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published date: December 03, 2011
modified datt: April 29,2020

This giveaway is closed. Congratulations goes to Jeremy.

Are you regularly receiving packages from UPS. I can thank my ShopRunner and Prime (on Amazon) subscription for that! I am an avid online shopper, and definitely looking for convenience when it comes to tracking my orders and where they are going.

UPS MY CHOICE is not only a solution for my home, but also for shippers.  The first-of-its kind, it is a customizable delivery service for residential receivers.

Right now become a Member of UPS MY CHOICE FOR FREE and get a delivery that fits your life! Get alerts before packages arrive, Electronically authorize packages for drop-of, re-route to other locations and many other options. This service allows you to be out of the house when you want and know when your package will arrive! It works to YOUR life!

Two Membership Plans:

UPS My Choice members receive phone, e-mail or text alerts notifying them a day in advance of when packages will arrive and providing a four-hour approximate delivery time frame. They also have the option to electronically authorize release of packages that require a signature and, for a $5 transaction fee, to reroute a package to another delivery address or have it delivered to the nearest The UPS Store® location.

UPS My Choice Premium Membership, available for a $40 annual subscription, provides all the benefits of a regular UPS My Choice membership at no additional cost and in addition, members gain access to an online delivery calendar that shows the status of UPS home deliveries. Premium members also are offered a two-hour delivery window. A $5 transaction fee is charged only upon successful delivery of the package within the two-hour commitment.  As a Premium member, consumers can even provide their UPS driver with detailed instructions on where to leave a package. They just select from a drop-down list of location options like — leave it at the Side Door…the Garage…on the Porch…in the Management Office of my apartment complex or the Shed out back!

Head to UPS MY CHOICE to sign up for FREE!

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1.) Tell me your shipping nightmare.

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This giveaway ends on Wednesday, December 7th at midnight (EST.) The winner will be contacted via email and will have 72 hours to respond. If I do not hear from the winner by that time, a new winner will be selected.

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Comments

  3. Nichelle says

    UPS made a delivery and left the pkg in front of my garage. They left a msg say ok mg they left was on front door steps. I did not know. I back out garage and ran over package, totally destroyed the content. No attempt was made to deliver to resident and I was home at the time of the delivery. Poor service practice.

  6. Kelly Sullivan says

    Just yesterday I received a package with one of the items I ordered instead of 2 of them. Took me an hour on the phone to get it straightened out.

  9. Rebecca A says

    I spend more time than I care to admit sitting around the house waiting for pick-ups or deliveries.

  10. Angela Kruger says

    I once ordered all of my daughters birthday decor and presents on ebay and had shipped not remembering I had moved and not changed the address on my ebay acct. Luckily my parents live near my old house and were planning on attending party. The new owner of house had opened all my stuff but kindly did give it to my dad when he knocked on their door.

  11. Kelly D says

    I needed money, so I decided to sell an old pedal tractor I had on Ebay. The auction was a success, but the seller was out of state. He wanted it shipped with a delivery he was getting from our state- We had to rush around, deliver it to a town 2 hours away, to an old grumpy man that did not want to participate. It finally worked out, and the buyer still paid the shipping costs.

  18. Ashley H. says

    I had ordered something very expensive for my b/f. I got a email saying it had been delivered but we never got it. Through many weeks of emails, it finally showed up with not explanation.

  20. Kevin Bell says

    I won a new TV earlier this year from a contest. The first time, it never made it here, dropped at the Shipping Facility. The second attempt, shattered upon trying to unload it from the truck! The third time was the charm though!

  23. Kassie Cerami says

    I had my aunt ship me my grandmother’s china from Florida (to Oregon) when she passed away and she didn’t pack it well OR insure it! It arrived in pieces so now I have only about 2/3 of a set. :(

  24. sandy says

    I’m lucky that I don’t have any real shipping nightmare stories. I have had stuff arrive late already but nothing awful. All my horror stories are involving airlines losing my baggage!

  26. steff says

    i shipped printers drawers to canada and they got lost but said that they were on time! it took forever to figure out.

