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The overall reputation of UPS is marred by significant concerns regarding service reliability and customer support. Many customers report frequent delays in package delivery, errors in shipping, and inadequate responsiveness from customer service representatives. Complaints highlight issues with lost packages, unfulfilled delivery promises, and a lack of accountability, leading to frustration and dissatisfaction. While some customers acknowledge the company's long-standing presence in the industry, the prevailing sentiment is overwhelmingly negative, with calls for improved communication and service efficiency. This feedback suggests that UPS must urgently address operational shortcomings to restore customer trust and satisfaction.
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Bad bad bad bad bad! Went on vacation from England to south of France and my box never arrived we went from one pick up point to another. One address was like 40 min away ups website didn't even bother changing the address so we arrived to see a empty field with another 10 cars searching for ups building. The costumers service is bad. Would not recommended ever using ups.
One word: HEINOUS. UPS is completely unreliable and their employees are incompetent, at best. They have successfully lost over $2,000 worth of our merchandise/purchases over the past 2 years. And they absolutely REFUSE to take any sort of responsibility for it! Do not waste your time/energy on these useless human beings. You would literally be better off sending your packages with a carrier pigeon.
UPS lost my package, made my jump through a million hoops to file my claim, finally refunded me for a fraction of the package's value FOUR months later AND charged me the mail fee to send me the refund check via UPS. Beware that the UPS stores are just "agents" and don't technically work for UPS so they constantly use that as an excuse to not give you a straight answer and defer all blame to "them" (aka corporate UPS). Go somewhere that actually cares about customers and wants to deliver the service you pay for.
The drivers don't bother to carry the package anymore. Let's just leave a note and let the customer pick up the package. Very sneaky and it's very bad feeling when you wait all morning to find out that they haven't even bother to ring the bell or knock the on the door. Very disappointed and will never waste my time with this company
The best delivery status program I've ever used to track my packages. Not only do you get updated every time your package switches hands, trucks, and hubs but once it's out for delivery you can get a general destination where the truck is carrying your package! Cool stuff man!
First time using UPS and definitely the last. Between the lack of communication and being told my package will be delievered "tomorrow" everyday for more than a week is insane! I paid express delivery and was told my parcels were to arrive in the UK the day after I arrived. It had now been 3 WEEKS and I still havent recieved anything. I was told customs wouldnt release the parcels because thet were waiting for another form to clear it. The agent who was looking after my case was not helpful and would ignore my questions when he couldve told me 3 weeks ago the steps I had to take to obtain this information (luckily on the 5th attempt another agent was nice enough to give me the correct number and process to follow). Today they decided to deliver my parcels without giving me notice or a timeframe. As I was tired of waiting around for 3 weeks I wasnt at home. UPS has beyond horrible communication and was not straight forward at all. It shouldnt be the customer's responsobility to constantly be chasing this up.
Don't ship through them! And don't try to track your package they don't update nothing and your items DO NOT show up on time or do they let you know of a delay. Won't ever do business with these crooks!
After purchasing insurance for a package that was fragile - UPS treated the box roughly. Package arrived with torn box edge and you can tell the box was thrown around. The stained glass was cracked inside. I bough insurance but UPS denied the claim - saying it was not their fault. Who's fault was it?
Do not use UPS for anything fragile and waste of money to buy their insurance.
DO not trust UPS with your Identity Documents, They have lost my Passport & showing no responsibility
Absolute worst delivery company. Nothing they do is up to date. Tracking software sucks. I have had a problem with every delivery I've had with them. They do not care about customers. I am shocked they are still in business. I will do everything I can to get another delivery service in the future even if that means choosing another vendor to purchase items from.
We've been living in the same house for a year now, and for a year now, without fail, UPS delivers all our packages not to our house (FedEx and even USPS for crying out loud have zero issues coming to the house, mind you, so it's clearly not impossible), but to a frickin barn at a frickin winery a mile away from where we actually live. We started just checking the barn on our way home from anywhere if we got a delivery notification, since UPS couldn't seem to figure out where we actually live. So eventually, fed up with the whole scenario, I call customer service. I get bounced around from person to person, and they all tell me the same thing: "Sorry, nothing we can do. Don't know why that's happening." I have an important package coming, so I call again with the tracking number handy. They tell me "that sucks, sorry that keeps happening, we'll just have to see where the driver leaves it." How is that an answer? I asked if there's anyway to ensure deliveries actually make it to our residence, and they told me the same thing: "Sorry, just have to see where the driver takes it, nothing we can do." I am beyond frustrated. I don't know if I should be mad at the customer service, the driver, or just the company in general, but I am mad. I am never using UPS again if I can help it. And if there is ever another shipping option available for online shopping, even if the shipping is more expensive, I am choosing literally anything other than UPS.
