I have mucho problems with UPS. I've had UPS leave my insulin at my front door which we seldom use (the front door) on a hot summer day without either knocking on my door or even ringing my doorbell. They NEVER knock or ring the doorbell which the mailman does when he delivers packages of any sort. I've complained several times where they said they would talk to the delivery man but nothing changes. Sometimes my insulin would sit in the not sun for more than a day before we would accidentally discover it. Got so bad that the VA changed their delivery process now requiring UPS to get our signature before delivering any VA package. The other packages we don't worry about because no one in our neighborhood has ever stolen one of our packages.
From what i know, unless a sig is required, none of the companies will knock or ring the doorbell. The company shipping should be able to put special instructions on where to deliver on the package or on your account. Ive found ups is good with following them overall. Way better than amazon, fed ex or usps. Lanny, im pretty sure you can provide ups instructions on where to leave a package. We have three doors and never use our front either. I have instructions applied to my address for anything delivered goes to the side door with covered patio and cement steps. We also have this request with Amazon. However, whenever it isn't a ups driver, package isn't delivered correctly. Many times ive come home to find a package at our backdoor that has no cover even they they drive by two doors, both with covers. I mean who the hell leaves a package at the ONE door without a cover in this nw weather? You must have a driver on your route. Hey @MickZagger whats your route again? LakeO? LOL!
For some of our family members in the PNW, we purchased Christmas gifts and mailed them USPS. Some of those gifts were books.....not weighing much and relatively small packages. We paid nearly $25 each for shipping!! This is $25 that could've otherwise been applied to a better gift(s) via Amazon.
If a package was only books. I believe you could have sent them media mail through usps. If you ship something media mail, it is ridiculously cheap. https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm
yet none of them will ring your doorbell when dropping off a package. How hard is it to push a button as they drop the package off?
I don't want them ringing my doorbell. It makes my dogs go crazy and my kid wakes up if they are taking a nap. Get a Ring doorbell. I know whenever someone drops off a package because I get a notification on my phone. Way better than someone ringing the doorbell.
I’m in SW. But what Lanny needs to do is go on UPS My Choice and he can set instructions on where to leave the package and the driver will be notified when they scan into the stop. I think you can even get texts when it’s delivered if it’s important that you know. Your typical Amazon package with a toothbrush or toilet paper or whatever I’m not going to ring the doorbell. If it’s something valuable or I need a signature I will. I’ve been yelled at by too many angry moms with sleeping babies and graveyard workers, along with dogs that go ape shit for me to ring the bell on every delivery. And yes, we’re much better than Amazon and fed ex and get told by customers pretty much daily. Especially fed ex. Order coming from them might never come from what I hear
If it’s that important you should track it. I know if I was dependent on a medication and was at home all day I’d be looking out the window and checking quite a bit instead of letting it get ruined in the sun. But I dunno that’s just me
Probably had the best experience with UPS Never had a bad experience with FedEx. Sorry for your troubles @Orion Bailey. My wife and I pay attention to a tracker on phone so we know exactly when packages hit our door. I have missed packages because of no knocking.
People that ship on ebay do it all the time with all books. They just aren't supposed to with comic books or advertisement books. The worst that happens is whoever you ship it to has to pay extra shipping at their post office to pick it up from what I have heard. I don't know what their rules really are. Just seems like in practice, people ship books all the time through media mail.
