FedEx screws up ammo shipment!

UPS, FedEx are like the Airlines and cell phone carriers. They ALL Suck! You just have to find the one that sucks the least for you.

"Yeah! Ha ha! Just what I need...a gun and some ammo! Thank you, Mr. Parker and Mr. Lester"

I know a guy who used to work for Fed-up-X and he forged a customer's signature and was fired. This driver may be handed his pink slip too?

You guys may want to consider it from the driver's point. He has to clean deliver everything out of the truck before the comes home, even if he has to drive until midnight. If it isn't delivered that day, it just adds to the load next day.

You guys thaI called FedEx to find out who signed for the package, I was told my name. Little problem with that - I was at work at the time.

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You guys that are bitching about "signature required".....what do you suggest he do? Chase you down at work? Sit on your porch and wait for half a day until you decide to saunter in?

So instead of not delivering the package if he could not obtain a signature which would have been the appropriate thing to do, the driver forged my name and tossed a box of ammo over the fence into the yard.

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You have a mean dog in your yard to keep people out, then bitch because someone doesn't come in. You need to get pissed at your worthless mutt instead of the driver.

They have a thing called a "route". They may have to cover a whole county or better. Sorry they can't drive an extra 40 miles out of their way to fit your schedule. Maybe you should drive to the UPS warehouse and wait for the driver to get back at maybe 7 or 8 at night. After all, you expect him to chase you down.

Some of you guys are a piece of freaking work. The whole world doesn't revolve around you.

Edit to add...I get a LOT of stuff FedEx, UPS, and Parcel Post. The FedEx driver is the same one that's been here 25 years. He has a key to my locked garage. Parcel Post and FedEx get put on my back porch under cover. I go out of my way to be nice to the drivers. They go out of their way to be nice to me.

Redneck - you're joking, right?
A company contracts to get a signature, they need to get a signature. A company has unreasonable expectations for the driver, or doesn't compensate well enough - the driver needs to get a new job. A driver refusing to do his job is no different than a fast food worker peeing in your pizza sauce because he is underpaid and overworked - either do your job well or quit. Nobody is forcing him to work.

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Why doesn't FedEx ever deliver somebody else's guns or ammo to me by mistake? Life is so unfair.

FedEx screws up ammo shipment!!!

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Technically, the dog screwed up the ammo shipment. Fed Ex did get it to the right house, and you chose to have the dog bar him from getting to the door. I know, your dog is a pussycat, that's what all owners say right before "Killer" takes a chunk out of someone.
He should have taken the package back, but why blow this out of proportion? Seems to me, you are more at fault than he is.

I wonder if you dog swallowed any of them...

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No need to worry... if your dog's name is "HiCap".

you chose to have the dog bar him from getting to the door

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Not that I've seen so far described.

On the other hand, the driver CHOSE to FORGE somebody else's signature. If he couldn't make the delivery he should have brought the goods back and said so.

Sorry you have a bad dog I use a shipping center that is open 7-7 and till 2 on Sat afternoon. It cost me 1 dollar to pick it up. The family that owns and runs it are very pro-gun and take care of me and all the local gun shop customers. Too many teens roaming the streets before I get off from work to leave packages at the house.

Not to be overlooked here, is that the Fed Ex driver FORGED your signature.

Is that not a crime???

Hopefully the insurance for fedup will cover the cost of replacement with out returning what you have laying around the yard.

guns and more- "Technically, the dog screwed up the ammo shipment. Fed Ex did get it to the right house, and you chose to have the dog bar him from getting to the door. I know, your dog is a pussycat, that's what all owners say right before "Killer" takes a chunk out of someone.
He should have taken the package back, but why blow this out of proportion? Seems to me, you are more at fault than he is."

Just because their was a dog in the yard did not give the drive the right to forge a signature and just toss the package in the yard. He couldve just brought it back another time. Last time I checked its not illegal to let your dog run around the yard so for those of you who are saying its the op's fault for leaving the dog in the yard or that it was all the dogs fault need to lighten up.

redneck2- "They have a thing called a "route". They may have to cover a whole county or better. Sorry they can't drive an extra 40 miles out of their way to fit your schedule. Maybe you should drive to the UPS warehouse and wait for the driver to get back at maybe 7 or 8 at night. After all, you expect him to chase you down."