  28. PERLITA MATA says

    my shipping nightmare was last christmas. toys r us shipped a wii system for my children and before ups my choice existed i didnt know when my item was going to be delivered since toys r us didnt send me confirmation of shipping until after ups delivered at my door. it waS All a big nightmare because i never received ANYTHING and the emails from toys r us were telling me it was just shipped one day and ups said they delivered the day before i got the email. in the end it was all resolved but took almost one month for that! thank goodness christmas was a little bit more of a month away! that was a nightmare but know with ups my choice no more nightmares! thanks Ups

  29. Julia says

    I’m always afraid packages will arrive when we are out of town and then they will be sitting out letting everyone know our house is empty or tempting someone to take the packages.

  31. Darrell E. Jacobs says

    Shipping nightmare – had crab claws delivered and had to request a new delivery since they had warmed up a bit too much and had a funky odor. Same problem second time. Took forever to get the smell out of my apartment. No more seafood shipments.

  32. Tonya Rader says

    My shipping nightmare happened two months ago: I ordered a big box of Huggies through Amazon and was expecting it to arrive within two days….it didn’t. Instead, I got an email from Amazon that the shipper (OnTrac) had scanned the package as undeliverable and returned it to sender. I was beyond pissed because not only was I out of diapers but I also had to go to my local Walmart to buy some more diapers. The craziest part was that I had ordered baby wipes a day prior to placing this order and Ontrac delivered THAT the very same day that they returned my other package. Smh. Horrible experience and horrible service trying to follow up w/ them.

  36. JEN C says

    I accidentally had Amazon ship a box of diapers to our previous address. What a nightmare. Amazon is great, as usual, and sent me another box for free.

  46. mrs b says

    My shipping nightmare occurred this year. I ordered my husband THE tablet for Christmas, to be delivered to my parents’ house–I won’t have to hide it, and we are going to be there for Christmas. The OTHER big shipment company called them to let them know that there was a delivery requiring signature; my dad planned on calling back the next day to arrange delivery (or pickup at their facility). The next morning he found said package on a hidden part of their porch.

    They didn’t provide a signature, and the temperatures dropped below freezing that night. I am hoping that the big surprise that I socked money away for (I’m a student) actually works Christmas morning.
    This happened this week, so I am in the midst of calling everyone involved (the vendor, the shipper, and the credit card company) to find out how things went awry and what will be done if it does not work.

  51. Marcie Stoffer says

    Shipping nightmare: Ordered gifts online for all my staff and they didn’t come in time for the Christmas party because they were held up at the post office! Thanks for the chance to win!!

  56. Melissa says

    Our shipping nightmare happens at least twice a year unfortunately….our wonderful mail carrier has a nasty little habit of placing our packages right in the middle of the garage door and well if you open the door and back out after getting in the car you can guess what happens…smashed to bits

  59. Melinda Mendy Dinsmore says

    My shipping nightmare right now is a giveaway prize I won, but the hostess doesn’t know how to track it. :(

  68. Nicole says

    My shipping nightmares aren’t too bad – it just involves not being home when it’s delivered, so then I have to go to the place to sign for them

  69. Chelsea r says

    My shipping nightmare was a few years ago. I received the present I ordered way to late for Christmas, and it was the wrong variety. The company was horrible, it took weeks to get the correct gift.

  72. Amanda Smelcer says

    My worst nightmare was the package not arriving in time for my miece’s birthday party. I was less than pleased. It is really hard to explain to an 8 year that you do not have her present because someone dropped the ball.

  74. jeanie says

    my package was left in the yard and it was pouring rain that day! luckily the contents werent damaged!

  82. Liz says

    I had ordered an expensive watch for my husband and it was rerouted three times and then misdelivered to the wrong house. Eventually it found it’s way to our doorstep but not until a week after his birthday :(

  84. Shell Holland says

    my shipping nightmare is the mailman giving it to the neighbors and then they keep it!

  88. Bianca Roman says

    My shipping fear would be the UPS man/woman wouldn’t think I was home or something and not leave the package…and then the package actually get lost at the UPS warehouse. And on top of it all, I wouldn’t receive a refund or my package!

