Does anyone use FedEx for pony deliveries?

[Karebearcntdwn]

I recently won an auction and have been waiting and watching the tracking on my package vigiantly. This morning I checked it and it said it was on the truck for delivery, but it never came. They gave me an ETA of monday...but why would the site tell me it was ready and on the truck waiting to be delivered? Has anyone had any bad experiences using FedEx and would having your package sitting on a truck for three days get you worried or anxious? Maybe I'm just overreacting, however, seeing a video of FedEx employees throwing packages into their truck has got me a little worried.

[Moving to TS ~ Mirn]

[brighteyes]

I really hate shipping with FedEx because they often require a signature and they won't let you sign a release form and leave it on the door instead.  I'm sorry but I'm not taking a day off to receive a 10$ package.  Seriously!  Sometimes they do let you leave a signed form but I think the sender has to specifically mark that they will allow that.

I had a fedex package take almost a week to be delivered once.   First it couldn't be delivered because they needed a signature, then they had a delivery exception stating they couldn't find the house (ummm you found it the first time so?), then they had a delivery exception stating they ran out of time and finally they delivered it but the put it on my front porch under a bush so it took me forever to find. 

It's unusual that they haven't revised the delivery time or added a delivery exception to the tracking history to let you know what happened.  You could call and try to find out what is going on.  It will probably be delivered Monday though.  Very likely the driver ran out of time before getting to your house.

[LadyMoondancer]

I did have a Fed Ex worker literally throw my package at the side of the house and leave one time, when no one answered the door quickly enough for his liking.  (My dad had almost reached the door and through the window saw him throw it . . . I was in my room and actually heard the "thump" against the side of the house.)  That only happened once, though.

I feel Fed Ex and UPS get more workers who don't give a rip compared to the USPS.  The good news is that most MLPs are durable, so we don't have the worried that collectors of, for example, fine china would have.  And most packages arrive safely one way or another.