FedEx incompetence

[papaof2]

FedEx and USPS are both running on the high side of incompetent. And Chinese vendors lie a lot - the vendor listed "Air Parcel Register" with 10-15 business day delivery which they blew in the first two entries.

The FedEx Tracking "Scheduled Delivery" moved from March 26 to March 27 on Tuesday and since USPS doesn't yet have the package, it'll be Monday or Tuesday before it gets to me. Obviously, it won't get here today when the USPS hub in Atlanta doesn't yet have it and it's a day from them to out here in Hog Wallow (that's pronounced "hawg waller"). This isn't the first time a "departed FedEx location" progress note translated to "was scanned into trailer going to USPS" and the trailer sat there for three or four days.

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Scheduled delivery:
Saturday, March 27, 2021 by end of day

In transit

Departed FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST ELLENWOOD, GA


From
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA US
To
HOG WALLOW, GA US
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

11:32 PM FEDEX SMARTPOST ELLENWOOD, GA Departed FedEx location
11:09 PM Shipment information sent to U.S. Postal Service

1:30 PM FEDEX SMARTPOST ELLENWOOD, GA Arrived at FedEx location
6:04 AM ELLENWOOD, GA Arrived at FedEx location

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

7:26 PM ELLENWOOD, GA Departed FedEx location
7:31 AM ELLENWOOD, GA Arrived at FedEx location

Monday, March 22, 2021

6:05 PM ELLENWOOD, GA Arrived at FedEx location

Friday, March 19, 2021

5:29 PM BOSSIER CITY, LA In transit
5:28 AM VAN HORN, TX In transit

Thursday, March 18, 2021

10:49 AM BLOOMINGTON, CA Departed FedEx location

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

6:42 PM BLOOMINGTON, CA Arrived at FedEx location

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

8:04 PM Shipment information sent to FedEx

[papaof2]

After 8PM, FedEx finally changed "Delivery 27 March" to "No scheduled delivery date. - about time, since the package apparently hasn't left their lot in almost 72 hours.

FedEx incompetence in not having a driver to take the truck to the USPS hub?
USPS incompetence in not having a driver to go get the truck?
Both?

Maybe Tuesday for that package?

[9idrr]

Some day I'll regale you with tales about FedEx and delivery through a small town Post Office. One sees the strangest things...

[papaof2]

Small town post office? How about unincorporated area post office?

If'n you need to get in line to send somethin', ain't no telling what the folks ahead of you didn't pack well enough for sendin' and bits are hangin' outta the box ;-)

[papaof2]

The trailer from FedEx arrived at the Atlanta Regional Distribution Facility at 3:30PM today - that's just 4 days and 16 hours after it "departed" the FedEx Smart post facility (package was scanned into the trailer). That's an hour trip by road, so - other than not having drivers available - I don't have an answer on why it took 112 hours to make said trip unless it took then that long to locate a driver for a 20-mule-team to pull that load.

FedEx's estimated initial delivery date was 26 March, then 27 March and now USPS says 1 April - but I certainly won't be holding my breath...

I guess we can still call them FedEx - but now thw "Ex" stands for "Excuses for late delivery".

[9idrr]

Mar 28, 2021 22:03:09 GMT -6 papaof2 said:

Small town post office? How about unincorporated area post office?

If'n you need to get inj line to send somethin', ain't no telling what the folks ahead of you didn't pack well enough for sendin' and bits are hangin' outta the box ;-)

Yeah, I guess I could've said unincorporated area. Small enough it pretty much burnt off the map. As for packin', several folks did all the time. Most every time a local FFL came in to pick up or send off a new toy it was kinds like show-and-tell. The late Tom Miller used to send off his custom made huntin' rifles. For years he was the gunsmith for Huntington's in Oroville. After I gave him what was left of my rust bucket '71 Bronco (as a parts car for his '68) he told me I'd never have to pay for any gun work, but he'd never charged me anyway for just lookin' over any of my stuff. Good man and we miss him.

[papaof2]

It's 9 months later and now FedEx is in its usual "Don't know which way is up" mode for the holidays. I ordered some things from nuts.com for family gifts on Friday. They're based in NJ but have a warehouse in Sahannah, GA so the package got to FedEx there on Saturday afternoon.

The online tracking had "Early delivery Sunday". That didn't happen - the package did get to Ellenwood, GA (the FedEx hub for metro Atlanta) at 9:12AM Sunday, but it didn't leave there until 6:40PM Sunday - and that's on its way to the local hub nearest us. No way that will make it to me on Sunday.

Late Sunday evening, online tracking has "Delivery Monday". The detailed tracking shows the package reached the local hub at 7:32AM Monday. They load the local delivery trucks before 6AM so the package won't be here Monday. If I know that, why doesn't their computer know that?

Late Monday evening, online tracking has "Delivery pending". That much is correct. At this point, I'd accept a guess of "Delivery Tuesday" because that's now possible ;-)

I'm not in a great hurry for these things as they're for someone who probably won't be in town until the 23rd - I'd better not let FedEx know that or delivery might move to 3 January...