  93. Jenni says

    This shipping nightmare actually happened to me with USPS! As a graduation present, my aunt sent me some cash, plus a very nice hand painted gift, and I never got it! :( Not only that, but since she sent me cash and not a check, she also lost her money.

  95. Darlene Ezzell says

    Our worst shipping nightmare is when our package was delivered and signed for somewhere else and we never got it!! Booooooo!!

  100. Darlene says

    Shipping nightmare= Ordered some baby wipes through Amazon Mom, DESPERATELY NEEDED them. At our old place, the package was always left with no signature needed. We recently moved and found out the hard way, they require a signature now.

    Wipes ended up being sent back to amazon and had to get crappy storebrand wipes to get us through until a new order can be sent!

  102. Teresa Young says

    My shipping nightmare is when delivery is only attempted when I am not at home & cannot change delivery time.
    tmyoung at rochester dot rr dot com

  103. Jodi B says

    my shipping nightmare is if i spent lots of money on something and it gets completely lost (never shows up…like ever.

  104. Jennifer Sears says

    my shipping nightmare would be to have a package come for my kids that they were able to see what it was or who it was from – hasn’t happened YET!

  107. Beth says

    I sent a book my cousin needed for her wedding and never received it until 2 weeks after her wedding. Contacted the shipper on both ends with no results. Always get confirmation delivery and insurance now.

  113. Crystal K. says

    I once had an Amazon package get put on the wrong truck, and when it was taken back to the warehouse it was processed as a return instead of coming to me. I don’t live terribly far from the warehouse and my package showed up as “delivered” to an address that wasn’t mine, and signed for by a name I did not know! It took me awhile to realize it was Amazon’s address! It all worked out in the end, but it was a crazy hour or two trying to get it sorted out.

  115. Abi says

    My shipping nightmare: Leaving for Europe and needing my hydration pack. Someone stole it off my porch!!

  119. Sandy B says

    I just hate going to the malls and Christmas makes me hate it more, so I would say dealing with the public is my worse nightmare

  124. Susan Stahley says

    I haven’t had a shipping nightmare yet, but I love the UPS My Choice alerts so I know when I need to be home to pick up a package. I am not the most patient person, so if it is a package I need to sign for, I would rather just be home than have to wait for the following day.

  126. Mary says

    FB and email. I was waiting on a delivery for a video camcorder. When I put out my garbage I found the box by my garbage cans!

  127. Candice says

    I would say my nightmare would be ordering something for a present and not having it show up in time.

  130. Amanda Y. says

    Our post office sucks and either delivers mail to the wrong office or doesn’t deliver it at all! I hate snail mail for this reason. At least UPS is more reliable than USPS!

  132. AJ Bradley says

    I’ve never been permanently scarred by shipping troubles with FedEx or UPS. My shipping nightmares are always courtesy of USPS. They have lost numerous packages and they never were returned. I’ve also literally had a piece of mail arrive more than a month after it was sent, though posted and addressed properly for first-class mail. It seems the only way to “keep them honest” lately is to pay extra for delivery confirmation (even if not priority mail), or priority.

  134. sonia says

    My biggest shipping disappointment was when we had moved to China for an overseas job assignment. My former book group members each brought a book to make a Christmas care package for me because English language books are hard to come by in China. I never received it and never even knew they sent it til I came back for a visit the next year and they finally asked me about it – they had been wondering why I didn’t thank them. Would have loved to get those books and wonder where they are now!

  136. Robin says

    I think the one that frustrated me the most was when I paid extra to get a package to my sister-in-laws baby shower on time and it took longer than if I had just shipped it ground. It missed the shower!

  137. Tami S says

    I don’t have a nightmare just hate when I’m not home for a package that needs to be signed. Won’t have that problem anymore with UPS

  143. Sara says

    My shipping nightmare….I ordered a textbook for class and it never came! I had to order a new one.

