Fed Ex ground rant [Archive]

09CTSV

07-18-2017, 5:06pm

C5SilverBullet

07-18-2017, 5:22pm

Our house is new, so you would think we would have problems getting stuff shipped. No, our biggest problem is the f'king USPS. They can't seem to deliver us shit, f'king bastards.

mrvette

07-18-2017, 6:49pm

Neptune Rd. is in the middle of the burb named for all the Aquarius signs,......

and you better believe the street numbers are from other side of the universe too.....should see the confusion from folks looking for the numbers, it's lots better NOW than say even 5 years ago.....ya, THINK???

thank GPS.....

Mike Mercury

07-18-2017, 6:52pm

at work we have many customers that say: "don't use Fed-Ex"

and about an equal amount that say "don't use UPS"

mrvette

07-18-2017, 6:55pm

at work we have many customers that say: "don't use Fed-Ex"

and about an equal amount that say "don't use UPS"

Now a daze they are all the same on the delivery end.....USED to be the USPS was the ONLY service in town that knew this super secret code to this street.....:issues::rofl:

JRD77VET

07-18-2017, 7:01pm

Welcome to my world. :banghead:

https://www.thevettebarn.com/forums/off-topic/45021-fed-ex-do-they-really-hire-handicapped.html

Bucwheat

07-18-2017, 7:56pm

:fingertap: don't use Fed ex

GRN ENVY

07-18-2017, 8:34pm

It is amazing how Fed Ex ground cannot find our house and deliver packages to the wrong place yet the overnight or home delivery drivers have no issue delivering the packages. UPS can find our house every time. I guess Fed Ex Ground uses a different GPS system than the rest of the corporation.
Now the wait for the shipper to file the claim and then reimburse me, much rather would have had the Mystery Detail Box than a refund.

If I ever have a choice of using Fed Ex Ground as the only shipper or not getting an item, well I didn't really need it in the first place and I'll just save the headache.

Don't worry, I bought a box too, you aren't missing out on this round. Wasn't their best line up in the mystery box. Got really small sample size of nanolex. Don't get me wrong, the nanolex line up is awesome. Unfortunaley the size of the bottles won't get far on my truck. Also one of the bottles was opened so I received a soggy box. The vendor is really good and gave me a gift certificate to purchase what ever I would like to make up for the box mishap.

Hopefully yours is rectified quickly and easily

Thunder22

07-18-2017, 9:26pm

JRD77VET

07-18-2017, 9:42pm

The difference is that FEDEX ground isn't FedEx employees, fedex outsources those routes and leases the trucks to the 3rd party. Overnight is FedEx people, not sure about the home drivers/routes.

Either way, FedEx sucks balls because their tracking system is unreliable. UPS is far better in my area.

EDIT: Home and ground are outsourced to contractors:

Independent contractor jobs at FedEx (http://www.fedex.com/us/indp/independentcontractors.html?Locale=en)

FedEx just doesn't care where the money comes from.

Late December I busted my ass finishing a couple parts for a customer where I used to work. Had them finished on Monday, Dec 19.

The purchaser called FedEX freight to pick up the parts as the customer needed them that week to finish the assembly and get them to their customer before the new year.

After they sat for a few more days, another call was put into to FedEx and they said "we're busy, we'll get to there to pick them up sometime".

The purchaser called the company and basically told them, you specified FedEx, you get them to pick it up.

They were picked up Dec 28 in southeastern Pa for delivery to IL.

FedEx sucks

LilRedCorvette

07-18-2017, 10:32pm

I freakin' despise FedEx...had an almost-disaster with them...

Moved to a new house a little over 2 yrs ago...the house is off a pipestem/private drive, but my mailbox and house are both clearly marked with my address. Please note that UPS and USPS have no issue delivering here, and this house has been here since 1997. :Jeff '79:

You know those cheeseburger ottomans that Red Robin has in their waiting area? Well, I found a place that can make them...thought they would be a fun addition to the finished basement (planning on a rec room with a chalk board wall, etc). Had them made and the vendor sent them via FedEx. :spdchk:

Except, they didn't arrive at my house, despite me tracking them the whole way with FedEx saying they were delivered. :skia: Um, no...not delivered here. :nonod: Even looked around my neighborhood for 2 really big square boxes...

So I call them, spoke to multiple people, and expressed just how unhappy I am that my relatively expen$ive cheeseburger ottomans that took 2 months to make are delivered somewhere else with probably some kids jumping up and down on them :Jeff '79: and that they better find where they are, because they most definitely are NOT here (had been home all day waiting especially for their arrival).

Thankfully, they were located and delivered to my front porch the very next morning. :seasix: I would not have been happy to have had to deal with their claims process. :ack:

6spdC6

07-19-2017, 6:55am

Had lots of problems with FedX, seems to make no difference who delivers.

Wife and I get in a lot of stuff by delivery service up here in the boonies. We always ask if what we ordered can go out UPS not FedX if at all possible.

