I have a UPS Ground prepaid label to return the cell phone that I’m trading. They told me it would be $10-12 to schedule a driver pickup, else I can take it to a dropoff location. When did this start? Boo, UPS. Boooooo.

Edit: To be completely fair, it may be that the destination decided not to pay extra for driver pickups rather than this being some new UPS thing. I don’t know the inner workings.

  • FuglyDuckEnglish
    24•1 month ago

    Just for the record UPS is not mail- that’s USPS- they’re a parcel and freight delivery service. UPS doesn’t go to every address every day (‘Cept Sundays,) the same way the mailman does.

    For residential… yeah, UPS definitely going to be charging since that’s a random and probably out-of-the-way stop. USPS will take postage-paid parcels/letters at the mailbox since they’re there.

    • @dhorkEnglish
      3•1 month ago

      UPS doesn’t go to every address every day (‘Cept Sundays,) the same way the mailman does.

      US Postal Service has some sort of deal with Amazon now, I have gotten Amazon packages delivered by my regular mailman on Sundays. I hope he’s getting paid well for that.

      • @FrozengyroEnglish
        6•1 month ago

        They’ve been doing this for awhile now, and I’m certain they personally receive nothing extra for it.

      • FuglyDuckEnglish
        6•1 month ago

        Ups used to not do pickups at residential places ever. If you wanted to ship something you’d have to take it to their service center.

        The only people that get regular pickups were places that had enough volume going out to justify swinging by on a schedule.