We are the very last road that the UPS man delivers too for his territory. All year long he is usually in my neighborhood around 4 pm and has a 50 mile road trip back home. During the Christmas Season, it is always around 6-7 pm. We chat sometimes and I asked him his biggest frustration and he said, lack of properly displayed house numbers. Townships and country homes have the nice fire numbers displayed out by the road, but people in villages and cities forget to properly display their numbers, or decorate around the numbers or just bad lighting and he struggles to read numbers. I apologize if this is not why your packages are being lost, but take a look at your home address numbers and see if they are properly displayed. Also, the pole that had the name our road was bent and displaying the wrong name with the other street. Someone in our neighborhood called and got it straightened out.
I live on a busy 4-lane street in the middle of a large city, right off a freeway. You name the street, and everyone knows where it is. 80 year old house, never changed addresses. VERY clearly labeled, in large letters, in clear view - no trees or anything blocking it. Street light right out in front, although deliveries - when they happen - never happen after dark.
The problem isn't my house - it is UPS. The packages aren't lost (usually), they are not delivered due to completely made up excuses. When they said my package wasn't deliverable this Monday because "the business was closed", they hadn't even loaded it onto a truck for delivery before they flagged it that way. They were just running short of staff or something and didn't want to deliver it. Which I wouldn't have an issue with - IF they told the truth instead of making up fake excuses to keep their numbers looking good. My last 3 packages weren't delivered by them on time because (1) they claimed my address was an "incorrect street number" (again, it's an 80 year old house on a main street), and then they followed it several other handling errors that caused additional delays in delivery on what was supposed to be next-day delivery service, (2) they said my dog was in my yard - problem there is **I DON'T HAVE A DOG** and my front yard isn't fenced to hold one if I did, and (3) the "business was closed" thing. And I have lots and lots more examples over the last few years and this isn't a thing that happens just during the busy season.
I don't think all UPS delivery centers are bad, just ours. Just like some people have awful post offices/postal carriers, when mine are great. But just because mine is good doesn't mean I think any issues someone has with theirs is their own fault...
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