UPS delivery (Page 4): UPS, FEDEX, DHL........Are all good for me. USPS really really sucks! I have had just the opposite experiences. Never a problem with USPS, some problems with...

Jim 100 Loc: Everett, Washington

[quote=tuffsheet]UPS, FEDEX, DHL........Are all good for me. USPS really really sucks!
I have had just the opposite experiences. Never a problem with USPS, some problems with UPS, major problems with Fedex.

Robert R Loc: Indianapolis and Naples

I hope my problem is solved. I called B&H, they are going to have UPS change delivery address to local UPS store about 2 miles away. It will probably warm up slowly at the store. Thanks to all.

magicray Loc: Tampa Bay, Florida

Robert R wrote:

I am spending holidays in Indiana, and ordered a n... (show quote)

You shouldn't have a problem but if the lens arrives frozen just thaw it out in the microwave. Full power at 5 minutes. Robert, you must be confused. Hoosiers migrate down to Florida during the winter. Floridians don't move up north to Indiana.

Robert R Loc: Indianapolis and Naples

magicray wrote:

You shouldn't have a problem but if the lens arrives frozen just thaw it out in the microwave. Full power at 5 minutes. Robert, you must be confused. Hoosiers migrate down to Florida during the winter. Floridians don't move up north to Indiana.

Always have done things a little differently. But I think I will pass on the microwave thing.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Robert R wrote:

I hope my problem is solved. I called B&H, they are going to have UPS change delivery address to local UPS store about 2 miles away. It will probably warm up slowly at the store. Thanks to all.

Good idea. I've been told this works very well.

Kuzano

In order to fully assure the equalization of temperature, place the unopened package on a table in a location where you can observe it through-out the day. Check on it frequently, but do not shake it.

Allow the package to come up to ambient temperatures for a period from 4 to 5 days. Don't worry about the contents. Whatever is in the package will still be in the box at the end of 5 days, assuming vigilance for the waiting period.

At the end of 5 days, it should be OK to gently open the package and observe the contents... perhaps even attach it to the front of your camera and click off a few.

Good luck, enjoy the wait. :XD:

Pixtaker

I would allow it to warm gradually and hopefully the package had a silicon pack in it to draw moisture away. I keep all those Silicon packs I can find and put them in my camera gear case so when I come in I can allow the temp to gradually equalize and then the silicon will attract the moisture if there is any.

Robert R Loc: Indianapolis and Naples

Pixtaker wrote:

I would allow it to warm gradually and hopefully the package had a silicon pack in it to draw moisture away. I keep all those Silicon packs I can find and put them in my camera gear case so when I come in I can allow the temp to gradually equalize and then the silicon will attract the moisture if there is any.

Good idea, thank you for suggestion

sportyman140 Loc: Juliette, GA

[quote=Jim 100]

tuffsheet wrote:

UPS, FEDEX, DHL........Are all good for me. USPS really really sucks!
I have had just the opposite experiences. Never a problem with USPS, some problems with UPS, major problems with Fedex.

Kudos with all said

Charmdragon Loc: Plymouth, Massachusetts

UPS, Fedex, USPS, DHL, etc, etc, etc... name me a company where there isn't a bad experience in customer service. More often, I've seen customers with limited capacity, tolerance and patience who always blame the carrier/retailer (never satisfied unless they get instant gratification). It all evens out. So bottom line for me is USPS because 'I pay less' for what is experienced by everyone everywhere.

Sunwriter Loc: High Plains

I leave a rifle that's been out in the cold on the deck overnight, OR put it in a case and bring it in. For cameras that have gotten cold, carry a ziplock and put it in it BEFORE you come inside. Never bring a cold camera inside bare. I recently had UPS deliver a lens and the package felt really cold, so I didn't open it for an hour or so. All was well.

Robert R Loc: Indianapolis and Naples

Thanks for advice

wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ

Robert R wrote:

I am spending holidays in Indiana, and ordered a n... (show quote)

Grew up in Indiana, lived 15 years in Florida. Stay in IN, people much more honest, much nicer, much less violence!

country Loc: back woods

Robert R wrote:

I am spending holidays in Indiana, and ordered a n... (show quote)

I know ups isn't usps, but the usps used to have a creed, nor rain, nor sleet, nor snow, or something like that... but the usps doesn't go by that anymore anyway... just like everything else......

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

I don't think that condensation or fogging will be a problem, I would as some have said resist the urge to open the box as quickly as you can, (I may have violated my own suggestion, and might again, UPS & FedEx deliveries are like mini events.
For the most part UPS trucks are inside a building since they are cleaned and serviced or checked for service most every day.
I agree with rpavich, you can have track the package and in some cases get updates and exceptions sent to your mobile device phone so you won't spend the entire day waiting on "Buster Brown"<UPS nickname to show.
If the UPS delivery is ground not a before 9 or 10 AM delivery I can usually depend on the UPS to deliver around 1:30. Of course the this time of the year can play havoc