Composed: 2014-02-28 AM - Information From UPS Tracking Reports & E-mails
2015-02-19/Thur - 11:07 AM - E-mail notified by supplier that a $ 3,000
telecine machine, I ordered almost 3 months ago,
was being shipped via UPS (with Tracking #) from
Utopia, TX.
2012-02-20/Fri - 4:08 PM - UPS picked-up parcel to ship.
2015-02-22/Sun - 8:23 PM - Parcel left Uvalde, TX for San Antonio, TX (arrives in
San Antonio, TX 2 hours later).
2015-02-23/Mon - 6:41 AM - Parcel left San Antonia, TX only to return 3 hours
later. {Severe weather conditions have
delayed delivery/ Delivery will be rescheduled.}
2015-02-25/Wed - 3:37 PM - Parcel left Mesquite, TX
2015-02-26/Thur - 1:22 AM - Parcel returns to Mesquite, TX {Scheduled Delivery
Updated To: Friday, 2/27/2015, By End of
Day} - Signature Required.
2015-02-27/Fri - 7:52 AM - UPS sent me an e-mail notification that my parcel
would be delivered today "Estimated Delivery
Time: 12:45 PM - 04:45 PM - Signature Required".
And UPS Tracking Report was still showing the same
information as it did on 2015-02-26.
2015-02-27/Fri - 4:50 PM - Called UPS (1-800-742-5877), after inputting
tracking #, mechanical voice replied that the parcel
would be delivered today by the "End of Day". Voice
requested to speak to an agent. Mechanical voice
predicted approximately 10 minute wait. 25 minutes
later a, thickly, Filipino accented male voice
came on the line. I gave the agent the tracking #,
asked where he was located (he responded in a
UPS answering terminal), and then told me that "UPS
was "committed" to deliver the parcel today".
I reminded him that it was now 5:25 PM (a half an
hour past to late delivery time advised.), there was
only silence. I thanked him for his time, and I
hung-up. Throughout the rest of the evening, there
was not a delivery.
2015-02-28/Sat - 8:07 AM - UPS Tracking Report shows NO further movement of
the parcel - Shows the same report information as
the 2015-02-26/Thur - But - {Scheduled Delivery
Updated To: Scheduled delivery information is not
available at this time. Please check back later.}
Note: UPS has been in business almost 108 years (through all types of weather conditions, and forecasts of impending severe weather). The weather in northern Texas was not a sudden change for the worst, and forecasts predicted a worsening of the weather in the near future. UPS, touts logistic mastery - this, and other parcels should have been routed differently away from weather conditions which would result in NO movement. Secondly, to avert today's fallback excuse of "computer error" - computers are a tool, like their trucks - computers are built, maintained, programed and operated by Humans. This indifference & incompetence from a business with lots of experience in moving massive amounts of material is inexcusable. A very sensitive electronic devise is now sitting in limbo - exposed to unknown temperatures and conditions for an unknown amount of time. And, there is NO way to communicate with anyone within UPS to advise them of this parcel's contents or to receive any information about the extent of this condition. read more