In the winter the FedX clowns never seen to make it up our long hilly driveway, the UPS and the USPS have no problem. FWIW the UPS trucks are much better that the junk FEDX uses. USPS is a local who delivers with his own car and he has made it under the worse of conditions

Mike Mercury

07-19-2017, 7:37am

The difference is that FEDEX ground isn't FedEx employees, fedex outsources those routes and leases the trucks to the 3rd party. Overnight is FedEx people, not sure about the home drivers/routes.

fact.

Fed-Ex ground are ex-RPS (or was it RDS) sub-contractors. If they have just one box that's to be delivered all the way at the other end of town, these contracted dudes will choose to not deliver it to that remote area, and hope that the next day there will be more packages that would warrant the fuel expense. And if not the next day... them maybe the day after that.

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/5c/5cdcb93854134105ce3bf1888dc9ff402ef2109002a31555c16536c4267f39ef.jpg

mrvette

07-19-2017, 7:52am

fact.

Fed-Ex ground are ex-RPS (or was it RDS) sub-contractors. If they have just one box that's to be delivered all the way at the other end of town, these contracted dudes will choose to not deliver it to that remote area, and hope that the next day there will be more packages that would warrant the fuel expense. And if not the next day... them maybe the day after that.

For THAT, I can't blame them one damn bit....them trucks get near zero mpg....much less the rest of the overhead....I would not drive one of them 30 miles one way/back for less than 60 bux.....and at THAT feel I was underpaid.....

:issues:

VatorMan

07-19-2017, 8:03am

Amazon's local delivery is LAZOR-shady guys in an old assed panel van with a LAZOR temporary sticker on it. I can't tell you the number of times that those aholes have f'ed up my stuff. A couple of times I checked the delivery on the website and it showed delivered. Called Amazon and about 20-30 minutes later, on my front door video, a dude running up, throwing a box and running away. I've sent both videos to Amazon with the time stamps.
I'm beginning to understand the problem with free shipping. It means cheapest way there ,damn the quality.

snide

07-19-2017, 8:43am

As an Amazon Prime member, I haven't had any issues with receiving packages from Amazon. :shrug:

Mike Mercury

07-19-2017, 9:12am

For THAT, I can't blame them one damn bit....them trucks get near zero mpg....much less the rest of the overhead....I would not drive one of them 30 miles one way/back for less than 60 bux.....and at THAT feel I was underpaid.....

except that in the contract it specifies that you are to deliver (or attempt to) every package that was loaded on the truck that morning.

If a Ground fed-ex driver doesn't wanna do this, then they need to change careers.

Cybercowboy

07-19-2017, 11:06am

I never have any problem with FedEx or UPS. However, the USPS gal who delivers the mail and the occasional package here drives up our driveway to my garage door, walks about four feet, and puts the package at the right edge of my garage door. This is fine, except that often I'm home when she does this and then later I get in my car and leave, backing right over the package. I've only done this twice so far, and nothing was damaged (one was a kitchen knife, the other was some clothing) but dammit now I have to go check behind my car every time I back out now. My backup camera doesn't catch it unless I have it in "look straight down" mode, which is not the default. Frustrating and if she would just place the package to the right of my garage door, which is a perfect place, I wouldn't drive over it and would see it when I pulled out and turned to go down the drive. I've tried to talk to her, but she is too quick to leave.

Oh, also she will lean the package against the garage door, so when it opens it falls against the back of my car. That's nice.

Mike Mercury

07-19-2017, 12:31pm

the USPS gal who delivers the mail and the occasional package here drives up our driveway to my garage door, walks about four feet, and puts the package at the right edge of my garage door.
our postal person does the same; even if it is raining. Just 6 feet away is a carport w/roof... 10 feet away is front door with porch and roof overhead

09CTSV

07-19-2017, 5:20pm

Don't worry, I bought a box too, you aren't missing out on this round. Wasn't their best line up in the mystery box. Got really small sample size of nanolex. Don't get me wrong, the nanolex line up is awesome. Unfortunaley the size of the bottles won't get far on my truck. Also one of the bottles was opened so I received a soggy box. The vendor is really good and gave me a gift certificate to purchase what ever I would like to make up for the box mishap.

Hopefully yours is rectified quickly and easily

I sent Phil an email but have not heard anything back from him. I don't think I'll be ordering anymore mystery boxes from them. I had a small sample of the nanolex last time, good stuff but not enough to do a whole truck.

GRN ENVY

07-19-2017, 6:31pm

I sent Phil an email but have not heard anything back from him. I don't think I'll be ordering anymore mystery boxes from them. I had a small sample of the nanolex last time, good stuff but not enough to do a whole truck.

My 6 boxes prior to this one were all good. I think Nanolex was pushing for him to turnover more product, so what better way then to move the product by masking it in a mystery box. Kinda takes the fun out of it when they start having motives in the boxes.