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From: Davoud on 3 Apr 2010 23:17
I asked the UPS driver who delivered my wife's iPad if she was
delivering a lot of iPads today. She said "Yes, because we have special
delivery trucks on duty that are delivering only iPads." "Are you
telling me that truck is completely filled with iPads!?" "It was when I
started this morning." "How many trucks are out there [in this area]
delivering iPads?" "I don't know. Lots."

Davoud

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From: Wes Groleau on 4 Apr 2010 02:15
On 04-03-2010 23:17, Davoud wrote:
> I asked the UPS driver who delivered my wife's iPad if she was

So they shipped UPS. That was stupid. UPS thinks putting
something on a porch and beating feet back to the truck
is a delivery.

Raining? Not their concern.
Anyone home? Not their concern.
Thieves and vandals in the neighborhood? Not their concern.

--
Wes Groleau

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From: Lloyd Parsons on 4 Apr 2010 09:01
In article <hp9apm$s2r$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:

> On 04-03-2010 23:17, Davoud wrote:
> > I asked the UPS driver who delivered my wife's iPad if she was
>
> So they shipped UPS. That was stupid. UPS thinks putting
> something on a porch and beating feet back to the truck
> is a delivery.
>
> Raining? Not their concern.
> Anyone home? Not their concern.
> Thieves and vandals in the neighborhood? Not their concern.

Unless Apple shipped differently than normal, a signature receipt is
required.

--
Lloyd


From: Davoud on 4 Apr 2010 11:31
Wes Groleau:

> So they shipped UPS. That was stupid. UPS thinks putting
> something on a porch and beating feet back to the truck
> is a delivery.
>
> Raining? Not their concern.
> Anyone home? Not their concern.
> Thieves and vandals in the neighborhood? Not their concern.

I'm sorry that your UPS service is not up to the level that obtains in
my region.

The iPad, of course, required a signature. "What if they're not home,"
I asked. "Normally we leave a note on the door, but that hasn't been
necessary for these. Everybody has either been home anxiously waiting
for their iPad delivery or has left a delivery authorization." The
driver said that the excitement was palpable.

Beyond the iPad I have had more than $30,000 worth of delicate
scientific instruments move to and fro via UPS in the past year.
Telescopes, high-end astro-imaging cameras, 50mm optical filters worth
$1k each, a precision electro-mechanical device to Australia--and UPS
did a great job in every instance.

I'm not saying that UPS is perfect; the company is staffed by human
beings. I am saying that in my region they do a pretty good job.

It is true that rain, persons not home (except when parcels require a
signature) and thieves and vandals are not entirely UPS's concern--and
legitimately so. The recipient must take some responsibility.

Every time I have received a package in the rain--including a shipment
of childrens' books (my wife is a reviewer) received during a _record_
rainfall last week when we were not at home--it has been wrapped in
clear plastic in such a way as to make it difficult or impossible for
water to penetrate. The books were safe and dry, and I reiterate that
this was a _record_ rainfall.

I don't doubt what you say. I can only suggest that you try the USPS or
FedEx or another carrier.

Davoud

--
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

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From: George Kerby on 4 Apr 2010 13:32



On 4/4/10 10:31 AM, in article 040420101131515502%star(a)sky.net, "Davoud"
<star(a)sky.net> wrote:

> Wes Groleau:
>
>> So they shipped UPS. That was stupid. UPS thinks putting
>> something on a porch and beating feet back to the truck
>> is a delivery.
>>
>> Raining? Not their concern.
>> Anyone home? Not their concern.
>> Thieves and vandals in the neighborhood? Not their concern.
>
> I'm sorry that your UPS service is not up to the level that obtains in
> my region.
>
> The iPad, of course, required a signature. "What if they're not home,"
> I asked. "Normally we leave a note on the door, but that hasn't been
> necessary for these. Everybody has either been home anxiously waiting
> for their iPad delivery or has left a delivery authorization." The
> driver said that the excitement was palpable.
>
> Beyond the iPad I have had more than $30,000 worth of delicate
> scientific instruments move to and fro via UPS in the past year.
> Telescopes, high-end astro-imaging cameras, 50mm optical filters worth
> $1k each, a precision electro-mechanical device to Australia--and UPS
> did a great job in every instance.
>
> I'm not saying that UPS is perfect; the company is staffed by human
> beings. I am saying that in my region they do a pretty good job.
>
> It is true that rain, persons not home (except when parcels require a
> signature) and thieves and vandals are not entirely UPS's concern--and
> legitimately so. The recipient must take some responsibility.
>
> Every time I have received a package in the rain--including a shipment
> of childrens' books (my wife is a reviewer) received during a _record_
> rainfall last week when we were not at home--it has been wrapped in
> clear plastic in such a way as to make it difficult or impossible for
> water to penetrate. The books were safe and dry, and I reiterate that
> this was a _record_ rainfall.
>
> I don't doubt what you say. I can only suggest that you try the USPS or
> FedEx or another carrier.
>
> Davoud
Many years ago, I had a UPS delivery from KEH Camera in Atlanta. It was a
Hasselblad S/W camera, about $6000.00 in today's value.

Instead of keeping it, since I was not in at the time, he wrote on the door
notice that he had left it in the garage of the vacant house next door.

I never saw that particular driver after that.

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