Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:45025 comp.sys.mac.hardware:942 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!calgary!ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca!sharp From: sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Shipping stuff ? UPS - Just say NO Keywords: LOUSY service Message-ID: <2283@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> Date: 22 Dec 89 19:41:56 GMT Sender: news@calgary.UUCP Reply-To: sharp@ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Maurice Sharp) Organization: Knowledge Science Lab, U. of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. Lines: 33 I just thought that I would relate this experience to you. I recently ordered some memory and some disks from the States. I used a major machintosh mail order house. When they asked how I wanted it shipped I picked UPS (United Parcel Service) since I thought they were big, reputable, and safe. Obviously, they were not. In fact, a few days after I placed my order, two friends of mine who had also used UPS told me that they were 100% unreliable. One person had used them twice, both times the package took considerably longer than normal surface mail. The other person used them three times. Once he was overcharged by $15, twice he received slow service. It is now over a month later. I have discovered that the order was shipped on the 29th of November, and was REFUSED by my university on the 14th of December. I inquired as to why it was refused. Apparently, UPS has such *BAD* *UNRELIABLE* service and *DAMAGES* so many packages, that our university refuses to deal with them and automatically refuses parcels from them. The bottom line.... Next time the mail order person asks UPS tell them 'Maurice says JUST SAY NO !!!' thanx for listening to my flames maurice Maurice Sharp MSc. Student University of Calgary Computer Science Department 2500 University Drive N.W. sharp@ksi.cpsc.UCalgary.CA Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 ...!alberta!calgary!sharp