Ups Dripoff (2024)

FAQs

How to use an UPS drop off point? ›

Alternatively, you or your customer can redirect any shipment to a UPS Access Point® before it arrives for delivery. If you're dropping off a package for delivery, the process is similar. Simply scan your label at the kiosk, the door will open, and you leave your package there to be picked up by the UPS driver.

If you are not home to sign for a UPS package, the driver will leave a notice on your door with instructions on how to receive your package. You may be able to sign the notice and have the package left at your door, or you may need to pick it up at a UPS location.

UPS Shipment Size and Weight Limits

Packages can be up to 274 cm long. The maximum size per package is 400 cm in length and girth combined. Packages that weigh more than 25 kg require a special heavy-package label. Packages above certain size and weight combinations may require freight shipping services.

There are a few reasons why your package status may not be updated right away: If you drop your package off after hours, USPS or UPS won't scan it in until the next day. It's in the queue at a USPS or UPS facility. The postal workers or UPS workers scanning packages simply didn't get to it that day.

Choose UPS collection or drop-off points, also known as UPS Access Point™ locations, for your deliveries. These are local shops in your neighbourhood, such as grocers or corner shops where you and your customers can drop off and collect parcels.

Yes, IF and ONLY IF that post office has a regular UPS pickup/drop off. some do. Mostly in smaller communities, where there may not be a UPS retail store, and where post offices will SPECIFICALLY accept UPS/FEDEX packages for PO Box customers.

If you're unavailable when UPS attempts delivery at your address, UPS may deliver your package to a UPS Access Point^® location near your home, where your package will be held for you to pick up for 7 calendar days. After 7 calendar days, your package will be returned to the sender as undeliverable.

– The length of a UPS investigation can vary depending on the complexity of the case and the amount of evidence that needs to be gathered. However, most investigations are resolved within 10 business days.

UPS Delivery Attempts

UPS makes up to three delivery attempts, depending on the recipient's availability. If the recipient is not home to receive their package, UPS leaves a delivery notice each time, informing them of the missed attempt and the next steps.

Keep an eye on the tracking. They will eventually be scanned by UPS once they receive them. I've accidentally dropped off UPS packages at USPS a few times in the past. They do always make it to their destination, however sometimes it does take a while longer.

Is UPS or USPS cheaper? ›

UPS is often more expensive than USPS due to fees and surcharges, especially when it comes to shipping smaller packages. Generally, USPS offers much better rates when shipping smaller packages of less than two pounds.

Rates are based on the total actual weight or the total dimensional weight of all packages in a shipment, whichever is greater. Dimensional Weight is determined by using the International Air Transport Association (IATA) volumetric standard, which is subject to change without prior notice.

Customers are usually advised to allow up to 24 hours for their shipment's UPS tracking number to be logged by the carrier. If your shipment's UPS tracking is not updating, it could be that the package is yet to be picked up by the courier or that it has been picked up but yet to be scanned.

Amazon is shifting away from UPS and other carriers as it works to build its own logistics empire, in part to gain greater control over transit times and the end-customer's delivery experience. Meanwhile, UPS has chased growth in segments outside of e-commerce in order to boost its profit margins.

Shipped/On the Way

Keep in mind, if shipments are traveling long distances, they likely won't be scanned again until they reach their destination hub.

Choose your delivery location as a UPS Access Point™ at the time of ordering your goods. UPS handles delivery from supplier to elected UPS Access Point. Provide proof of identity to collect your parcel. Notification sent and your parcel awaits to be collected at a time convenient to you.

A UPS Access Point assistant finds your business in the system, prints and attaches the label and provides the customer with a tracking receipt. *Available for eligible items. Discuss eligibility and integration options with your sales rep.

UPS insists its policy is to provide paper receipts at its drop-off points and says it is investigating why you were told otherwise.