Out of around 30 Amazon orders, I've had one go completely missing and one delivered to the wrong address. The wrong address one was corrected by my nice neighbor (and I've received their packages twice). The missing one never even got a tracking number for any delivery service, just was given a delivery date and then a message there was an error on the day it was supposed to be delivered. Amazon corrected it.
amazon missing package. how often?
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I'm up in the woods on a hill in a site scratch-built Log cabin near the State Forest. People are afraid to come to my house with the long drive way in the woods.
Lots of folks with guns around here; it's known you don't mess around with people's personal property.
Lots of folks with guns around here; it's known you don't mess around with people's personal property.
Have it delivered to an Amazon Locker in your area. Or get a camera at your front door. You may be getting ripped off by one of your neighbors
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I have big $$ items delivered to my work place Dock. Less costly shipping (for THEM) and less sweat for everyone.
This used to work great for me, but my last two companies have made it clear that personal packages were not OK.
For my first few years at my last job they let me ship big things there if I gave them notice up front, but I went down one day to tell that that some skis were coming and they warned me that had to be the last time.
I also used to pick up my UPS packages at their depot instead of having them sent to my house, but I don't work near the depot anymore and I mostly dropped that.
Haven't tried an Amazon locker yet, need to learn more about that service...
I have big $$ items delivered to my work place Dock. Less costly shipping (for THEM) and less sweat for everyone.
This used to work great for me, but my last two companies have made it clear that personal packages were not OK.
For my first few years at my last job they let me ship big things there if I gave them notice up front, but I went down one day to tell that that some skis were coming and they warned me that had to be the last time.
I also used to pick up my UPS packages at their depot instead of having them sent to my house, but I don't work near the depot anymore and I mostly dropped that.
Haven't tried an Amazon locker yet, need to learn more about that service...
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I have big $$ items delivered to my work place Dock. Less costly shipping (for THEM) and less sweat for everyone.
This used to work great for me, but my last two companies have made it clear that personal packages were not OK.
For my first few years at my last job they let me ship big things there if I gave them notice up front, but I went down one day to tell that that some skis were coming and they warned me that had to be the last time.
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Unless you stepped on some manager toes....
could some coffees and couple boxes of donuts for the shipping and receiving guys on a cold Friday morning fix that? (advance notice still standing...)
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I have big $$ items delivered to my work place Dock. Less costly shipping (for THEM) and less sweat for everyone.
This used to work great for me, but my last two companies have made it clear that personal packages were not OK.
For my first few years at my last job they let me ship big things there if I gave them notice up front, but I went down one day to tell that that some skis were coming and they warned me that had to be the last time.
...
Unless you stepped on some manager toes....
could some coffees and couple boxes of donuts for the shipping and receiving guys on a cold Friday morning fix that? (advance notice still standing...)
Thousands of packages shipped to my office inside the confines of the international airport. Never anything missing. I have occasionally seen things showing delivered online, that don't actually show up until the next working day or two.
My wife orders so much stuff on line that all the delivery guys, Every Fed Ex UPS and USPS driver in eastern MA knows how to get here.
I brought up the issue we have with USPS deliveries on the FB page of our small town and I'm not the only person who runs into this. Turns out most of us have a common denominator - the same mail carrier. I have to acknowledge that the area she covers each day is much, much larger than I'd have ever guessed. No idea how she does it in ~8 hours !
Anyway, some others mentioned signing up for USPS "Informed Delivery" service. You can login to the USPS website and see items that have been scanned for your address overnight or early in the morning and what you should get that day. Another person, who used to be a mail carrier, pointed out that if you select the "I didn't receive this item" checkbox, the local post office is notified and they will make the carrier find the piece and deliver it. I haven't done that myself....
Anyway, some others mentioned signing up for USPS "Informed Delivery" service. You can login to the USPS website and see items that have been scanned for your address overnight or early in the morning and what you should get that day. Another person, who used to be a mail carrier, pointed out that if you select the "I didn't receive this item" checkbox, the local post office is notified and they will make the carrier find the piece and deliver it. I haven't done that myself....
Originally Posted By: hallstevenson
....Another person, who used to be a mail carrier, pointed out that if you select the "I didn't receive this item" checkbox, the local post office is notified and they will make the carrier find the piece and deliver it. I haven't done that myself....
I have done that when I haven't received an item like a bill that was listed on the day's e-mail. Not sure if it helped any, but I notice that my daily notices now have this on the e-mail, right before the option to report a missing item: "Mailpieces may arrive several days after you receive the notification. Please allow up to a week for delivery before reporting missing mail."
Kind of defeats the purpose, IMHO.
....Another person, who used to be a mail carrier, pointed out that if you select the "I didn't receive this item" checkbox, the local post office is notified and they will make the carrier find the piece and deliver it. I haven't done that myself....
