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Title: WTF UPS?
Post by: hplunket on December 07, 2014, 08:25:15 PM
I ordered a Pono and finally got the shipping notice with a UPS tracking #.  Watching its route to me from China is bewildering.  It was in a UPS warehouse 30 minutes from my home (green pin) two days ago before taking off again for Alaska.  Today it apparently left Louisville Kentucky.  Someone's losing money on this.

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Actually, maybe I'm an idiot and it was just the customs info being processed at my local depot prior to its arrival.  Still kind of an inefficient route.  Hasn't anyone invented teleportation yet?
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: Anaxilus on December 07, 2014, 08:37:58 PM
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Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: takato14 on December 07, 2014, 08:46:13 PM
oh my GOD anax
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: burnspbesq on December 07, 2014, 11:31:06 PM
That's completely bog-standard.  UPS has a dedicate Customs clearance facility at the Anchorage airport.  If you've ever flown from the US to Asia, you know that pretty much every route goes that way; it's actually shorter than going straight across the Pacific.

Everything then goes through Louisville because that's UPS' air hub.  Even stuff going to Anchorage would go to Louisville and then go back out to its destination.  It would be no different if it were FedEx, except that it would go to Memphis instead of Louisville.  The extra flying time adds less to the cost of shipping than the depreciation on another billion dollar facility on the west coast.
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: hplunket on December 08, 2014, 02:34:33 AM
Interesting.  Thanks burnspbesq!
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: Mr.Sneis on December 08, 2014, 02:59:25 AM
The infamous "hub and spoke" shipping model!
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: shipsupt on December 08, 2014, 09:33:11 AM

As long as we're living on a sphere the great circle route rules...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle)

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Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: Mrip on July 13, 2015, 10:06:16 PM
My package arrives at my local USPS in the am and is "out for delivery." 3 hours later it arrives at a USPS facility farther away with a note that says "in transit to the destination." What's up with that?
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: takato14 on July 14, 2015, 03:20:04 AM
Quote from: Mrip on July 13, 2015, 10:06:16 PM
My package arrives at my local USPS in the am and is "out for delivery." 3 hours later it arrives at a USPS facility farther away with a note that says "in transit to the destination." What's up with that?
wait what

mine did that today too

if youre from michigan maybe the truck crashed or went off course? lol
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: Claritas on July 14, 2015, 03:32:22 AM
The online tracking for mine in Chicagoland says delivery by 8 PM, but the Post Office looked into it and told me it's in Chicago and won't get in till Wednesday night but they don't know why. (Probably Moslem terrorists. :)p3)
Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: Deep Funk on July 14, 2015, 09:07:38 AM
I think Anaxilus is right about this one. Next time hope Peter Pan is on your side.

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Title: Re: WTF UPS?
Post by: Mrip on July 14, 2015, 02:56:19 PM
NY here. Maybe their whole tracking system just faceplanted. My package stayed at the other office for a while then went BACK to the first one, and then back out for delivery.