Wow, seems like guys here are split down the middle about who is at fault, some are upset and some are not. My opinion? As in life, I'm sure BOTH parties played a part in this debacle with neither willing to admit total fault. Free shipping was nice, but I would have PAID to get this as promised.
I worked at Fedex for 10 years and find it hard to believe that full pallets of product could be "forgotten" or "misplaced". Heck, 1/2 dozen people are normally charged with going through the sort to look for any loose packages! If this is truly the fault of UPS, somebody's head should roll.
When somebody makes a mistake, there should be repercussions for that mistake, financial or otherwise, that's the only way people "learn" from them, when your company looses thousands of dollars you probably won't make that same mistake again. For UPS to make such a large mistake and not to THEN put all shipments on the first thing smoking is inexcusable. 5-7 MORE days, in addition to the 5-7 days already promised? Not good. The shipping companies have aircraft that leave sort facilities every night!
UPS just choose not to fix their mistake.When a mistake is made, SOMEONE needs to appear to be trying to fix the problem and offer something as an "apology", ANYTHING would make someone feel better, but to just say a mistake was made and then not offer any consolation for the mistake is not good business. When the Planet held on to my order with them for a little too long, I called them and they IMMEDIATELY shipped it AND offered me a substantial discount on my next order to make the issue right! Needless to say, I will stay a loyal customer because they bent over backwards to MAKE THE ISSUE RIGHT. They could have just said, "your order will ship when it ships and you have to like it!" but they fixed it immediately and apologized for the oversight.
USPLabs, I am sure everyone (IC members) would appreciate a gesture, free samples or SOMETHING to negate any negative feelings and then you can take it out of UPS *ss!
