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Pro Tip: Get Apple Watch delivered to UPS location

skit911 said:
Are these called Access Points? i don't know what they name them as on their website
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What's the difference between a customer center and an access point, which one would it be held at? The customer center is about 2 miles away and the access point 32 miles.
 
Is there anyway to change your delivery address if you had it delivered to your work instead of your home address? I cannot register my work address for MyChoice as it is commercial and it looks like the site uses MyChoice for changing delivery...
 
SayenCroWolf said:
I've been lurking for a while, and finally decided to join because I'm seeing some misinformation about UPS (I work there...).

I'm not going to go through all the threads and reply. I'll just post here: read it, don't read it. I did my bit for king and country.

**The watch packages are too high value and too prone to possible issues. They will not go SurePost

**If it were me, there's no way in hell I'd presign for my package and leave it to the discretion of the driver in leaving it. He can

a/leave it if it appears safe and that's up to him if he thinks it won't get stolen.

b/ignore your presign and NOT leave it if there's a chance it's going to go walking. That means you'll have to wait until he finishes his route, gets back to the hub and the unloaders get it out of the truck. Add a day for this.

**I saw some nonsense from one poster that your package could be delayed because 2nd day air and overnights take priority for loading. Utter BS. All the regular ground is loaded first, along with second day air. Overnights are via plane the day of delivery (unless it's a weekend and that means they'll come in Friday and sit secure in the hub for the weekend.)

As there is no option for delivering the watches other than standard delivery, they'll all be loaded into the trucks as they come off the trailers that bring them into the hub. That's totally random, but as long as the trailer that's bringing it inbound gets there on time, then it'll go back out for delivery the same day. The daily goal is to have every package wrapped up and loaded for delivery no later than 905am. The only instances I've seen where inbound trucks have been late have been due to weather. This winter I saw that plenty. As it's April, barring some freakish act of nature, I don't see that happening.

**In most instances, carriers will establish contracts with companies on how many packages we will accept from them on a daily basis into the system. I have no firsthand knowledge of Apple's contract or package per diem, so I can't offer facts. I have to believe because it's Apple, it's a substantial number. There are already conversations going on at a local level to make sure we're staffed, prepped and ready to rock so there's no delays on our end. Conversations are happening from the higher up's right down to the guys and girls who load the packages onto the trucks for the drivers. We absolutely want you to get your package without delay (NOTE: I'm waiting on two watches myself...)

**IF IT WERE ME, I'd have the package diverted to a local hub pickup. Call UPS the day after you get your tracking number. Apple generates the tracking number and it takes a day to get into our systems. Have it held for pickup and avoid waiting on the driver and all the presign nonsense.

Note: if your local pickup counter opens at 8am, your package may not be at the counter waiting. When you hold a package for pickup, the systems have to generate the exception which will find the package in the building when it's scanned for outgoing delivery. Those packages are held and sorted out so they can be moved to the counter. We try to get them done as we can, but if it's a busy day that might not be until shift wrap up (i.e., AFTER the counter has opened). So, if that helpful counter person is scrambling, it's because the package hasn't made it to the counter yet.

To that end, if you call UPS and have the package diverted to another address, or a UPS Store, etc., you risk adding another day (or more) to getting the package in your hot little hands. We'd have to locate the package in our pipes, readdress it and get it where you want it to go. Depending on where you're rerouting it, you might even be changing it to a different hub for us to complete it properly.

Hope that clears up some of the inaccuracies on how UPS is going to get the job done. If your package is coming to you FedEx, well, I got nothin'...
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Thanks for the info!!!! Do you know if you my address has to match what's on my id. I recently moved but I do have mailed addressed to my new address
 
MVallee said:
I have been thinking I might get my Watch held at UPS as well. Usually the delivery guy gets here between 12pm-2pm but when I pre-ordered my iPhone 5 he didn't get here until after 4pm. That was a long day of pacing in front of the window. If a short drive to the UPS facility can avoid that, I think I'll go the route.
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Hahaha, I'm not the only one. I'll be at the living room table half-arse studying but more intent at the delivery truck. I will try calling to see if they can hold it and I will drive across town to get it.
 
linkgx1 said:
So here we go again with our Apple device deliveries! :D

Now if you don't want your device to get stolen or have several missed deliveries....I'd suggest that you arrange to have the unit held at your local UPS/FedEx store or command center. I did this with my 6 Plus and got it the day it was supposed to be delivered.

I'm getting nervous because UPS delivered an expensive table of mine to the wrong house and it was a pain locating it. This can greatly reduce the chance of that happening.
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^^^THIS! I do this every year through UPS My Choice and request my package be held at the hub 1 mile from my house. I get to pick my iDevice up when they open at 8:30am and skip waiting for the UPS guy to show up :)
 
I have UPS my choice free version. There's a distribution center a few miles from my house. I picked up my iPhone 6 there. After I got the ups ship notice, I editted the shipment via my choice to pick up at the distribution center.

The same day I would have had it delivered to my house sometime that day, I was able to pick it up at the dist center office at 8:30 am.

The only glitch was: they say to wait for the notice, but the notice I got was 'out for delivery' when I think they really meant 'checked in at the counter'. That was a little confusing - I wasn't sure if the hold got missed.
 
lsh said:
I have UPS my choice free version. There's a distribution center a few miles from my house. I picked up my iPhone 6 there. After I got the ups ship notice, I editted the shipment via my choice to pick up at the distribution center.

The same day I would have had it delivered to my house sometime that day, I was able to pick it up at the dist center office at 8:30 am.

The only glitch was: they say to wait for the notice, but the notice I got was 'out for delivery' when I think they really meant 'checked in at the counter'. That was a little confusing - I wasn't sure if the hold got missed.
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Thanks for the info. I'd like to attempt this again (i've tried before by calling UPS to no avail). Once I get a shipment notification/tracking number, would I be able to setup the shipment to stay at the hub on the 24th for pickup that day?
 
JPIndustrie said:
Thanks for the info. I'd like to attempt this again (i've tried before by calling UPS to no avail). Once I get a shipment notification/tracking number, would I be able to setup the shipment to stay at the hub on the 24th for pickup that day?
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My suggestion is to set up your ups My choice account and just try it. If you have other shipments scheduled, you can play with those without completing. It wasn't hard to do once I saw it. Not sure if you can use the app, I used the website.

There are different types of 'centers' and ups stores didn't count. I believe I was able to look up exactly where it would go.

Any change is a 'request'. I think you get a notice that the request was accepted???
 
I just looked at the option to change the delivery to a ups location, which is just 1 mile away from me, but it said the estimated delivery date would be monday instead of the friday that it says for me now.

I don't want to take that risk...

are they just being precautionary? Or should I just keep it where it is now?
 
sterl320 said:
I just looked at the option to change the delivery to a ups location, which is just 1 mile away from me, but it said the estimated delivery date would be monday instead of the friday that it says for me now.

I don't want to take that risk...

are they just being precautionary? Or should I just keep it where it is now?
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I've had multiple deliveries held for pickup at my local UPS Store. It always says the delivery will be pushed back a day, but I've never had that happen. But there is a UPS terminal in my town also. So that could have something to do with it.
 
I was planning on doing this. UPS and FedEx both deliver to my house around 5:00pm really don't want to wait all day and would rather go pick it up. Just have no idea where the distribution center is on Oahu. Can't find it on the site.
 
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