FedEx!!!

[rockrat]

Pulled into the driveway and there is a box sitting almost in the middle of the driveway. Kind of towards the shop, but still in the way. Thought it was an empty box the wife might have taken to the trash and the wind blew it there, but nope, box is intact. My order came in, just not where it usually is!! Must be a new driver as this is a first.

[pworley1]

Where your box ends up depends totally on the driver. A driver not far from us was caught dumping packages into a gully. At least yours made it to the driveway.

[stubshaft]

Naw, just a lazy one!

[GregLaROCHE]

The drivers around here are lazy. They are constantly saying nobody was home (when I certainly was) or couldn’t find the address. It’s takes days and phone calls before I usually get my delivery. The regular mail is the fastest and most reliable.

[kevin c]

“FedEx!!”

My new favorite expletive!

[Sasquatch-1]

This applies to all delivery companies and not just FedEx.

Originally, they would ring the doorbell and deliver the package to your hand. Then, they started leaving it on the porch and ringing the doorbell. Then they stopped ringing the doorbell and just leaving the package on the porch. Now a lot of them don't make it to the porch.

Whats next..."Drive-By Package Delivery?"

[MrWolf]

Guess we are lucky out here. Know our drivers by name and they bring biscuits for the dogs. No complaints as if there was an issue it was addressed quickly and not repeated. My driveway/road is shale and 3/4 mile. They will even contact me to meet at the main road if to much snow, etc. I do prefer UPS though.

[MaryB]

3 days in a row the same driver has dropped my neighbors packages at my house. I caught her each time and said across the street...

How brain dead do you have to be to do it 3 days in a row?

[kerplode]

I think some of this behavior is a result of the drivers being given an unreasonable daily workload and then being punished when they fail to meet the quota.

If you have 400 packages to deliver a day and want to get home before midnight, you might get a little creative in order to get through it faster...

[Froogal]

This applies to all delivery companies and not just FedEx.

Originally, they would ring the doorbell and deliver the package to your hand. Then, they started leaving it on the porch and ringing the doorbell. Then they stopped ringing the doorbell and just leaving the package on the porch. Now a lot of them don't make it to the porch.

Whats next..."Drive-By Package Delivery?"

YEP!! Just now had that experience with UPS. I even went to the backdoor where UPS always delivers and stood outside waiting. NOPE, he went to the front of the house and just threw it on the porch.

[Geezer in NH]

Seems to be the intelligence of the area you are at.

No problems with either one in my area also include USPS.

I know all my delivery guys names

Big population place suck to live in

[Handloader109]

Well I've had them drop several packages at my road, 300ft from thehouse, drop off multiple guns, I'm an ffl, outside just at the garage door, or just at the driveway. Supposed to have signature on those. Oh well..,

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[winelover]

Our FedEx deliveries are contracted out..........signage on truck. Different drivers, frequently. Was here last week and left a puddle of oil at least 8"x12"..............apparently they don't maintain their trucks. Would serve them right if it doesn't make it back to the depot.

Winelover

[GregLaROCHE]

I’ve had signature required packages that were never delivered and they say they were. No porch pirates anywhere around me.

[MaryB]

Our FedEx deliveries are contracted out..........signage on truck. Different drivers, frequently. Was here last week and left a puddle of oil at least 8"x12"..............apparently they don't maintain their trucks. Would serve them right if it doesn't make it back to the depot.

Winelover

Fedex freight delivered my new tool box setup. The truck he was given left a gallon of oil in the road in front of the house. It was so bad the driver bought a bag of cay litter from me to try to clean it up somewhat. Next time I saw him he said the engine blew up 5 miles out of town. That truck should have never left the depot. He had a van the next time that was leaking a little oil... the depot out here gets the big city junk trucks that are worn out...

[Froogal]

I’ve had signature required packages that were never delivered and they say they were. No porch pirates anywhere around me.

No porch pirates around here either, and I am always at home when UPS or FedEx is scheduled to make a delivery, but sometimes, they simply don't show up.

[hwilliam01]

I heard that Fed-Ex and UPS were merging...the new company is called Fed-Up!

[alamogunr]

Heaven help us! The problems would probably quadruple rather than double.

[Froogal]

I heard that Fed-Ex and UPS were merging...the new company is called Fed-Up!

Don't laugh. I have seen Fed-Ex trucks at a UPS terminal, and I have seen the double and triple trailer semis with one trailer being a UPS, and the other trailer being a Fed-Ex trailer.

[jonp]

I got home a couple of years ago and found a box of Starline brass sitting on the lawn halfway to the road. No idea why the guy or gal chucked it like that. Old UPS driver used to leave it in the bed of my truck out of sight and msg me

[jonp]

Fedex freight delivered my new tool box setup. The truck he was given left a gallon of oil in the road in front of the house. It was so bad the driver bought a bag of cay litter from me to try to clean it up somewhat. Next time I saw him he said the engine blew up 5 miles out of town. That truck should have never left the depot. He had a van the next time that was leaking a little oil... the depot out here gets the big city junk trucks that are worn out...

