But where do they sort the stuff here? UPS is headquartered in Atlanta. Surely
they don't send it to Kentucky.
Walt
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"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> You may experience anomalies because of your location near a shipping center.
>
> This is consistent with my experience ONLY in situations where the
> sender specified UPS 3-day delivery. B&H does that for all packages
> they send to me and it adds an EXTRA day to the process since I'm only
> two days away via normal Ground service. I have to beg them to send
> via normal ground service. It probably costs them less to boot!
>
> If I ship to or receive in my one day ground service area, it takes
> just that -- one day.
>
> If Walt hasn't gotten a UPS tracking number yet, it's still at KEH.
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 2/22/07, r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Walt:
> >
> > "Pending" probably means that UPS is delaying the delivery of your package.
> > If
> the package was sent by normal UPS ground delivery (3-day), UPS will deliver
> on
> the third day even if it arrives at the UPS distribution point in time for an
> earlier delivery.I have received packages which tracking indicated were in
> Louisville earlier that were held until the third day for delivery.
> >
> > I live in Louisville, Kentucky which hosts the major air terminal for UPS.
> > I
> have ordered items which landed here, were sent to Lexington for sorting,
> trucked back to Louisville a day later and still delayed until the third day.
> It
> makes sense to have a central sorting facility, but it makes one wonder why
> they
> did not put the sorting facility in the same city as the airport facility. I
> suppose it had to do with which city offered the most incentives. I suppose
> fuel
> costs were not that big a concern.
> >
> > Robert
>
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