So in your mind we should put off our lives so for the delivery driver. We cant plan our lives around the fedex drivers schedule no more then he can plan his route around our daily schedule. What the driver did was plain wrong. At a minimum the driver should be reprimanded and the damages to the package should be paid for.

I have had good luck with all carriers at work (restaurant items) and at home fortunately. There are some late deliveries, but eventually i got it. But hey, nobody is perfect.

But yea, the driver should bring the package back if he can't obtain the addressee's (sp) signature instead of forging it. I would report it. Good thing it's still in your porch. What if some kid saw that unattended package and picked it up, the driver didn't know your wife is at home.

Anyway i used to work with a guy who hangs out a lot with a UPS guy. He said this UPS guy would meet up with him and he would pay 100 bux and he could choose any 1 box from the UPS truck. Just wow......

Well I worked for the USPS part time in college, If I couldn't deliver a package because it was unsafe to do so, like a dog in the way I'd just take it back to the post office. There should be no excuse for forging signatures however!
Oh and often the mailboxes, especially on older homes in city, have slots that are to small to even put a magazine through. The carrier either then has to take a lot of mail back or cram it in, most choose the latter from my experience.
If you often order ammo or firearms, please get a "mail receptacle" large enough for the packages, or they'll often end up on the ground if signatures aren't required.

If you think FedEx mis-delivering a few pistols is something terrible, guess again! I had shipped a biohazard shipment to the CDC, FedEx misdelivered to another business. Needless to say if anyone had opened the packaging they would have been in some serious trouble, as the material in that shipment was highly infectious.

So in your mind we should put off our lives so for the delivery driver. We can't plan our lives around the FedEx drivers schedule no more then he can plan his route around our daily schedule. What the driver did was plain wrong. At a minimum the driver should be reprimanded and the damages to the package should be paid for.

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You are expecting the driver to put off his life for yours. What the hell is he supposed to do? Sit on your steps and wait for you?

Sorry you have a bad dog I use a shipping center that is open 7-7 and till 2 on Sat afternoon. It cost me 1 dollar to pick it up. The family that owns and runs it are very pro-gun and take care of me and all the local gun shop customers. Too many teens roaming the streets before I get off from work to leave packages at the house.

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Just do like this guy says. For the love of God, just make other arrangements. They have a lot more than your one precious package to deliver every day. If my wife is getting something that needs a signature, she has it delivered to her office. You could have it delivered to one of the FedEx or UPS shipping centers and pay the whopping $1 to have them get a signature.

You bitch if they leave it. You bitch if they take it back. You bitch if you have to be at home. You have a dog to keep people out of your yard, then bitch when they don't come in.

The longer I live, the more stupid people seem to get.

You guys may want to consider it from the driver's point. He has to clean deliver everything out of the truck before the comes home, even if he has to drive until midnight. If it isn't delivered that day, it just adds to the load next day.

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I drive a truck for a living. Use to drive over the road. I know what it feels like to be delayed and get home late.

You guys that are bitching about "signature required".....what do you suggest he do? Chase you down at work? Sit on your porch and wait for half a day until you decide to saunter in?

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I dont believe anyone said they expected the driver to "chase them down" or "sit on the porch". If it says signature required then thats what it means! It does not mean to forge the customers signature, it means to obtain the customers signature. If that cant be done then it goes back in the truck.

You have a mean dog in your yard to keep people out, then bitch because someone doesn't come in. You need to get pissed at your worthless mutt instead of the driver.

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Who said that he has a "mean" dog??? I have a dog and if my dog is barking then she is doing her job telling me that someone is here. Plan and simple. Calling the OP dog a worthless mutt is uncalled for.

