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UPS Access Points

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volntitan

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May 4, 2005
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(Posted this within the AT&T Pre-order thread, but got lost in it)

So I ordered 2 128 Iphone 6 at 2 am central (12 pacific). Got the email saying that I should expect delivery on the 19th. Did the "My Ups" deal that folks suggested and "wella", there is my tracking number with a departure scan from Memphis with delivery on the 19th. Awesome.

So here is my question...I was sleepy and had them deliver the phones to my house. I didn't think about the fact that no one would be home until about 3:30 and as of now, I don't know of any neighbor will be at home. I can't re-route delivery where I work (Downtown Nashville) from where I live (Franklin about 30 min away). So I have an option of delivery, for an additional $5, to a UPS Access Point. Has anyone done this? My problem is when it is normally delivered to the Access Point (a UPS store). Should I have them deliver it to a UPS Store near where I live and risk them closing before I can get home from work (I work to 6 atleast, but often well past) or do I have them deliver it to a Access point close to my work, but then risk having to hang around downtown until they deliver it. I know I've waited until 7 or 8 sometimes on UPS deliveries at home.

Any advice?
 
I cant believe they are now charging $5 NOT to put it on the truck. Anyway yes, I'm a fan of picking it up at the hub. $5 or not. Usually the hubs (where they load the trucks) are open til 9 or later and open around 8 or 9am.
 
volntitan said:
You know, the whole pay bills, get job done, keep my job type of thing.
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One option via UPS My Choice is to deliver to a neighbor (must be within walking distance). If you have a neighbor who will be home all day, that may be better.
 
Justin33 said:
I cant believe they are now charging $5 NOT to put it on the truck. Anyway yes, I'm a fan of picking it up at the hub. $5 or not. Usually the hubs (where they load the trucks) are open til 9 or later and open around 8 or 9am.
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Will it give you the option of which hub? I live about 30 min. outside of Nashville and there is a hub closer where I live in Franklin.
 
I would call the hub and check how late they're open. I wanted to do a pick-up like this before with a MacBook but the hub was only open till 6 on Fridays so I had to wait till Monday.
 
Justin33 said:
I cant believe they are now charging $5 NOT to put it on the truck. Anyway yes, I'm a fan of picking it up at the hub. $5 or not. Usually the hubs (where they load the trucks) are open til 9 or later and open around 8 or 9am.
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It's free if you want it held at the UPS hub, $5 for them to deliver to a UPS store near you.
 
volntitan said:
Will it give you the option of which hub? I live about 30 min. outside of Nashville and there is a hub closer where I live in Franklin.
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The one time I asked for a package to be held, it did not give me an option to choose the hub. They hold it at the last stop before going on a truck to be delivered.
 
I think part of the problem here is that access point, store and hub are all different. At least access point and Hub are. or Customer Center i think is what hub is technically referrred to as.

I'm considering have it held at the customer center/hub which is only 11 miles from my house.
 
Will they ship it to a hub closer to my work instead of the one closest to my home?

the one near my work is right up the street.

Hopefully if they let me re-route, it wont affect the delivery date.
 
They will hold at will call at customer center for free. The only cost is to have it sent to a UPS Access Point, which seems to be UPS Stores. But sounds like if you do that, that will delay the arrival until the following Monday based on some of the posts.
 
volntitan said:
They will hold at will call at customer center for free. The only cost is to have it sent to a UPS Access Point, which seems to be UPS Stores. But sounds like if you do that, that will delay the arrival until the following Monday based on some of the posts.
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Yesterday I had my ip6 delivery changed to a UPS access point, which is a UPS Store close to me. I was expecting the delivery to be delayed until Monday, but UPS tracking is now showing the package as 'Out for delivery' with a scheduled delivery by the end of the day today. I'm remaining hopeful that I'll get my hands on it today.
 
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