So I ordered the CE from Amazon and got free release date shipping (thanks 3 month prime trial), and like any other person, checked the UPS tracking like nobody's business. 
 
I live in an apt, so UPS drops the package off at the office because they cant get to my door without a key (blah blah)
 
But when they delivered it this afternoon, they chose to do so when the guy at the office was at lunch.
 
Son. Of. A. Bitch.
 
So here I am sitting on my computer, seeing all my friends on XBL playing the game, dying inside.
 
So tomorrow I can either 
 
1) Sit on the porch like an idiot all morning till the guy gets there [no]
 
or
 
2) Hope that the UPS guy doesn't have awful timing.
 
I need this game. Now.
 
(cool story bro, I know)
 
Lets discuss random stuff, shall we?  
 - Worst UPS/Fedex experience
 - What you do when waiting for a game
 - etc

My laptop went in for repair one time.  They needed a signature at delivery, but i was never home at like 2 o'clock or whenever he came.  So it took me like 2 weeks longer than necesarry to get it!

I ordered these really awesome whole smoked shrimp from Sweden.  UPS shows up (very uncharacteristically) between 10am and 12pm on the day of delivery.  Of course, I'm not home.  The fiasco continues for 3 days despite notes on my door to leave the package and after this the shrimp goes all the way back to Sweden.  I get a nasty email from the vendor, I don't get my awesome smoked shrimp, and over 50 shrimp die needlessly and rot in the back end of a UPS truck.  Fucked.   
 
Sorry about ME2.  I'm still waiting for my copy in the mail.

" I ordered these really awesome whole smoked shrimp from Sweden.  UPS shows up (very uncharacteristically) between 10am and 12pm on the day of delivery.  Of course, I'm not home.  The fiasco continues for 3 days despite notes on my door to leave the package and after this the shrimp goes all the way back to Sweden.  I get a nasty email from the vendor, I don't get my awesome smoked shrimp, and over 50 shrimp die needlessly and rot in the back end of a UPS truck.  Fucked.    Sorry about ME2.  I'm still waiting for my copy in the mail. "

I usually have a great experience with UPS and FedEx. My only gripe is that on occasion, they will deliver to the leasing office on the other side of the resort instead of to my apartment. Then they will write down in their system that I "wasn't home for delivery". The truth is usually that they never even bothered to knock on my door and just went straight to the leasing office, because they were lazy. I think that's usually only when they have replacement drivers, though.
 
Then there was the time that I had about $10,000 in Apple stuff (MBP, Mac Pro, couple 30" ACDs, etc) arriving by overnight delivery for a project that had an urgent deadline. Instead of delivering it to my apartment, they delivered it TO THE APPLE STORE TWO MILES AWAY.  I would have never even known about it, except that I investigated the delivery status and it said it was received and signed by someone who wasn't here and wasn't in the leasing office. I don't remember what caused me to think about calling the Apple store and checking, but I did. Eventually, FedEx sent their guy back to the Apple store to pick up my shipment and deliver it to *me*.

That sucks, but you'll live. Not the end of the world by any means. 
 
Man, I love UPS. Two of my regular delivery guys have become like homies to me.

my friend ordered something for christmas. the package came and no one was home at his apartment, but one of his "neighbors" sighed for it and took it. i think he had them credit back the money for the lost item, but it never made it in time for christmas.
 
kind of makes you wonder how easy it is to steal those packages if just anyone can sign for them.
 
i have a pretty miserable time waiting not only for games, but for packages in general. if i don't really try to stop myself, i'll go out and check the porch to see if they delivered something without ringing the bell. i usually try to do something productive, like school work or reading to keep me distracted, but usually i just watch television until my brian melts.

I ordered Guild Wars Nightfall on Play.com in June 2008. It arrived in July 2009.

I have it worse. I was surfing the web about a week back and saw that Best Buy was doing online pre-orders for the CE. Not thinking, and assuming that the term "pre-order" would correlate to something akin to "We will ship it, and you will have it near the release date", I bought it. 
 
I live in Washington state, I check the online order status, and on the 25th it's en-route....From Cincinnati Ohio.... 
...
...
...Yeah, this is the last time I buy something online from Best Buy. Vidiot is very sad.

I accidentally had my ME1 pre-order sent to the house I'd just moved from. It was in an apartment block, and luckily they'd actually delivered it to the wrong  apartment, which they had done a few times before. It was an old couple living in there and they were cool about it all, so it all worked out in the end.

" I have it worse. I was surfing the web about a week back and saw that Best Buy was doing online pre-orders for the CE. Not thinking, and assuming that the term "pre-order" would correlate to something akin to "We will ship it, and you will have it near the release date", I bought it. 
 
I live in Washington state, I check the online order status, and on the 25th it's en-route....From Cincinnati Ohio....  ... ... ...Yeah, this is the last time I buy something online from Best Buy. Vidiot is very sad. "

how about you read a book until it shows up?

REIGN, I ordered District 9 & Ghostbusters on bluray off WalMart.com & the stupid fuckin UPS game it to the USPS & they just shoved it in a corner @ a warehouse because they didn't want to deliver it to my apartment. That shit is BULL, I don't pay s&h to go pick my package up myself!

oh i thought that guy stole it

I have to wait til the 4th... Yeah, not so bad now, huh?!

I always just put a note on the door to knock obnoxiously loud and they always do so.
Wakes me right the hell up.

" how about you read a book until it shows up? "

" I have to wait til the 4th... Yeah, not so bad now, huh?! "

" I always just put a note on the door to knock obnoxiously loud and they always do so. Wakes me right the hell up. "

" @vidiot said:

" I have it worse. I was surfing the web about a week back and saw that Best Buy was doing online pre-orders for the CE. Not thinking, and assuming that the term "pre-order" would correlate to something akin to "We will ship it, and you will have it near the release date", I bought it. 
 
I live in Washington state, I check the online order status, and on the 25th it's en-route....From Cincinnati Ohio....  ... ... ...Yeah, this is the last time I buy something online from Best Buy. Vidiot is very sad. "

It doesnt really matter where it comes from. I've had stuff com from the east coast to here (California) in a day or two. Just matters what the shipping speed is.  I think best buy's methods were "standard" and "expedited," which gives no real indication of how long it would take. I looked there when I was going to preorder, but I lucked out finding the CE in stock from amazon last thursday or friday. "

" I ordered Guild Wars Nightfall on Play.com in June 2008. It arrived in July 2009. "