Haha. I was just dropping off a trailer and the UPS guy had left the terminal, made a right turn out of the gate and broke down. About 30min later after i dropped the trailer he was still sitting blocking traffic

[jonp]

This applies to all delivery companies and not just FedEx.

Originally, they would ring the doorbell and deliver the package to your hand. Then, they started leaving it on the porch and ringing the doorbell. Then they stopped ringing the doorbell and just leaving the package on the porch. Now a lot of them don't make it to the porch.

Whats next..."Drive-By Package Delivery?"

I dont mind them leaving a package as i signed up for notifications and they take a picture of it sitting on the front porch. I get the msg during the day when they leave it

[ioon44]

Has anyone had delivery problems with FedEx this week, my order from last week seems to have fallen into a black hole after leaving KC.

[Shawlerbrook]

FedEx must hire driver’s from a work release program. Trying to get a package anywhere near your house here in rural Central NYS is like trying to push a rope. Tried to explain to the urban looking tattooed young man that just because all the mail boxes are on the same side of the road it doesn’t mean that all the houses and addresses are also on that side. Like talking to a house plant.

[Soundguy]

Has anyone had delivery problems with FedEx this week, my order from last week seems to have fallen into a black hole after leaving KC.

I just went round and round with fedex ground trying to get a hazmat package.. took 3 weeks to resolve.

Not a fan of any delivery service. Fedex just .. sucks.. ups is dropping gun companies.. and usps just looses everything. I have a 12g roll crimper ordered from precision in south dakota.. it's been bouncing around since the 13th there.. with no updated tracking since the 19th.. and just listed as delayed an on the way.. I guess that is usps speak for we lost it.. or one of our people stole it.. but who knows.. good luck.

[ioon44]

I just talked to Brownell's customer service, and they say FedEx is having a lot of problems with getting orders delivered.

[nicholst55]

I used to come home at 11:30 at night to find 'adult-signature required' packages containing C&R rifles leaning against the front door regularly, back in Maryland. Here, they normally leave the (no signature required) package on your porch and then email you a pic of it sitting there. No problems so far, and no porch pirates, either.

[rbuck351]

No problems with Fed Ex or UPS here. I have a drive way about 180 yds long and they both deliver to my back porch which is not visible from the road. The mailman also delivers packages to the porch if they won't fit in my mail box.

We don't have a problem with porch pirates here. Apparently they don't want to get shot.

[ioon44]

I just received the primers I ordered on 7/30/22, Brownell's had to ship a replacement order. I had to show the FedEx driver a photo id for him to scan in addition to adult-signature required for the hazmat package.

[bedbugbilly]

You should have our guy who delivers our mail in AZ. I'm not being critical of anyone with a medical disorder - heck, we all have medical issues . . . but I am convinced that he has Dyslexia. We mailed a package from here in MI to a neighbor of ours in AZ who lives 2 doors down from us. Her house number is 319. Tracking showed it was placed at her door on Tuesday. We didn't hear anything from her, so last Friday contacted her to see if she got it. Nope! She called the PO and they swore it was delivered so she asked them find out where it was as she never received it. FINALLY, after the PO was no help, she went down the street to the house at #(! - YEP. the box was sitting by their door - only problem is those people are gone for the summer and their mail is forwarded. Duh!

This happens on a regular basis and when someone complains, the PO does nothing. Evidently, the PO can track and tell when and where a carrier leaves a package - they must have to log it in somehow as I had several packages that the Postmaster claimed were delivered and he could tell me where the carrier put it, the time and where it was left. But, they were not there, I never received them and it was not where anyone would see and steal them. I suspect the carrier those days, a substitute, has a problem with sticky fingers.

Our Fed Ex guys in both AZ and MI do a great job - the always place packages by the mid doors that are set back in and out of sight. Our UPS guy in MI is great but the one we have in AZ is always "iffy" - sometimes it gets to the right address, sometimes not. If not, we have a nice bunch of neighbors that will bring it to us and we do the same . . . after all, we all have a lot of practice doing that from our mail deliveries.

[MaryB]

Doing a real test of FedEx, I have 2 boxes coming from England... FedEx Express... wonder how long customs will sit on them this time??? Last package from UK sat in customs 12 weeks... but that was USPS...

[Horn Ridge]

Doing a real test of FedEx, I have 2 boxes coming from England... FedEx Express... wonder how long customs will sit on them this time??? Last package from UK sat in customs 12 weeks... but that was USPS...

I think FedEx Express has their stuff together much better than the USPS when it comes to International shipping. I've had a couple in the last few years and nothing horrible from Express.

[MaryB]

I think FedEx Express has their stuff together much better than the USPS when it comes to International shipping. I've had a couple in the last few years and nothing horrible from Express.

Hope you are right... these are delicate antenna parts I have to assemble into working antennas for my ham radio station. Lot of easily bent aluminum parts! expensive too, $1400 shipment!

[Horn Ridge]

Hope you are right... these are delicate antenna parts I have to assemble into working antennas for my ham radio station. Lot of easily bent aluminum parts! expensive too, $1400 shipment!
Since FedEx Express is more air shipments, that usually means it has fewer touches than Ground or USPS. If the shipper did a decent job prepping, I bet you’ll be fine.