My son ordered a gift for his girlfriend from a large jewelry chain in Canada. Their site promised quick delivery. He ordered it Tuesday. Got a confirmation it would be here Friday. That was terrific for him as we are opening gifts tomorrow. Then yesterday, (because it's shipping to my house, I get updates from UPS) I got an update: it will arrive MONDAY! Monday they are leaving town to go to her dads for Christmas Eve/Day/Boxing Day! He's so upset and hopes it gets to my house before they leave the city.

Everyone on nextdoor is complaining about UPS they are saying they delivered but it never happened. I would not depend on anything being delivered by UPS. Some drivers have been found stealing. So unfortunate for everyone depending on them for Christmas.

Terilyn and Debby I'm so sorry.

I don't think any of the carriers are doing well. AMZL got mad at the apartment manager here and took back all of that days parcels; ultimately Amazon refunded but the stuff is gone.

I'm waiting for some last minute gifts, all any of us can do is pray that we are one of the lucky ones that get on time delivery.

Well, knock on wood, everything ordered has arrived in a timely manner. I have a few more items to come, the most important should be here today.

I received a Christmas card in the mail, but it was for my aunt who lives down the way on a different road. The envelope had her correct address, completely different from mine of course.

So I put it back in the mailbox with a sticky note: Not my mail.

Later when I took my mail out of the box, the card was there again and my sticky note was gone. So I guess they want me to jump in the car and deliver my aunt's card. Otherwise she won't get it for Christmas. No big deal, but still.

Wonder why my comment didn't post? This one did, but the one 14 minutes ago didn't. No reason why it shouldn't.

Lets see if this goes through.................

They are pushing the quick shipping too much. While I like the two day shipping, I would like it much more if they were more realistic about it. This time of year, they just need to back off of two day. If you can't really, really, really get it here in two day, don't say so. I don't want a refund if it is late, I want to know WHEN it is getting here! I ordered over the Thanksgiving weekend and it was two day and then it wasn't. then it was, then they had no idea where it was. That was the weekend of the snow and flood in the east. (Not to mention I was wondering if it was on the two Fedex trucks that spilled packages all over the interstate in Atlanta!)

I sat at home, because of porch pirates, and I would have liked a more accurate shipping date as opposed to the two day crap.

Nope. Is the "porch pirates" the word?

Was it the word "crap"?

It is the word c***.

They are pushing the quick shipping too much. While I like the two day shipping, I would like it much more if they were more realistic about it. This time of year, they just need to back off of two day. If you can't really, really, really get it here in two day, don't say so. I don't want a refund if it is late, I want to know WHEN it is getting here! I ordered over the Thanksgiving weekend and it was two day and then it wasn't. then it was, then they had no idea where it was. That was the weekend of the snow and flood in the east. (Not to mention I was wondering if it was on the two Fedex trucks that spilled packages all over the interstate in Atlanta!)

I sat at home, because of porch pirates, and I would have liked a more accurate shipping date as opposed to the two day

If you notice there is no period at the end of the sentence above. The word c**p is not allowed. I have noticed in cooking the word br***ts is not allowed.

What the heck! That’s just not right. This year has been bad for shipping all the way around and it seems like the sellers did not prepare for demand at all. I’m sorry your dinner got stuck in the middle of it.

Right after Thanksgiving, I bought a ton of stuff from Macy’s via several different orders, I just received the last of the orders yesterday. They were sold out of stuff within days of Black Friday. The orders had to wait for new stock, then the shipping took longer too. I can understand orders taking an extra day or two but 3 weeks says there is something wrong with the planning or the process or both.

I got a delivery from UPS yesterday, arrived on the day promised, rang the bell to let me know it was there, all good, right? When I brought the box in I noticed it looked a bit beat up with the top outer tape coming away, then saw that it looked like everyone who had handled the box stuck their hand in between the top and the side to carry it, leaving a great big gaping opening with crushed, frayed cardboard - If anything small had been in the box it surely would have fallen out along the way,

It's not a large box (14" x 12" x 6" maybe) nor heavy, just no excuse for man handling it the way it apparently had been. Being that it's a gift I have no idea of the contents, I hope nothing breakable is inside.

