I wish UPS would take over FedEx. Every time I have had a problem with a delivery, it has been with FedEx. I was expecting a package yesterday, and it needed a signature. Since I was going to be away all day, I requested that it be sent to a local Walgreen's - something FedEx does. I got an email confirming the change, and another saying it was on the truck and out for delivery yesterday. When I went to Walgreen's later in the day, the package wan't there, and they said there were no deliveries on weekends. Going back to the email, it still said it was on the truck for delivery. However, looking more closely, I saw in small, light print, "Delivery on the next business day." They deliver to houses on Weekends, but not to Walgreen's, even though it was on the truck. A three-day delivery will become five or six days. In the future, I'm going to request UPS delivery.

On a more positive note, I ordered a ukulele from Japan. Within one day it went from the shipper to Tokyo, then overnight to NYC. There could be a delay in customs, but still, that's pretty fast.

Jerry, I agree and sympathize with your problem. The main thing that I HATE about FedEx (and sometimes UPS) is their sending some packages to the "nearest FedEx depot (Tampa and I live in Clearwater) then it gets dumped into the US Postal system for "final delivery". Our US Postal employee would have to gain about 400 points in IQ to be readable. I've had packages from B&H delivered to businesses 2 miles away rather than to my house.. (the business opened the package and fortunately mailed it to me and I got it 3 weeks later). The sad thing is that I am a 20 minute drive from the FedEx main center in Tampa and there are 3 FedEx offices for shipping and receiving within 5 miles of my house. Also, when searching for the package, FedEx in Tampa gave me a phone number of the "local post office to search for misdirected packages" and it required a pin number after being answered. B&H was nice enough to offer to reship the several hundred dollars worth of filters.. but by then I had received the "original" package re-mailed by the local business (on their dime). Now I instruct my vendors to ship everything UPS Express and "DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES" ship it in anyway that may cause it to go to a US Post Office.