Efficiency in Shipping

[whitewalrus]

Mine's not as big as a table, but probably larger than most.

Isn't this what every guy says?

[whitewalrus]

Tangentially related: I order a couple of hot sauces in table sized bottles a few times a year from a company & they ship them in an 20x20" box every single time.

It's rather silly to dig through this huge box full of 'expandos' to find two cholula/tabasco sized bottles on the bottom.

Oddly they always seem to ship & track without issue.

if its a small company, may be the only size box they have to ship things.

[whitewalrus]

How do shipping companies ever make money? Here's the tracking info for an order I placed last week. It's a very large item...impossible to miss among other boxes:

I think its a case of how many packages actually get to the destination on time and correctly. I bet only a small portion gets lost, sent the wrong way, etc. Every industry makes mistakes. Just like USPS...they get plenty of things to your mailbox, but its the one time they lose something that you notice.

[Bailey Guns]

^^ No, I get that. But FedEx screws things up so often I now ask vendors not to use them and will occasionally order what I want thru another company if they tell me they ship with FedEx.

I have an occasional problem with UPS.

USPS almost never causes me grief. I always use the post office when I can. Simply because they're better. And I hate FedEx.

ETA: the on-again off-again contract driver showed up today with the package. He got stuck last night at the house on the hill above me. He said it was "too late" (8:12 pm) so he marked it delivered (he was so close to my house as he drove by his GPS-enabled handheld allowed him to). He said he went right home (50 miles away) knowing he could come back today for the delivery (another 100 mile round trip). Yeah...makes sense to me.

[ben4372]

I got a taste of the FedEx confusion today. Got a tag on door, package was estimated to be here Wednesday, tracking said it "business not open" yesterday. No tag, no video. Went to the local regular FedEx today, that I have gone to a dozen times. With tracking door tag in hand the counter guy was confused. Lots of typing and checking in the back. No luck. Finally figures it was sent "ground" and I need to find the "ground" location.

Funny thing is, he knows not where it is. Ends up searching it in his personal phone. Says iit might be on Arapahoe Road. Web tracking doesn't show where it is or where to go either. Guess I'm just gonna wait and see it it gets redelivered, or gets sent back. Maybe sender will have to figure it out. They seem to suck.

End of rant. Thanks.

[brutal]

USPS insists they will have my in transit package delivered by 8PM tonight.

Except it's already 9.

Fookin liars.

[Gman]

Still 8pm on the left coast.

[kidicarus13]

USPS insists they will have my in transit package delivered by 8PM tonight.

Except it's already 9.

Fookin liars.

Same thing happened to me yesterday. Was delivered with regular mail today at 1pm.

[brutal]

USPS is so fuckedup it's sad.

November 1, 2019, 5:20 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
DENVER CO DISTRIBUTION CENTER
Your item arrived at our USPS facility in DENVER CO DISTRIBUTION CENTER on November 1, 2019 at 5:20 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.

November 1, 2019, 4:33 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
DENVER CO NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

November 1, 2019, 2:49 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
DENVER CO NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

[buffalobo]

Package shipped FedEx, was to deliver 10/31 by 8pm. They updated about 36 hrs in advance that shipment was delayed and would deliver 11/1 by 8pm. Checked about 3pm to see that they said tried to deliver 930am, cust not avail, dropped at USPS for delivery Monday.

Amazing how FedEx driver knew I was not available yet there were no tracks from his truck on my 1/4+ mile driveway.

Pretty sure that truck was never closer than 13 miles from my house.

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