My recent experiences w/ DHL have been nothing short of stellar. The communication is timely & detailed, their own self imposed estimates are usually longer than actual delivery. Very impressed.
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buldog5151bass
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Any of you who think they can do it better, start your own delivery service. You'll be rich...
I work weekly rotating 7 days shifts working 8-16 hours a day at a glass container manufacturing plant. I have to deal with dangerous packing machinery, hundreds of thousand of HOT 200+ degree bottles wizzing by, broken glass shards waiting to poke through my boots at any moment, no ventilation, no air conditioning or fans during the summer and no heaters during the winters, risking silicosis because of the fine glass and dust particles that no matter how much you clean do not disappear…
Yes I get paid well but it’s a hard job. Cut food container factory workers some slack.
Have him come spend a month with me walking 18-22,000 steps with 20+ flights of stairs and shoveling 1000+lbs of glass EVERY DAY and switch shifts each week. Sorry dude, but delivery drivers get NO sympathy from me.
there are ways to do it better, and they much more expensive as one demands quicker service!
i hear ya about the anecdotal shipper 'vent' threads. it will rise from weekly to daily for the next couple of months, i reckon.
Must be a driver thing. FeEx to my place is seamless, painless, on time, and intact.
UPS OTOH can’t manage but one in three to the correct address and their last lucky guess was left mutilated in a ditch out by the highway. The time before that my package was over 15 miles away and all but one item had fallen out of the big hole they punched in the bottom of the box. The only reason I know this is the nice lady who got my package found my number on the box and called me to come get it.
My guess is that I have received over one hundred packages shipped via Fed-x and every one of them has arrived undamaged and on time.
Am I just super lucky or is my experience typical of what usually happens?
Am I just super lucky or is my experience typical of what usually happens?
On the hole, I believe it's the proctologist who says it best...
"Meh, it's a living."
"Meh, it's a living."
No need to make more threads about this. These guys and gals are working their butts off especially this time of year and it’s only getting tougher. Cut them some slack? Same with the people working retail, at least they showed up for work.
Complacency with mediocrity is dangerous.
All of the complainers have no hint of a clue what it takes to deliver million of packages across the country every day.
My experience also - most of my packages with FedEx (sent or received) arrive early or on time. Rarely have a problem with FedEx, but do all the time with UPS. I guess different regions have different track records.
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From that description of your workplace, it sounds like someone really needs to call OSHA.
Bought a Stingray Classic via the TB classifieds last weekend... says it was delivered to my “front door” Thursday with no sign of the package... began a claim with UPS and the status is that the package is currently lost and they are searching for it....
In October I ordered a cable from Rattlesnake in Montana. I placed the order online Saturday about 4:30PM central time. It was in my mail locker in Austin on Monday. Made to order. USPS 1,600 miles. From 2:30 pacific time Saturday he made and packaged the made-to-order item and somehow from Saturday to Monday, really Sunday night it traveled 1,600 miles. I am still not sure how. Time travel? So shout out to whoever made that happen.
They want to deliver to the middle of our lake, since that's where their GPS indicates where our address is located!
The barrier to entry is pretty high.
Amazon did their own delivery service. I’d rank it above FedEx Home Delivery.
“Real” FedEx is better than FedEx Home Delivery (used to be called FedEx Ground). While FedEx may be making money as a result of buying the operation that is now known as FedEx Home Delivery, it does end up damaging their brand name.
I experienced the same with USPS! I started the claim process and found out the driver was tired and it was late, so she just lied about the delivery, took my package home with her to deliver it the next day.
Now, I beginning to see personal, unmarked vehicles packed with packages to be delivered.