  145. Joyce Mlinek says

    My shipping nightmare was when I won a prize from a giveaway and the sender said she mailed it but I never received it. There was no tracking so the sender was kind enough to mail out a second one. Never did find out whatever happened to the first one.

  148. Sandra U. says

    My shipping nightmare was when I had about 10 packages due to be delivered and they got delivered to the WRONG HOUSE, same house # but one street over. The person at the house opened ALL my packages and I guess thought she had the right to them, GRRRR.

  150. Amanda L says

    My shipping nightmare is to have something planned to be delivered on one date and then a week after that and 1,000 phone calls later it shows up.

  151. nan says

    i once won a giveaway that had alot of really nice porcelin plates that arrived shattered. i felt so bad contacting the host, but she was great they ended up giving me a gc
    nannypanpan at gmail.com

  153. Christy says

    Shipping nightmare – having one of my handmade crafts crushed to pieces. Even if insured, the PO doesn’t give that much back.

  159. Danielle McGuire says

    One year not with UPS but I shipped presents to my mom ahead of me traveling. When I arrived they were supposed to be there, I paid extra for this. Nope, so my gift got to my moms house, after christmas day and while we were out of town and so they were left on the porch, thank god they were there when we came home. Horrible

  163. Jeremy says

    I won’t call it a nightmare, but I had a very difficult experience with F-dEx. Missed a package on Monday, so Tuesday, I made sure I would be home. I sat by the front door (no joking) waiting for my package from 4-6 pm. I got up every time I heard a vehicle. Nothing. Kept refreshing status, and it still said out for delivery. At 6pm, I hit refresh, only to see the status now saying failed attempt at 5:39. Failed? There was no door tag, no knock, no ring of the doorbell. Very angry that it was put on me, when the driver obviously did NOT make an attempt.

  175. Crissy says

    My shipping nightmare: My order was late arriving, so I left for a week, only to find it waiting for me when i returned, the box and contents completely soaked with spring rains.

  177. Brenda B says

    I don’t have a shipping nightmare, so can I share my friends’? They mailed a package full of Christmas gifts to family in another state, through USPS, and it never showed up… until a YEAR later! How is that even possible?!

  179. maria says

    My grandmother-in-law just sent me a box full of fabrics just because she’s nice, and when it finally got here, the side was coming apart. there where lots of little things in the box with it. I would have been sad if it had come fully apart.

  184. amber says

    my shipping nightmare was when i was waiting for a package and kept staying home when they said it would be delivered, and it never showed up, and I had to drive across town to get it

  189. Lynda says

    I signed up for UPS my choice because of shipping nightmares – packages being left and disappearing before I got home from work – now I know before they are going to leave a package and I can have it held at the local UPS to be picked up on my way home

  190. Kaylee Whitehead says

    I ordered my mom a cute wine bottle holder for her birthday three weeks before her birthday thinking that would be plenty of time the first one showed up broken the second one the same and the third one showed up after her birthday all together though! She loved it but it was a stressful couple of weeks!!!

  191. Elese says

    For my twin girls’ 1st birthday we ordered them FF carseats, and because we did that we promised one of our friends their RF carseats…. well it’s a good thing they didn’t have the baby early because the ones that we ordered were late… so it looked like we didn’t even get our own kids anything for their 1st b-day!

  192. Gee says

    My shipping nightmare is getting packages stolen at my door. There are mean people in this world.

  197. jlsec2004 says

    My shipping nightmare happened when my dad sent a birthday gift from Alaska to my home in Arizona for my son. We kept missing the delivery because the driver would come when I was out picking my son up from school. I left the driver a note on the 3rd day letting him know the time I left and that id be back in ten minutes, but I guess he got tired of trying and left it at our door. When I pulled into my driveway after picking my son up at school, I found another neighborhood kid with the package in his hand, he mustve seen it from the sidewalk and thought he could take it!! Had I not come home when I did, my sons gift wouldve been gone! :(

  198. Becky c says

    My shipping nightmare was when I had ordered something for my son for his birthday and it arrived earlier than scheduled while we were out of to, confirmation said it was delivered, but we never got it. :(