Fedex has two types of delivery drivers. Contract and not contract. Both suck. My buddy is an OTR driver for them and even he says not to ship with fedex.
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Is FedEx's service as bad in your area as in mine?
- Thread starter WVaMccoy
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Too bad, my driver Stephanie will deliver to me at work or at home, she will even drop it in the shop with her own door code. My UPS guy is a little harder to deal with but a $20 fast food card sure made a big difference in his willingness to take care of me.
I do about 75% of all shopping online, I get boxes every day.
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I have always had wonderful experiences and service with Fed Ex while living in the western U.S. for 45 years. Now that I live in the southeast I would say it has been just ok and in some instances bad.
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I have recently had two FWB pistols rebuilt. Shipped out from E. Texas to central Tenn and returned by Fed ex. Last week the final one was shipped from Tenn Thursday afternoon and my wife signed for it Saturday morning. Fed Ex was the carrier. Honestly overall Fed ex service has improved over UPS in our area, giving Sat. deliveries for one thing. During the holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Years UPS really sucks. For several years I have followed tracking, out for delivery and then a notice no one home, even though package does not have to be signed for. When I shipped the last two guns out for repair, FedEx had a faster delivery date and was much lower in cost than both UPS or USPS.
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I have lived in the northern panhandle of WV for about 10 years and I order thing online frequently. I think the only trouble I have had the entire time is with FedEx. But, I think it is because they always have different drivers and they do not know where to deop off packages as ourt place is spread out. I actually had an airgun delivered by them that was supposed to be signed for that was dropped off in the wrong place, but fortunately I was able to find it after some searching. However I have a friend who has exactly the opposite where he says the FedEx drivers are the best and has never had problems with them. It seems to be location dependent. All UPS and USPS packages for me come from a Pennsylvania distribution hub and FedEx comes from an Ohio hub.
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I live out in the country (cattle and hay not rancho mini-estates) and Fedex contract drivers often don't know how to find me so its always a crap-shoot. I've had packages listed as 'delivered' that didn't show up for a couple more days...........
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I don't think it's too bad that she delivers to you at work or home! That's actually a good thing.. You got the good fedex driver!
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FedEx is absolutely awful in my area! Had a package out for delivery that needed an adult signature so I waited around. Sure enough I hear the truck coming up the street, look out my window to see him slow down in front of my house for a brief second then take off. I was like WTF? I then go on the site to check my tracking, and it says something to the effect of, undelivered as no one was home for a signature. I jumped on the phone ASAP and got the run around.
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They were my preferred carrier for years here in west central IL. I would have stuff going in and out for work all the time and they never missed a beat. But about the time the COVID pandemic hit the service went off a cliff. About the same time UPS improved their game and are now my local first choice. Apparently Fedex was making too much money and needed to give up some...
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I am in NW Ohio and here fed ex is terrible and UPS is the best. We live out of town about 8-9 miles into the country, when fedex delivers they pull into the drive, open the door and toss the packages out onto my gravel drive then off they go, rain or shine !! When called, there only response is....we will talk to your driver !! Dragged many sopping wet packages into the house...
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FedEx has been the best for me for many years in terms of on-time deliveries and the least amount of damage. Both sending and receiving. That said, they are almost invariably the most expensive so I don't use them much on the personal side when I am paying the bills. UPS is by far the cheapest when sending large/bulky/heavy items such as airguns. But it is shocking what they can do to a box even on a short route so things going UPS need to be well padded. USPS is kind of in the middle for me, but they are by far the cheapest for smaller, light-weight items under 2 pounds shipping to CONUS. All of this is considering commercial rates, not retail. And it obviously varies quite a bit by region. Just my experiences.
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Yes , The local fed ex drivers whomp big buggers where I am lol. The are the contracted ones haha. 
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FED EX SUCKS PERIOD. Used to have a couple regular good drivers now they all suck and Im being nice
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I call USPS the "value shipper" - you pay for two day shipping, and the other five days it takes to arrive are yours for free!!!
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My delivery was on time but,,, the package was pretty beat up, there was no care for the package at all!
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