hike_me t1_isskqnq wrote on October 18, 2022 at 12:11 PM

That’s the closest place UPS sorts packages to send them to regional distribution centers

Beans is sending an entire tractor trailer load of packages at a time. They get sorted in Chelmsford and loaded onto large trucks to go the regional distribution centers. Then at the regional center they get sorted by delivery route and loaded onto delivery trucks.

heitanz t1_istue9x wrote on October 18, 2022 at 5:36 PM

This is the right answer.

LLBean is not delivering the package to you. UPS does not have a sorting facility in Maine.

You still get your monogrammed bookpack in 2 days.

I always hated this behind the scenes glimpse the end customer gets because it generated far more "where's my package" (specifically why is my package in MA when I live in ME) than necessary. I don't need to see the engine in my car to know that, generally speaking, it goes.

ozzie286 t1_isu3j4u wrote on October 18, 2022 at 6:36 PM

I think it wouldn't be as bad if they made it clear that it was in UPS's possession and that it was in Chelmsford at the UPS distribution center there.

GoggleField t1_isu6i66 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 6:56 PM

And this is exactly why Amazon opened their own logistics shop.