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idesofmarch

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Jul 27, 2008, 7:27:44 PM7/27/08
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Don't count on getting your Puritan's Pride vitamins/supplements order
on time; in good condition, since their main method of shipping is UPS
(united parcel service)

UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to require a signature to ensure
delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors anyways. My
last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away because the UPS
driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I suspect, following my
complaints to UPS).

Faxes to the CEO of Puritan's Pride, Scott Rudolf (German SS? ha!) has
been ignored about this issue. Apparently, he does not give a sh*t.

If anyone knows a better supplier with better shipping please post here.

Mark Thorson

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Jul 27, 2008, 8:56:48 PM7/27/08
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idesofmarch wrote:
>
> UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to require a signature to ensure
> delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors anyways. My
> last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away because the UPS
> driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I suspect, following my
> complaints to UPS).

No, it's because the international worldwide Big Pharma
conspiracy has identified you as an enemy. Accelerating
the oxidation of your oils is how we are planning to
kill you. Sorry about that, but business concerns come
first. :-)

RF

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Jul 28, 2008, 12:54:22 AM7/28/08
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I have bought from Puritan regularly and the
shipments came via UPS. My porch is shaded, about
30' from the street, and the parcels are always
left there. I never had any problems with either
company. Why the heck do you insist on signatures?
This can greatly delay the delivery, especially
when waiting for a response to a knock or ring, or
when nobody is home.

Why not provide a shaded delivery box or, if you
are that fussy, then why not pick up your parcel
from UPS?

h

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Jul 28, 2008, 7:44:50 AM7/28/08
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"RF" <R...@NoDen.con> wrote in message
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> idesofmarch wrote:
>> Don't count on getting your Puritan's Pride vitamins/supplements order
>> on time; in good condition, since their main method of shipping is UPS
>> (united parcel service) UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to
>> require a signature to ensure
>> delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors anyways. My
>> last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away because the UPS
>> driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I suspect, following my
>> complaints to UPS). Faxes to the CEO of Puritan's Pride, Scott Rudolf
>> (German SS? ha!) has
>> been ignored about this issue. Apparently, he does not give a sh*t. If
>> anyone knows a better supplier with better shipping please post here.
>

FedEx ground is the worst. It might be their procedures, it might just be a
moron driver. This doofus leaves packages in the middle of the driveway
because "People want to find their stuff when they get home from work."
Okay. However, since I work at home, my parcels are addressed to a business,
there is a separate business door with a sign and a covered porch, how about
leaving the boxes there? There's a sign on all four doors of my home
indicating that packages should be left on the business door porch (first
doorway you come to). No other carrier (including FedEx overnight) has any
problem leaving packages on the porch, since it's the easiest, closest, and
logical place. FedEx ground, however, persists in leaving stuff in the
middle of the uncovered driveway. I just love finding a sopping wet package
after 3-4 days. According to the local FedEx office, the driver isn't doing
anything wrong. Apparently it's ok to just pull into my semi-circular
driveway, slow down, toss out the package, and then continue on to the next
delivery. I actually saw the guy do that once - he didn't even come close to
a complete stop. Once, when the garage door was open (I was unloading
groceries and the guy must have come while I was inside), a package was
tossed underneath the car and I didn't find it until after I'd run it over
the next time I went out. FedEx ground sucks.


Billy

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Jul 28, 2008, 1:35:47 PM7/28/08
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In article <g6kau5$60b$1...@aioe.org>, "h" <tmc...@searchmachine.com>
wrote:

Could you folks just delete alt.folklore.herbs from this fascinating
conversation?

Thanks in advance.
--

Billy
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idesofmarch

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Jul 28, 2008, 6:30:15 PM7/28/08
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RF <R...@NoDen.con> wrote in news:6f51nfF...@mid.individual.net:


Ok, guess I have to buy a house with a shade porch to ensure that no one
steals my shipments. I suggest you re-review your supplement list as you
are obviously suffering from toxic dementia.

Not everyone lives in a house, some live next to questionnable
neighbors. I pay to have my packages delivered to ME, not so some
jackass I don't know who may or may not steal it.

