<p>I ordered one thing from Amazon and another from a little gift company and had them sent to my DS via Paty the way they suggest we address them. UPS tracking shows that they made it to Paty - Wednesday morning and Thursday morning. On one of them I included my son’s email address as “Address 2” but it’s hard to know where to put those things in when filling out an order form online. Anyway - so far he has not been notified about either one.</p>
<p>Does it take a few days for Paty to deal with all the packages coming in, or should he just go there Monday afternoon and try to claim them? What is the best way to make sure an online order gets to the correct place - should I put his email address right under his name?</p>
<p>I’ve used Paty a fair amount and you’re right: the form doesn’t always fit what Paty wants.</p>
<p>So, I have improvised with no problems: sometimes I do name/residence hall/email and that has worked.</p>
<p>We have never had any problem but maybe your son can ask when he picks up and see what the problem was…and you can share with us what they prefer? :)</p>
<p>Definitely have him go over and get them, notification or not.
DS has not always been notified and in one case, the package was eventually returned to Amazon.</p>
<p>I’m rarely notified about a package arriving and wouldn’t suggest waiting for an e-mail before picking up a package. Generally speaking, you can pick up a package starting in the afternoon (1:00pm-5:00pm) on the day it is delivered to Paty.</p>
<p>I’ve always had clear information on my end on when package was either there or due to be there and just gave that to my S. He never waits for notification and pops over that afternoon or next day (whenever he has time).</p>
<p>Thank you - I’ll be sure to just tell DS when I’ve sent him a package. And I’ll tell relatives/church to be sure to notify us or him if care packages are on the way too!</p>
<p>This just happened to my son this week. I ordered him ink for his printer as the supe store did not have what he needed. I used Amazon Prime and it shipped and was delivered in 2 days as promised. But the folks at Pat did not notifiy my son. The address has his phone number and dorm name on it. He just figured they would notify him when it arrived. They did not and he ran out of ink. So I guess his ink is in the the Paty Hall while he is without the use of his printer. He called today and I told him to go get it Monday, don’t wait for a message. Oh the things they learn.</p>
<p>Paty rarely notifies, especially at this time of year when they are so swamped. Just check the tracking number or give it to your student to follow until arrival.</p>
<p>Okay: I have shipped many packages to my son via UPS at Paty Hall. I don’t think they ever notified him when I included his e-mail so, as a matter of privacy I don’t include it anymore. (They are not going to notify them anyway.)</p>
<p>I just track the package and when it says the package is delivered, I send a text to my son to pick-up. That seems to work best.</p>
<p>I have found that the best way to ship is with this labeling:</p>
<p>Student Name/Residence Hall
C/O Paty Hall, Package Delivery Center
210 McCorvey Drive
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401</p>
<p>How do you label a package when you don’t know whether the shipper will use the US postal service or Fed Ex/UPS? I had this dilemma the other night trying to order a book from an Amazon site for my daughter. The Amazon rep (at midnight sitting in a cubicle in some SE Asian country no doubt) said it was impossible to tell or guarentee. Thoughts?</p>
<p>I’d probably address it to the post office. If it ends up going Fed Ex, I THINK they take it to Paty anyway… But, hopefully, someone who KNOWS will verify. </p>
<p>My sense is that the Post office on campus is aware of possible confusion. We had some mixup over how something was being shipped last year and it ended up at Paty without intervention on our part. </p>
<p>It is helpful if the student is aware of it and can check with both services, but, as always, our experience is those at UA try to make things work out correctly.</p>
<p>when you are ordering something, if it going to be shipped by a shipper that needs a real address, it will often tell you that the address is invalid. so then you go ahead and use the paty address.</p>
<p>i alway try the po box address first. if it accepts, then i leave it. if not, then i use the paty address.</p>
<p>I use Amazon all the time and they (in my experience) always ship via UPS even when the shipment came from an outside vendor and not Amazon directly.</p>
<p>Most other vendors have a customer service center that should be able to tell you how they ship. They need to know which carrier they will use in order to charge you the correct shipping rates.</p>
<p>Honestly, I am surprised by Amazon, their customer service has always been outstanding when I have had a problem.</p>
<p>If you have Amazon Prime, 2 Day Shipping does not apply to PO Boxes. The majority of my Amazon packages have been arriving via UPS.</p>
<p>I would ship to Paty if the seller is Amazon.com LLC or is fulfilled by Amazon. If Amazon decides to ship via USPS, the package will still arrive at Paty. This happened to me last week when a different shipper shipped me a package via Fedex Smart Post where USPS delivers the package.</p>
<p>If buying from a 3rd Party (marketplace) seller, I would ship to her PO Box. FWIW, expedited shipping is usually Priority Mail and Standard Shipping is Media Mail.</p>