• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’ll tell you why. Time.

    I used to live two hours away from a UPS delivery hub. it could take weeks for me to get a delivery from UPS after I was supposed to get it.

    they used to not deliver packages unless you were there. I missed the first delivery, the next two times they never showed up and said they did.

    over two months later I finally had to drive two hours to the distribution hub and claim my package.

    I had no option of who to ship my package with. that was entirely left up to the seller.

    I now live 15 minutes away from the same distribution hub and it STILL takes a month extra to get my packages.

    this is why I tell every delivery service to just leave it at the door.

    our options suck, sellers refuse to use USPS because we have a corrupt bitch running it that’s running it into the ground, and I just don’t have the time to wait 3-4 times the shipping length for products I bought.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Wow, you must live in the Bermuda Triangle or something. The latest I’ve had a package be delivered is like 2 days, and usually my packages get here early. It doesn’t matter if it’s USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, OnPoint (or whatever it’s called), or some other random carrier, I’ve never had a package stolen, lost, or significantly damaged. FedEx seems more likely to be a day or two late, Amazon, UPS, and USPS are usually a day early, and the others are less consistent.

      That said, I live pretty close to an Amazon warehouse, my USPS office seems to be a regional hub, and I’m just outside the area for the worst FedEx in the state. It’s probably because I’m just outside a larger metro area of a smaller state, but honestly, my delivery service rocks.