The UPS Store

This review is long overdue! I went to UPS the week of Christmas to mail out 5 packages to different parts of the country. The packages were of different weights and sizes, and had less than a week to make it to their destinations. I was made aware that at this location, (maybe all, not sure) you could mail things out by UPS OR USPS and they provide you with the prices of what it would cost to mail it out both ways. Well, what do you know at UPS, somehow, amazingly, the UPS prices were cheaper (albeit still astronomical) however the gifts would not make it to their destinations by Christmas. It was after the post office closed, and I knew I was running out of time and wanted these kids to get the gifts, so I mailed 3 of the 5 as I was not going to pay more for shipping than the gifts were worth. So, the next day I went to the Newington post office and mailed the 2 remaining gifts, for much lower than any price I was quoted at UPS, AND the gifts would be delivered by Christmas. If only I wasn’t naïve in my desperation the other 3 gifts could have been mailed for less and arrived at their destinations on time. Lesson learned; never again! Stick with the good old USPS and save yourself lots of cash and headaches! Oh, staff wasn’t very friendly either; I know it was the holiday season, but if this is what you do for work then you are well aware that this is the busy season so don’t do customer service if you’re not cut out for it!