herekittykitty
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Well, I learned something the hard way this week that I wish I'd known beforehand!
Here's the important set-up details:
(1) I don't have a toad. I have an electric scooter with a max 20 mile radius. In most places, UPS stores are not an option for me.
(2) I've lived in rural locations all my adult life, and the PO where we lived last accepted all packages from UPS and just handed 'em over. Not that we planned it that way, but with larger merchants, you often have no control over or choice in how things are shipped, and you just guess (or use the street address of the post office for everything you order).
I'm at TT Seaside for 2+ weeks, so based on my experience above, I used the General Delivery address for my latest Amazon orders. Big mistake! Unlike when you pay the PO for a post office box, with General Delivery the PO is performing a service for which they receive no payment, when handing over packages from other carriers.
So if something is sent via UPS or FedEx instead of USPS, your only 2 choices are to refuse the item (be nice to the clerk), or pay the full postage cost to pick up your boxes!
Yeah, THAT'S not going to happen.
Now that I know they're going to ship via UPS for everything I'm having sent to this zip code, after refusing all the packages, I reordered everything using Prime 2-day shipping and had it sent to my space in the park. (Ironically, the day after I did this, I got a call from the UPS driver asking if I wanted her to just bring the refused packages to me in the park! If I'd know I'd get that call... Oh, well.)
Many TTs won't accept mail OR packages, or they charge a package handling fee, so if you KNOW something is coming UPS, you have to make sure your space number is in the address so UPS can just drive in and give it to you. As for how to have something shipped when you have no idea how it's coming... you're on your own.
I spent more than an hour on the phone with 2 Amazon reps trying to find a way to fix this for mobile people, but there isn't one, yet. Which is a pity, because I rely on them heavily.
Because I'm only staying in rurally-located TT parks (which I guess is most of them), my strategy going forward is going to be (1) Order everything using 2-day shipping, and (2) Assume it's coming UPS and give them my space number.
I'd love to hear everyone else's experiences, and methods for dealing with packages when you can't know or control the method of shipping.
Here's the important set-up details:
(1) I don't have a toad. I have an electric scooter with a max 20 mile radius. In most places, UPS stores are not an option for me.
(2) I've lived in rural locations all my adult life, and the PO where we lived last accepted all packages from UPS and just handed 'em over. Not that we planned it that way, but with larger merchants, you often have no control over or choice in how things are shipped, and you just guess (or use the street address of the post office for everything you order).
I'm at TT Seaside for 2+ weeks, so based on my experience above, I used the General Delivery address for my latest Amazon orders. Big mistake! Unlike when you pay the PO for a post office box, with General Delivery the PO is performing a service for which they receive no payment, when handing over packages from other carriers.
So if something is sent via UPS or FedEx instead of USPS, your only 2 choices are to refuse the item (be nice to the clerk), or pay the full postage cost to pick up your boxes!
Yeah, THAT'S not going to happen.
Now that I know they're going to ship via UPS for everything I'm having sent to this zip code, after refusing all the packages, I reordered everything using Prime 2-day shipping and had it sent to my space in the park. (Ironically, the day after I did this, I got a call from the UPS driver asking if I wanted her to just bring the refused packages to me in the park! If I'd know I'd get that call... Oh, well.)
Many TTs won't accept mail OR packages, or they charge a package handling fee, so if you KNOW something is coming UPS, you have to make sure your space number is in the address so UPS can just drive in and give it to you. As for how to have something shipped when you have no idea how it's coming... you're on your own.
I spent more than an hour on the phone with 2 Amazon reps trying to find a way to fix this for mobile people, but there isn't one, yet. Which is a pity, because I rely on them heavily.
Because I'm only staying in rurally-located TT parks (which I guess is most of them), my strategy going forward is going to be (1) Order everything using 2-day shipping, and (2) Assume it's coming UPS and give them my space number.
I'd love to hear everyone else's experiences, and methods for dealing with packages when you can't know or control the method of shipping.