Clocksetbyfeel
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MacBook Pro Shipments Being Delayed Due to UPS 'Mechanical' Issues
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IllinoisCorn
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Apple uses both FedEx and UPS. I don't think you get a choice. My phones have always been UPS but other items were FedEx.
Apleeseed84
macrumors 6502a
I mean sure blame the plane lolol at least it didn’t get stuck on the Suez canal for months.
dont jinx it! they'll find a way to wind up in it.
Dancin-Ted-Danson
macrumors member
Not completely true anymore. They started running their own operations with their own flight crews/planes out of Cincinnati (near DHL's old US operations hub)
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frumpy16
macrumors 65816
Buckle up because it’s probably going to get worse before it gets better.
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johnalan
macrumors 6502a
Not sure why so many people are rushing to the defence of a global conglomerate…
Luckily I don’t need to. The capital markets have come to my rescue. As Amazon, who have basic competency in their field are venturing into logistics.
incoherent_1
macrumors 65816
No surprises here. UPS is a hot mess in my experience. Maybe it’s just my local branch/drivers, but they seem to go the extra mile to screw up orders whenever they can.
q64ceo
macrumors 6502a
You gotta remember that we have a boatload of shortages. That includes aircraft parts. Can't really fly airplanes that are unsafe. UPS is known for being really quick with shipments. So the fact that they are not in this case makes me believe that the shortages are causing the groundings.
incoherent_1
macrumors 65816
This has been my experience for every Apple product I’ve ordered recently. I think they are erring on the side of overestimating delivery dates so that people have a better experience.
Exorthium
macrumors member
You are 100% in the same batch as mine. My tracking is 1:1 yours, even with the same time stamps.
xodh
macrumors demi-god
Mine must be in the same batch with DHL, with same situation.
dmr727
macrumors G4
All of those airplanes are still being operated by Atlas or ATI. No flight crews work for Amazon, nor would I expect Amazon to be interested in bringing it in-house - it's easier to keep costs low when you can whipsaw the various contract carriers against each other.
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Camarillo Brillo
macrumors 6502a
You prefer fed ex even when the delivery driver sneaks up to your door without knocking to leave a note that you missed the delivery? I think that’s part of their training
I can confirm this has happened to me. or say that they tried to deliver but never even stopped as my camera proves.
youtube is also full of fedex videos.
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Camarillo Brillo
macrumors 6502a
Oh yeah I have had it happen to me 3 days in a row. I don’t understand what incentive the drivers have to do that but they do it
To be fair they are operating exclusively for Amazon at the point they get painted, it’s not like they can slip other customers packages on them.
dmr727
macrumors G4
True, but I guess my point is that Amazon is still using a contractor to do the actual flying. So in the context of Apple having issues with UPS' reliability, it doesn't really help them to do what Amazon is doing, at least when it comes to the aircraft/crew part of the equation. Amazon is doing what it's doing because it's cheaper than using FedEx or UPS - their reliability is still tied to whatever contractors they're using to do the flying.
CrapShack
macrumors regular
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DesertNomad
macrumors 6502a
There should be a customer choice. If they charged $40 extra for FedEx, I would choose it every time.
Camarillo Brillo
macrumors 6502a
DesertNomad
macrumors 6502a
Thus there should be a choice: UPS, FedEX, DHL, TNT, maybe others. TNT once got a Mac and Cinema Display from my office in Nevada to my home in Dubai in about 40 hours.