Unusual Delivery Times?

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  1. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Hope this is in the right place. Anyone else experiencing some unusual delivery times lately? The last two boxes I have received arrived at 8:20pm, and most recently a staggering 11:40pm. This could present a major problem as we get closer to winter and these boxes sit outside overnight.

    Is the only option to have it held at a retail location for pickup?
     
  2. Goatboye

    Goatboye Zealot (562) Jan 13, 2015 Illinois
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    I received a box from ups at 520am the other day. I didn't notice till 10am
     
  3. Jmr85

    Jmr85 Pundit (814) Nov 25, 2013 Connecticut
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    Could it be with Christmas over a month away people are starting to buy gifts online and therefore more packages to be delivered during the day?
     
  4. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    I thought about christmas, but that's pretty damn far away for it to be impacting shipping already!
     
  5. rightcoast7

    rightcoast7 Maven (1,330) Apr 2, 2011 Maine
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    Blame people like my wife, who started ordering Christmas presents in September.
     
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  6. Preluderl

    Preluderl Pooh-Bah (1,796) Sep 27, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Both my last two boxes from FedEx have been odd. One showed up at 9pm, the other I don't know when the hell it came.

    Our driver has a habit of just dropping the box outside of our garage without knocking, regardless of the time. I last checked at 9pm and it wasn't there. When I went out for work the next morning the box was just sitting there and they still hadn't updated the tracking to reflect that it had been dropped.
     
  7. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Where are you in PA?
     
  8. Preluderl

    Preluderl Pooh-Bah (1,796) Sep 27, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Pittsburgh.
     
  9. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Just curious - did your oddly timed arrivals begin their day in Leetsdale?
     
  10. Preluderl

    Preluderl Pooh-Bah (1,796) Sep 27, 2012 Pennsylvania
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    Yep.
     
  11. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    Its the holidays. Yay
     
  12. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    It's officially a conspiracy.
     
  13. zoober911

    zoober911 Pundit (856) Jul 31, 2012 New York
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    I deal with UPS and FedEx daily, and if they have things going on in their personal lives and need to be out of work by a certain time, sometimes they start the day a bit earlier to get out a bit earlier. Maybe this?
     
  14. PuckIt

    PuckIt Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2014 Pennsylvania

    haha! I hear you! Time to start getting them held at a nearby location.
     
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