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UPS Ground

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  • UPS Ground - Good Service, But Is It Right For Your Shipping Needs?

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 21, 2004
    Pros: Good service, insurance, reliable.
    Cons: Not always the best deal for your money.

    Summary: Over the years I have both sent and received a multitude of packages through UPS Ground and thus far have rarely had any problems with their service. Although I have been on the receiving end of most of these packages, I will cover both ends of ... read more

  • UPS - terrible customer service

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    May 10, 2012
    Pros: I am unable to find any.
    FAIL!
    Cons: Poor service.
    worse customer service.
    No way to solve any issues that may arise.

    FAIL!!

    Summary: I use this service quite frequently, and recently I have been having problems having the package delivered by UPS Ground before 12 noon. I pay for this specific service (and pay well) to be delivered by a certain time... with a company who ... read more

  • UPS - Breaks things, repackaging, no delivery

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 9, 2011
    Pros: None
    Cons: No receipt
    No customer service
    No real tracking system
    Not paying damages

    Summary: I guess this is a right place to let other know about abusive companies such as UPS, well done. Here is my case, I sent 5 packages from Spain to UK, 4 of them with computers packaged in original box with all protectors. 4 boxes arrived late and all of ... read more

  • Ups has no customer service recourse BEWARE!

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Sep 2, 2011
    Pros: I have nothing to say that is good.
    Cons: Beware that UPS has nocustomer recourse and that would spell dissaster foryou the customer.  

    Summary: sent package to los angeles. the address was off by one digit.  i called to correct it. said shipper must call and correct. they did. next step in incorrect addresses, ups makes up an address themselves close to the one on package.  go figure! ... read more

  • Up yours, UPS... Your driver's delivery could use some work.

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 11, 2011
    Pros: Usually reliable and reasonably priced.
    Cons: I've had run ins with rude drivers.

    Summary: I don't generally ship a lot of packages.  When I do have something that needs to be shipped, I usually call on the good ol' U.S. Postal Service.  However, I do buy a lot of stuff online and that means I am often on the receiving end of United ... read more

  • They misrepresent delivery guarantees.

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Mar 24, 2011
    Pros: Hmmm, not much.  Most of the people I talked with were polite?
    Cons: They are at best horribly disorganized; at worst they are outright fraudulent. 

    Summary: The first time they misrepresented their delivery guarantee to me (a couple of years ago), I was annoyed but I chalked it up to an isolated incident.  I was shipping luggage for a long trip (from California to Oregon) and an employee in my ... read more

  • UPS Sucks Again

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Feb 18, 2011
    Pros: I'll have to get back to you on that one.
    Cons: Total ineptness, poor customer service, and obviously a flawed tracking/sorting system.  Use FedEx

    Summary: Yuma, AZ, United States 02/18/20117:34 A.M.Out For Delivery Phoenix, AZ, United States 02/17/20112:18 P.M.Arrival Scan As you can see from above, my (critical) package arrived in Phoenix the afternoon of the 17th.  I am 20 minutes from Phoenix ... read more

  • UPS: Customer Service Gone Wrong

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Feb 4, 2011
    Pros: 1 customer service representative helped me out of almost a dozen.
    Cons: 1 customer service represntative helped me out of almost a dozen.

    Summary: On-line shopping is becoming the norm for many Americans, however, dealing with logistics companies can be an unforeseen nightmare.  Recently, I purchased from a website that is located in Austin, Texas.  Unfortunately this company uses UPS as ... read more

  • Batting 1000 for poor business conscious

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 24, 2010
    Pros: Have online access to avoid dealing with inept UPS employees.
    Cons: Do not send corrected invoices, poor customer service, easily damage goods, lack of management. 

    Summary: When I first expanded my online business to shipping more global, I decided to register and use UPS as both a Broker and Shipper to allow my business to operate more smoothly and ensure that shipments would arrive on time and be taken care of.Since ... read more

  • UPS: dumber than a bag of hair

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Aug 10, 2010
    Pros: There have been no pros, so far.
    Cons: No interest in customer service. UPS should stand for "YoU Poor Shipper."

