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So I do shipping and logistics for a living. It is true - FedEx doesn't deliver on Monday. When we asked why, their sales guy responded - very coolly - "we don
by memset 10y ago
So I do shipping and logistics for a living. It is true - FedEx doesn't deliver on Monday.
When we asked why, their sales guy responded - very coolly - "we don't deliver on Monday because the package would have already been delivered on Saturday!" It almost made sense!
So now there's the question of why there's a FedEx "home" versus "regular." The reason is because there is different pricing for the different services. If you're delivering to a commercial address, this is generally cheaper and easier, because they always have someone to pick up the package and the truck is usually making a delivery every day. With residences, they don't have that predictability.
(More information - I love this stuff - when you buy something on, say, Amazon, the final shipping price that Amazon is charged depends on commercial vs residential address, and there are extra fees for multiple delivery attempts. This is true across all couriers, except USPS.)
For comparison, USPS delivers on Saturday, and UPS will deliver on Saturday for an extra fee.
Anyway, just thought I'd add some other interesting (maybe not necessarily useful?) tidbits to your post.
- tw04 10y agoIt actually makes perfect sense, and is a really good idea. For people having packages delivered that require a signature, and can't just take the day off work, their only real option is a weekend delivery, or waiving the signature. I'd MUCH rather be able to receive a package on Saturday at the expense of Monday, and I'm guessing most of the working world would as well.
- bdcravens 10y ago> FedEx doesn't deliver on Monday Kind of implied in your comment, but to be explicit, this is only true to residences (and if you try to mis-ship a package to a residence, you'll get dinged a residential delivery surcharge)