I have done that when I haven't received an item like a bill that was listed on the day's e-mail. Not sure if it helped any, but I notice that my daily notices now have this on the e-mail, right before the option to report a missing item: "Mailpieces may arrive several days after you receive the notification. Please allow up to a week for delivery before reporting missing mail."
Kind of defeats the purpose, IMHO.
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I have big $$ items delivered to my work place Dock. Less costly shipping (for THEM) and less sweat for everyone.
This used to work great for me, but my last two companies have made it clear that personal packages were not OK.
For my first few years at my last job they let me ship big things there if I gave them notice up front, but I went down one day to tell that that some skis were coming and they warned me that had to be the last time.
I also used to pick up my UPS packages at their depot instead of having them sent to my house, but I don't work near the depot anymore and I mostly dropped that.
Haven't tried an Amazon locker yet, need to learn more about that service...
I hear you. Receiving can get touchy. Ne w Manager wants the area locked down for inventory purposes.
I got creative once. I wanted to order a new hot tub insulted cover (8' x 4' x 8" box!) but it was big bucks shipping for residential delivery. A friend managed a local Video store in a little a mom and pop strip mall (Yes, this was in the early 90's) and I happened to notice when chatting one afternoon that the store had a dock out back and had regular business route UPS and FedEx drop offs and pickups. So I asked if I could use his dock for this shipment. Worked great! I gave him a PC I was upgrading from and he was all happy.
Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
I have big $$ items delivered to my work place Dock. Less costly shipping (for THEM) and less sweat for everyone.
This used to work great for me, but my last two companies have made it clear that personal packages were not OK.
For my first few years at my last job they let me ship big things there if I gave them notice up front, but I went down one day to tell that that some skis were coming and they warned me that had to be the last time.
I also used to pick up my UPS packages at their depot instead of having them sent to my house, but I don't work near the depot anymore and I mostly dropped that.
Haven't tried an Amazon locker yet, need to learn more about that service...
I hear you. Receiving can get touchy. Ne w Manager wants the area locked down for inventory purposes.
I got creative once. I wanted to order a new hot tub insulted cover (8' x 4' x 8" box!) but it was big bucks shipping for residential delivery. A friend managed a local Video store in a little a mom and pop strip mall (Yes, this was in the early 90's) and I happened to notice when chatting one afternoon that the store had a dock out back and had regular business route UPS and FedEx drop offs and pickups. So I asked if I could use his dock for this shipment. Worked great! I gave him a PC I was upgrading from and he was all happy.
Originally Posted By: pandus13
Unless you stepped on some manager toes....
could some coffees and couple boxes of donuts for the shipping and receiving guys on a cold Friday morning fix that? (advance notice still standing...)
I was told there was a major change to corporate policy and they would be in big trouble if they got audited...not sure if this was govt stuff or some kind of ISO qualification. I know that we started getting audited in the design department some years ago for ISO this or that and people would show up in our office and ask to see documentation for a project....usually there was one guy who kept everything [censored] and span and the boss would make sure he was placed in front of the auditors.
Have had project managers in my most recent positions who handle all that stuff, 95% of their jobs seem to be paperwork.
Unless you stepped on some manager toes....
could some coffees and couple boxes of donuts for the shipping and receiving guys on a cold Friday morning fix that? (advance notice still standing...)
I was told there was a major change to corporate policy and they would be in big trouble if they got audited...not sure if this was govt stuff or some kind of ISO qualification. I know that we started getting audited in the design department some years ago for ISO this or that and people would show up in our office and ask to see documentation for a project....usually there was one guy who kept everything [censored] and span and the boss would make sure he was placed in front of the auditors.
Have had project managers in my most recent positions who handle all that stuff, 95% of their jobs seem to be paperwork.
Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
....usually there was one guy who kept everything [censored] and span and the boss would make sure he was placed in front of the auditors.
Boy, the censor tool can go overboard, can't it ? You referred to a phrase for keeping things "nice and clean" by using the name of a product that does that cleaning but the site flagged the word "s p i c". Oddly, when I quote it, at least in this comment box, it shows the word.
....usually there was one guy who kept everything [censored] and span and the boss would make sure he was placed in front of the auditors.
Boy, the censor tool can go overboard, can't it ? You referred to a phrase for keeping things "nice and clean" by using the name of a product that does that cleaning but the site flagged the word "s p i c". Oddly, when I quote it, at least in this comment box, it shows the word.
Often times companies don't want people's stuff being delivered to their work because a) it takes up company time for the person or people who have to 'handle' it (I know, that's a stretch, but it's the principle) and b) at the end of the day, people are walking out of work with boxes of "stuff". Who does it belong to ? Do they need to check (which takes up time and resources) ?
Got the replacement today. i was watching it real time on the amazon tracking. Gps updates every 30 seconds. same TBA tracking . what was different is that the last one did not have a picture. this one does . this tells me that the previous person never delivered it .
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