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if UPS delivers on Saturday? I ordered a new laptop (
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They do not usually.

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UPS 2007 Holiday Schedule
In the United States, UPS observes the following holidays:

New Year's Eve - December 31, 2006*
New Year's Day - January 1, 2007
Memorial Day - May 28, 2007**
Independence Day - July 4, 2007**
Labor Day - September 3, 2007**
Thanksgiving Day - November 22, 2007**
Day after Thanksgiving - November 23, 2007***
Christmas Day - December 25, 2007**
New Year's Eve - December 31, 2007**
New Year's Day - January 1, 2008**

In addition, the following holidays are recognized, but not observed:

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 15, 2007
Lincoln's Birthday - February 12, 2007
Valentine's Day - February 14, 2007
President's Day - February 19, 2007
Washington's Birthday - February 22, 2007
Ash Wednesday - February 21, 2007
St. Patrick's Day - March 17, 2007
Passover - April 3, 2007
Good Friday - April 6, 2007
Flag Day - June 14, 2007
Rosh Hashanah - September 12, 2007
Yom Kippur - September 21, 2007
Columbus Day - October 11, 2007
Veteran's Day - November 11, 2007
Hanukkah - December 5, 2007
Christmas Eve - December 24, 2007

Saturday+ and Sunday are rest days.

* Delivery of Saturday Air Packages only, no pickup service available
** UPS Express CriticalSM available 365 days each year
*** Delivery and pickup of air and international packages only
+ Saturday Delivery and Pickup is available in certain regions.

From www.ups.com
 

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The only thing UPS delivers on Saturdays are "next day air" packages. Sometimes around Christmas or things like that they will make regular deliveries.
 
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Thank you! I googled Saturday pickups and it was not particularly clear whether or not they did. Now I am really annoyed with Walmart...I could have paid half as much and had it delivered on the same day. Grrrr!
 

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When I order things online I try to figure out where they are shipping from. Dh and I have figured out that when we order gifts from KB toys for our niece and nephews in TN they almost always get them in 1-2 days after they ship because they are close to the warehouse. So no paying for next day stuff for that!
 
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Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

When I order things online I try to figure out where they are shipping from. Dh and I have figured out that when we order gifts from KB toys for our niece and nephews in TN they almost always get them in 1-2 days after they ship because they are close to the warehouse. So no paying for next day stuff for that!
See, I wasn't sure since it was Walmart and I am sure that they have warehouses all over the place so I just did it to be on the safe side. I start my Bachelor's program on Monday and wanted to be able to mess with it over the weekend and get used to it.
 

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With that, I'm sure they consider the next day to be from the day it got picked up. I dunno if you'll get it tomorrow. It may be on it's way to your local distribution center.
 
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I hope...my package is in New Stanton, Pa right now, about an 1 1/2 hour away and I just want to drive up and get it now. I am not the most patient person!
 

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Check the tracking info in the am, like after 8 or 8:30. the shift here for the people that download the feeder trucks is typically 4 am to 9:30 I think. (or it was last year) But then next day air packages get picked up at airports. Oh I don't know for sure what to say. If it's not coming next day air specifically, it'll be on a truck and those wont be downloaded till Monday morning. When you chose your shipping option, did it differentiate between next day and next day air?
 
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i think it just said next day. I didn't even think it would matter....to me, next day is next day. Silly me I guess!
 
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Thank you so much for your help! I must be getting tired if I couldn't find this stuff on my own
I really don't think that I will order through them again after all of this. It wouldn't have irritated me so much if it hadn't given me a projected delivery date of August 17 through Monday, August 20. I just figured that I would get it when I wanted it! Now I feel like a spoiled brat for saying that! After reading this post, you'd never guess I was almost 30!
 

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I just figured that I would get it when I wanted it! Now I feel like a spoiled brat for saying that!


Don't feel so bad, I am so impatient when I want something I have been accused of expecting people to read my mind and have it to me before I even asked for it.


And in my opinion since I have to work weekends, and so do millions of other people world-wide they should be consider business days as well


Congrats on the new laptop
 
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I just called UPS trying to get them to tell me I could just pick it up from the distribution center. Well, that didn't work! They told me it was closed today. Can you believe that?!! So, now I definately have to wait until Monday. Grrr! I did, however, write a review of Walmart.com that made me feel a little better.
 
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