I don't usually use UPS but they were running a promotion offering up to 40% off ground and air rates during the Holiday and the item I sold was listed with expedited shipping. The item shipped out on 12/26 and then a bunch of notes started to appear under the tracking information saying sender (me) had modified the delivery address to this UPS Customer Center. I immediately called UPS and inquired and they told me an employee of mine named Steven Morgan had requested this and I broke the news that I am the only employee of my company and my name is not Steven Morgan. I expressed how shocked I was that a package worth over $2,000 can seemingly be re-routed even after providing a name that wasn't the original sender's. I warned them that it could be potential fraud and they escalated me to a Supervisor who assured me he would personally keep an eye on this and make sure it went to the delivery address *side eye.*.
Sometime in the middle of January the package just dropped moving and updating and the last known place it was, was here at this UPS Customer Center. I called and explained that they had probably allowed the buyer to pick it up and now they were responsible for paying me for the lost item because the buyer had initiated a charge back saying they had not authorized the purchase on their card. UPS had tried to re-assure me that having the customer pick the item up from the Customer Care center was better because they have cameras and the customer would have to show ID and sign for it, yet somehow the customer was able to literally walk right out of the front door with the item and the best UPS could do was initiate a tracer to see where things went wrong.
So to recap package was sent late December, UPS confirmed they lost it middle of January. For the claims process, UPS tried to deny the claim several times -- citing insufficient paperwork (their own employee had entered the claim and I was never given or sent paperwork) and the second time due to lack of invoice. So I went on the website where the item was purchased and printed out the specs and price and submitted it and they came back with - we'll pay you for the item and part of the shipment but no sales tax. I'm still shocked that THEY can do SO MUCH wrong and then decide to not pay you the full amount that you insured the package for -- silly me, I thought that was the whole point of insuring a package but apparently they get you coming and going, so now I'm losing money because the sales tax was $165. Meanwhile UPS still kept some of the funds from the shipping cost (actual cost was $60) and the buyer that defrauded UPS and his credit card company got a free $2,000 laptop and his money back. So everyone came out on top except for me. read more