Call UPS customer service and ask them to send you a copy of their shipping rules and regs. You will be surprised how thick this book is. Acts of god/nature, natural disasters, etc void the delivery guarantee. I once paid over $300 to Fedex overnight a package to Hawaii on a Thursday to have it there Friday. Turns out Fedex doesn't do guaranteed overnight from the mainland to the islands. I should have sent it Two day and saved myself about $180. Learned the hard way on that one.
UPS strikes again
Just to issue a warning to anyone shipping UPS this Christmas season. I had a piece of audio gear (an integrated amp)that I thought I would ship UPS to my Dad in Ohio to help build him a little system while I was visiting for the hollidays. I took the package to UPS in Austin TX and paid $27.00 dollars ABOVE the normal shipping to have it sent (they said garunteed) in two days. Well, what do you know it snowed in Ohio, and to make a long story short I am visiting my Dad with no amp.
Having called UPS they still can't say when the package will be delivered, and they WILL NOT refund any shipping charges. I can understand there are things outside of everyones control happening here, and I know that in the grand sceme of things this is a small problem. My gripe is that I paid for sevices that were not rendered....... I am willing to pay the regular UPS shipping, but it seems like they should be reembursing people who paid for special service that wasn't fulfilled.
Although no small print was offered at the time of purchase, I guess I should of known.
Merry Christmas (Really)
Chris
Having called UPS they still can't say when the package will be delivered, and they WILL NOT refund any shipping charges. I can understand there are things outside of everyones control happening here, and I know that in the grand sceme of things this is a small problem. My gripe is that I paid for sevices that were not rendered....... I am willing to pay the regular UPS shipping, but it seems like they should be reembursing people who paid for special service that wasn't fulfilled.
Although no small print was offered at the time of purchase, I guess I should of known.
Merry Christmas (Really)
Chris