Jim's Journal

01/18/2008 10:47 #42936

VERY FUNNY UPS!

So, UPS says I wasn't here to sign for the package this AM when I specifically took off work to be here.

I bet there was a garbage truck on our street at the same time and the driver just said fuck it and went on to the next block.

metalpeter - 01/18/08 17:44
That is to bad, I wish I had pull enough to make that not happen but I don't. I have no power with them I'm just one of the people that processes packages that go UPS at work.

jenks - 01/18/08 17:42
ugh, I HATE when they pull that crap!!
I've had the exact same thing happen.
And I've had them actually come when I'm HOME WAITING FOR THEM, and then they just don't ring the doorbell and leave the sticker that they attempted but no one was home.
I have also put my signature on file with them like 10 times so they can leave a package without a sig so I don't have to take off work to be home (since that's just not an option)- and they still leave the 'no one home to sign' love notes.
Apple is especially bad about insisting on a sig.

jim - 01/18/08 17:20
No they definitely were not there, no sticker and I was there by the front door all morning.

metalpeter - 01/18/08 17:15
First of all was there a thing left on your door? If it was on your door then you know they where there. I my self had never had a problem with them but I don't order much stuff. I can't order stuff to my house because if you leave something on a step that leads to a door and that door is locked and goes to the hall then the package disapears. If your house is secure you can set up so you don't have to sign. I don't know how to do it but you can also have them deliver some place else. A lot of people have things delivered to where they work. That is not all ways an option but it is a good way to not have to take off work. depending on the package sometimes they will drop it off next door but with a high end item they may not do that.

joshua - 01/18/08 14:31
Thats fucking bullshit!

scott - 01/18/08 11:48
Can't be worse than DHL. They sent me an "overnight" part 4 weeks late.

It did arrive in the AM, just 4 weeks after I ordered it. It appears that don't specify which night they ship over for "overnight" shipping.

leetee - 01/18/08 11:20
I hate it when UPS does that. For some reason, they do it more than the other couriers...

jim - 01/18/08 11:06
I can pick it up downtown at UPS tonight after 7pm at least...

01/16/2008 23:09 #42921

New Hardware
Category: apple

jim - 01/17/08 21:15
oops

:::link:::

jim - 01/17/08 21:15
Here it comes: xrl.us/begfa

drew - 01/17/08 13:30
Giving?! I can beat that offer!

jim - 01/17/08 09:21
Drew, sorry - I'm giving it to my brother, he's without a computer at the moment.

paul - 01/17/08 01:13
"just" a macbook pro, lol

drew - 01/17/08 00:14
Do you have an old laptop to unload?

jim - 01/16/08 23:16
No, just a MacBook Pro like Paul has.

lilho - 01/16/08 23:15
that's not the macbook air is it? i want that thing. :O(

01/16/2008 22:39 #42920

The Arrangement of Type
Category: lol

01/16/2008 17:32 #42916

e:strip iPhone icon
Category: estrip

Shiny new icon for (e:strip) for iPhones :)

01/16/2008 15:51 #42915

Afternoon
Category: apple

Well just taking my afternoon tea here.

There's a new icon for estrip that I made and Paul was gracious enough to upload - if you've got an iPhone and you bookmark estrip onto your home screen it looks like this:

And also, I ordered one of these for work:

4gb of RAM, yay!

paul - 01/16/08 16:54
Thank you for making it and giving it to me.

mrmike - 01/16/08 16:12
Ah, got to love the macbook. Not sure how crazy I am about the wafer Steve intro'ed yesterday. But, he sold me a U2 IPOD so I can't say anything bad about the Air Mac.