So far, so good! Two more presents to arrive Xmas Eve (DD was a bit late with her list for me this year!). We had a 2nd UPS driver who was leaving my next door neighbor's packages on my front porch. I finally saw her and asked her to please be a bit more careful, and her answer? "Whatever..."! I told this to our regular driver (whom I know well as his girls attended nursery school and grade school with my grandsons), and he said she was "no longer with the company"! Lots of temp workers who I think quickly discover that one actually has to WORK for UPS's excellent wages and benefits! Unique idea today...

My last two Amazon deliveries were made by an Amazon branded van and a uniformed employee.

We've had several different delivery services over the past few days. USPS, UPS and Fedex. All boxes arrived on time and in normal condition, but a largish envelope containing clothing, delivered by UPS, had tire tracks across the front and back. No biggie because the envelope wasn't torn and the clothing wasn't affected. But still weird.

Fedex and UPS amaze me with the amount of packages they deliver to the door, I can’t remember the last time I received anything damaged from them. I had a friend who was a driver and he said it was brutal during the holidays, that was 20 years ago, before the demand for two day delivery.

We lost our wonderful UPS driver about 3 months ago. He was about 2 years away from retirement and was let go. Supposedly UPS ‘thought’ he was a health risk (he wasn’t but did have a slight afib episode a year or so ago, but missed maybe one sick day). The driver who took his place is very good too, and knew our former driver. They were all just shocked he was let go because he was so good, friendly with everyone, had no issues with the company they knew of, etc. Apparently UPS just didn’t want to pay his retirement. Makes me sick when companies do things like this.

The drivers vans are loaded to the max this time of year. Their day is not over until every package is delivered. They start their day early in the AM and I have them coming as late as 9pm. Even on Chistmas eve they are delivering packages when most people are at home celebrating with their families. Give them a brake.

I do, I'm very understanding and appreciative of their hard work. But the ones who have a tantrum and take packages back, the ones who steal, the ones who lie and say the packages were delivered when they were not, the ones who throw packages on the driveway or in the garden, no they get no break from me.

Everything I ordered has arrived in good shape and on time. Some even arrived days early. I had 3 items that were expected Monday, 12/24 and all three arrived today.

"Hope you have a merry Christmas, UPS (and similar) drivers, and a happy and otherwise fulfilling new year"!

ole joyful

Some UPS drivers are bad, some are great. As with anything.

Back in CT, I had one that was great for me, but would constantly deliver my next door neighbor's packages to my driveway. Usually no big deal; I'd just bring them over to her. (Our first names were nearly identical, but our last names were markedly different. Maybe he liked my driveway better than hers... both driveways were pretty hellish...) But I was out of town for a few days and she got alarmed when her order didn't arrive, and it was said to be delivered. This was one of the first occasions of the ongoing mis-deliveries.

Now that I'm no longer living there, apparently he's delivering to the right address, or there's a new driver.

UPS drivers are not working alone during the rush. Seasonal helpers are on every truck I see. Help is needed and it's provided.

SO personally knows our UPS driver. The went to high school together.Never had any problems with UPS. FedEx and USPS has a bad habit of leaving my stuff at my one and only neighbors house, despite both of us having address plaques on our homes. We have 2 USPS delivery people, one during the week and another on weekends. The one that delivers during the week is new, and is getting on my last nerve!!!! I have a locking mailbox, with a slot at the top to put mail in. That box has been there for the 3 years we have owned the house. Never before have i had such trouble getting my stuff delivered. I have had to go pick up 5 packages in the last month at the post office. Why? She says that if the package wont fit through the slot, but would fit in the mailbox if it wasn't locked, that she doesn't have to and won't bring it to the house. Instead, she takes 3 times as long to fill out one of those stupid slips so i can can get it myself.(several of the packages would not have fit in the mailbox, locked or not) On the weekends, never have that problem. The man at the post office recognized me last time since i had been in there so often recently i suppose, and questioned me about the mailbox. He asked if i had a larger than average mailbox, since the packages i picked up would not fit in the average mailbox. I told him no, and that i have had endless problems with her either leaving my stuff at the neighbors house (the packages that she couldn't even try to say would fit in the box) or not delivering at all. My neighbor has told me that she told her numerous times that she was at the wrong house, and the idiot just ignores her and leaves it anyway. I hope she gets reprimanded or at least retrained. If you don't want to do the job, don't accept it.

