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Got my shipment from TRL (http://www.theringlord.com), despite the best efforts of UPS. Ask me what Brown has done to me. Go ahead, ask me.
Tuesday I had to go out of town for a funeral. A friend came over and stayed in the apartment, waiting for the UPS delivery guy. Moron delivery guy apparently doesn't even try the buzzer, just leaves a sticky note on the door saying the first delivery attempt has been made. I get a call from friend who gives me the 800 number from the sticky note and the tracking number. I call the 800 number, and navigate through the VRU to have the package held at the customer pickup location out in Northbrook. I get a confirmation number from the VRU, saying that no further delivery attempts will be made, and that the package will be held for pickup until the 15th. No problem, I'm coming back from the funeral on the 12th. Plenty of time. The next day, I get a call from friend, who lucky break just happens to be at the apartment walking the dog and watering the plants. UPS just dropped off my ring shipment from TRL. So much for the confirmation number, the VRU, and UPS' promise to hold my package for pickup.
I suppose I should consider myself lucky. The last shipment took three tries to get it delivered, as the driver was too stupid to read the note on the buzzer that said "buzzer not working properly, please keep buzzing until we answer". The shipment before that, no idea what happened to it. Best guessis the driver either stole it or tossed it in a dumpster, as it did not show up at my place, nor at the alternate delivery site, and yet the driver signed it off as delivered. No signature from the person who took the delivery, just a driver signature saying it was dropped off. So much for $65 worth of rings.
The good news is that now I can get back to work on the Starfleet and Klingon inlays. And I get to call UPS and call them a bunch of thumping morons again. The fun has really worn off of that, though. It's just tiresome calling someone stupid when they're too dumb to care.
Tuesday I had to go out of town for a funeral. A friend came over and stayed in the apartment, waiting for the UPS delivery guy. Moron delivery guy apparently doesn't even try the buzzer, just leaves a sticky note on the door saying the first delivery attempt has been made. I get a call from friend who gives me the 800 number from the sticky note and the tracking number. I call the 800 number, and navigate through the VRU to have the package held at the customer pickup location out in Northbrook. I get a confirmation number from the VRU, saying that no further delivery attempts will be made, and that the package will be held for pickup until the 15th. No problem, I'm coming back from the funeral on the 12th. Plenty of time. The next day, I get a call from friend, who lucky break just happens to be at the apartment walking the dog and watering the plants. UPS just dropped off my ring shipment from TRL. So much for the confirmation number, the VRU, and UPS' promise to hold my package for pickup.
I suppose I should consider myself lucky. The last shipment took three tries to get it delivered, as the driver was too stupid to read the note on the buzzer that said "buzzer not working properly, please keep buzzing until we answer". The shipment before that, no idea what happened to it. Best guessis the driver either stole it or tossed it in a dumpster, as it did not show up at my place, nor at the alternate delivery site, and yet the driver signed it off as delivered. No signature from the person who took the delivery, just a driver signature saying it was dropped off. So much for $65 worth of rings.
The good news is that now I can get back to work on the Starfleet and Klingon inlays. And I get to call UPS and call them a bunch of thumping morons again. The fun has really worn off of that, though. It's just tiresome calling someone stupid when they're too dumb to care.