Fedex loses my ammo

[waterhouse]

It wasn't delivered by a fedex truck, but buy a Budget Rental truck, so it seems they are using some shoddy third party transporter

I don't take this as a sign of shoddiness, but instead the adaptability necessary to run a business. In order to keep costs down and profits high, I'm guessing they have just about the right number of trucks in service for each area for most times.

During peak shipping times, or if a few trucks happen to break down at the same time, they probably have a plan in place to rent trucks.

I prefer them, and hate having "signature required" fiascos by FedEx

Keep in mind, this is not FedEx's fault. Whoever shipped you the package required FedEx to get that signature. When FedEx accepted the box and the money to ship it, they basically took it under a contract that they would not deliver unless they had a signature. The same thing happens with signature required boxes from UPS, or DHL, or even the USPS. If you know your driver well, and you have a safe place to leave it, this can sometimes be avoided.

As you can tell from reading this thread, you can't please everyone. Some people can't be at home, and hate that they have to go through a hassle to sign for packages. Others can't believe that the shipping company would leave something on the doorstep without a signature. In either case, the shipping company is doing exactly what they were paid to do by the person who shipped the package. There are sections on all of the shipping forms where you get to pick things like "OK to leave at door" or "Adult signature required."

Now, if you had a gun that required an Adult Signature, and they left it on the doorstep and it was stolen, then you would have a great complaint. But if the shipping company follows the instructions of the shipper, I don't see how people are blaming the shipping company.

I had a fedex driver kick my dog. I showed a lot of restraint that day.

Out of curiosity, how did the driver get near your dog?


I don't work for any shipping company, but ship and receive a lot from just about all of them, and in general I'm fairly happy with all of them.

 

[tuckerdog1]

About the rental truck, Waterhouse is correct. If a high number of vehicles are out for repair, rentals are used.

And as to signature vs no signature, in most cases, it's a shipper's request. Some items, such as firearms or alcohol, an adult signature is required always. Now if something does not require a signature, and the shipper requests it be left without one, FedEx Express still requires the driver to use a little common sense. The shipper may have no idea what the recipient's location might be like. If it's a place where the package is likely to be stolen, or if there is no shelter from the elements, and it's raining hard, the driver has the option to NOT leave it for those reasons. If they do leave it, even by shipper's request, call & complain.

Tuckerdog1

 

[Antipasta]

Hmmm. I was recently surprised to get a call at work on my cell phone from the fedex driver that was trying to deliver a case of CMP ammo to my house. He left it at back door as I requested. I'm still trying to figure how he got my number. I can't complain about this guy!

 

[bogie]

I make cookies for my USPS, my UPS, and my Fedex guy... I don't use DHL enough to do cookies for those guys.

 

[peyton]

Waterhouse, I sent you a PM.
Now to the matter. After several attempts to deliever items to our house I gave up and pick up things at the FEDEX facility. Gave me an excuse to leave work early plus our company always seemed to have items stacked up as well. So it was a twofer.

 

[jaytex1969]

My first few ammo deliveries required signatures, but more recently, I've found two ammo drops and an antique Finnish M39 (from gunsnammo) waiting on the front porch when I got home.

I am torn on the matter. It's nice to not have to drive to a depot to sign and retrieve packages, but I could not believe it when I saw that rifle box standing in the open. Fortunately, although where I live is thought of as the "less desirable" part of town, in ten years, I've never had any problems.

 

[mrmeval]

Antipasta, there's a place on the shipping form for for the senders phone number. I'm not sure if that's stored electronic, it's on the label or the driver has another way of getting it. It's saved me a lot of problems in the past.

 

[Antipasta]

I think you're right, Mrmeval. Maybe I should leave him some cookies the next time.