(… or When UPS Says 2nd Day Air, they really mean it.)
I ordered a few items from Amazon.com — same item but different colors. Apparently, Amazon didn’t keep stock of the same item in one workshop, since one package shipped from Tulsa, OK and another shipped from Coffeyville, KS. According to Google Maps, they’re just 73 miles from each other. Since I have an Amazon Prime membership, both packages were shipped using 2-day shipping. The one from Tulsa used UPS, while the one from Coffeyville, KS used DHL. Both shipped out on Friday, so both were scheduled to be delivered today (06/26/2007).
The UPS package was already in Philadelphia, PA by 11:51 AM on Sunday, 6/24/2007. On the other hand, the DHL package scanned in Allentown, PA by 11:42 PM on the same day. I would think that it would be more likely that UPS could deliver the following day, ahead of the Tuesday schedule. The destination is Elmsford, NY
But, as the title of this post implies, only DHL delivered yesterday. UPS takes the name of its 2-day service too literally, as I’ve posted here before.