Excelsior! Academy Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) UPDATE BELOW I left the house for 2 hours. During which time FedEx says they delivered 3 boxes that each contained 2 patio chairs a piece. Someone signed for them and they are no where to be found. SOMEONE SIGNED for them! I am fur.i.ous! Edited June 30, 2011 by Excelsior! Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Who signed for them? The last time I tried to sign for a neighbor (who asked me to sign), I was refused because I didn't have I.D. matching the addressee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 It was the letters QA. We've only lived in this neighborhood for a little over a month. It IS a good neighborhood. I am hoping they delivered to the wrong address and someone will figure out pretty qickly it is not theirs.. Dh was at work and I had all of the kiddos with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Who signed for them? The last time I tried to sign for a neighbor (who asked me to sign), I was refused because I didn't have I.D. matching the addressee. Can fedex read the name to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in Michigan Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I hope everything turns out okay and get your package! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Ugh. We have seen on the news that people are stalking delivery trucks and doing stuff like that. I think you should ask your neighbors if they saw ANYTHING or ANYONE. I would also try to get FedEx to try to contact the driver and see if they remember anything. Fat chance as many deliveries as they make, but you never know. :grouphug: I'm sorry. That is awful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohdanigirl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Even if they only intial, the driver should have the name. They are supposed to take it down. Hope you find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 UPDATE: After calling again and asking for the actual name that signed they put me on hold to contact the driver. They found out that it had not been delivered and it was still at the terminal. Someone had marked it delivered and put initials by mistake. I am not sure how that can happen, but I am glad that was all it was! Back to stalking the FedEx man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 UPDATE: After calling again and asking for the actual name that signed they put me on hold to contact the driver. They found out that it had not been delivered and it was still at the terminal. Someone had marked it delivered and put initials by mistake. I am not sure how that can happen, but I am glad that was all it was! Back to stalking the FedEx man. It think I would make sure someone was home at all times until they arrive. Glad they were not stolen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My own litle rant: The UPS man has been leaving our deliveries (last three, DS12's birthday coming up, so several deliveries in the last few weeks), over by the garage door, on the corner of the house, and not even ringing the doorbell!!! We live on the corner of a the main neighborhood road. We'll go outside for whatever reason and there is a box sitting way over by the garage....grrrrrrr! What if it rained? If I could figure out how to complain to UPS, I sure would!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 UPDATE: After calling again and asking for the actual name that signed they put me on hold to contact the driver. They found out that it had not been delivered and it was still at the terminal. Someone had marked it delivered and put initials by mistake. I am not sure how that can happen, but I am glad that was all it was! Back to stalking the FedEx man. :hurray::hurray: I'm glad that it was not stolen or misdelivered. Hopefully they will keep this sort of thing from happening again. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 That is good news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossFitMama Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 That is good news. At our last house, we had the worst UPS guy for a while - he would never ring the doorbell even thought I worked from home and was nearly always there. He would leave things in very odd places. Once he just left a note for something that had to be signed for - and I had paid extra for faster delivery. I know for a fact I was home, he just didn't feel like ringing the doorbell! We got a new lady shortly after that - wonder how many complaints they got about him. Seems like if theft is becoming a problem, it ought to to be required to show id matching the delivery address to sign for anything over a certain value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My own litle rant: The UPS man has been leaving our deliveries (last three, DS12's birthday coming up, so several deliveries in the last few weeks), over by the garage door, on the corner of the house, and not even ringing the doorbell!!! We live on the corner of a the main neighborhood road. We'll go outside for whatever reason and there is a box sitting way over by the garage....grrrrrrr! What if it rained? If I could figure out how to complain to UPS, I sure would!! We must have the same driver:tongue_smilie:. They have been leaving my packages by the garage door and not ringing the doorbell. I had a package come while I was out on Friday and we had a heavy thunderstorm while I was gone.:glare: I have a covered front porch!!!!! UGH! Anyway, the package was soaked but somehow the plastic on top of the items inside somehow kept it from getting