I might have settled the UPS vs FEDEX question

Gomeztool · #1 02-11-2011, 09:18 AM

Bought a PT jr from MF and a Turbo Tuner from Alpha Music. Both were shipped UPS ground

Both packages arrived in Vernon, CA @ 11:59 PM yesterday.

This morning the MF package was Out for Delivery" while the Alpha Music package was still in Vernon with the update: "Adverse Weather May Cause Delay"

It's a beautiful day here BTW.

LOL.

In retrospect I should've bought my TT from Sonic Research itself but I didn't want to give any money to CA.

tdub0199 · #2 02-11-2011, 09:21 AM

I'm confused... which package was shipped via Fed Ex and which one UPS?

chi-town_mike · #3 02-11-2011, 09:21 AM

I've seen out for delivery only to see the truck pass my house and not stop.

UPS is EVIL.

C.Linton · #4 02-11-2011, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chi-town_mike

I've seen out for delivery only to see the truck pass my house and not stop.

UPS is EVIL.

Not for me. UPS (who I deal with more than anyone else) and Fedex have both been very good to me the last ten years since I started getting stuff off the internet on a regular basis. I have had nothing but trouble from USPS the whole time though.

Gomeztool · #5 02-11-2011, 09:27 AM

Oh let me clarify that. Both packages were shipped UPS.

C.Linton · #6 02-11-2011, 09:29 AM

Hmf. That settles nothing. I'm quite sure there are many who could come up with worse stories about any one of the carriers. Like I said, I have had no problems with either UPS or fedex, and nothing but problems wwith USPS. Unless soemone has statistics to show otherwise, I'd bet that they are all pretty much the same in the long run.

tdub0199 · #7 02-11-2011, 09:30 AM

gotcha... I ordered a new head last Saturday (GK 1001RB II) and it shipped out on Monday via UPS and they have not updated their tracking info since early Tuesday Morning which pisses me off.... I have called them and they keep telling me it will deliver today... I guess we'll just have to wait & see.....

fenderhutz · #8 02-11-2011, 09:33 AM

The shipping deal was due to the bad weather. I had a processor and some hard drives for a system rebuild show up three days late due to going through an Illinois UPS hub.

Gomeztool · #9 02-11-2011, 09:38 AM

I just got off the phone with UPS. I'm not pissed off anymore than I am curious about the strange status.

Guy on the phone explained that the package is still in the last scanned location, Hodgkins , IL. He also said that due to a huge storm last week they are still catching up on shipments. Naturally I asked him then why does the web tracker app say "Last Know Location Vernon, CA"? He said that is not the "true location". I gave up after that...

BTW Major Props to Alpha Music for helping me track the package down yesterday. For some reason I did not get a tracking from them but a call and a call back from them cleared it right up.

Bassamatic · #10 02-11-2011, 09:42 AM

I find FedEx GROUND is the best deal ever - at least for shipping basses. Same reliability as regular FX with super low cost.

However, stuff I buy from Amazon, Buy,com etc. shows up nearly instantly via UPS - very fast! Competition makes them all better.

tdub0199 · #11 02-11-2011, 09:51 AM

I'm ok with it taking longer, I just wished their tracking info was a little more accurate during these times, I understand that the weather has been a issue for "in tansit" items but I don't see how that effects the way they track a package and update it on their site.........

drewfx · #12 02-11-2011, 10:08 AM

I'm at the "end-of the-day" part of the route for both Fed-Ex and UPS.

At least twice over the last year or so I've been scheduled to receive something from Fed-Ex on a particularly day. I checked the status periodically, and, suddenly late in the day the status changed from "Out for delivery" to "No answer, no one home" (or something like that). Except I was home all day on both occasions and it's not like they ever actually ring the doorbell and wait anyway...

Gomeztool · #13 02-11-2011, 10:14 AM

I normally get my packages at the end of the day also. I think they try to get the business packages delivered first. I'm fine with that because commerce has to flow.
When I am waiting for a package, I leave my front door open so the delivery person will see that someone is home. I understand that this may not be possible for some people but it works for me.

MysterMunky · #14 02-11-2011, 10:19 AM

I just received a PT-Pro board from MF via UPS and a Sunny Day Delay from american guitar and band via FedEX. I ordered the pedalboard on Friday and the delay Monday.

For UPS, I kept checking the tracking and it said Delivery Exception twice. The FedEx tracking had no issues and both arrived yesterday in great shape.

bigchiefbc · #15 02-11-2011, 11:42 AM

When receiving packages, UPS and Fedex are about the same, I have no preference. When I am the shipper, I always go for USPS unless I'm shipping something really heavy or really valuable. UPS and Fedex can't even come close to matching the speed and price of USPS priority. The amount of money USPS has saved me over the years of constant pedal buying and selling could easily pay for a lost pedal or two (even though they still haven't lost a package of mine yet).

warwick.hoy · #16 02-11-2011, 12:56 PM

FWIW Alpha is based in Virgina Beach VA and likely ships from there as well.

I have no idea where MF ships from,...my guess is they have numerous warehouses throughout the country (I could be way off base).

Alpha got it's start as a local musical instrument store (one of the best in the Hampton Roads area) but as the big box stores (now defunct M.A.R.S. music and Guitar Center) started to move in they needed to compete and added an internet store front (probably a few years after I left the area).

C.Linton · #17 02-11-2011, 01:27 PM

I'm not sure, but I believe MF's warehouse is centrally located somewhere in the middle of the continental U.S. All I know is here in S.E. Pennsylvania I usually get stuff from them on average in about 3-4 business days, even with standard shipping, whether they use USPS or UPS.

Eric! · #18 02-11-2011, 02:50 PM

USPS FTW

cybersnyder · #19 02-11-2011, 03:13 PM

I have a UPS package on its way and they updated the delivery tracking to show that it will be delivered one day early.

Robertron · #20 02-11-2011, 05:36 PM

I've hated USPS just because when ever I am scheduled to receive a package from them, and tracking the package online, I end up having to go to the USPS location and picking it up even after it says online that they tried to deliver it and left notification.

Every time they've "tried to deliver it and left notification" somebody has been home and available to answer the door and no notification is left on my door or mailbox.