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Bayou7 Posted at 5-26 16:28
Same here! What's with that? how long does it take for UPS to pick up a group of packages?
I don't think DJI should call it " Shipped " until UPS has the package in hand and ready to send out. I can create a label at home, but it doesn't mean squat until I drop off the package at UPS and they have it in their grubby little hands ready to send on its way. Otherwise, DJI should just say "label Created" and we'll know it will be another couple of days before it's actually shipped.
forgive me, not trying to be argumentative, but you asked so i thought i would respond.
i think we are given more than enough information. some would say we are given too much information because we cannot handle the details. when dji says it is shipped, it means they have your product ready to go and dji can mark their books as product shipped. on the 31st, they will show they shipped 50,000 drones for the month and to them, it's not going to matter where that box sits as long as it isn't still being proceed at dji. if they have 10,000 drones on the dock, those go into may, not june.
the customer shouldn't care what it says on dji.com unless they are interested in knowing how dji operations work. otherwise, focus on ups.com. they tell you exactly when they scan the product and get it in their hands. since we are all more familiar with the ups process, i think we can relate better to the descriptions, the timings, etc. really, isn't that all we need to know?
im not in the dji factory so i don't know if they ship one box at a time or if they build a pallet of drones for ups to pickup at the end of the day. if it takes 1000 drones to fill a pallet and stuff it into the back of a ups rig which is going to drive straight to a waiting airplane off to louisville, there could be 2 pallets ahead of yours and you are on the 3rd pallet. your item is marked shipped because it's 1 of 1000, it's shrink wrapped, it has a master label on it so ups only scans once and all 1000 packages get the update. but it's 3 days out because dji only calls for one truck a day. maybe they won't call for an extra truck until 5 days behind? the economy is in bad shape and not only are trucks scarce but also they are expensive. perhaps dji didn't anticipate the demand. or maybe, the demand is high for the first 2 weeks and drops off quickly so they'll just suck it up with slow shipments for 2 weeks. i dunno.
*my numbers and times are all guess and this is all examples but you get the idea.
my point is technically the customer doesn't have to know this stuff and really shouldn't be told this; like making sausage. back in the day, the ups details were 72 hours late not just for technical reasons but also because it didn't make sense for customers to sweat the details. even today, customers get upset over a package from california that goes to kentucky before coming back to arizona. or package that get scanned at 2am but don't move while sitting in nebraska....you get the point. or, maybe ups system is "late" and tomorrow you check and there's a long scan history showing your package is already at the local hub and "on the truck." i hate ups too but when they say 2-day or 3-day, they usually figure out how to get it done. it could be worse (fedex). |
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