FedEx strikes again

[Trash Panda]

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:

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I have now had 16 packages make it to my local USPS office, and just fall flat off the face of the earth.

Government run agencies are the model of incompetence and inefficiency.

 

[skeets]

Scott Depot

Cool ,spent a lot of time in Beckley, and been through Nitro and Hurricane a number of times

 

[TheOldHokie]

Cool ,spent a lot of time in Beckley, and been through Nitro and Hurricane a number of times

Botn in a nothern panhandle holler and grew up in Dunbar.

 

[skeets]

Dunbar.. a coal patch kinda

 

[TheOldHokie]

Dunbar.. a coal patch kinda

No coal, the chemical center of the world and birthplace of Gravely tractors when I was growing up. Just 5 miles outside the capital city of Charleston.

 

[Mowbizz]

I’ve heard the delivery horror stories from FedEx…I have to say I must be very lucky with them here in NH because I have had multiple deliveries over the years, all successful and on time. One time, however, I tried to send something to my daughter’s address directly from Amazon and got “the picture” of a package on someone else’s front steps…now…the USPS however, is another story altogether.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

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

That must be the same tribe my wife is from….

Every time she wakes up in the car, she says “Were the Fugawee?"

 

[KubotaHawg]

The saga continues—had to post this (almost) unbelievable stupidity. Yes that is my drop box to keep these morons from tearing up my gravel road. Yes that is my package placed NEXT TO IT.

I swear, how do these idiots remember to breathe?

 

[KubotaHawg]

And yes it fits in the f’ing box

 

[GeoHorn]

My experiences with FedEx is….. well….
I’ve paid extra for Saturday delivery of a negotiable instrument…. which was not delivered because it was Saturday… then it was left hanging in a clear plastic bag on a fence-post on the county-road a quarter mile from my house.
I’ve paid extra for rural delivery to my residence….because my ranch is not considered a “business” by FedEx…. and I was cautioned I had to have a loading dock and/or fork-lift to unload the heavy pkg…(a custom rear truck bumper) …. When it failed to arrive on the specified day…. It was found the next day (again) out on the county road where the FedEx driver shoved it off the back of his truck…damaged/bent from the fall. (The shipper replaced it and shipped the replacement via contracted-truck)
I’ve filed insurance on items FedEx failed to deliver….but Insurance refused to pay because FedEx had a photograph of the item .PROOF of Delivery! …. The photo showed the item sitting in the drainage-ditch on the county-road. Again.

Those are only two of Scores of such experiences.

UPS ALWAYS delivers correctly. USPS (Priority Mail) is also trustworthy and reliable.

 

[jyoutz]

I’ve heard the delivery horror stories from FedEx…I have to say I must be very lucky with them here in NH because I have had multiple deliveries over the years, all successful and on time. One time, however, I tried to send something to my daughter’s address directly from Amazon and got “the picture” of a package on someone else’s front steps…now…the USPS however, is another story altogether.

I’ve had the complete opposite experiences. USPS, UPS, and Amazon are great for delivering; FedEx is the absolute worst. Unreliable and half the time they deliver my orders to another house. Anymore, I tell online merchants that I won’t buy from them if they ship FedEx.

 

[lmichael]

For me it's USPS is the pits. So many things lost, damaged badly or in the case of a cell phone I sold STOLEN! I refuse to use USPS anymore for my business. I stick to UPS and FedEx and oddly most times for what I ship they're even cheaper!

 

[D2Cat]

For me it's USPS is the pits. So many things lost, damaged badly or in the case of a cell phone I sold STOLEN! I refuse to use USPS anymore for my business. I stick to UPS and FedEx and oddly most times for what I ship they're even cheaper!

I agree, and have similar results with USPS. Must be a regional problem....in several regions!!

 

[jyoutz]

I agree, and have similar results with USPS. Must be a regional problem....in several regions!!

It indeed must be a local thing. In my area USPS is the most reliable.

 

[GeoHorn]

It indeed must be a local thing. In my area USPS is the most reliable.

USPS fee Includes Insurance…AND, Tracking also. (tho’ I have never needed to make a claim….and I ship many many small, expensive airplane parts)

 

[Dustball]

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The saga continues—had to post this (almost) unbelievable stupidity. Yes that is my drop box to keep these morons from tearing up my gravel road. Yes that is my package placed NEXT TO IT.

I swear, how do these idiots remember to breathe?

Well it's on you- there's no wording on the box to place packages INSIDE the box. It's just a waypoint as it is.

 

[lmichael]

IDK how it could be a "regional" issue with USPS. After all the issues have happened when I've sent things through them all over the country. So I cannot point to a section of the country and say "nope won't use them here because they're bad here" They're awful all over

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Overall, I've had pretty good success with all the shippers. I have had a couple spend time in what I think are virtual holding areas.

Getting the trash picked up is another story. Back when we had 'backyard' pickup, I'd get skipped about half the time. Just me, none of my neighbors. One discussion with the WM office resulted in the young woman threatening to call the police. Things have gone better since we went to curb pickup.

 

[William1]

I recently had a bad FedEx experience, that after years of good ones.
Ordered some parts for a toilet (to 'have in stock'). Email notified 'Delivered to mail room". It was residential delivery... how many homes have a 'mail room'??? I discovered the error within 20 minutes of the delivery. FedEx said 'No can find' and then followed with a 'Happy with your delivery' email!!!!
Called vendor, they re-shipped. 10 days later, in my mail box, was the original package!!! I don't know if a neighbor got it an stuck it in my box 'when they got around to it' or what. I called the vendor, they said to just keep it and were pleased ?I was honest an told them I got the original item.

Just this past week, I had a critical document sent over night FedEx. Trenton NJ to Newark NJ to Memphis TN to Richmond, VA. I got it on time but... it seems like a waste of resources to fly from Newark to Memphis, I imagine it was still in a truck and on the road more than had it just gone down 95.....