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I've never found FedEx to be as good to my door as UPS, but I lament what has happened to Amazon shipping. Where professionals used to deliver my packets, now

I've never found FedEx to be as good to my door as UPS, but I lament what has happened to Amazon shipping. Where professionals used to deliver my packets, now amateurs show up in SUVs or rented box trucks. They leave the packages exposed to passers-by. They get their stupid trucks stuck in my driveway, ripping up the yard in the process. They lose packages in transit. Free one-day shipping with prime isn't worth this hassle.

Twirrim 7y ago
I live on a private street. Amazon's "Amateur Delivery Drivers as a Service" routinely fails to find the private street, resulting in delays on packages arriving, and on numerous occasions, I have to go walk down to the end of my street to get the package from their driver.
- aianus 7y ago
  As a counter-anecdote, Canada Post and UPS don't even try to deliver my packages to my apartment door but the Amazon guy gets it right every time.
  - metalliqaz 7y ago
    Where do they deliver it instead?
    - aianus 7y ago
      To a post office ~2km from my home. I drive there and pick it up with my driver's license.
profmonocle 7y ago
Amazon's delivery service is a nightmare if you have an even remotely unusual situation. Packages to my apartment are supposed to go to the main office a block away, since there's no way for delivery drivers to get into the building. UPS, USPS, and FedEx are all aware of this and get it right every time. Amazon's drivers have never gotten it right. They either mark it as undeliverable or worse, leave the package right outside the entrance, on a busy street. I contacted them several times but it didn't help, so I gave up and started having my orders shipped to work. (They're not great there either - it's a coin toss whether they'll actually bring the package to our suite or leave it in the lobby.) There's a real benefit to having regular drivers with regular routes - the drivers eventually learn these types of quirks.

Twirrim 7y ago

I live on a private street. Amazon's "Amateur Delivery Drivers as a Service" routinely fails to find the private street, resulting in delays on packages arriving, and on numerous occasions, I have to go walk down to the end of my street to get the package from their driver.

aianus 7y ago
As a counter-anecdote, Canada Post and UPS don't even try to deliver my packages to my apartment door but the Amazon guy gets it right every time.
- metalliqaz 7y ago
  Where do they deliver it instead?
  - aianus 7y ago
    To a post office ~2km from my home. I drive there and pick it up with my driver's license.

profmonocle 7y ago

Amazon's delivery service is a nightmare if you have an even remotely unusual situation. Packages to my apartment are supposed to go to the main office a block away, since there's no way for delivery drivers to get into the building. UPS, USPS, and FedEx are all aware of this and get it right every time. Amazon's drivers have never gotten it right. They either mark it as undeliverable or worse, leave the package right outside the entrance, on a busy street. I contacted them several times but it didn't help, so I gave up and started having my orders shipped to work. (They're not great there either - it's a coin toss whether they'll actually bring the package to our suite or leave it in the lobby.) There's a real benefit to having regular drivers with regular routes - the drivers eventually learn these types of quirks.