The UPS Store

Sweet baby Jesus they charge a lot. I’m not kidding when I say they must have the highest notary fee I’ve ever encountered. Normally I get documents notarized at Bank of America where I have a checking account; it’s FREE. Most banks are the same. However, BofA tends to have a five minute line to sit down and get something notarized. I figured I’d save a few minutes of my time by going to the UPS Store where I frequently ship things as I’d seen the notary sign. After the hefty 60 seconds of work the person spent signing and stamping my one page document, I get the $ 10 bill. Yes, ten dollars for 60 seconds work; simply insane. I guess I should strive to reach the point where a few minutes of my time is worth more than $ 10 but I’m not there yet.
Packing fees are excessive as well. I had two pieces of equipment packed in separate boxes. They were about 50 pounds each so required thick boxes, and double bubble wrap. The materials would cost about $ 8 from Uline if you were buying in typical consumer quantities. I don’t know how much labor was involved, but I came back in 30 minutes and everything was done. The price you ask? $ 70. Not for shipping, just $ 70 to package two items in boxes not more than 24×24×12.
If there’s one piece of advice I can offer, it’s ask how much something is in advance when you visit this store, because you may be in for a rude awakening.

Fast service, i was in and out in 10 minutes or less! I’ll for sure be back, the location is perfect, right in the center of Carrollwood

This is the second time I have used this UPS store. They are great. I walked in with a tablet I needed to return to QVC and the paper I had written the address on, I copied before I went to return the tablet. The copy had messed up and I was not sure of the address it was to be returned to and he was able to look it up for me.
I walk in with a tablet in a case and a cord, he packaged it so it was sufficiently padded for proper shipping, added the insurance and prepared the mailing label all in 5 minutes. Staff is very friendly and helpful at this location, I will use them again. It wasn’t on Unilocal for me to check in? What’s up with that? Foursquare had it on their app. Even my GPS wanted to take me to way out of my way and then I remembered this store,
It’s close, convenient and friendly. The owner need to get on the ball and claim their business, as they are loosing business!
What’s a girl to do? Sometimes you have to return or send packages and who wants to go across town to take care of a simple errand.