Hi Sarah V.; When I do my transplant, I am having it shipped back to my office. I discussed it with Roger Behm, today and I will be at work or someone will be. This way I do not have to depend on my husband to receive it. He is a night owl and I never know when he will be napping. Also there will be no questions about costs. I got a home equity loan and I am using it to pay off bills and a few other things such as the transplant, my SMA and a copy of the manual. I will also be getting 2 braillers repaired. Just the necessities of life. I am glad to say that I can pay for them myself, for once, and not have to depend on the government for assistance. They have helped me greatly, but not as much as they should have. I got my embosser, 2 years ago and it still is not working yet. They had it working, but changed the computer and messed things up greatly. Think about shipping to your work if you do not want to wory about when and where it is going to be delivered. Usually there are limitations as to when they can drop off to an office building. Bye for now. Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: Sarah Van Oosterwijck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:18 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] M-powered someday! I used to have a friendly UPS person who always did the deliveries to our house. He was great because he took personal interest in doing a good job of delivering things, like making sure not to leave stuff at the front door possibly in a puddle. :-) The new driver just dumps whatever wherever without even trying to knock or ring the door bell. I sometimes find things outside in strange places delivered who knows when. My MPower arrived the Friday after Thanks Giving in a snow storm, and we were not home. Fortunately it was in a huge plastic bag as well as all the box and phome packing material so it was just fine. It still freeks me out to have such expensive stuff just dumped, especially on a long weekend. I think all delivery companies are trying to save money by not asking for signatures for almost anything. I actually would like to know, just for my curiocity, if Humanware shipped the MPower without requesting the type of delivery that would require a signature, or if the delivery person just took the risk of leaving it. Sarah Van Oosterwijck Assistive Technology Trainer http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rose Combs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 8:10 PM Subject: [Braillenote] M-powered someday! Well UPS tried to deliver my transplanted 18-cell BN today,. I shipped it Fed-Ex because the Fed-Ex office is about half a mile from my house or less and because it is on my way home. Normally when I have packages from them and am not home (I work ten-hour days) I can call them and have them hold the package and pick it up the next evening. We had to go into tracking and ask that the package be delivered on Friday, January 13, which is the first time we will be home during the work week, but that is not always the case, sometimes we actually do work 50 hours a week. So, I have to wait and wait! Sure wish they shipped the same way they received, they have my card number so it should not have been a problem. I dislike UPS, they have no regard for schedules, are not easy to get to, and this means that more than likely I will spend all day Friday waiting and they will deliver at five in the evening even if they tried to deliver at 9:30 this morning. . In 2003 UPS left my new BN 32 cell on the porch all day, then three weeks later wanted a signature for the upgraded 18-cell, said they would be back on Friday but came on Thursday and left a note that they would ship it back, now talk about a hassle to get that resolved! I really have little that I can say is good about UPS. So, maybe Friday I will be half-way empowered, and next week will have to see about shipping the 32 cell for its empowerment, provided the 18-cell works when it gets home! Rose Combs [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.17/226 - Release Date: 1/10/2006 ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
