Posted by oldhippie_IL on 11/26/06 10:21am
Msg #162100

UPS

Anyone notice that UPS has been closed til Monday??

Reply by BrendaTx on 11/26/06 10:26am
Msg #162103

Re: UPS - no, but I do recall it from last year - PITA. n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/26/06 10:39am
Msg #162108

Re: You'll want to be careful over Christmas too

I was just looking - Christmas is Monday, eve is Sunday - I see FedEx Kinkos last express drop is noon Saturday with none on Sunday - not sure what schedule UPS will be following..

Christmas is also EOM too (remember - following weekend is New Year's eve - EOM & year-end) ...yeesh

Reply by Teddog/CO on 11/26/06 10:44am
Msg #162110

Re: You'll want to be careful over Christmas too

No kidding ! It should be Veryyyy interesting with our "last minute" friends. Those late night signings are going to be a killer. lol

Reply by Teddog/CO on 11/26/06 10:36am
Msg #162105

Hey! oldhippie where you been?

Nice to see you on the board. UPS is closed Sunday here. They only pick-up at certain locations at 3PM on Saturdays in Colorado.

Have a great Sunday !

Reply by Bonnie Frederikson on 11/26/06 2:06pm
Msg #162124

Hey Teddog!

Been working!!

Reply by John_NorCal on 11/26/06 10:36am
Msg #162106

Yeah I found out on Friday when I went to the out to send out a package. The truck had picked up 3 hours earlier than usual, the person at the outlet said that she had to call UPS for a special pick up. Go figure! The least they could do is give some kind of notice on their website, etc. I heard that FedEx was working a normal schedule.

Reply by Teddog/CO on 11/26/06 10:38am
Msg #162107

No doubt! If given a choice I'll take FedEx anytime. n/m

Reply by Elizabeth Soliday on 11/26/06 4:57pm
Msg #162138

Fed Ex all the way, if I had a choice.. n/m

Reply by Joan_OH on 11/26/06 10:43am
Msg #162109

Catches me by surprise EVERY year!

Occasionally, at the end of the month, I have my packages delivered to the UPS facility so I can pick it up early. Friday, as I'm approaching, dejavu starts kicking in. Only a few cars in the Parking lot with a big CLOSED sign on the door!!! Luckily, I know they keep the back door open and I knew where the managers office was. He got my package for me. I asked about the schedule and he said only express shipments were going out. I called at 4:15 from a 6:30 drop box and they said they WERE picking up the drop boxes.

FedEx, on the other hand, had a note on their 6pm drop box that they were picking up @ 5pm. At 4:15 the box had already been picked up. Had to drive to a HUB to get it sent and it was delivered Saturday Morning.

Few years ago, over the Christmas Holiday, we had 24" of snow. My packages sat in a buried FedEx box for 6 days! I hated the answer the phone that week.

Joan-OH

Reply by Teddog/CO on 11/26/06 10:47am
Msg #162111

There are those times Joan, a gal just can't win! n/m

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/26/06 10:49am
Msg #162112

Re: FYI Everyone..

I just called FedEx - their Kinkos facilities are closed on Sunday, 12/24 - in my area I have one facility taking drops by 3:00 on Saturday, 12/23 (but I have to drive almost 50 miles to get to it) - they are closed on Monday. On Tuesday, 12/26 there are NO deliveries but there are pickups as usual.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 11/26/06 8:45pm
Msg #162159

Re: UPDATE to FYI

PAW very nicely told me he talked to FedEx and they told HIM they WERE delivering on Tuesday...yeesh...

Guess I'll check again closer to the holiday - maybe they'll have their schedules worked out by then. As for UPS I'll be calling around about that tomorrow.

Sorry for misleading - it was not my intention.

Reply by Ernest__CT on 11/26/06 1:44pm
Msg #162120

Re: UPS: Not all UPS Stores are equal!

The usual place where I drop packages (UPS, FedEx, DHL) was closed on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. FedEx claimed that packages would be picked up at one specific drop-box location on Friday, so I dropped the FedEx packages there.

On Saturday a call to the UPS 800 number brought the good news that the schedule was normal and that staffed locations were open. A visit to the UPS Store in my home town brought me face to face with a "Closed" sign. Another call to the 800 number brought the same lie. I asked where the next-nearest staffed location was and was told Rhode Island, about 25 miles (one way) away; supposedly that store would have the normal pickup, about 5:30 or so. A call to that store (about 4:15) brought the truth: The last pickup for Friday had already occurred and they were about to close. The gentleman was very nice. He said that they would open at 10:00 AM on Saturday, and the pickup would be at noon. On Saturday I drove the 50+ miles round trip, dropped off the packages, and had a very pleasant chat with the franchisee.

It seems that the stores that are ***direct*** UPS franchises have to obey the UPS rules. The other stores (such as the one in my home town) make up their own rules.

Bottom line: Don't believe the 800-number information or the Web Site. Call the individual store to be sure when they'll be open and when the last pickup will be.

Reply by Ernest__CT on 11/26/06 1:46pm
Msg #162121

Oops! The first call to UPS was on Friday, not Saturday. n/m

Reply by MelissaCT on 11/27/06 9:35am
Msg #162233

Very true!! If unfamiliar with location, also confirm

directions. The first time I went to the local FedEx hub, the directions on the website were very wrong. When I finally got a hold of someone at the location, they gave me the correct directions & stated that they knew the directions on the FedEx site were incorrect & had been so for over a year!! No one knew how to correct the site.

The local UPS store in my town states pickup at noon on the website, but the UPS guy gets there about 15-20 minutes early for pickup on Saturday.

Never believe everything you see on the internet!