I got Fedex SNIPED (Formerly make the beast with two backs FEDEX)

[wbeck257]

It's weird when people want to privatize government services, they point at fedex as the positive model of what privatization could provide.

lol -- the USPS does do stupid shit too. i ordered a bottom end off an RD350 and the guy shipped one box. i got two boxes with a note on one saying sorry your package came open but we boxed up what came out into a seperate box.

i now have an rd350 bottom end.
and 24 lenox porcelian miniture spice houses with no addresses on the box.

i called the usps and since there isn't anywhere to send it they said, "early christmas for you i guess.."
someone is out some spice houses now..

[Speeddog]

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and 24 lenox porcelian miniture spice houses with no addresses on the box.

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Damn! Those are MINE! 

  J K

I don't even know what spice houses are. 

Anyway, I've found delivery quality is most dependent on the driver.
Regular drivers tend to be a lot better than the substitutes.
I've had good and bad experiences with most all delivery methods. 

[angler]

It's weird when people want to privatize government services, they point at fedex as the positive model of what privatization could provide.

That's hilarious.  Privatize everything as far as I'm concerned.  

I send all outbound on private shippers, usually UPS.  Why?  I can't get any thing that resembles decent service at DC metro USPS.  The lines are always a mile long, there are no forms and the counter people are some of the most rude people ever. There is never any line at my UPS store, the guy is friendly and goes out of his way to help.  

Inbound I definitely avoid USPS.  Why?  If it is not junk mail or a bill it has been opened.  Not occasionally - EVERY TIME.  Freakin' thieves!  I got a box from my mom the other day and it had totally been pilfered.  Try complaining my USPS stepfather says - see the previous comment about service.  I actually got laughed out of the USPS office the first time I tried to lodge a complaint.

Don't even get me started with mis-delivered mail.

[NAKID]

Maybe you should move. My USPS guy is about 60 and is very consistent...

[angler]

Maybe you should move. My USPS guy is about 60 and is very consistent...

I think you are right!  My delivery guy is friendly enough and I think the pilfering occurs upstream of delivery. 

[stateprez]

I used to do commercial account sales for DHL.  We had special laptop boxes for repairs going back to Dell, etc.  They should have taken the regular box and put a "steal me" sticker on it.

[herm]

Part of it has to do with their job. Do you guys get paid for delierying all your items? Or do you get paid until a certain time? It was 6pm, im sure the guy didnt give a make the beast with two backs and wanted to get home.

be fair now...
how many people you know are going to work on their own time (assuming they are allowed to) if they dont have to?

not many.

[Grampa]

I don't even know what spice houses are. 

uh hello..... it's where the spice girls live....zig'a zig ah

[zarn02]

I don't get much from FedEx, but when I do they've been okay.

The new UPS guy isn't as great as the old guy who would just set the package inside the door if you weren't around at the moment (small town!), but he's getting better.

By and large, I've had better luck than getting things done with USPS.

[darkduc7]

fedex has always been great for me...heman, you should move also, see related thread that follows this one perfectly....

now, on the other hand, ups sucks my asssss. i recently shipped a ducati motor via ups and they lost it. yeah, they make the beast with two backsing LOST MY MOTOR.  how do you lose a 150lb package that has a cylinder sticking out of the top of the crate?? i know one thing, at least two people know where that dang motor is, cause two people lifted it somewhere.  they then proceeded to jerk me around for 3 weeks about if they were going to reimburse me for it. wtf?? i even had the package insured.

[ducatiz]

my ups guy is great.  i get ammo shipments occasionally, and he is very cool about having to pallet jack 200 lbs of ammo down my driveway.  of course, i tip for that.  i told him to call me when he sees one of those and if i'm not home he can deliver later. 

[redxblack]

I should recant that. I've really only heard Obama, Erik Prince (CEO of Blackwater/Xe) and occasional fox news pundits using Fed Ex as a model.

As far as the pilfering, SERIOUSLY, contact the local postal inspectors. USPS takes theft REALLY SERIOUSLY if they're aware of it. I had a great uncle who was a chief postal inspector. He was the Eliot Ness of pilfered packages.

[somegirl]

The fedex and UPS drivers here have been fine since we've moved here, but Watson and Grover are disappointed that they don't carry dog biscuits like our previous UPS driver.

[hbliam]

I used to do commercial account sales for DHL.  We had special laptop boxes for repairs going back to Dell, etc.  They should have taken the regular box and put a "steal me" sticker on it.

That was the norm for DHL. We had a hub in the City I patrol. Let's just say that no cops use DHL.

[He Man]

be fair now...
how many people you know are going to work on their own time (assuming they are allowed to) if they dont have to?

not many.

Do they work on thier own time though?  FWIW, UPS drivers in my area have delivered stuff up at 9pm. USPS stops at 4pm and Fedex can occur at any moment in time. It almost seems like thye dont have a set schedule and just need to make a certain number of hours a week.