Noooo!!

**LordDamax** · 10th August 05, 05:52 PM

I don't know whats worse... waiting for the kilt when you don't know it's coming (4-6 weeks...) or getting THIS in the mail:

***Do not reply to this e-mail. UPS and THE UTILIKILTS COMPANY will not receive your reply.

This message was sent to you at the request of THE UTILIKILTS COMPANY to notify you that the package information below has been transmitted to UPS. The package(s) may not have actually been placed with UPS for shipment. To verify when and if the shipment is tendered to UPS and its actual transit status, click on the tracking link below or contact THE UTILIKILTS COMPANY directly.

Important Delivery Information

Scheduled Delivery: 17-August-2005

**starbkjrus** · 10th August 05, 05:55 PM

I agree with you. I got the same email today

EXCEPT mine said:

Scheduled Delivery: 16-August-2005

**LordDamax** · 10th August 05, 06:55 PM

Seriously... I'd rather just not know then... whammo... its here! Don't tease me and say it'll be here in a stinkin week!

**jjoseph** · 11th August 05, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by LordDamax

... whats worse... waiting for the kilt ...or getting THIS in the mail:

***Do not reply to this e-mail. UPS and THE UTILIKILTS COMPANY will not receive your reply.

This message was sent to you at the request of THE UTILIKILTS COMPANY to notify you that the package information below has been transmitted to UPS. The package(s) may not have actually been placed with UPS for shipment. To verify when and if the shipment is tendered to UPS and its actual transit status, click on the tracking link below or contact THE UTILIKILTS COMPANY directly.

Important Delivery Information

Scheduled Delivery: 17-August-2005

Awww, come on guys. That autoresponse (which lets you know they have shipped the item (from the shipping machine in their warehouse/shop) means it's on its way. The caveat is just that the UPS truck may or may not have swung by yet that day for pickup. I love getting these (especially when they include a tracking number) because it means goodies are on the way!

Speaking as someone working for UPS's largest customer in my city, those machines and services and autoresponses are all in place to give MY customers a better experience. I'd hate to think it was frustrating them!

**usndoc** · 11th August 05, 12:20 PM

I am waiting on mine. The 6 weeks was up yesterday. So my ship notice should be here soon, I hope.

Some people on the UK Yahoo group were giving them heck for taking too long. While I am not happy about waiting, I am happy that the wait is almost over. :-)

Doc

**Riverkilt** · 11th August 05, 01:12 PM

Scary stuff...UPS in my rural town just zips by and tosses the package on my porch leaving it for the neighbor kids to steal....no signatures anymore...so use USPS where its kept safe for pick up (no mail delivery in my little town).

Never understood the UPS -USPS wars...like Coke and Pepsi...most companies "have" to choose one or the other...ironically, Major League Baseball, subsidized by the taxpayers, refuses to ship via the USPS...silly.

Hope in your town they have you sign for your kilt, or that you're home when the UPS driver comes around....of course in my little town the UPS guys still leave it on the porch, even if I'm home....

Yup, I'm not a happy camper when it comes to UPS...I insist my kilts come to the post office.

Ron

**usndoc** · 11th August 05, 01:45 PM

Dang you Riverkilt,

You had to remind me of the shipper problems that I have. The last 2 shipments I had here came during hurricanes. I am pretty far inland and experience some flooding. Both times the shipper would not deliver to my area due to flooding. I was in the EOC and I know that my area was not flooded. I also know the truck drove right by my house. I finally narrowed it down to the driver not wanting to get wet from the rain. I called the office and complained. The manager gave me a sob story about how the roads were blocked from flooding. I called BS as I was in the EOC keeping track of the roads. It took 3 extra days to get my stuff.

So why is this important? I am waiting on my kilt and guess what is heading our way? Irene.

Doc

**Sir Robert** · 11th August 05, 03:36 PM

Fully 10% of what I buy does not arrive at all or is stolen off my porch. ('Don't know which.) I have lost $1500 USD to internet fraud in the last year.

So I am not too sympathetic when you guys get a TRACKABLE package.

**starbkjrus** · 11th August 05, 05:45 PM

Ok, I have to admit after reading the last few posts that I won't complain too much anymore about how UPS won't leave a package on the porch and I have to drive 9 miles in evening rush hour to pick the darn thing up. At least I do get them.

Patience. (Arghhhhhhhhhh!)

**Doc Hudson** · 15th August 05, 10:11 PM

I've had my fill of the arrogance and rudeness of UPS. If possible, I do not do business with them.

If I need to ship something that the Postal Service can't or won't handle, I use FedEx.

The main thing that really torques me off with the brown truck people is the fact that if you don't have a regular pick-up account, you have only 2 hours to make drops at their terminals. You can go from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m, and from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Miss the times by a couple of minutes and you are SOL.

The FedEx folks on the other hand, keep the doors open long past their posted business hours and will take shipments at any time. And the prices are as good as or better than UPS.

So folks, I encourage you to go with the red, white, and blue truck when you need to ship a package.