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| Posted by: AlanScott 04:51 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "Literally" - Ann 08:51 am EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| Do you mean they always have the option to deliver the package to Kinko's instead of to the addressee and then to say they've delivered it to you? And that you've signed for it? Or do you mean that the sender has the option to say FedEx can do it? I was trying to search online about this but nothing much was coming up. Either way, it's crazy, and I'm amazed that people and companies use them. | |
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| re: "Literally" | |
| Posted by: Ann 05:10 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "Literally" - AlanScott 04:51 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| I think they do this after an attempt to deliver. But this is the first time I've had it happen, and since I've been pretty much housebound, I'm sure I was here and there was no notice that they tried to deliver. Maybe they've changed a policy. | |
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| FedEx deliveries | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:32 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "Literally" - Ann 05:10 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| I worked for a paper company as an inside salesman for 31 years and probably sent at least a dozen packages every week to customers, generally via either UPS or FedEx. Here's how it works: the sender fills out a form to be attached in a sleeve to each package and at the same time gets a tracking number for each package. The attached form indicates the type of service desired -- there are something like 10 to 15 delivery options to chose from, e.g., delivery by 10:00 AM, delivery by 5:00 PM, delivery with signature required, delivery without a signature, etc. If a signature is not required, the delivery guy is supposed to just leave the package at the door. If a signature is required and can not be obtained, the driver brings it back to his warehouse. If the sender's service option requires it, the driver must leave a notice for the recipient that the package could not be delivered and can be picked up at his warehouse. In addition after every delivery attempt (successful or otherwise), the driver records this information on his delivery device (it's like a smartphone). It was my responsibility as the sender to track each package to make sure it was successfully delivered. In general UPS and FedEx are pretty efficient and reliable -- far better than the US Postal Service, which I rarely used. I must have sent over 20,000 packages over the last 31 years -- I would guess that 95% of them were delivered without incident. Of course, there were a few times when I got a driver who was either careless or stupid. |
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| re: FedEx deliveries | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:16 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: FedEx deliveries - BroadwayTonyJ 06:32 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| It's funny but I find USPS very reliable. I know that many don't. Maybe the delivery people in my neighborhood are just very good. The one thing I've gotten annoyed about is that when you're sending something, they usually don't tell you about the media mail option, you have to know to ask about it. But in terms of deliveries, I've been happy with them. | |
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| re: "Literally" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:17 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "Literally" - Ann 05:10 pm EDT 07/16/18 | |
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| Yes, similarly, I was probably here when they supposedly tried to deliver it, and there was also no notice. This was several years ago, but I guess it's still going on. I wonder how common it is. | |
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