You must be an idiot UPS driver or worker.

idesofmarch

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Jul 28, 2008, 6:33:25 PM7/28/08
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Not in my experience. Fedex is 100 times better than UPS, never had a
problem with Fedex. If I cannot find a competitor to Puritan's Pride,
whose CEO is so brain dead that he does not address customer complaints,
thanks Scott Rudolf, lame CEO of Puritan's Pride, I will redirect the
shipping to Fedex. I'm not going to continue to allow an irresponsible
shipper to handle my orders.

Not once has Fedex ever left a package outside my door or with a
neighbor,-they come to me for a signature as THEY SHOULD. Maybe because
fedex PAYS their drivers well and UPS does not.

"h" <tmc...@searchmachine.com> wrote in news:g6kau5$60b$1...@aioe.org:

MikeHelms

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Jul 28, 2008, 6:40:15 PM7/28/08
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I notice no one offered suggestions for alternative suppliers. I too
have had problems with Puritan's Pride.

idesofmarch <ideso...@consumerwatch.org> wrote in
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trigonometry1972@gmail.com |

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Jul 28, 2008, 6:53:20 PM7/28/08
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On Jul 28, 3:40 pm, MikeHelms <MikeHe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I notice no one offered suggestions for alternative suppliers. I too
> have had problems with Puritan's Pride.
>
> idesofmarch <idesofma...@consumerwatch.org> wrote innews:g6j09g$4dg$1...@news.tornevall.net:

>
>
>
> > Don't count on getting your Puritan's Pride vitamins/supplements order
> > on time; in good condition, since their main method of shipping is UPS
> > (united parcel service)
>
> > UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to require a signature to
> > ensure delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors
> > anyways. My last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away
> > because the UPS driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I
> > suspect, following my complaints to UPS).
>
> > Faxes to the CEO of Puritan's Pride, Scott Rudolf (German SS? ha!) has
> > been ignored about this issue. Apparently, he does not give a sh*t.
>
> > If anyone knows a better supplier with better shipping please post
> > here.

The problem here isn't so much Puritan's Pride as it is the
package delivery services. While I use both Purtian's Pride
and others, the worry is delivery. Having said that I don't think
I ever lost anything. This is truly a YMMV situation.

Jean_Slacter

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Jul 28, 2008, 7:23:59 PM7/28/08
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If you do a google search you will find FED_EX has a much better reputation
than UPS for most users. I would contact the company as you obviously have a
moron driver delivering to you. I would guess that it was an ex UPS driver,
but I don't think FED_EX would hire anyone who worked at UPS, :-)

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Billy

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Jul 29, 2008, 1:33:56 AM7/29/08
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In article <srhi-35F912.2...@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Shawn Hirn <sr...@comcast.net> wrote:

> In article <g6j09g$4dg$1...@news.tornevall.net>,

> Really? My experience with Puritans Pride is totally different. I have
> been a customer of theirs and I have never had a problem getting my
> stuff on time and intact. That being said, why not just buy locally from
> a place such as GNC and not worry about shipping and delivery?

Scott Rudolf should have you all shot for interfering with commerce.

h

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Jul 29, 2008, 10:06:58 AM7/29/08
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"Jean_Slacter" <JSla...@concentric.com> wrote in message
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> If you do a google search you will find FED_EX has a much better
> reputation than UPS for most users. I would contact the company as you
> obviously have a moron driver delivering to you. I would guess that it was
> an ex UPS driver, but I don't think FED_EX would hire anyone who worked at
> UPS, :-)

I've contacted them numberous times, and the office manager doesn't have a
problem with packages being left in the middle of the driveway. I've just
stopped using suppliers who ship with FedEx ground, so the problem has
pretty much resolved. My UPS guy, however is great! Brings the stuff to the
back door and has even offered to muscle some of the larger items into the
office for me.


i

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Jul 29, 2008, 5:37:24 PM7/29/08
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Billy <wildbilly@get_the.net> wrote in
news:wildbilly-CE92D...@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au:

