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Reviewed Dec. 10, 2014
I placed an order on 11/30/14 for a pair of shoes. According to FedEx, the shipping began on 12/2/14. My package spent 3 days being shipped around CA then another 3 days to make it across country. Now it has spent another three days in PA and, according to the tracking information it is literally going in a circle and the estimated delivery date has been changed from 12/9/14 to "There is no estimated delivery date at this time". I am now on hold with a "Customer Advocate, Mario" from Fed Ex and have been for almost 17 minutes. He has come back several times to thank me for my patience and just said that he thinks that this package has been delayed. Really? Now he tells me that he is sorry but he has confirmed that there has been a delay. (Are you kidding me?) I asked him to call the last location to see where my package is. He said he does not have a phone number. That has to be a lie!
He has transferred me to "Star", the FedEx Smart Post representative. (Smart...really?) At this point, she can't tell me anything because she is from TN and is not familiar with PA. She can't tell me where my package is and when I will get my package. AHH! Meanwhile, my package is still out there.
Reviewed Dec. 10, 2014
I am an eBay seller and I have been using Federal Express Ground for about 80% of my sales. I shipped an item via Federal Express Ground to San Francisco and I had given the buyer in SF the tracking number. The buyer called FE and paid $10.00 to have the deliver date changed to two days later because he would not be home (FE Ground delivers a package whether the person is at home or not, regardless of insurance value). Federal Express delivered the package anyway disregarding the call to change the date. The customer never received the package. I have been trying for two months to get the money back via a claim.
First, FE denied the claim because a signature was not requested (which is extra by the way and I assumed a $200.00 item would not be left at someone's door!!!). I told them the buyer had called FE and paid $10.00 to change the delivery date, yet FE delivered the package anyway. FE said they had no knowledge or documentation of the $10.00 paid. So the buyer sent me his receipt for the $10.00 he paid to change the date (BTW, the shipper has to file the claim and the receiver can do nothing.) I call FE and they seemed stunned I had the receipt and that I had been working with the buyer to get a refund.
Finally, I talk to a manager and he said they did not need a copy of the receipt and I would get a refund. 30 days later no refund in the mail. I call FE and they say they sent a refund!?!?! Now they are saying they are going to send a voucher. Stay tuned on this one!!! And for some background information: Federal Express Ground delivery people are contracted and are not employees of Federal Express, yet Federal Express make the contracted employees follow all the Federal Express rules, plus the contracted employees have to buy their own uniforms, trucks, materials, etc. These contracted employees also have filed a class action suit against Federal Express and Federal Express is fighting it tooth and nail. From what I have been reading, even if you buy insurance with FE Ground, you will never get a refund for lost or damaged goods. It truly is shocking that an American company of this stature conducts business in such a manner, it's truly a disgrace.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2014
I have dealt with Fedex on several occasions when the shipping company decides to use them and each time with no fail I have encountered Rude and Customer Unfriendly delivery people. I mean every time!!! I know Fedex is world wide but their drivers need some serious Customer Service Skills or something. They are so rude and so nasty!!!
Reviewed Dec. 8, 2014
I ordered brakes from Rock Auto in October 2014. I just moved to a new home and I placed a incorrect and invalid address for the shipping. Rock Auto shipped via Fed Ex. I realized on December 1, 2014 that I was in non-receipt of this package. I have notified both companies, and Fed Ex refuses to let me file a claim with the shipper on the package, or refund my money for the purchased item. They are rude and inconsiderate.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
This past Saturday, I called FedEx to have my package held for me to pick up instead of them delivering to my home since I wasn't going to be there. Well, that didn't stop them from attempting to make the delivery. On top of that I never received my package. I called FedEx to confirm that my package have arrived for me to pick-up. They informed me that my package was delivered this past Monday. WTF. What is the point to call to have my package held if you're still going to deliver it? It made no sense when I tracked the package it clearly states hold package upon customer request. They told me that they were going to investigate and that they would contact me within two hours. They called me within an hour, but stated they have to look into it and will contact the driver and that it may take up to 24/48 hours.
The driver told them that he left my package behind the gate. What gate? I requested that this driver show me the mysterious gate he left my package behind. They informed me that the driver is out in the area and that he would contact me with the number I provided. He did not come out, nor did he give me a call. A rep called this morning and stated that the driver could not retrieve my package. No **. She went on to state that I call to reorder my items. I couldn't bear I was going to say things I shouldn't say so I hung up the phone. The lack of common sense, why deliver a package that clearly states hold for customer to pickup? This is unacceptable and ridiculous. Should I call every minute to make sure my package is going where it needs to be? This never happens. So frustrated.
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
My daughter's father shipped her a gift from overseas and was told by the fedex agent when shipping not to select anything regarding who to bill the duties/taxes/fees that would be assessed when sending to the US (where we are) and they could not let him prepay the charge (because they hadn't assessed it until it entered the US). Normally the shipper selects who should be billed those charges, but since he was directed by the fedex agent not to, he didn't. A bill came in our daughter's name (she is 8) because she was the recipient (fedex has no way of knowing how old the recipient is or even if they are a real person, so this seems pretty stupid to be a default. Would think default would be the shipper who is at least verifiable & would be aware there could be charges).
