Cheap Shipping but entertaining
Feb 16, 2024 15:43:00 #
dc3legs
Loc: Tucson
I recently an item from a seller in Concord, CA which was shipped to my home in Tucson. FedEx tracking showed slow progress and 3 days later it had gotten to Goodyear AZ west of Phoenix. The next tracking update was 4 days later and showed the package in the Atlanta area. Eventually, the package made it's way back to Goodyear and the next day it was delivered to my front door ..... in a UPS "Express Pad Pac" envelope. 
Feb 16, 2024 15:52:49 #
Too bad it wasn't covered in stickers from where it has been.
Feb 16, 2024 15:57:25 #
dc3legs wrote:
I recently an item from a seller in Concord, CA wh... (show quote)
The central hub shipping and distribution method sometimes has great flaws. Things go to the regional hub, then to the national hub and back to the same or a nearby regional hub for delivery. With computers, you would think they could route it straight to the required regional hub without the national hub being involved. And it would probably be not only faster but cheaper.
Feb 16, 2024 18:24:14 #
dc3legs wrote:
I recently an item from a seller in Concord, CA wh... (show quote)
I thought that's how FedEx was supposed to work...?
More than once they have sent a package that may have started one state away all over the country, back and forth to the same location back East several times, and then I finally get it a week late. Never in a UPS envelope, though...
Feb 16, 2024 18:36:33 #
Feb 17, 2024 10:54:42 #
I recently had to return a pair of safety boots to Grainger in Ohio. I talked with their service rep who created a return label and I ordered the correct size. The rep told be they would be delivered on the 13th. I immediately took the return to the Fedex store and shipped it the same day. I tracked both shipments. My return sat in tracy ca from wed to sun, the shipment from Grainger sat in twin falls oh from wed to sun and was delivered on the 13th before the delivery schedule, the shipment to Grainger did not get delivered until the 15th. The shipment was by ground
Feb 17, 2024 10:58:37 #
dc3legs wrote:
The UPS envelope surprised me.
If you’ve ever read Kurt Vonnegut, you’d know both UPS and FEDEX are both owned by the same corporation, “RAMJAC.”
Feb 17, 2024 14:27:28 #
Feb 18, 2024 00:30:20 #
terryMc wrote:
I thought that's how FedEx was supposed to work...?
More than once they have sent a package that may have started one state away all over the country, back and forth to the same location back East several times, and then I finally get it a week late. Never in a UPS envelope, though...
More than once they have sent a package that may have started one state away all over the country, back and forth to the same location back East several times, and then I finally get it a week late. Never in a UPS envelope, though...
I only use FedEx if no other option is available. Had the same delivery bounce-around recently with an order. Took more days than it was supposed to. It was supposed to require a signature. The delivery person left the package at the front part of my property (which is 600 feet from my house by the road). Just happened to be looking out the window as I saw him drive off, so I got the package, found him down the road aways & asked him about the required signature and leaving it where it could be stolen. Answer; he had too many deliveries & just didn’t have time. If someone has a job to do, there’s only one way to do it; the right way. In my area this does not happen with UPS or Amazon.
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