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spocomptonrider

spocomptonrider

sportin' the CROCS
Nov 30, 2007
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spokanistan
This is a bit irritating. I ordered some bits from evo-gear, a ski board mega shop in Seattle. Sorta wanted the stuff fast so I paid 5$ extra for 2 day shipping via FedEx. I placed the order Monday. I got a confirmation e-mail from evo that included the tracking number blah blah blah, fast forward to last night I go follow the link to the tracking number and notice a curiosity, my package went from pick up in Kent, to Oakland CA, and is now in Memphis TN...!? WTF the strange part is it still says on time, they must have some back ass way of doing things because this seems like the most counter-productive way of getting something 270 miles in 2 days. I have bought a lot of stuff on ze interwebs over the years and Fed EX remains the only shipping service I've ever had a problem with.
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Just to clarify, they ping ponged over 5000 miles across the country in order to travel 270. Rant over.

FedEX guy sounded like a broken record,"we only have hubs in certain cities"...
 
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SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
65,634
12,699
In a van.... down by the river
IIRC FedEx was BUILT on that business model... fly everything to a hub, regardless of where it was going, then deliver it from that central location. It seems daft if the item only needs to go 270 miles, but from a nationwide delivery standpoint it was pretty brilliant...
 
dhmike

dhmike

Turbo Monkey
Dec 20, 2006
4,304
43
Boise Idaho
on monday i orderd a pair of tld moto shorts with regular shipping and the fedex guy deliverd them on tuesday :yes: . i hope my fedex story cheers you up .
 
dexterq20

dexterq20

Turbo Monkey
Mar 6, 2003
3,442
1
NorCal
SkaredShtles said:
IIRC FedEx was BUILT on that business model... fly everything to a hub, regardless of where it was going, then deliver it from that central location. It seems daft if the item only needs to go 270 miles, but from a nationwide delivery standpoint it was pretty brilliant...
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This is correct for everything except basic ground shipments. FedEx ground has lots of hubs located nationwide, but anything that is shipped by plane is flown to Memphis first, then to its final destination.
 
GumbaFish

GumbaFish

Turbo Monkey
Oct 5, 2004
1,747
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Rochester N.Y.
Yeah they are a bit circuitous, I have had shipments from them pass through the city I am living in to go to a hub an hour and a half east of me just so I can wait an extra day for it to go out for delivery right back an hour and a half west again.
 
crohnsy

crohnsy

Monkey
Oct 2, 2009
341
0
T Bay
haha my bad just skimmed it from top down . well make a claim get your money paid for shipping back. I know from shipping with Canadapost if you pay for xpresspost 2 day and its not there in 2 days they will refund your money paid for shipping. and alot of times its actually cheaper to send 2 day then it is to send regular ground. All depends what you are shipping of course.
 
J

JRogers

talks too much
Mar 19, 2002
3,785
1
Claremont, CA
I heard once that the guy who founded Fed-Ex wrote a paper about his idea of a central hub for a business school class...and got a C.
 
Total Heckler

Total Heckler

Beer and Bike Enthusiast
Apr 28, 2005
8,171
189
Santa Cruz, CA
Damn Fedex. They drove right by me to bring it to their hub 30 min south of here.

My new bike should be here today, but I am leaving early because my leg is in pain right now. So I will most likely have to come get it over the weekend. Laame.
 
nelsonjm

nelsonjm

Monkey
Feb 16, 2007
708
1
Columbia, MD
I'm dreaming of a day when fedex/ups/usps all deliver 7 days a week without extra delivery fees.

Also: 2 day shipping always means 3 day shipping.
 
B

blue

boob hater
Jan 24, 2004
10,160
2
california
Like in my rep, order ground next time. Usually in-state is next day. Fedex Air and Fedex Ground operate almost wholly separately and on different supply chains/dist networks, unlike UPS.
 
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