> In article <srhi-35F912.2...@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
> Shawn Hirn <sr...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <g6j09g$4dg$1...@news.tornevall.net>,
>> idesofmarch <ideso...@consumerwatch.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Don't count on getting your Puritan's Pride vitamins/supplements
>> > order on time; in good condition, since their main method of
>> > shipping is UPS (united parcel service)
>> >
>> > UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to require a signature to
>> > ensure delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors
>> > anyways. My last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away
>> > because the UPS driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I
>> > suspect, following my complaints to UPS).
>> >
>> > Faxes to the CEO of Puritan's Pride, Scott Rudolf (German SS? ha!)
>> > has been ignored about this issue. Apparently, he does not give a
>> > sh*t.
>> >
>> > If anyone knows a better supplier with better shipping please post
>> > here.
>>
>> Really? My experience with Puritans Pride is totally different. I
>> have been a customer of theirs and I have never had a problem getting
>> my stuff on time and intact. That being said, why not just buy
>> locally from a place such as GNC and not worry about shipping and
>> delivery?
>
> Scott Rudolf should have you all shot for interfering with commerce.


His Father or Grandfather probably did when he was a member of the SS,
haha!

l

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Jul 29, 2008, 5:39:07 PM7/29/08
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"trigonom...@gmail.com |" <trigonom...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:8c2c0318-5f76-4163...@k13g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 28, 3:40 pm, MikeHelms <MikeHe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I notice no one offered suggestions for alternative suppliers. I too
>> have had problems with Puritan's Pride.
>>
>> idesofmarch <idesofma...@consumerwatch.org> wrote

>> innews:g6j09g$4dg$1@new

> s.tornevall.net:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Don't count on getting your Puritan's Pride vitamins/supplements
>> > order on time; in good condition, since their main method of
>> > shipping is UPS (united parcel service)
>>
>> > UPS has repeatedly ignored instructions to require a signature to
>> > ensure delivery to the right party, leaves stuff with neighbors
>> > anyways. My last order of nutritional oils had to be thrown away
>> > because the UPS driver left the stuff in the sun (on purpose I
>> > suspect, following my complaints to UPS).
>>
>> > Faxes to the CEO of Puritan's Pride, Scott Rudolf (German SS? ha!)
>> > has been ignored about this issue. Apparently, he does not give a
>> > sh*t.
>>
>> > If anyone knows a better supplier with better shipping please post
>> > here.
>
> The problem here isn't so much Puritan's Pride as it is the
> package delivery services. While I use both Purtian's Pride
> and others, the worry is delivery. Having said that I don't think
> I ever lost anything. This is truly a YMMV situation.

Many companies offer shipping options. With Puritan's Pride, you
basically have only two options. Crap UPS or even crappier U.S. Post
Office. They both stink.

Billy

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Jul 29, 2008, 8:16:40 PM7/29/08
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Get a life people.

clams_casino

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Jul 29, 2008, 8:35:40 PM7/29/08
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Billy wrote:

>Get a life people.
>
>


Unfortunately, they ceased publication (again) on April 20, 2007.

May want to check ebay for some back issues.

RF

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Aug 2, 2008, 4:00:09 PM8/2/08
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Right on. I guess I works for FedEx

RF

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Aug 2, 2008, 4:01:16 PM8/2/08
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Shawn Hirn wrote:
> In article <g6j09g$4dg$1...@news.tornevall.net>,
> idesofmarch <ideso...@consumerwatch.org> wrote:
>
> Really? My experience with Puritans Pride is totally different. I have
> been a customer of theirs and I have never had a problem getting my
> stuff on time and intact. That being said, why not just buy locally from
> a place such as GNC and not worry about shipping and delivery?

Same here and I have had no problems with either
UPS or USPS.

RF

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Aug 2, 2008, 4:11:35 PM8/2/08
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From the way you are behaving, it is clear that
YOU are the one who has had a bad dose of something.

> Not everyone lives in a house, some live next to questionnable
> neighbors. I pay to have my packages delivered to ME, not so some
> jackass I don't know who may or may not steal it.

Living in that area just proves that you are a
brainless clown. Move!

>> Why not provide a shaded delivery box or, if you
>> are that fussy, then why not pick up your parcel
>> from UPS?

If you have problems with deliveries to your slum,
GO PICK THEM UP!

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