Ordered something for my new computer build. Sadly, the seller used FedEx Ground to ship it. IME the absolute worst shipper in the U.S.

Was ordered on the 9th. Was originally scheduled to arrive on the 14th. Not bad. Then FedEx pushed it back to the 17th.

Ok, I can live with that. Except here's the tracking history as of today, the 15th:

Carson, CA. -> Bloomington, CA. -> Los Angeles, CA. -> Commerce, CA. -> Essex, CA. -> Flagstaff, AZ. -> Yeso, NM

$610 worth of high-performance NVMe SSD that, if they lose it, will cost me $880 to replace

I hate FedEx Ground.

Preach it, Brother.

DHL is the only one I know that's worse.

They have left two of my packages at neighbors houses and they kept them.

Now I have a game camera monitoring the street when I am expecting a package.

Not sure that'll help, 41. I've seen people report packages FedEx claimed were delivered as not delivered, with the lack of Ring or whatever activity to confirm it, and FedEx has stuck by their claim.

One time FedEx showed the customer the photo taken at delivery, the customer proved that hadn't been their porch in the background, and FedEx still argued with them.

I've two cameras that cover the entire approach to the garage, front porch, a good ways to either side, and all the way out to the street.

Traditionally FedEx Ground is the worst in my experience, too. They're always late, and that's at every level of the tracking system. I can't tell you how many times I've waited around all day for a signature required package only to not have them show up and the delivery driver lie and say that my porch was inaccessible or that they tried to deliver and nobody was home...which I know is absolute bullshit because I was here all day.

USPS has actually been pretty good for us historically, but lately there's been some debacle related to a new distribution center in Indianapolis. Everything I've ordered in the past two months has languished there for at least three or four days. Currently I'm waiting on a shipment of bullets that left Memphis on the 4th, but somehow just arrived in Indy last night. That's gotta mean it was languishing on their dock somewhere for 10 days before it got scanned in. Now I guess we get to see how long it takes for it to get processed through their center and on to our local post office. I'm not optimistic. It's so bad that a congressional delegation went and visited the center demanding answers because they're getting so many complaints from constituents about it. USPS's response? "We're working on it."

UPS has always been the best, but they are closing our local distribution center and consolidating operations to an existing center about an hour north. Supposedly our current drivers will keep their routes, which is good, but they'll have to operate out of the other location. I'm apprehensive...nothing ever goes well when you mess with a system that's already working.

For packages Fedex sucks around here. Always delivered at least a day late vs tracking and often damaged. I have had descent luck with USPS until something happened recently at our local distribution center. Stuff goes there and stop and/or disappears. My brother is awaiting a replacement ID in a package in the mail. It's been over a month and two weeks of that is related to that distribution center. I suspect we have a bunch of butt hurt lazy TDS slackers inflicting themselves on the world.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

nothing ever goes well when you mess with a system that's already working.

Fix it until it breaks.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

nothing ever goes well when you mess with a system that's already working.

Fix it until it breaks.

Exactly.

I ordered mags on Feb 24th. It shipped USPS Feb 26th from FL. It got to OH on March 2nd. It got to my post office March 3rd. Then it reappeared March 5th at another post office. It sat for days. It showed up in Indiana on March 8th. Back in OH on March 10th. Then sat in Cleveland. On March 12th, I asked the company to contact USPS because they won't talk to anyone but the shipper. On March 13th, the seller refunded my shipping fee. No other contact.
Today the mags showed up. My class ended yesterday.


Something I ordered March 3rd got shipped FedEx ground from TX. I got it March 7th. It's hit or miss.

That sucks. The only two places I order from that use FedEx are H&K and Sweetwater Music. Packages always arrive on time with tracking and sometimes early.

New! FedEx Ground2A Halt

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Essex, CA.

This is Essex.



It's a ghost town out in BFE (Mojave Desert), surrounded by fuck-all. Even the Essex Road exit on I-40 seems an unlikely place for them to have any kind of facility. The nearest town of any size is Needles.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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Essex, CA.

This is Essex.

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It's a ghost town out in BFE (Mojave Desert), surrounded by fuck-all. Even the Essex Road exit on I-40 seems an unlikely place for them to have any kind of facility. The nearest town of any size is Needles.

Dunno what to tell ya. Here's a screenshot of what their tracking claims is the progress:



Got an email this morning claiming it'd be delivered tomorrow, as re-scheduled late last week.

They best get a move on, because the rate they've been going so far suggests more likely the 21st or 22nd—if they don't manage to send it off in the wrong direction as they've been known to do on occasion.

I had one package actually make it into my state, then turn around and get sent halfway across the country to the west. I called 'em up and told 'em "I'm fed up with FedEx Ground. If you're not going to have it here by <date> you might as well just send it back now, because I won't accept the package and you can explain to the seller why not."

Apparently they figured they wouldn't make it, because it never showed up and I eventually got my purchase price refunded.

Yeso, NM

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The post office serving zip code 88136 is the only business or service in Yeso; there are also perhaps a half dozen houses.
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Yeso was laid out in 1906 when the railroad was extended to that point.[4] However, as the steam engine fell into decline, so did the community. Coupled with unsanitary drinking water, and closure of the school, the decline of the community led to its eventual abandoning in 1966, making it a ghost town.

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Elmer, MO

With a population of 51, this is the kind of place Hee Haw would "salute."

I came home last week on a rainy windy day to find my FedEx padded envelope with a $150 part in it laying out on the edge of the road. Lucky no one had driven over it. Who knew a padded envelope with almost no weight would blow away in the wind!?!

Maybe put it between the doors? Partially under that mat? Partially under one of four flower pots? Naaaah, it'll be fine.

At least your item is moving.

They are still better than the goofy bastards (and bitches, don't want to discriminate) at Palmetto, Ga. 30268 USPS.

I had a package delivered at the office. Without their picture I never would have found it. The package was hidden in the middle of a bush two doors down.

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
At least your item is moving.

Or was, anyway.

Carson, CA. -> Bloomington, CA. -> Los Angeles, CA. -> Commerce, CA. -> Essex, CA. -> Flagstaff, AZ. -> Yeso, NM -> Alva, OK. -> Elmer, MO. -> Chicago, IL. -> Toledo, OH. -> Shipment exception, weather delay -> Delivery updated, nan

Whatever the hell "nan" means

I knew it wouldn't be here today.

Yeso N.M.?

Funny, I was just thinking about that town the other day.