Home deliveries
#11
He, he. Amazon took a photo of a large crushed box on my porch one delivery. Luckily the computer keyboard I'd ordered was fine. the box looked like an Elephant had sat on it and they had the gaul to post that photo proudly!!
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
Posts: 2,979
Thats a lazy delivery guy. That’s just wrong. I have 2 family members delivering & they wouldn’t think of doing that. I watched the driver leave my neighbors box in front of the garage door. 1) it’s maybe 10-12 more steps to leave it on the porch. 2). the homeowner can easily open the garage door and back out, crushing the box.
#13
We have an electric gate at our entrance. There is a mailbox and a package receptacle (steel-shaped like a BBQ pit). Amazon driver proudly posted their picture of a package wedged into the gate. Ruined gate mechanism. They paid for new opener-no questions after I forwarded the driver's delivery picture! They are very careful with deliveries now.
Last edited by aashley333; 07-29-2023 at 03:42 AM.
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,538
No complaints here, I'm just glad they show up. I was expecting a priority mail express delivery Monday. I have no clue where it decided to vacation until it finally showed up yesterday. Usually our packages are left by the front door, we normally only have Amazon packages that the post office delivers. The rest is UPS, the driver in our area is really good.
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: NW MN lake country
Posts: 3,390
I imagine that the quality of delivery service depends on where you live and who the manager is for any given area. Lately, Fed Ex always immediately sends us an email with a photo showing where they left our delivery; the post office rings the door bell when they leave a package; and UPS usually makes all kinds of noise as he walks up the three steps to our porch. During covid, we did have one FedEx delivery of a case of canned goods that they tossed from the bottom of the steps to the center of the deck, damaging both the carton and some of the cans as well as leaving a big dent in the wood planks on the deck. I reported that delivery to both the shipper and fed ex and was reumbursed for the damages from both with no problems. I don't know about FedEx, but the poor UPS drivers are being constantly timed and they get reprimanded if they aren't fast enough, with no considerations made for long driveways or difficult delivery locations.
#16
This last winter I got a delivery from UPS and I was so impressed. I have an 800 foot driveway and was just going to go out and plow when the UPS driver actually walked down my snow covered driveway to deliver the package, I met him half way and thanked him for being so conscientious and told him how much I appreciated him.
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: The Finger Lakes of upstate NY
Posts: 3,457
My guess is that it is a substitute driver or some such.
Our winter home is on the 2nd floor of a building, with stairs for our unit and another. The door to one of the downstairs units is just past the landing for the stairs.
One of the substitute UPS drivers would set packages right at the bottom of the stairs. Annoying for me if it was a large package; all of the regular drivers bring them upstairs and put outside of our door. But it's also a hazard for the others who either use the stairs or need to get past them to get to their doorway.
Overall, I've been very lucky, though, and really appreciate the folks who are doing a great job.
Our winter home is on the 2nd floor of a building, with stairs for our unit and another. The door to one of the downstairs units is just past the landing for the stairs.
One of the substitute UPS drivers would set packages right at the bottom of the stairs. Annoying for me if it was a large package; all of the regular drivers bring them upstairs and put outside of our door. But it's also a hazard for the others who either use the stairs or need to get past them to get to their doorway.
Overall, I've been very lucky, though, and really appreciate the folks who are doing a great job.
#19
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,406
BonnieJP, I also have issues with FedEx. I'm lucky if they even get it to the porch. I'd asked them to deliver some very heavy shelving units (70#) next to the front garage which wasn't that far from the front porch but they barely got it teetering on the front porch and stairs both times. I had to pull out my little dollie and haul them back to the garage, one by one and I'm over 70, not that I'm a weakling but when you instruct them to do something, you expect it. And they wonder why I give them a "1 star" review. Only because I can't give them a "0 star" review.
#20
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 15,988
I got a code today from Amazon to give the driver. First time for that. But the package could be considered a weapon/dangerous? Maybe have a picture of it on the outside of the package? It is a crossbow. My husband said maybe because of the cost. I said my sewing machine was delivered without a code and it cost much more. He thought a minute and said What? LOL