:) Check this story out. HAHA. It's review not on this location. It's on the whole UPS company. 7days ago UPS website made me wait the whole evening and I got no delivery. Two day ago I got a call and I called UPS back. They explained the sender didn't mention my phone number correctly. In reality he just forwarded the correct number a bit later but nobody collected it on UPS side. 7 days later after clearance finally I got the delivery status "by the end of the day". But at 6:20 pm I didn't meet anybody and I called UPS help center. Some girl apologized and said that no delivery for this day. It's a mistake on UPS system and I should wait the package by the end of Tomorrow. So I left the apartment. I came home and I got a note that it was delivered but nobody was at home. So after 7 days of the delivery day, 5 phones calls, 5 emails I still had no delivery. I mean how much more UPS will be mocking me? Haha. The story continues. Now I was planning to pick up the package myself like the sticker suggested. And you know what? Their website says it's out for delivery and I have to sit at home from 4 to 8pm the third time during this week. I was waiting the whole evening. I've seen a UPS truck leaving 3 minutes ago. I ran after it and I found another sticker on the porch. So the delivery guy simply didn't want to go in the building which the first guy did on the previous day. I called UPS phone service again and I was said it will be tomorrow again. I don't want to deal with UPS anymore. So I asked the girl to put my delivery on my own pickup. I mean I don't allow UPS to mock me anymore. So I will come to UPS location myself to pick the package up. If it's not there tomorrow I will lose my patience. I definitely won't allow UPS mocking me. I guarantee. They are pretty risky guys. I have been waiting to get it for 8 days.
Had a package stuck at customs for like 3 weeks, and I had not idea that it was there. The whole time I was thinking it was a delay with UPS, but I never got a notification and the tracking information was way off. I didn't call customer service because I know where that would lead to. But I finally got my package, I just wish I knew it was at customs a lot sooner.
I delivered from calgary to new york.
This package was time sensitive and they said it would take 2 business days
And its had been over 20. Everytime i called they would tell me to go back to the store i sent it from even though i sent it from their main office.
I wasn't in the country so they said they cant help me until i go back to the store and ask them.
Honestly go with DHL or FEDex
They are a million times better service providers.
I would put 0 stars if I could. Don't ship/order through UPS! They lied about my package delivery time and now I can not access my package until Monday. Bad service. Bad customer service representatives. Bad experience!
Ups has the worst customer service, was unable to organize a simple pick up from them with 4 different attempts. Wasted hours upon hours of my days speaking with their terribly trained phone reps. Their "supervisors" were just as blind as the csr's when dealing with the most minor problems.
First time using them to send an expensive package directly to home and it gets so convoluted and complicated, it's delayed for almost A MONTH. Try to get to talk to a real person and not a stupid machine is very very hard and complicated and it took so so so long. And there's no way to check if they are indeed going to send you at your appointed date or not and they'll just BLAME YOU for everything.
Lost my packages not just one. But, three packages. And they delivered another package that was hanging out of the box beat up and scratched. They are never getting me to use them
First time I've used service was lied to on delivery confirmation then they sent message saying package was delivered to my local post office and called local post office and come to find out package is in another town and they wouldn't even take credit for there mistake not even an apology
UPS really needs to stop delivering to homes and just do businesses. They cannot handle residential delivery. There website is full of crap and should be annihilated. I absolutely hate track my delivery because they go all around the world and not once come to my place like they said they would. UPS can go off somewhere and disappear. No one would care. The world would be a better place.
Answer: Because there is ZERO accountability at UPS and they dont care about customers or having business ethics. Answer my question if you can.(Click on my profile and see it)
Answer: Because the management orders the people under them to do it, so it looks good on UPS. And most customers dont bother to complain or write reviews.
Answer: It's driver preference and they don't care. I complained about this. I'm constantly getting medical supplies delivered and they don't care
Answer: Because they don't care! For the life of me, I can't understand why anybody uses them as a delivery service.
Answer: Because they are a very poorly run company. It doesn't even run its offices domestically well, as you can see by the overwhelmingly negative reviews on this site. Use any shipping service over UPS.
Answer: UPS is a disgrace. They are a disregardful and careless business who lies to their costumers. Absolutely will not support ever again!
Answer: Sadly, today the term racist is used to define almost anyone that we disagree with. I am not a happy customer of the ups store but if you are getting death threats you need to contact the police. It is illegal in America to make death threats against anyone no matter their race, creed or color. That is the beauty of living in United States of America. You do not need to wait for a company to file charges against another human being who is threatening your life. You just need to take the appropriate, legal action against that person, good luck!
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