UPS not delivering to Nantucket this summer

[allahuakbar]

You never know. Ups probably makes no money off that island. Especially if there isn’t many pick up accounts. Better to leave the ball in Nantucket’s court. Ups can always say hey we missed the deadline but if Nantucket isn’t gonna let us on the ferry to deliver its Nantucket’s problem.

 

[over9five]

Is it possible that someone that forgot knows someone who owns a truck and has a reserved spot on the ferry? I assume the feeder driver also delivers?

Do the package drivers live on the island? If so what happens to them?

Good questions! But I don't know the answers....!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Good questions! But I don't know the answers....!

It's a very expensive place I doubt they live there

 

[brownelf]

There’s an island in Michigan that still uses horses to deliver packages in the summer.

 

[Red Devil]

Do the package drivers live on the island? If so what happens to them?

Take the early ferry in and bump a cover driver

 

[oldngray]

There’s an island in Michigan that still uses horses to deliver packages in the summer.

 

[over9five]

It's a very expensive place I doubt they live there

Ya, I agree. They probably park on the mainland and take the ferry over. I'd bet the package cars are parked somewhere on the island.

 

[Babagounj]

An Island Sat Air Driver told me that he has a relative who lives near one of the busy summer towns.
Who lets him park at his place and he walks most of his load off.

 

[Babagounj]

This story might be a new cost cutting method by UPS.
Let the other carriers handle the islands and see how their profit margins drop.

 

[Babagounj]

There has always been issues of getting the work to the islands, storms, rough seas, heavy winds and fog are the major delay causes.
Just maybe UPS will be flying everything in direct to the islands.
There are plenty of airstrips on the mainland & islands in which to set up a system.
Who knows maybe the gov't is giving out new incentives for just this thing.

 

[ManInBrown]

Don’t worry. They’ll have a couple 22.4s swim over.

 

[rod]

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I bet they drag their feet to miss the "next" ferry just so they can get some EASY overtime waiting for the one after that one. Except on Fridays that is.

 

[wornoutupser]

I had an island on one of my old runs.

Ups made me dr the pkgs where the boat docked!

 

[MyTripisCut]

 

[Covemastah]

Is it possible that someone that forgot knows someone who owns a truck and has a reserved spot on the ferry? I assume the feeder driver also delivers?

He doesn't. ,

 

[Wally]

OOPS

Gonna' need more access lockers.

 

[Covemastah]

There’s an island in Michigan that still uses horses to deliver packages in the summer.

That'll make John Kerry happy

 

[Covemastah]

A friend of mine used to deliver to Martha's Vineyard, he took the ferry over every day and UPS I believe had a lot over there , the Feeder Is unloaded by drivers and out into their brownies , the port authority drives feeder off and on to that ferry

 

[PAS'd out]

Used to be you could count on this being some devious management scheme, now they are so clueless and incompetent that might actually be the more likely scenario.

 

[brownelf]

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Looks like the on car is doing a safety ride..