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The only problem I have with FedEx is that they routinely bait and switch me with delivery dates. Something will ship on Wednesday. I'll check the tracking on Thursday and it will say that it's coming Tuesday. Cool. On Sunday, they'll email me and say the package is going to be delivered on Monday. Then Monday comes and goes and the package is never on the truck for delivery and then they'll say it's delayed and coming Tuesday. Like why are you making yourself look bad? Don't tell me it's coming a day early just to then fuck that up. You're going out of your way to piss me off at that point.
UPS on the other hand will just tell me a package is coming on Tuesday and low and behold, there it is on the delivery truck on Tuesday.
My favorite is when it actually says "out for delivery" on the day it's supposed to arrive, never shows up, then changes to "could not be delivered" after not showing up.
I called FedEx last time this happened because the delivery was a firearm, and I needed to know what's happened. The person said it was loaded on a truck that morning, which triggered the status change to "out for delivery", but they didn't actually have anyone scheduled to drive the truck that day so it never even left the lot. It did arrive the next day, but I learned to not even trust "out for delivery" from them.
Awesome system, guys.
I actually ordered an adjustable/standing desk. They shipped via FedEx on the 21st and FedEx emailed me saying it was coming today. Did it show up? Nope. Never even moved from the initial location. Now they emailed me that it's coming tomorrow. It might, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Honestly I hope it doesn't come because it's only the top of the desk and not the adjustable base so I'm going to have a 48" x 24" table top just sitting around without the base.