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KC9UDX

KC9UDX

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On the 16th I purchased something rather expensive (for me) from a company in Hauppauge, NY.
On the 17th I received a sort of ambiguous email from said company.
On the 18th I received an email from USPS informing me that I had a package on the way from Hauppauge, NY. I tracked the package and the status was "delivered front door/porch." I was surprised that it should arrive already.
I expect to arrive at home and find the package waiting. Upon arrival I find no package and for some odd reason my wife is not home. So of course this is the one time I am the victim of a package thief.
But then I realised that the tracking said the package was delivered on the 17th. My wife insists that no packages arrived on the 17th.
So I'm out a substantial sum of money unless I can figure out where this package went.

Then today I get another email from the company in Hauppauge, NY, clearly stating that the item was now shipped. Later I got an email from USPS with a tracking number. The package is due to arrive Saturday. After further interrogation, I discovered that, "oh yeah..." my wife did receive a package from Hauppauge, NY on the 17th. It was a Christmas present for our son. I'd be furious, but this means my package isn't lost after all.

Then I get another email from the company in Hauppauge, NY. They discounted the shipping $30.
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USPS, Fedex and UPS are all crazy this time of year. I finally received a DHL package two weeks after it had shipped--it spend more than a week in New Jersey being bounced around between this center and that. I've seen UPS tracking show that a package from the east coast made it as far as Denver--only to be turned around and sent back to Kentucky, then make its way again to the Left Coast.
 
I've had all manner of issues with UPS and FedEx over the years. The only issues I've ever had with USPS were due to mail fraud or irresponsible packaging. So far.
 
And that's all on you. You should have realized there would be problems if NJ was somewhere between the origin and destination. When will people learn.
 
My wife ordered a couch. FedEx managed to lose the package twice already. Which is impressive given the size of a couch. My wife has cancelled the transaction. We are now waiting for a regular furniture delivery after the Holidays for this couch. Wait and see.
 
Whenever I order something from Digi-key, sometimes, my items get sent to another USPS facility that's not even close to where I live, which is weird. However, I was afraid that my packages got stolen over the years when I bought the items from eBay, Amazon, this forum, and Amibay, and package theft is still a big thing these days, especially during the holidays. Never had a package stolen, just dropped off at the wrong spot.
 
PeterNC said:
My wife ordered a couch. FedEx managed to lose the package twice already. Which is impressive given the size of a couch. My wife has cancelled the transaction. We are now waiting for a regular furniture delivery after the Holidays for this couch. Wait and see.
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wow, I wonder if it was truly lost or if someone too it home?
 
Normally, a couch weighs a ton and requires 5 people to move it, or somehow, they didn't look to see where the heck it was. I've never liked FedEx or UPS since I've heard people getting damaged items, such as computer monitors, hard drives, or any other part for a computer that broke because the delivery person just tosses them aside like a plate of potatoes. My mail carrier handles the packages I receive gently.
 
A one ton couch? Sure, they're awkward, but most can be lifted by one person. Especially the ones made these days.
 
FedEx opened a case in both instances. To no avail. Very strange. FedEx usually delivers items just fine.
 
PeterNC said:
FedEx opened a case in both instances. To no avail. Very strange. FedEx usually delivers items just fine.
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FedEx has contracted with random bozos this season.
Last mile deliveries have been taking up to 4 days this month.
The last one was just left in front of our building after hours with
no signature. Tracking is still showing it on the truck for delivery.

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My recent complaint about FedEx is I ordered something and it was supposed to have a signature required. I get home on the day
of delivery expecting to find a card saying they tried to deliver but no one was home. Nope. The packages are sitting in front
of the garage. The delivery guy changed it to NO signature required and just left it. What a bozo. What if someone had just
decided to take said packages. I'd have no proof to say I had not gotten them. I wasn't happy. Luckily they were there
when I got home.
 
I live in a pretty remote area in the hills that is mostly dirt roads. Our delivery people have a bad habit of stating "delivered" on a package tracking number. But on that day no package arrives. The next business day the package shows up. I assume they have an SLA they are fudging. USPS, Fedex, and UPS do this. Big brown has the habit of pulling the same, but instead of delivered, they put "noone available to sign" even when a signature is not needed. It gets me pretty upset when I dont get packages because they dont want to make the drive into my neck of the woods.
 
USPS Media Mail is usually a roll of the dice. Boxes go missing with that service quite frequently from my personal experience.
 
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