i physically CRINGE when i realize my package is coming FEDEX!!

[Bill Douglas]

Similarly sad.

You could live in New Zealand and have some fresh fruit labeled as perishable, and sent by PBT Peter Baker Transport - then arrive two weeks later rotten.

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by IS300

I HATE FEDEX TOO......... same reason !

Well, a few weeks ago, a FedEx driver drops off a large box for my sister, and hands it to me over my gate. The box was a little damp, but thought it was from my wet hands from washing the car. Put it down in the garage and the cats come by the box, and so do some flies. I come back after I finished washing my car and investigate the wet spots. Damn, that stinks...like fish juice! Someone must have had a package with fresh fish/seafood and it sprung a leak. Loaded it up in my suv and dropped it off to my sister. Then I deodorized the car. Damned FedEx!

[GH85Carrera]

Surly you understand the "rules" of anything to be shipped to you.

The more you want it, or need it, just raises the odds that is will be delayed and chances of it lost or destroyed are high. If it is a unimportant item or something you really don't care much when it arrives, it will be there overnight.

We are working on re-sealing the grout on the tile floors in the kitchen and the showers. My wife ordered the stuff to do it. The brush, cleaner and the sealant all showed up fast. The bottle with the llttle wheel dispenser that we use to apply the sealant took a week to arrive. No point in starting the process until the sealant can be applied. One other item she ordered just because she wanted to get it on had was supposed to arrive it three days. It was dropped off at 7:30 the next morning.

[911 Rod]

All of the courier companies have slowed down their service and blame COVID.
You still pay for rush, just don't get it.
Canada Post has been pathetic. They were just stating to get back some market share back and then the been counters decide slow makes more money.

[vash]

the kind lady at Bass Pro shop kinda agreed with me about FedX.

she is re-sending my order, no questions asked. if my original one shows up, i will return it willingly. i asked if we should wait a few days, and she said, "oh, no..lets redo this now".

i suspect she knows the odds.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by vash

she is re-sending my order, no questions asked.

Ask her to send a fresh fish. It may be a good lesson to Fedex when it stinks out the warehouse.

[Esel Mann]

we refer to fed ex as My Crazy Ex. shipping from either is about the same.

i just ordered some sneaks from nike. shipping option was my crazy ex. they promised tuesday delivery and they didn't disappoint. it came tuesday. driver exits the van with no package but carrying flip flops. rings bell. i answer door, takes sneaks off his feet puts on flip lops, hands me the sneaks and says here you go!

[mattdavis11]

^^^ Lol, that's awesome!

[juanbenae]

package declared out for delivery yesterday and now tracking says it's back to being delivered before the 15th with no other tracking data available.

[gsxrken]

They all are terrible at this point. USPS 2 day priority?.. Nope. Car is apart, ordered from Chris at TurboKraft last Tuesday and he shipped that day. The 2-day is now package has one week and counting- it has meandered to Puerto Rico where it stayed until yesterday, which is the last known sighting. Why they would go from AZ > NY via Puerto Rico only the ‘gubmint knows.
There’s not even a projected date of delivery at this point.

[vash]

Originally Posted by gsxrken

They all are terrible at this point. USPS 2 day priority?.. Nope. Car is apart, ordered from Chris at TurboKraft last Tuesday and he shipped that day. The 2-day is now package has one week and counting- it has meandered to Puerto Rico where it stayed until yesterday, which is the last known sighting. Why they would go from AZ > NY via Puerto Rico only the ‘gubmint knows.
There’s not even a projected date of delivery at this point.

WOW!! at least you package gets to go on vacation.

unbelievable!!

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

This should be interesting. I ordered some stuff from a specialty manufacturer in rural Kansas. Supposed to be here in 2 days. I'm thinking Monday.

Arrived via USPS this morning.

[vash]

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!

i have two 7.5' fishing rods coming in the mail. FEDEX!! argh. suppose to get it this morning. i just checked and they are still in LA. no shot.

[vash]

i hope they are still 7.5' when they get to me. hahhah.

[Sooner or later]

I just had a Fed Ex delivery that arrived on time.

[asphaltgambler]

Originally Posted by Esel Mann

we refer to fed ex as My Crazy Ex. shipping from either is about the same.o!

Definitely made me laugh out loud by myself at lunch...

[DonDavis]

As I mentioned earlier, I've been using FedEx every week for the last 20 years. Very, very few problems.
I'm not saying I don't believe you guys. I do.

But the bulk of my shipments are shipped "Hold for Pickup" at a FedEx location.

And just last week, my work sent out a notice to us all to use the Hold feature instead of home delivery due to the home delivery "on-time" numbers for FedEx are in the 70% range.

And the only time I see damage is due to poor packaging. If they were more strict on how folks pack their stuff, there'd be less damage.

And I know how to pack stuff. I worked shipping/receiving in the semiconductor industry for 2 years.

It may sound simple, but things need to be really secured to survive the rigors of transit.

It's not a bunch of white-gloved surgeons handling the boxes.

Nor is it the gorilla from the suitcase commercial.

Someplace in the middle of those.....maybe more one direction than the other, but still.

Oh, and I'll prob use the "my crazy ex" thingy. Too funny.

[rwest]

Just got a box of wood veneer glue and a gauge for my vacuum press this morning via FedEx- no issues at all.

Of course immediately thought of this thread when I got notice that FedEx was the shipper.

[fintstone]

The last three things shipped to me through FedEx were delivered to the wrong houses. The packages show up in their system as "delivered" and they don't even want to discuss the fact that they were delivered to someone else, not you...or that you sat there all day and the item just did not come. As soon as tracking shows "delivered" I have to drive the neighborhood...searching for a package in a yard or on a porch. If you can even manage to talk to a human (as their system is designed to not allow anyone through with a tracking number that shows "delivered"...they tell you that they can't help...but you can ask the person shipping it to file a claim. They are the worst.

[SiberianDVM]

Got a chrome bar stool coming FedEx. Surprised, since I bought on Amazon and they usually ship UPS or USPS, but I guess it's because it's a 3rd party seller.