ronichas Loc: Long Island

Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains

I wonder how often this sort of thing happens. Several years ago a video made the TV news of a UPS man throwing a package with a large flat screen TV over a fence.

By coincidence I have a lens arriving by FedEx tomorrow. After seeing this I'll try to be home to take the package directly from the FedEx persons hands! Thanks for posting it.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Hmmmmmm......

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Thanks to our delivery men from USPS, FEDEX, and UPS all deliver right to our door

ngrea Loc: Sandy Spring, Maryland

I remember reading about a ( USPS? USP? Fed ex?) sorting center opening several years ago with photos showing package going up a 3 story conveyor belt and then dropping off it to fall 2 stories as part of the sorting process. It is amazing that most packages arrive in good shape.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I didn't see any FRAGILE stickers on the box. It could have contained a sweater. Still, throwing a package is never a good idea, if for no other reason than it looks bad. I thought it was ironic that he threw the box a few feet, but then he had to walk back again to get the package and leave the note.

The way companies pack things these days, it probably could have taken a fall from the top of the truck. I've received boxes that were seriously torn, but the fragile contents were fine.

Someone posted a video here of a delivery man throwing a large screen TV over a fence. He definitely knew what was in that box.

Obviously, speed is important to these companies, and I know the drivers are under pressure to get their route covered quickly. I always walk down the driveway to meet the driver at the truck. UPS never enters the driveway, but FedEx always does.

stevesf

I prefer USPS, who will cover a package or put it in a plastic bag to protect it. FEdEx will not deliver something unless it is raining or snowing, and then they hide it. I picked up an expensive computer at the local UPS; I watched the woman take it off a shelf, and then spread her hands apart to allow $3500 to learn about gravity. I almost learned about police handcuffs.
You will do fine with your FedEx package. Our people must receive special training in customer abuse.

f8lee Loc: New Mexico

Before everyone clutches their pearls and gets a case of the vapors, let's remember that a) the lens was fine and b)it's because they are packaged precisely to take such punishment in transit, so "a" is no surprise. Talk about a non-story!

35 years ago, while working for Sony (back when they were the Apple of their day) I visited the San Diego facility where the larger Trinitron TVs were assembled. Of course, those were the 100+ pound monsters that all of us, as consumers, treated like delicate jewels due to their high cost and perceived fragility. But after watching the guys zooming around the warehouse in forklifts carrying those packaged TVs and bumping into corners or effectively slamming the packaged TVs down (very fast lowering of the lift mechanism, which had a horizontal clamp device to squeeze a single TV carton from the sides to lift it) I realized these things were not as delicate as one would think.

Likewise with camera gear - it might be a scary thought that the shipments might go through what the naive might view as harsh treatment, but it happens all the time. So this entire story is truly a nothingburger, as the kids say.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Wow.
Funny thing is that the clown ultimately came back upon the porch anyway.

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

Part of the reason I have packages delivered to the store where I work. The crew is used to seeing stuff arrive with my name on the label. Then they try to put it someplace that I can't reach.

Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

Out of your reach on purpose? grin.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

You must have a different USPS than I do! It is not their job to rewrap packages! We are fortunate because we have had the same carrier for years and let her know it's ok to open the back porch door to leave packages. The other delivery companies leave boxes on our back steps. The worst was when we ordered a Gateway computer and it was delivered onto our front porch, cow-print box and all, in plain sight for anyone passing by. It stayed there all day, so we're lucky to be in a low-crime area!

zug55 Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas

You mostly don't have a choice of who delivers your package. B&H uses FedEx. They deliver to my office, and it never has been a problem. UPS sometimes drops off their packages at the nearest post office--UPS considered this delivered. I had to track a lens for over a week until it finally showed up. Another package delivered to the post office was returned to Amazon--at least they gave me a refund. Now I have Amazon Prime packages sent to my house. I time the order so I can be home when the package arrives.

Golden Rule Loc: Washington State

That is flat out embarrassing. I will give no excuses but the guy is a temporary help courier because he has no FedEx uniform on. I worked for FedEx for 30 years and always delivered a package as if I was on camera. Some people seem to have no pride in their job. I say it doesn't matter if you clean toilets or a CEO just care about how you do your task. Hopefully, this joker is gone from the company.

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

Jerry, according to all delivery companies, FRAGILE means throw it easy.