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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1319477" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The bottom line is that the shipper is responsible for obeying federal law as well as paying us the additional fee to obtain an adult signature.</p><p></p><p>I deliver and pick up in wine country so this is an issue I encounter frequently. Shipping wine is expensive and a lot of the smaller wineries will cut corners and try to save a few bucks by "forgetting" to send their wine adult signature required.</p><p></p><p>Once we start playing "cop" and taking it upon ourselves to get adult signatures for packages that we <em>think </em>contain wine, a precedent gets set and the shippers will continue cheating us. We as drivers are <em>not</em> responsible for the contents of the box and we are <em>not </em>responsible for shippers who intentionally try to defraud us by evading Federal laws regarding alcohol shipments.</p><p></p><p>Remember also that UPS is implementing an ORION system and is telling us as drivers that <strong>we are no longer competent or trustworthy enough to make a professional decision about which stop to deliver next. </strong>If that is the case, how can we possibly be competent or trustworthy enough to make a professional decision about whether or not a package contains alcoholic beverages?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1319477, member: 14668"] The bottom line is that the shipper is responsible for obeying federal law as well as paying us the additional fee to obtain an adult signature. I deliver and pick up in wine country so this is an issue I encounter frequently. Shipping wine is expensive and a lot of the smaller wineries will cut corners and try to save a few bucks by "forgetting" to send their wine adult signature required. Once we start playing "cop" and taking it upon ourselves to get adult signatures for packages that we [I]think [/I]contain wine, a precedent gets set and the shippers will continue cheating us. We as drivers are [I]not[/I] responsible for the contents of the box and we are [I]not [/I]responsible for shippers who intentionally try to defraud us by evading Federal laws regarding alcohol shipments. Remember also that UPS is implementing an ORION system and is telling us as drivers that [B]we are no longer competent or trustworthy enough to make a professional decision about which stop to deliver next. [/B]If that is the case, how can we possibly be competent or trustworthy enough to make a professional decision about whether or not a package contains alcoholic beverages? [/QUOTE]
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