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Fedex has gotten to the point that if I see a merchant that has an exclusive arrangement with them (mainly suppliers for material I need to buy for work) I try

Fedex has gotten to the point that if I see a merchant that has an exclusive arrangement with them (mainly suppliers for material I need to buy for work) I try somewhere else. Whenever I don't have a choice, they disappoint me. Just last week, I had a Fedex shipment that was late. One of the reasons it was late was that it passed through almost two dozen Fedex locations. Seven in three days. My package spent three days traveling from Coal City, IL (9:11am 11-Dec) to Swatara Township, PA, (10:59pm 13-Dec) a distance of 741 miles, on an EPIC UNFORGETTABLE 12-day adventure on its route from California to Maryland. 61.75 hours to travel 741 miles is an average speed of 12 mph. Just a taste of the epic journey: https://i.imgur.com/C0NlH9K.png https://i.imgur.com/C0NlH9K.png Anecdotes are nice but this happens so frequently I've given up on Fedex and will only use them as a last resort. I live in an area where Amazon Prime delivery is so fast that I swear that sometimes they deliver the damned thing I order before I actually order it.

suresk 7y ago
That's nothing - last week I had a package take 4 business days to travel a total of 10 miles, as part of a longer 14 day journey. It was most likely just sitting at their sorting center, which I can see from my back window. I don't know if there is something especially going wrong in my area, because there was a news story about how bad FedEx has been - people needing medical equipment and stuff that has been sitting for weeks.
badgers 7y ago
When the notifications say 'In Transit' they aren't passing through a FedEx building, but rather are sending GPS ping notifications every 12 hours. Your package was most likely on a slower mode of transportation such as rail or a trailer. This is done to show progress on slower routes because sometimes there could be a couple days between a hub touch.

suresk 7y ago

That's nothing - last week I had a package take 4 business days to travel a total of 10 miles, as part of a longer 14 day journey. It was most likely just sitting at their sorting center, which I can see from my back window. I don't know if there is something especially going wrong in my area, because there was a news story about how bad FedEx has been - people needing medical equipment and stuff that has been sitting for weeks.

badgers 7y ago

When the notifications say 'In Transit' they aren't passing through a FedEx building, but rather are sending GPS ping notifications every 12 hours. Your package was most likely on a slower mode of transportation such as rail or a trailer. This is done to show progress on slower routes because sometimes there could be a couple days between a hub touch.