for people with UPS shipments (est of time to expect your phone)

[EmbraceTheOne]

2nd Day Air here...

 

[Peace]

Actually it does. Doesn't say 10:30am-noon just for the heck of it.

UPS will not stick to that specific time for the iPhone deployment due to theft possibilities.

 

[knoxtown]

Actually it does. Doesn't say 10:30am-noon just for the heck of it.

Whatever man. When your phone shows up at 6 in the afternoon, make sure to come back here and say hi.

 

[kromix]

Actually it does. Doesn't say 10:30am-noon just for the heck of it.

Actually he's right, Normally UPS Worldwide Express has a standard commitment time of 10:30 or noon, HOWEVER.....

The World Ease contract rate Apple worked out with UPS for this massive shipment has an exception to the delivery commitment time and is By End of Day, regardless of the Express Tag, I confirmed this with the UPS Account Specialist we use at work that manages our UPS contracts for large shipments and deliveries ( I work for a Fortune 500 Company ). He looked up the deal Apple has made with UPS and indeed the commitment time was waived and changed to End of Day(presumably to aide in delivering such a large amount of phones in one day). Remember, with such a large contract there is some flexibility in changing and special rules for the sender that you wouldn't normally see sending 1 box express.


Now comes the fun part, my guess is this will be lost in translation and the driver may see WorldWide Express and not realize the exception and try and get it to you with the time commitment, but who knows?

My package will arrive between 10:30 - 11 AM, but thats because UPS comes twice to my workplace, around 10:30 for Express packages and 3 PM for ground stuff. I spoke directly to the driver and he will have our phones in by 11 he said.

 

[destroyboredom]

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It actually says by 10:30 OR noon. So I plan on waking up very early to be sure. I take this to mean it will be delivered by noon. Not between 10:30 and noon.

 

[steadysignal]

5pm works. just as long as i don't have to drive to their station and wait for a driver to return...

 

[blackjackmark]

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/shipping/time/service/shipping/

Between 10:30am and Noon.

Not to be a buzzkill, but that before noon schedule doesn't apply to these shipments.

Actually it does. Doesn't say 10:30am-noon just for the heck of it.

Actually he's right, Normally UPS Worldwide Express has a standard commitment time of 10:30 or noon, HOWEVER.....

The World Ease contract rate Apple worked out with UPS for this massive shipment has an exception to the delivery commitment time and is By End of Day, regardless of the Express Tag, I confirmed this with the UPS Account Specialist we use at work that manages our UPS contracts for large shipments and deliveries ( I work for a Fortune 500 Company ). He looked up the deal Apple has made with UPS and indeed the commitment time was waived and changed to End of Day(presumably to aide in delivering such a large amount of phones in one day). Remember, with such a large contract there is some flexibility in changing and special rules for the sender that you wouldn't normally see sending 1 box express.

I called and talked to two different UPS reps. Both confirmed that the 10:30/noon delivery commitment is for businesses only.