    Summary: I bought two orders of shoes online from Yoox.com.  I directed both packages were sent to my work address so there would be someone to receive them, but the suite number got cut off the address.UPS made a delivery attempt but couldn't find ... read more

  • UPS: Complain and You Will Pay

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Feb 3, 2010
    Pros: Cheap
    Cons: Impossibly poor customer service with basically no way to complain

    Summary: I lived in Germantown, WI for 24 years until moving 30 minutes away to Wauwatosa, WI.  While I was in Germantown I had no problems with my UPS service ever.  After moving to the new area my experiences with the UPS have been just short of ... read more

  • So What's the point of the Infonotice

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jan 12, 2010
    Pros: Nothing
    Cons: Everything

    Summary: I work in customer service and really try to see things from all sides when talking to someone and the roles are reversed because I know that being screamed at for something that may or may not be in your control is not easy.  While I normally just ... read more

  • UPS ground customers are treated as second class citizens

    Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
    Dec 24, 2008
    Pros: Cost
    Cons: Treatment by Customer Service Representative

    Summary: Recently my wife ordered a package to be delivered to her via ups ground shipping. She ordered the package on December 13th so that it would arrive in time for Christmas. She was assured it would take the standard 5-7 business days. We live in Seattle ... read more

  • Worthless Customer Service

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Dec 18, 2008
    Pros: Service has been good.
    Cons: They refuse to correct a problem they created.

    Summary: 12/16/2008: Early afternoon.Tried to set up a third party shipment under our account via UPS web site.  Unable to fill in "Associate a Shipper's UPS Account" information.Call Customer Service (800-742-5877) for help.  Sorry, ... read more

  • UPS, common sense?

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Sep 17, 2008
    Pros: No idea. Cheap maybe?
    Cons: Driver was a complete moron.

    Summary: I live downtown St.Paul in what can be best described as a mixed socio-economic neighborhood. I recently ordered a 32" LCD TV and a computer from Newegg.com who in turn shipped via UPS.I come home from work on the expected delivery date and look ... read more

  • Inflexible policies, don't care about customer service.

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Aug 19, 2008
    Pros: None I can think of, after this treatment.
    Cons: Terrible customer service. No consistency. Inflexibility.

    Summary: Shipped a parcel containing four framed pieces of artwork from a friend in California to a receiving company in Washington - just across the border from Canada, where live. Drove to the US to pick it up, it was smashed. had to come home, and couldn't ... read more

  • Unreliable, Non Apologetic, Read my story

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 24, 2008
    Pros: None
    Cons: Unreliable and worst customer service ever

    Summary: My company has been doing business with UPS for more than TWENTY YEARS, so it is amazing what they decided to pull on us. We do a fundraising event and companies donate items for our silent auction. One item donated was a $200 gift card and the winner ... read more

  • Avoid at all costs

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Jul 5, 2008
    Pros: None
    Cons: Delayed packages, damaged packages, awful customer service, more expensive

    Summary: Whenever I order something online, I generally receive it via UPS. I started shipping items recently, and I comparison shopped shipping rates. I found that UPS was the most expensive of all three, by at least $3 per package. This might not seem like a ... read more

  • Phantom delivery attempts

    Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 2, 2008
    Pros: sometimes you will get your package on time
    Cons: lots of times you wont get them on time

    Summary: UPS has the absolute laziest drivers. On many occasions they have said they've made delivery attempts during times I've been home specifically waiting for them and yet I never heard the doorbell ring nor was a yellow slip left at my door, not until the ... read more

  • Disorganized

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 2, 2008
    Pros: Helpful customer service rep.
    Cons: Slow service, disorganized facilities.

    Summary: I had a package shipped from LA to San Diego which should have arrived the next day. The company I ordered from set the billing address as the shipping address. This wasn't UPS's fault. I could have received the package at the billing address, but the ... read more

  • UPS: Universal Piece of S _ _ _ (Worst Delivery Service Ever!)

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Feb 2, 2008
    Pros: Absolutely none...this company is the bottom of the scum barrel
    Cons: Everything! Lies, poor service, thievery, late delivery, laziness, poor communication, lack of care for packages...

    Summary: Of all the products or services I ever reviewed in Epinions, by far the worst has to be United Parcel Services (UPS). They fail even the minimum level of quality standards I set for them. They are a disgrace! Now that I got that off of my chest, let ... read more

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