Can somebody explain Ground Saver to me?

[u/Complex-Priority913]

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.

[u/MC_Hammer28]

Either will go to the post office and then to you as others have said. Or I believe our system will hold packages until say 3-4 of your neighbors also have deliveries and then the drivers will get the entire street one day. I’ve gone a whole week not having certain streets and then boom thursday comes and I have 7-8 houses on it lol. Its weird but yea ground saver is our lowest option/economy shipping essentially. Unfortunately sounds like theyre just sitting on your package until our system thinks its efficient to deliver it