FedEx strikes again

[TheOldHokie]

Myersville Md is 95 miles from Mount Joy Pa. I ordered a 5" pulley with taper lock bushing for a Woods mower and two blade bolts for an RCK60 deck. Messicks had everything in stock and I was planning on catching up on the nowing today.

Do they really think this package will be delivered on time

 

[lmichael]

You might be surprised. My overall experience with both FedEx and UPS are light years better than USPS which I've completely stopped using for my shipments because they've lost, damaged or stolen so many things I can't count anymore

 

[Bee-Positive]

Good luck with that...BTDT.
Be lucky to get it before next weekend.

 

[TheOldHokie]

You might be surprised. My overall experience with both FedEx and UPS are light years better than USPS which I've completely stopped using for my shipments because they've lost, damaged or stolen so many things I can't count anymore

I will not be surprised. Parts ordered from Messicks get here one of two ways . Both are next day delivery.

1. USPS truck down Rt 15 to regional sort in Frederick Md, then truck out I70 to my local PO arriving there at 5:30 AM. Regular as clockwork and ame route J would use if driving there.
2. FedEx air frim Harrisburg PA to Dulles VA airport than back track by truck to regional sort in Hagerstown MD, and final delivery by truck from there.

This package was miss-routed in Harrisburg or Dulles and will be delayed by at least one day, probably more.

I have been shipping with USPS for 20 years, mostly Priority Mail Flat rate, and had exactly one package lost. IMO far more reliable and definitely cheaper than FedEx. UPS is more reliable as well.

Dan

 

[Speed25]

You might be surprised. My overall experience with both FedEx and UPS are light years better than USPS which I've completely stopped using for my shipments because they've lost, damaged or stolen so many things I can't count anymore

I think this is regional. Around here, USPS and UPS are pretty equal, but FedEx is where things go to die quietly in a dark corner. To their credit, they're really creative in the ways they damage packages sometimes. Most recently, they shot this chunk of metal through a new computer monitor.

 

[Trash Panda]

I will not be surprised. Parts ordered from Messicks get here one of two ways . Both are next day delivery.

1. USPS truck down Rt 15 to regional sort in Frederick Md, then truck out I70 to my local PO arriving there at 5:30 AM. Regular as clockwork and ame route J would use if driving there.
2. FedEx air frim Harrisburg PA to Dulles VA airport than back track by truck to regional sort in Hagerstown MD, and final delivery by truck from there.

This package was miss-routed in Harrisburg or Dulles and will be delayed by at least one day, probably more.

I have been shipping with USPS for 20 years, mostly Priority Mail Flat rate, and had exactly one package lost. IMO far more reliable and definitely cheaper than FedEx. UPS is more reliable as well.

Dan

I have had USPS lose or fail to deliver 16 packages since August of last year.

They are an absolute trainwreck here, run by people who are held to zero accountability for their failure to perform their duties.

 

[TheOldHokie]

You might be surprised. My overall experience with both FedEx and UPS are light years better than USPS which I've completely stopped using for my shipments because they've lost, damaged or stolen so many things I can't count anymore

Well I am surprised My package just got back here (Hagerstown airport) @ 8.56 AM and was on the truck for final delivery 30 minutes later. Guess I will be mowing this weekend.

Dan

 

[imarobot]

I've had FedEx deliver numerous packages to my neighbor's house instead of mine. My address # is 248, his is 246. I have signs on both sides of my driveway with my address #. One time my neighbor was outside when FedEx showed with a package for me. My neighbor informed him that they continuously deliver to the wrong house. He told the driver that his address is 246.
The driver responded with "No this is 248"

 

[Hugo Habicht]

It is the individual people working in those companies that are creating those problems. Therfore you cannot say "company abc is better than xyz". You can argue of course that the bad employees should be weeded out over time.

UPS in Dublin and Cork for example were great whereas Shannon messed things up on a regular basis. People within UPS knew about it but were not able to change things for a while. I do not know the reason.

 

[TheOldHokie]

You might be surprised. My overall experience with both FedEx and UPS are light years better than USPS which I've completely stopped using for my shipments because they've lost, damaged or stolen so many things I can't count anymore

Well now I am not just surprised - I am flabbergasted. The package was delivered by a young lady in a private vehicle 45 minutes after getting back to Hagerstown!!!

Dan

 

[Dustball]

PA to MD

Is using a regional package delivery company an option from Messicks?

For example, in the upper midwest, we have Spee-Dee Delivery and their rates beat the big three and they're quick.

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[TheOldHokie]

The saga continues. Pulley but no bushing in the box! Arrrg!!

 

[Trash Panda]

Well now I am not just surprised - I am flabbergasted. The package was delivered by a young lady in a private vehicle 45 minutes after getting back to Hagerstown!!!

Dan

That’s just the level of service you can expect from paying Messicks top-level shipping prices!

 

[lmichael]

The saga continues. Pulley but no bushing in the box! Arrrg!!

That is on Messick's not FedEx IMO

 

[TheOldHokie]

That is on Messick's not FedEx IMO

Of course!! The FedEx label on the box was marked IAD (International Airport Dulles). It either went sonewhere else or never got off. So that part is on FedEx. But they really did an extraordinary job of correcting it!!

 

[lmichael]

Why didn't Messick's pack it all in one container so they don't get separated?

 

[TheOldHokie]

Why didn't Messick's pack it all in one container so they don't get separated?

???? It was just one container. The taper lock bushing was never packed.

Dan

 

[lmichael]

???? It was just one container. The taper lock bushing was never packed.

Dan

If it was never packed why is that on FedEx?

 

[William1]

I've had FedEx deliver numerous packages to my neighbor's house instead of mine. My address # is 248, his is 246. I have signs on both sides of my driveway with my address #. One time my neighbor was outside when FedEx showed with a package for me. My neighbor informed him that they continuously deliver to the wrong house. He told the driver that his address is 246.
The driver responded with "No this is 248"

They blindly follow the GPS. My own street, the houses and numbers are not in sequence. When I first moved here, the GPS id'd my place as one 1/2 mile away.Fortunately, the driver do read the house numbers.
All the delivery services occasionally screw up. I've gotten used to it and instead, am amazed when on time or early.

 

[Bearcatrp]

It’s the sorry ass current workers who don’t give a dam about their jobs but want the paycheck without doing the work! Welcome to our current society that will gladly put us old timers in the ground real quick. We are doomed.