UPS Expecting Heavy Volume/Delays This Season - FWIW

Achilles · 2014-11-24T18:34:50.000Z

During my package pickup today, my regular UPS guy (Who knows me all too well) gave me a heads up that UPS is expecting up to a 50% increase in deliveries this year, and that I should plan (shipping and receiving) for delays. He said I should ship stuff out a week sooner than I normally would, and that any incoming packages could be delayed up to a week as well. Obviously can be taken with a grain of salt, but nothing similar has been said to be the last few years by the fine folks at UPS. So there might be something to it. Any of you volume/last minute sellers, not to mention hot item opportunists, may want to be aware. For urgent deliveries, might want to check out 2-day or whatever.