The111 0 #1 September 30, 2005 The best way to get a package from Daytona to Orlando?www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beezyshaw 0 #2 September 30, 2005 You're problem is you sent it "Next Day Air". All you had to do was look on the UPS website to estimate shipping and delivery and you'd see that by cheap ground service it would get there the next day. Basically you just threw a bunch of money down the drain. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smokis 0 #3 September 30, 2005 I know it seems crazy, but that is likely the most cost effective way for UPS to organize overnight shipping. If you notice, your package spent most of its time in PA. Probably was sent to a large sorting facility and then sent back out. It would be a lot more expensive to have sorting centres in every major city than a very large one in a few key locations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #4 September 30, 2005 it would have been easier to drive it there and do 15min in the tunnelYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 0 #5 September 30, 2005 QuoteBasically you just threw a bunch of money down the drain. I didn't choose it or pay for it. The shipper screwed up originally and said they would overnight it at their own expense. I didn't argue but did find it funny since I've used ground shipping between these two cities with 24 hour results. But I guess they wanted to guarantee I'd get it since I need the product (my canopy!) before the weekend comes.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #6 September 30, 2005 QuoteI know it seems crazy, but that is likely the most cost effective way for UPS to organize overnight shipping. If you notice, your package spent most of its time in PA. Probably was sent to a large sorting facility and then sent back out. It would be a lot more expensive to have sorting centres in every major city than a very large one in a few key locations. ummmm. No. The only time a next day air package would leave the state was if was where it was going couldnt arrive by truck. You'd be suprised how much "next day air" doesnt ever see the "air". UPS is VERY efficient at moving packages from A to B on trucks. Mind you Im sure it went to PA b/c they are also very efficient at sending packages to the wrong destination. I know b/c I used to supervise a line in a hub. Especially if its a small envelope that can easily be weged between packages and missed.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #7 September 30, 2005 QuoteEspecially if its a small envelope that can easily be weged between packages and missed. sure but i doubt the111's canopy is that small edit- nice to see that it was in orlando twice. should have opted to receive FF miles for it's trip Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #8 September 30, 2005 QuoteQuoteEspecially if its a small envelope that can easily be weged between packages and missed. sure but i doubt the111's canopy is that small edit- nice to see that it was in orlando twice. should have opted to receive FF miles for it's trip true, it was probably just some packing gorilla's missload. those packages come so fast its hard not to miss one now and again. some trucks get as many as 3500-5000 packages in a 4 hour shift. No, really.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anvilbrother 0 #9 September 30, 2005 I had a UPS package come from Philli. Arrive in Baton Rouge, go back to a sorting facility in atlanta, come to new orleans, go to mississippi, then come back to Baton Rouge. I was here, left and came back again. UPS has not delivered my package, or left a slip on my house 5 times. Each time I had to go the Distribution center between their 2 hours a day they are open 8am-10am, and get my package. During the recent weather they left my package out in the rain under the carport instead of leaning it up against the door like anyone with common sense would. I HATE UPS rant over..... Postes r made from an iPad or iPhone. Spelling and gramhair mistakes guaranteed move along, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simplyputsi 0 #10 September 30, 2005 Don't worry DHL does the same thing, or at least did to a package from my work the other day. Supposed to go to an address in state and ended up in Iowa and then came back. Guess mistakes happen, or maybe that IS really why it costs so much Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #11 September 30, 2005 QuoteI had a UPS package come from Philli. Arrive in Baton Rouge, go back to a sorting facility in atlanta, come to new orleans, go to mississippi, then come back to Baton Rouge. I was here, left and came back again. UPS has not delivered my package, or left a slip on my house 5 times. Each time I had to go the Distribution center between their 2 hours a day they are open 8am-10am, and get my package. During the recent weather they left my package out in the rain under the carport instead of leaning it up against the door like anyone with common sense would. I HATE UPS rant over..... Yeah, I konw your pain. Those arent the reasons I dont work there anymore, but you get the same "quality" in a hub too.Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #12 September 30, 2005 In the news today a rig tried to escape from a UPS storage/routing facility in Orlando FL at 3:30am on the 28th of Sept. The rig was recaptured after a short 15 minute taste of freedom and was taken back the to facility where it spent roughly 13 hours being tortured, having its nuts hooked to a car battery, and having degrading pictures taken of it while UPS staff stand by laughing. After the 13 hours of hell the rig was sent on its way. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #13 September 30, 2005 Its showing that b/c, UPS has its supervisors do pre-scans (Ive forgotton the terminology), to make sure the people in the trucks are scanning their packages, and if the supervisor doesnt set the scanner up right it will look like that. Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #14 September 30, 2005 I like my version of events betterI swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver My God has a bigger dick than your god -George Carlin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gemini 0 #15 September 30, 2005 Looks to me it left one location before it got there!!!! Blue skies, Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 4 #16 September 30, 2005 Fed-Ex used to do the same type of thing. Every package you sent went through the same facility in Memphis, regardless of where the from/to were.There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravitational 0 #17 October 1, 2005 QuoteIf you notice, your package spent most of its time in PA. Probably was sent to a large sorting facility and then sent back out. Exactly. It also depends on the origination city as well and where the package is being routed to. The larger cities that have a larger distribution center will do a 'pre-sort' and get packages inline to go to local regional areas without having to ship out of town.------ Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
