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Andre Savaille
5 days ago
UPS Lost a Medically Important Package After Their Own Supervisor Signed for It .
This has been one of the most frustrating experiences I have ever had with UPS .
The package contained medical imaging CD's that my surgeon was expecting in order to perform a medical procedure.
What makes this situation particularly disturbing is the chain of custody.
The package was returned to UPS and physically signed for by a supervisor at the UPS facility as per tracking. There is therefore a documented point at which UPS took possession of the package. Once the supervisor signed for it, UPS had responsibility for properly securing, tracking, and accounting for that package.
How does a package that was returned directly to UPS, accepted by a UPS supervisor, and signed for by that supervisor simply vanish?
What made the situation even worse was the way UPS handled my attempts to resolve it. I made numerous trips to the UPS facility personally, repeatedly trying to get answers and locate the package.
After all of those trips, inquiries, and efforts to get UPS to take responsibility, the final resolution from UPS supervisor was to refund only $16—the amount I had paid for shipping.
That is extremely disrespecful.
The $16 shipping charge does not represent the actual impact of UPS losing this package. The physical medical imaging CD may have little monetary value, but the medical information on it was important.
The response from the claims department was especially frustrating. Rather than providing a meaningful explanation of what happened to the package after their own supervisor signed for it, they denied the case.
I had expected UPS to investigate the chain of custody, determine who handled the package after the supervisor accepted it, explain how it disappeared, and provide a reasonable resolution.
The supervisor stated that sometimes " people just sign her name"
This experience raises serious concerns about UPS's handling procedures, accountability, and claims process.
So many questions without answers
- Where was the package when the supervisor signed for it( which she stated that sometimes they put her name), which is not legally accepted?
- Who had custody of it afterward?
- What happened to it after that point?
- What investigation did UPS actually conduct?
- Why did I have to make numerous trips to the facility to try to locate a package that UPS had already accepted?
- Why did UPS denied my case because I could not provide a receipt for the value of the package and out of pity consider a $16 shipping refund an adequate resolution( WHICH BY THE WAY, I DID NOT ACCEPT?
- What responsibility does UPS accept for losing a medically important package after its own supervisor signed for it?
The way UPS handled this situation has seriously damaged my confidence in the company.
Customers deserve more than a shipping refund when UPS loses something important after taking possession of it. They deserve accountability, a proper investigation, and a clear explanation of what happened.