim. And, that if the package was damaged, I'd have to seek compensation from the shipper. So, complaining at the "Customer Service counter at the hub" did not work for me.

 

[Albany Tom]

I have a funny story about that. Years ago, I bought a KX-155 radio that I planned to use as a troubleshooting spare and loaner for a flying club/part 61 school that I occasionally did avionics work for. It was bubble wrapped and placed in a foam lined box that was large enough to protect it from routine rough handling.

The delivery driver pulled up, and I knew it had to be my radio. I ran to the front door attempting to take it directly from his hands. But, I wasn't quick enough it landed at my feet. He had literally heaved it to the top of my front steps from a good 10 feet away. I said, "hey thats expensive aircraft electronics in that box". His reply was "yeah, good luck with that. Have a nice day!"

I went to the UPS hub, located the next town over. And told the guy that eventually came to the counter what had happened and described the delivery driver. He said, "well you could make a complaint with our manager. But, he's out making deliveries. And, I think he might just be the guy you described."

I called UPS corporate offices and they asked if I was the shipper or the reciever. When I told them I was the receiver, I was told that only shippers can file a claim. And, that if the package was damaged, I'd have to seek compensation from the shipper. So, complaining at the "Customer Service counter at the hub" did not work for me.

You'd think that someone that was that recognizable and traveling a repeatable route wouldn't do something like that out in the country. There's a good chance it'll catch up to him one day - wrong guy, wrong package. But maybe it's intentional. A slow version of suicide by car.

People like that cross all different sorts of companies. I think it does usually catch up to them.

 

[Pinecone]

it's a good chance that several people have your exact same SSN as it's based on your location of issue.

Nope. Unique.

Only the first 3 digits are based on location.

Think about it, IRS and SSA use that number. If there were two people had the same number, how would they figure out whose income and withholding were whose?