They have a thing called a "route". They may have to cover a whole county or better. Sorry they can't drive an extra 40 miles out of their way to fit your schedule. Maybe you should drive to the UPS warehouse and wait for the driver to get back at maybe 7 or 8 at night. After all, you expect him to chase you down.

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Once again I dont recall anyone stating that they wanted the driver to chase them down and if the package cant be deliver due to not being able to obtain a signature because the customer works then maybe the customer should pickup the package. I do it all the time if I miss the driver.

Some of you guys are a piece of freaking work.

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I agree with this statement as I believe that you fall into this catagory sir.

The bottom line is that these companies have policies and procedures that need to be followed. If the driver would have followed these procedures then their would have been no box for the dog to chew up. Last time I checked it is illegal to forge someones name and it is not acceptible...period. My job as a driver is to deliver whatever I am hauling at the time. If it can not be delievered then some sort of LEGAL and SAFE arrangement is made. I believe these drivers are paid by the hour. If they have to stay late or carry over a few packages the next day then it boils down to overtime and job security, which is something that alot of people dont have now. As a customer I pay for a service and I expect for the individuals providing that service to do so in a professional and courteous manner.

To the OP, I am sorry to hear this happened and am glad to hear that your dog is ok.

I've experienced:

The package left in the yard with the dog chewing it up.

The gun left on the porch.

Package delivered to the wrong address and the neighbor tried to keep it.

guns and more- "Technically, the dog screwed up the ammo shipment. Fed Ex did get it to the right house, and you chose to have the dog bar him from getting to the door. I know, your dog is a pussycat, that's what all owners say right before "Killer" takes a chunk out of someone.
He should have taken the package back, but why blow this out of proportion? Seems to me, you are more at fault than he is."

Just because their was a dog in the yard did not give the drive the right to forge a signature and just toss the package in the yard. He couldve just brought it back another time.

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Isn't that what I said? He was wrong, but having a dog in the yard was also wrong. It was the dog who prevented the package from being delivered, Fed Ex took it to the right place.
What was he to do? (other than take it back) Say, "nice doggie" and walk in? Too many delivery men have been down that road before. I don't blame them for not entering the yard.
Yes, the Fed Ex guy was wrong, so was the poster, and if the dog didn't chew the package, no harm, no foul.
I vote dog: 50% wrong, Homeowner: 25% wrong, Fed-Ex: 25% wrong. Since the homeowner owns the dog and let him out, knowing he ate cardboard, that makes him 75% wrong.
Case closed!

Your signature was forged-- Have the Moron fired.

This country is lost. A person is WRONG for owning a dog (puppy) who barks? He is WRONG for keeping it in his own yard???
He is WRONG for paying MORE to get a customer signature before package is left?
Fedex/UPS on first time they wonder if my dog is a "danger" I introduce them to him (he will bark/carry on but not bite UNLESS my family is worked up) (they pick up very well on that) (Ok thats my belief that he would bite then)
They are told where to place packages if nobody home. They can turn the garage lock knob when they leave.

I vote dog: 50% wrong, Homeowner: 25% wrong, Fed-Ex: 25% wrong. Since the homeowner owns the dog and let him out, knowing he ate cardboard, that makes him 75% wrong.

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What is Fedex suppose to do when they can not obtain a signature??? I believe they put it back on the truck. The Driver forged the customers signature and then left the package in the front yard. 100% Fedex drivers fault!!! The package should have never been there for the dog to chew. What is so hard to understand about that?

This is a prime example of someone not doing their job when there are plenty of hard working competent people out of work right now. How do you think we are here right now. The wrong people for the wrong job.

I had a really interesting shipping faux-pas (UPS though). I had a stripped lower shipped to my FFL. I checked the tracking number and saw that it had been received. I called the FFL and they told me it was never received. After several days of phone calls and emails, I found that it had been shipped to the mailing address of the FFL holder (his home) instead of the business address.

What had happened was that the driver signed for it and put it in his back yard... where it sat for over a week. Just to sharpen the point- that is the piece that is the firearm according to the BATFE, and it sat in somebody's yard for a week.