Comments | disbandedtoastr: Would this piss you off??

disbandedtoastr

Would this piss you off??

Oct 04, 2009 21:55

Imagine that you order something online and are forced to pay and extra $15.00 to have your order shipped via UPS. (You're not given another choice when you order.) They send you a tracking number for UPS, only it's not a UPS number, it's a USPS number. You find this out when you try to actually track your package through UPS and their site says ( Read more... )

Comments 4

zarathud October 5 2009, 05:07:57 UTC

I would complain. Sounds like they screwed up.

magnet5 October 5 2009, 16:59:21 UTC

Hell yeah you're entitled!

Maybe not.... kwix October 7 2009, 04:54:28 UTC

We have ordered stuff from various vendors and have had the same experience. I hate to say this but you may not technically have been the victim of bait and switch.

It seems that thanks to the wonders of governmental interference and it's inability to understand that "privatized business" means that you stop supporting it with tax dollars the Postal Service is able to offer package delivery cheaper than either UPS or FedEx can deliver it.

So, UPS has started shipping some of it's packages via USPS:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080827/OPINION02/708279998

It's bad news, but basically if a package can be shipped via USPS at a lower cost than UPS can do it, UPS will ship it via USPS to save funds.

Re: Maybe not.... kwix October 7 2009, 04:58:27 UTC

I should add that this may not be the case for your item, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's what happened.