Strange Coincidence...... or...... ? - Page 2

Buick6 · 09-23-2021, 08:41 PM

I guess shipping screw ups are becoming common. I had a package delivered a few months ago that was not mine. The street was correct but the house address wasn't even close. I called UPS and told them I received someone else's package. They took my info down and said they would have the package picked up. Didn't hear anything for 3 days. I finally delivered the package myself to the correct address about a mile away. The people there said they tried to report it missing but UPS said it was delivered. I told them UPS knew where it was for the last 3 days. No one from UPS ever called me back or showed up to pick up that package.

CMcAllister · 09-23-2021, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

Probably not related, other than it's a Fedex story.

A friend in Florida has a machine shop and ordered around $150 worth of electronics a few weeks ago. It shipped Fedex and showed delivery a few days late. But he hadn't received it.

He spent way too much time arguing with Fedex but finally got them to check into it. Turns out it had been delivered a couple of blocks down the road - to a nursing home.

So he sends an employee to the nursing home to collect the package, a bit confused that they hadn't bothered to call and tell him they received his package. When asked, the people at the nursing home told him that they'd given it to his secretary when she came to get it the same day it arrived. He doesn't have a secretary.

The shipment got replaced but I don't remember if it was by the company he dealt with or if fedex handled it. Anyhow, kinda funny that a random person would know that a package got delivered to the wrong address.

Wasn't a random person. Probably working with the criminal who delivered it to the wrong place intentionally.

The holiday season hasn't even started yet. Should be interesting.

Rusty Davenport · 09-23-2021, 04:50 PM

Most of our Fed Ex people look like " Federal Escaped" prison inmates and the vehicles are worse.

Chris Hill · 09-23-2021, 05:06 PM

We ship multiple items a day from small packages to large LTL freight.

Our preference is UPS for small package. A UPS employee picks up and delivers the package.

With FedEx Ground, an independent contractor is the last mile for pickup and delivery. FedEx Ground and the independent contractors blame each other for lost packages and damages and no one will take responsibility.

We do have good success with FedEx Express for keeping their promises, especially for exports.

For LTL, we prefer FedEx Freight Priority. They are generally the best for keeping their promises. But they also have had issues recently.

Sorry about your lost converters and hopefully they show up.

L.Fite · 09-23-2021, 05:08 PM

Ordered a pair of aluminum cyl. heads and they shipped FEDX...
When I got home from work they were in the yard next to the drive way, in the rain, with EDELBROCK ALUMINUM HEAD in big red letters (you know what an Edelbrock box looks like...) just waiting for the next vagrant going down the street to pick up!
Probably would have took them directly to the scrap yard and got about 5 bucks!...
I was sort of PO'ed...
Have a friend with a business that gets stuff delivered and comes in mondays to find boxes chunked over the fence!

09-23-2021, 08:41 PM	#1
Buick6 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Florence, SC Posts: 84 Likes: 16 Liked 16 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Strange Coincidence...... or...... ? I guess shipping screw ups are becoming common. I had a package delivered a few months ago that was not mine. The street was correct but the house address wasn't even close. I called UPS and told them I received someone else's package. They took my info down and said they would have the package picked up. Didn't hear anything for 3 days. I finally delivered the package myself to the correct address about a mile away. The people there said they tried to report it missing but UPS said it was delivered. I told them UPS knew where it was for the last 3 days. No one from UPS ever called me back or showed up to pick up that package.

09-23-2021, 04:50 PM	#3
Rusty Davenport Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nashville N.C. Posts: 506 Likes: 4 Liked 101 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Strange Coincidence...... or...... ? Most of our Fed Ex people look like " Federal Escaped" prison inmates and the vehicles are worse. __________________ NHRA AND IHRA STOCK ELIMINATOR 2772

09-23-2021, 05:06 PM	#4
Chris Hill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 655 Likes: 8 Liked 244 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Strange Coincidence...... or...... ? We ship multiple items a day from small packages to large LTL freight. Our preference is UPS for small package. A UPS employee picks up and delivers the package. With FedEx Ground, an independent contractor is the last mile for pickup and delivery. FedEx Ground and the independent contractors blame each other for lost packages and damages and no one will take responsibility. We do have good success with FedEx Express for keeping their promises, especially for exports. For LTL, we prefer FedEx Freight Priority. They are generally the best for keeping their promises. But they also have had issues recently. Sorry about your lost converters and hopefully they show up. __________________ Chris Hill https://ihmusedparts.com

09-23-2021, 05:08 PM	#5
L.Fite Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 516 Likes: 550 Liked 497 Times in 243 Posts	Re: Strange Coincidence...... or...... ? Ordered a pair of aluminum cyl. heads and they shipped FEDX... When I got home from work they were in the yard next to the drive way, in the rain, with EDELBROCK ALUMINUM HEAD in big red letters (you know what an Edelbrock box looks like...) just waiting for the next vagrant going down the street to pick up! Probably would have took them directly to the scrap yard and got about 5 bucks!... I was sort of PO'ed... Have a friend with a business that gets stuff delivered and comes in mondays to find boxes chunked over the fence!