Tin, LBH, Matt: UPS

[bmadd]

Why must it take ALL of my tackle warehouse orders two (2) days to get from Memphis to my hometown. That is only a one and one-half hour drive   It makes it from California to Tennessee in the same amount of time as it takes it to travel that hour and a half in state  :-/

[cart7t]

My guess would be it has to go through the Louisville distribution center first.  

[Bassboy15]

2 Days isn't bad at all...

[Olebiker]

Because you didn't pay extra for the overnight delivery.  Two days and you're complaining?  I'd be thrilled.

[flechero]

Why must it take ALL of my tackle warehouse orders two (2) days to get from Memphis to my hometown.

It only takes one day who wants to pay for a red label.  ...lol

[bmadd]

I think you guys are confused. It takes two days from California to Memphis, the distribution center. Then it takes two days from Memphis to my house. And Memphis is only an hour and a half away from my house. Therefore, it takes my package the same amount of time from California to Tennessee as it does to travel an hour and a half.

[bilgerat]

Probably goes something like this (way oversimplified) - A large quanity of packages all bound for different addresses arrives in Memphis. Then they must be sorted and broken down until they make it onto the individual route trucks. Would take some time. Completely a stab in the dark on my part.

[daviscw]

Careful... The last person to start a UPS thread was banned.  :-X

[Big Tom]

Careful... The last person to start a UPS thread was banned. :-X

^

[SPEEDBEAD.]

Careful... The last person to start a UPS thread was banned. :-X

He is with us in spirit.... ;D

[KevO]

Thats funny whenever I order stuff from TW and it reaches memphis I get it the next day.  I live around Nashville.

[bmadd]

Not trying to bash UPS or cause problems. Just whining  

Mods feel free to delete if need be. Avoiding any problems so I'm done with this.

[Sam]

From Memphis your package goes to Cinncy.

From Cinny it is on to Kansas City.

From Kansas City it is over to Atlanta.

From Atlanta, it hits Knoxville.

From Knoxville,it goes back to Memphis.

From Memphis, it is now put on a truck to your house.

Then delivered.

And you are complaining?  You should be surcharged for all the fuel expenses.  ;D

[TrippyJai]

WOW! 2 days!

At least you don't have to wait 2-4 weeks for an order + 7.50, 12.50 or $30 shipping depending on how much you order.

You guys also get free delivery > 50 bucks.

[Tin]

The place is a big cluster ____. My TW orders will go to Maine then back down to RI. Who knows... ;D

[Matt Fly]

Most UPS drivers, don't load their own ground packages, that is done by morning pre-load crew.

   A few factors to consider.

The season, come Oct, the holiday rush is on at UPS for Xmas.

The normal pre loader for that route was out for what ever reason and a new guy had to load that truck for the day.

 Package wasn't in the right location and when the driver found it, it would have caused him to back track to deliver it, and that would have caused him to be late on his commercial pickups that he has to do to end his day.

  There was a new sorter for that slide today, old sorter was on vacation or whatever.  Package got sent to wrong area for loading and when this happens, its tossed on bottom belt and goes all the way to the back of the house to be resorted again, amoungst the other 1000 packages put back on the bottom for resorting every half hour.

 The weather was bad 1000 miles away that prevented it from being shipped as expected.  So, it never left from its origin on time.

Your normal driver was on vacation, and his replacement is familar with businesses, but not too swift for residental areas.

At UPS, at least in Austin, we had alot of college students who preloaded,  preloaders are part timers who work about 4 hours in the early morning hours.     Finding guys who are willing to work 4-5  tough fast paced  hrs and come in everyday at 4am is hard to keep the same crews every day.

    Been there, done that.     Go Brown!    

If you are looking into signing up for a gym membership, forget that, just join UPS preloading crews or unloading crews in the evening and get paid to loose weight.

 

[Walz]

You ain't kiddin' about losing losing weight workin there. A few years ago when I got laid off from my job I worked at UPS on the Preload, and then delivered full-time for awhile. I lost 35 lbs in about 5 months.

[Matt Fly]

We had a female clerk on our slide, she was red head, and extremely over weight.   After a year of clerking, she wanted to be on the slide, after another year, I thought she was a new girl, wow, did she look very good.

   Our Austin Hub had 13 slides, She was move down on the other end of the building.    

  I left UPS to finish off my degree in late November, by the end of Dec. I had gained 17 lbs from holiday eats and no exercise.

   yep, you'll burn calories working for UPS.

[KYntucky Warmouth]

3 days from Cal. to Ky. 2 if shipped same day.  how is this bad    

[=Matt 5.0=]

TW orders take at least 5 days to reach me... coming from Cali. 2 days is a joke.

[=Matt 5.0=]

You ain't kiddin' about losing losing weight workin there. A few years ago when I got laid off from my job I worked at UPS on the Preload, and then delivered full-time for awhile. I lost 35 lbs in about 5 months.

Ever see a fat UPS guy? I lost another 5lbs that I couldn't afford.  >

[Branuss04]

I'll let you *** me.. check out the status on my latest TW purchase

ROCKLIN, CA,  US      

      05/08/2009      3:48 P.M.      DELIVERY

     05/08/2009      6:30 A.M.      OUT FOR DELIVERY

     05/08/2009      6:00 A.M.      ARRIVAL SCAN

OAKLAND, CA,  US      

      05/08/2009      5:08 A.M.      DEPARTURE SCAN

     05/08/2009      1:53 A.M.      ARRIVAL SCAN

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA,  US      

      05/07/2009      8:17 P.M.      DEPARTURE SCAN

     05/07/2009      6:39 P.M.      ORIGIN SCAN

By the way, I made the order around 3PM on 05/07/2009.

I love TW   8-)