[Boatanchors] My UPS experience

[J Forster]

While not optimum, there are a couple of things you could do:

   Get a wireless doorbell for your gate, so you can be notified when something arrives there.

   Talk to the UPS driver. He may carry a cell phone and can call you just before he delivers
something.

Not optimum, but it does work for me.

Best,
-John






Jack Taylor wrote:

> Living in a rural area UPS charges extra for delivery to my zip code.  I have a simple
> driveway gate and in recent years, UPS will not deliver to the house.  They simply
> DROP the parcel over the gate.  I'm retired and since the gate is several hundred feet
> out of sight from the house, the package may lay there for a day or two, unless I be
> alert to the tracking information.
>
> If a package receipt is required I'm SOL.  The driver leaves a notice on the gate saying
> "Receiver not available, will attempt delivery again".  Of course he/she doesn't indicate
> WHEN the next delivery attempt is to be made.  This process is repeated a couple more
> times and I have to drive 20 miles out of my way to the UPS site in order to get the parcel
> before it's returned. [snip]