wet. I really need to talk to a neighbor down the street(who works for UPS) to see how to stop this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'm glad you found it! I had a problem with FedEx last week. I was sitting at home, waiting for the package, in full view of the front door. I received an email notification that the package delivery could not be made because I had moved! The truck never passed my house! I immediately called; and within an hour, I had my package. The driver was apparently lazy and decided he did not want to deliver my package that day. He would not even look at me when he dropped the package off! No apology either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERue Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I'm glad it was found! That could have been a mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I know it doesn't help us on the receiving end, but I've heard that UPS is horrid to their drivers. Apparently, they load up the truck and then the driver has to deliver all of the packages before they go home for the day regardless of how long that takes. We've had deliveries after 10pm at night. My understanding is that he would have been at work since the morning, making for more than a 12 hour day...it is wasn't even near a holiday to boost the number of deliveries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I know it doesn't help us on the receiving end, but I've heard that UPS is horrid to their drivers. Apparently, they load up the truck and then the driver has to deliver all of the packages before they go home for the day regardless of how long that takes. We've had deliveries after 10pm at night. My understanding is that he would have been at work since the morning, making for more than a 12 hour day...it is wasn't even near a holiday to boost the number of deliveries. I had heard this, too, from a former driver--and that was nearly 20 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted June 30, 2011 Author Share Posted June 30, 2011 I know it doesn't help us on the receiving end, but I've heard that UPS is horrid to their drivers. Apparently, they load up the truck and then the driver has to deliver all of the packages before they go home for the day regardless of how long that takes. We've had deliveries after 10pm at night. My understanding is that he would have been at work since the morning, making for more than a 12 hour day...it is wasn't even near a holiday to boost the number of deliveries. I believe it. We got a phone call one evening close to 11pm. It was UPS saying our address didn't exsist. I assured them it did and I was in fact at said address. We did get the package and it was well after 10 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brilliant Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I know it doesn't help us on the receiving end, but I've heard that UPS is horrid to their drivers. Sorry but I don't believe this. My hubby worked for UPS 15 years ago and the teamsters made sure the workers were treated very well. I think it was shortly before their strike which got them even better working conditions. The union won that high-profile fight against management, and I'd be shocked if it has changed much. As far as delivering packages at 10PM - you bet the driver is making $$$ for any time he works after 8 hours a day, so I imagine management doesn't like long days any better than drivers do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 My own litle rant: The UPS man has been leaving our deliveries (last three, DS12's birthday coming up, so several deliveries in the last few weeks), over by the garage door, on the corner of the house, and not even ringing the doorbell!!! We live on the corner of a the main neighborhood road. We'll go outside for whatever reason and there is a box sitting way over by the garage....grrrrrrr! What if it rained? If I could figure out how to complain to UPS, I sure would!! We were once in a fruit-delivery club. Delivery person placed a pineapple inside our garage door in a black plastic bag in JULY!!! For a couple of weeks I vaguely wondered why dh hadn't thrown away that trash bag, while dh was vaguely wondering why I had placed a trashbag in a non-standard place, until it finally dawned on me that perhaps the bag held our missing fruit. It did. :glare: Fortunately, the fruit company replaced the pineapple. Sometimes when you order things, you can leave messages for the delivery person such as "place inside such-and-such door" or whatever. My SIL had to do this because UPS delivered several things that her new puppy tore to shreds before they realized a delivery had happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We may be in the definite majority, but I absolutely love our UPS man and FedEX Gal. They have been the same two people for the past 10 years. Between my work at home tech hubby and homeschooling, we get a LOT of packages. They both know we homeschool, so they leave the packages with a quiet little knock unless they absolutely must have a signature. They even gave us their cell phone numbers in case we ever needed to get in touch with them directly regarding packages. They are almost like a part of the family.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnTeaching Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 We may be in the definite majority, but I absolutely love our UPS man and FedEX Gal. They have been the same two people for the past 10 years. OOpps, I meant "minority" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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