Rant on shipping
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I confess that I'm a little nervous about the baby chicks I ordered. The earliest shipping date I could get was June 30... I just read that USPS is going to be slowing down shipping next month and the day before a holiday doesn't count as a shipping day.
The only reason I placed the order is because I had a credit there from last time, when my entire order arrived dead from the heat. Meanwhile I am still trying to find out what is going on with the house plans I ordered, which was supposed to arrive 2 weeks ago but is still "In transit, running late."
The only reason I placed the order is because I had a credit there from last time, when my entire order arrived dead from the heat. Meanwhile I am still trying to find out what is going on with the house plans I ordered, which was supposed to arrive 2 weeks ago but is still "In transit, running late."
This won't be a popular solution; yet they could make a dent in that by charging an annual fee for rural mailboxes. I find it odd that I pay 120$/year for a PO box, yet there is a rural box at the end of the PO parking lot which they get free delivery.
LouNY
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Do you know what the original RFD stood for?
Rural Free Delivery.
Rural Free Delivery.
Yes, I know. We were on RFD 3, but that was a long time ago. Times change, and privatizing it will just make it worse.
Also likely more expensive.
Also, I don't need mail delivered on Saturday. Every few years the Post Office sends out a questionnaire about this. When I ask our local mail delivery person why our delivery is free they say it is because they can't guarantee the security of our mail at a rural box.
Here's another... Fedex again, of course.
I finally found a turntable I like on Ebay and placed the order. Today I recieved a notice it was delivered but where? It was nowhere at my house; nor did I recognize the picture of an outhouse with a blurry map. I sent it to a couple of friends, one suggested the map might show a lake about 40 miles away. I was trying to communicate with the AI on Fedex: an exercise in uselessness itself: when the phone rang. My friend was right; the package was delivered about 30 miles from here. Apparently it's common for them to drop it there, and the home owner takes it upon himself to do Fedex's job.
I finally found a turntable I like on Ebay and placed the order. Today I recieved a notice it was delivered but where? It was nowhere at my house; nor did I recognize the picture of an outhouse with a blurry map. I sent it to a couple of friends, one suggested the map might show a lake about 40 miles away. I was trying to communicate with the AI on Fedex: an exercise in uselessness itself: when the phone rang. My friend was right; the package was delivered about 30 miles from here. Apparently it's common for them to drop it there, and the home owner takes it upon himself to do Fedex's job.
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I'm glad the subcontractor for Fed-Ex we know not only the fleet owner but the local drivers as well and they all get or stuff delivered. Maybe banged around a bit but delivered anyway. Just got a 5 gallon pail of 5-40 Rotella T6 and of all things it came in a cardboard box and was on it's side on the back deck (we have a sign out front 'all deliveries on the back deck' so they all comply but the pail in the box arrived upside down and leaked a bit. Not enough to complain but it did leak. If it was shipped as the pail should have been and not in a box, I bet it wouldn't have leaked at all. 5 gallon pails aren't meant to be upside down.
NoTrespassing
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I would tip the Good Samaritan a fin.
JPRambo
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On May 8 I ordered 3 small engine parts. I also paid for 2 day shipping. Thinking i could receive them Saturday or Monday. Tuesday night I still didn't have them, I emailed the company 'where are my parts'. This morning Wednesday, email from them 'third parts is on 1-2 week back order - do you want us to split order?.
Yes, Why not email me to tell me this when you know it's on back order and I payed for 2nd day shipping.
Yes, Why not email me to tell me this when you know it's on back order and I payed for 2nd day shipping.