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Old 09-29-2010, 01:18 AM   #1
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Default Dam Joo Fedex!

Seriously I hate fedex. I went on a little shopping spree this week and bought some bike parts and a textile suit. Bike parts shipped via fedex from WV have a delivery date of 5 Oct, The suit shipped via UPS from WY has a delivery date of 29 Sep. Both orders were placed within an hour of each other, both were for ground shipping.

How in the hell is fedex 5 days slower in less than 1/2 the distance?
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Old 09-29-2010, 01:54 AM   #2
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Old 09-29-2010, 05:55 AM   #3
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All packages must be blessed by the fedex pope

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Old 09-29-2010, 08:46 AM   #4
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All packages must be blessed by the fedex pope

But even he can't make shit take 5 days
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Honestly, I usually have the opposite experience. Fedex has never lost one of my packages, abd they always beat their "estimated delivery date". UPS I've had a few issues with, and USPS is the bane of my fucking existance.
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I've never had an issue with either of them. Both seem to be about the same shipping time for me. Though, I prefer USPS Priority mail. It's the fastest, and usually the cheapest.
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:10 AM   #7
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I've never had an issue with either of them. Both seem to be about the same shipping time for me. Though, I prefer USPS Priority mail. It's the fastest, and usually the cheapest.
This has been my experience as well.
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Old 09-29-2010, 11:11 AM   #8
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I've never had an issue with either of them. Both seem to be about the same shipping time for me. Though, I prefer USPS Priority mail. It's the fastest, and usually the cheapest.
Yup.
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Old 09-29-2010, 03:27 PM   #9
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Honestly, I usually have the opposite experience. Fedex has never lost one of my packages, abd they always beat their "estimated delivery date". UPS I've had a few issues with, and USPS is the bane of my fucking existance.
Agreed. I've always had good experiences with both UPS and Fedex.

USPS has been okay but when I had some EMT pants that I needed in Savannah pronto it not only took the company a bagillion years to get the shit, it took forever for USPS to get it shipped. The package went all around the US except for Savannah despite it made a pass by Savannah from Jacksonville despite again that it came from Ohio (or Michigan, I can't remember).

UPS FTW!!!
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Old 09-30-2010, 01:42 AM   #10
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I think UPS might be loosing ground, just looked at the tracking and saw this


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Location Date Local Time DescriptionWhat's This?
KANSAS CITY, KS, US 09/29/2010 11:00 P.M. MECHANICAL FAILURE OCCURRED
LENEXA, KS, US 09/29/2010 4:43 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
LENEXA, KS, US 09/28/2010 11:03 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
KANSAS CITY, KS, US 09/28/2010 10:36 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
09/28/2010 6:11 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
US 09/28/2010 6:01 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
Mechanical failure occured? WTF? Truck broke down?
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