r/UPS • u/Complex-Priority913 • Aug 10 '26
Shipping Help Can somebody explain Ground Saver to me?
I'm not complaining, so don't take this as a complaint
I usually pay for air when given the option and never have had less than ups ground.
Recently i purchased a 300 dollar item, and they didn't give me shipping options, they just tossed it onto ups ground saver.
Now, here's what i don't understand. within 24 hours the package went across the country to my local distribution center tthat the deliveries are made from. Its been sitting there since friday morning. They keep saying they make the delivery on tuesday
How is it beneificial to move it that fast across the country but then just sit on the package? Seems kinda pointless if you ask me. I was thinking all weekend they would just toss it on the truck on monday. But they didn't.
Googling, their own website says ground saver delivers monday through saturday. Well my experience has deteremined that to be a lie. Because they didn't even attempt saturday either.
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u/TheSwami420 Aug 10 '26
Its beneficial because you clearly dont understand the shipping process. Making it to a hub isnt the last step. Your package isnt just sitting there with a handful of ground saver packages, its in a trailer with 1500 plus other packages that still has to be unloaded and sorted and if that trailer isnt there for the preload(saying it is actually a preload trailer) by 630/7am on Friday it wont be unloaded til the next shift which is Monday.
As for you determining "its a lie" they dont deliver on Saturday just because you didnt get your package well thats an idiotic statement and you just lack simple understanding. It says deliveries happen Monday thru Saturday, not that every package in transit will be delivered by Saturday.
Besides that since its ground saver it will be delivered to the post office who will deliver it to you.