I used to work with my mailman back when I was trying to go to college part time. Today when I was checking to see if the mail had came he arrived with the regular mail. He told me his buddy was following him with the packages that would not fit in his truck and it was on it. The package arrived sometime after 8. If you are expecting packages within the next week leave outside lights on to make it easier to deliver.

I usually have no complaints about delivery service, even though we live out in the country. Our mailbox is 1/3 mile from the house, on the highway, so mail carriers have learned not to leave packages out there but to bring them to the house.

Friday, a replacement mail carrier came to the house to deliver a package but then she couldn’t find it in her truck. She said if she found it, she’d bring it by. She handed us all our other mail. We haven’t seen her again so I guess she didn’t find it. It didn’t come on Saturday either. I’m not expecting anything, we didn’t order anything, so we can’t even try to track it.

It’s a mystery. If it doesn’t show up Monday, I guess I’ll have to call.

I finally printed off a picture of the gift my son bought for his girlfriend. He's going to put it inside a card and hopefully it'll still arrive before they leave the city tomorrow. His gift from me? Well, I just sent the company an email telling them how upset I am at their service, which they promised would be delivered on time, even after I told them we are celebrating early. It hasn't shipped yet. I am not a happy camper and will NOT recommend TRENDS HAVEN to shop at.

I notice so many houses with no house numbers anywhere visible from the street especially at night. It would be a good idea to make sure you have good visible numbers. Use glow in the dark paint or numbers. If they can't see the number that can a reason to misdeliver.

I had one package that was late, Amazon kept sending me alerts that it was delayed. Then that it was lost, asking did I want to keep waiting or get a refund. The day I was going to ask for a refund the door bell rang early in the morning and it was a postman with the package. He waited till we opened the door to make sure we got it. My husband thanked him and they shook hands and said Merry Christmas. I honestly didn't think that package was ever going to show up. And the entire front of the item was a mirror, it was in perfect condition! Still have no idea what happened to it during the week it was lost lol.

terilyn, if they put sufficient ice packs in (depending on where you live) it may be fine... but I'd be sure to have a back up plan!!!

When I posted above about my pet peeve, two day shipping, I want to make it plain that I am not blaming the carriers, UPS, USPS, FEDEX. I blame the companies. They are in such a race to beat the other company, that they do not give an accurate shipping time.

I ordered some small item for my son, it was supposed to be here before Christmas. That's what it said in the information for shipping. Now it's not supposed to be here till after the 31st and possibly not until January 9th? I looked at the tracking this morning and realized it is coming from China. Had I known that I wouldn't have ordered it.

I hate that. It should clearly state where it is being delivered from. I can always tell on ebay but Amazon has no type of indication that it is coming from another country.

I was about to order a new call phone case for my new phone and then I saw the arrival time and knew it had to be from China. I have had to wait a month for something to arrive China.

I sent some cookies via USPS priority mail and they were supposed to arrive yesterday but they didn't show up. Now we'll have to wait until Monday. Unfortunately I lost the tracking number (I used the self-serve kiosk and must have forgotten to get the receipt) so I don't know if it was lost or just late. Either way the cookies won't be as good. :(

Everything has arrived as promised and often the day before tracking said it would.

Speaking of mail carriers. We were spoiled by the one we had for over 25 years. He was so good and considerate. We would get our mail by noon and always correct. He would drive up the long driveway and toot the horn to let us know he was there and drop the package by front door.

The one we recently had was a lazy, incompetent slacker. We have had him for 3 years and have made lots of complaints. After talking to the neighbors, we found out that we are not the only ones to complain. We got other people's mail, even going to other streets, and neighbors got ours. Our packages got delivered to people up and down the street and marked "delivered on the front porch". When we did get packages at our house, he tossed them over the gate in the bushes where we would not see them and they would sit for days in the rain. Or toss the package into our neighbors front fenced yard where their dog would get it. Our driveway to the street is 500 yards, which he refused to drive up. At first he delivered the mail mid afternoon then it got later and later and the last time it was not even there for weeks by 8PM. We would go days without getting our mail even though the email notice said we were suppose to be getting something. We think he finally got fired because we have noticed a different person for the last week and we now get the mail by 2PM.

Other packages delivery services, UPS and FEDEX, have had no problem driving up our driveway and delivering packages to our door. And most time the packages are in an OK condition.