FedEx strikes again

[TheOldHokie]

If it was never packed why is that on FedEx?

Its not on FedEx and I never said it was. Did you read post #15 ???

FedEx mis-routed the next day parcel. Messicks screwed up the contents.

FedEx fixed their error with a special same day delivery for which I gave them credit. Messicks yawned and shipped another next day parcel. Tomorrow will tell the tale on it.

Dan

 

[hagrid]

Looks like FedEx really dropped the ball on the taper lock.

 

[lmichael]

Its not on FedEx and I never said it was. Did you read post #15 ???

FedEx mis-routed the next day parcel. Messicks screwed up the contents.

FedEx fixed their error with a special same day delivery for which I gave them credit. Messicks yawned and shipped another next day parcel. Tomorrow will tell the tale on it.

Dan

IDK this whole thread took so many different directions I forgot which way is up

 

[PoTreeBoy]

They blindly follow the GPS. My own street, the houses and numbers are not in sequence. When I first moved here, the GPS id'd my place as one 1/2 mile away.Fortunately, the driver do read the house numbers.
All the delivery services occasionally screw up. I've gotten used to it and instead, am amazed when on time or early.

Yep. A few months ago, a food delivery came to my house. When I asked the guy what address he was looking for, he didn't have one. He 'must have miscounted houses'.

 

[lmichael]

Sadly those delivery people are told to adhere to their GPS. But GPS is usually wrong as you get very granular to an exact address. I don't think my GPS (Google Maps or A Better Route Planner or WAZE) has ever been "on the nose" for an address

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Sadly those delivery people are told to adhere to their GPS. But GPS is usually wrong as you get very granular to an exact address. I don't think my GPS (Google Maps or A Better Route Planner or WAZE) has ever been "on the nose" for an address

GPS is pretty precise. For locations in the country side it should be more than sufficient. The problem is that the GPS location various internet providers supply do not match the address.

In Ireland they came up with an individual post code for each address. Despite the flaw in the system that it requires continuous maintenance (new houses) the GPS position obtained is spot on.

 

[PaulL]

My mistake.

 

[TheOldHokie]

Yep. A few months ago, a food delivery came to my house. When I asked the guy what address he was looking for, he didn't have one. He 'must have miscounted houses'.

I get my neighbors food all the time and the druvers have the house number.. We share a common lane and they drive right past his entrance with his big lighted number to my similarly numbered entrance.

Compare that to Amazon who regularly delivers in the pitch dark of night with laser accuracy. The only problem with them is the dogs raising Caine at 4AM !!!

Dan

 

[William1]

My 2025 PU, the GPS is screwy. It apparently, uses lat/long for locations. So plugging in an address, sometimes it will have me on a road ALONGSIDE (behind) where I want to be because the it puts me on a spot that is physically closer to a building, which is set back from the actual road and a long entrance. I sure hope they fix that with an update.

 

[Russell King]

There is a way in Google Maps to request that they correct the location of the address. The internet can provide the steps for the request.

I know the addresses out in the rural area are often down the road from the actual location of the site. No idea why that happens but I assume a lot of maps are based on the Google Maps information.

 

[Joisey]

Sadly those delivery people are told to adhere to their GPS. But GPS is usually wrong as you get very granular to an exact address. I don't think my GPS (Google Maps or A Better Route Planner or WAZE) has ever been "on the nose" for an address

When I moved here to WV, I learned that what the GPS tells you is merely a suggestion.

 

[imarobot]

I named my GPS "Wanda the Road Bitch". She bitches at me every time I miss a turn

 

[skeets]

I have had Fed Ex and UPS deliver (drop off) things to neighbors around me, and they either called me to let me know what happened, or brought them by the house. And it aint like I live back a 5 mile dirt road, complain and you get nothing for the company but lip service.

 

[skeets]

When I moved here to WV, I learned that what the GPS tells you is merely a suggestion.

Where in West by Gawd Va did ya move to?

 

[skeets]

I named my GPS "Wanda the Road Bitch". She bitches at me every time I miss a turn

My wife use to call mine the bytch in the box

 

[D2Cat]

I've had FedEx deliver numerous packages to my neighbor's house instead of mine. My address # is 248, his is 246. I have signs on both sides of my driveway with my address #. One time my neighbor was outside when FedEx showed with a package for me. My neighbor informed him that they continuously deliver to the wrong house. He told the driver that his address is 246.
The driver responded with "No this is 248"

Our address is 34225, next door is 34255. Many people get confused, USPS has driver on route 90% of deliveries and still gets confused. Had an insurance adjuster on the neighbors house looking for damage when I filed a claim. Not sure of the cause, inattentive, dyslexic, lazy, don't care, bored......?

 

[William1]

I named my GPS "Wanda the Road Bitch". She bitches at me every time I miss a turn

My first GPS was named after the Indians on F Troop. The 'Fugawee'

 

[Joisey]

Where in West by Gawd Va did ya move to?

Scott Depot

 

[Caden]

FedEx is bad, but LaserShip is by far the worst for me.
Only ordered something that shipped with them a couple times.
Last time they made a loop through the front yard and left an entire headlight assembly + wiring laying in the driveway...

 

[Botamon]

This is my almost normal experience with USPS shipping. Package was picked up by USPS in Kent, Washington a week ago. As of today there are no updates and no one knows where the package is: