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Also, just today, this morning 2 UPS trucks and 1 FedEx truck just went by. I live in a tiny Town that is part of a major big city.
 
Apparently I must live in a black hole for shipping companies. It's not Amazon's fault.

I ordered something from Walmart online. The items are being shipped by FEDEX from Laurens, SC, which is 166 miles from my house. It's about a 2.5 hour drive.

It shipped Monday morning (yesterday), and is scheduled to arrive at my house Friday afternoon! Why does it take five full working days to travel 166 miles? I suspect they're sending it to Atlanta first, then sending it back to SC. It's ridiculous.
 
Reba said:
Apparently I must live in a black hole for shipping companies. It's not Amazon's fault.

I ordered something from Walmart online. The items are being shipped by FEDEX from Laurens, SC, which is 166 miles from my house. It's about a 2.5 hour drive.

It shipped Monday morning (yesterday), and is scheduled to arrive at my house Friday afternoon! Why does it take five full working days to travel 166 miles? I suspect they're sending it to Atlanta first, then sending it back to SC. It's ridiculous.
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oh my...

I'm lucky to be on major deliver route at specific hours so I get my stuff very quickly. looks like you're on "off-route" or something.... :(
 
Yesterday, UPS delivered my Pier 1 order. It was on time, so that was good. Bad news is, it was totally shattered inside the box. :( So, I had to exchange it. The exchange went fine.

Crazy!
 
Reba said:
Apparently I must live in a black hole for shipping companies. It's not Amazon's fault.

I ordered something from Walmart online. The items are being shipped by FEDEX from Laurens, SC, which is 166 miles from my house. It's about a 2.5 hour drive.

It shipped Monday morning (yesterday), and is scheduled to arrive at my house Friday afternoon! Why does it take five full working days to travel 166 miles? I suspect they're sending it to Atlanta first, then sending it back to SC. It's ridiculous.
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Some of the parcels are being sent to Post Office which means slower service. Both FedEx and UPS have contracts called "Surepost" for UPS or "Smartpost" for FedEx. When a customer opts for "Free Shipping" it's used for slower service which takes a while. I don't know if they misloaded your package to Atlanta area or what. I agree it is ridiculous, that's how the managements changes things all the time.

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Calvin said:
Some of the parcels are being sent to Post Office which means slower service. Both FedEx and UPS have contracts called "Surepost" for UPS or "Smartpost" for FedEx. When a customer opts for "Free Shipping" it's used for slower service which takes a while. I don't know if they misloaded your package to Atlanta area or what. I agree it is ridiculous, that's how the managements changes things all the time.

FedEx SmartPost® Shipping & Tracking for Low Weight Packages
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My FedEx shipment was not free shipping but I see what you mean.

I didn't expect it to arrive overnight but five days for 166 miles is crazy slow. They could have walked it here in that time.
 
Reba said:
My FedEx shipment was not free shipping but I see what you mean.

I didn't expect it to arrive overnight but five days for 166 miles is crazy slow. They could have walked it here in that time.
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Ah ok, sounds like something happened in FedEx's end. Hope you get the package sooner than five days. :)
 
Calvin said:
Ah ok, sounds like something happened in FedEx's end. Hope you get the package sooner than five days. :)
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It's nothing urgent, so I'm OK. It just seems silly. :lol:
 
Well - this wasn't an Amazon purchase, but still am a little ticked.

I ordered from Barnes & Noble. Tracking says it will be UPS and I should get it today. Seems that it went to the main Post Office sorting here in my city, to be delivered by USPS and not UPS and no, I did not get it yet. It was received at the Post Office 3 days ago.
 
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