Additionally, fedex just left the package, no signature & no confirmation of acceptance on behalf of the recipient for any charges to be billed, was received by fedex when leaving the package. Her father was supposed to pay the bill, but it didn't go to him. It came to our daughter but he tried to pay online anyway & it wouldn't go through for some reason and he ran out of options on his end (he is overseas) to pay the bill, so a second bill came and I called fedex to have the bill reverted to his name so that he could pay it. I was transferred to "revenue services" & they said they can't reverse it to the shipper unless they checked it off on the air bill, which I explained he hadn't (because he was told not to) and they she said she can just put a note that customer refused the bill, but I do not want this sitting on our daughter's name or messing up her credit in any way in the future (still not sure how putting in a kid's name is legal). I was then transferred to a "supervisor" mailbox & left a voice mail & requested a call back and resolution, but to date no call has been received (a week later).
I also told the representative & stated in the voicemail that Fedex has all contact information to call, email or mail to her father and resolve the issue (his address, email & phone # were all provided when he shipped it, it's even included with the copy of the bill as well), but has failed to do so. Several email complaints were submitted to fedex online and all email replies only kept telling me to call the revenue services department (which each time I explained that they were not helpful & never returned my call either). It has been a week of dealing with fedex by both myself and her father & this remains in our daughter's name as a past due bill & is unresolved. The only resolution is to remove this bill from our daughter's name immediately. How can we accomplish this when it has been repeatedly requested & fedex has done nothing?
Reviewed Dec. 6, 2014
The Fedex delivery driver delivered my package to a different address, and accepted a stranger's signature that did not live in my apartment or my building. I never had this happen to me since I've been living at this address. UPS is so much on point with delivery, so I will never receive or have a package associated with Fedex ever.
Reviewed Dec. 3, 2014
According to FedEx's website, their 3 day shipping days are M-F business days with available delivery on Saturday. I placed an order Thanksgiving Thursday. FedEx accepted, processed and shipped my order on Friday. I called the following Tuesday to inquire where my package was. The customer service informed me that my package would be delivered tomorrow that is Wednesday. The package has been sitting at their depot not far from my home since Tuesday. Now let's count Friday, Monday and Tuesday equal three business days and no delivery of my order.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2014
I sell a lot on eBay and the smart ship sometimes is the cheapest way to ship. However almost everything arrives broken. There is no insurance and FedEx blames the post office and the post office blames FedEx. So I am out the item plus the cost to ship with no recourse to anyone.
Reviewed Dec. 1, 2014
This company is a CON ARTIST. Few months ago, I sent to myself a new paddle from Colorado to Florida. Finally after a while waiting and tracking my package, they tell me they do not find the package and must be lost! So then we should proceed with the claim. After send all necessary documents, invoice, shipping papers, etc. they sent me $100 when the price of the paddle in the invoice was $300. After many attempts to speak to the person in charge to try to get the total price of the item I talk to Jackie **, who calls for "Sr Claims Agent " and her response was that if I didn't pay extra for insurance, they are not responsible for the loss.
My question is: Since when we as consumers relying on this company are forced to pay extra money when we are already accepting the value the company charges for sending our packages without any right to claim? Two months ago they said I would receive a letter or call from management, which I'm still waiting for, because this brainless woman not even answer my calls anymore. My advice to all of you is if you value your goods and much more your time, do not use FEDEX ever!!
Reviewed Nov. 30, 2014
I have sent a package using Fedex before 1 month. I wanted to send it originally using USPS. As I thought Fedex is more reliable, I sent. But they lost it. And they are too irresponsible when I tried to contact them. Called them many a times and they would say that they will search for package and call me back. They never did. My valuable package (Had got a gift for my friend from abroad) is lost. I will never use fedex again. I would recommend you all not to use it.
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2014
A package that took them less than two days to get from the west side of Texas to the east coast of Georgia will sit for at least five days an hour away from its destination. FedEx didn't send it out on delivery to the retail business on Black Friday because they "assumed the business would be closed." A) That is a very poor assumption that any business is closed on Black Friday; B) Checking the internet would have told them in less than 5 minutes that the business was in fact open on Black Friday and always closed on Mondays (the day they had "assumed" it would be open). It took 5 different representatives before I finally got tired of seeing the buck passed and ask who I talk to about getting an outright refund. Anyhow my package will now take at least a week before it makes it to me. It should've been here in two and a half. Customer service says it will refund the cost of the shipping. Promises, promises. We'll see if they can't screw up on that delivery too.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2014
Tracking info displayed that my coat had been delivered on the 13 and or the 14 of Nov. (which one was it?) said package was not there... nor had my neighbors received my article. FedEx customer service was ever so polite... they would begin an investigation. I was to receive a call in 48hrs. Not!!! After 2/3 calls to them received a msg. pkg was delivered! No it was not. Stock answer, no communication just BS. Out $225 + 22.75 shipping! Looking in legal recourse. Do not use FedEx.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2014
I forgot an item at a hotel in Turkey, I agreed to pay USD 65.00 to have it shipped to my home. Two weeks later the hotel contacted me to tell me FedEx was unable to deliver. Later that same day (a Saturday) I found tag on my mailbox with a notice from FedEx saying that my "business was closed down" so they could not deliver the item with tracking #........I went on-line to track the parcel, they claimed they had tried delivery on the 17th and the 18th of November. I was home, no tags or other notes were left either day!!!
Their drivers are lazy liars who do not even try to contact anyone. In addition to being home, my building has a superintendent AND a management office, either one of which would have gladly accepted a parcel for me as I have lived here 22 years. They were not contacted either! UNBELIEVABLE. The phone operator had nothing else to say than she was sorry and I had best drive to the nearest pick-up place and pick it up before it was returned to sender! She did call the office to ensure it was still there first.
Reviewed Nov. 22, 2014
I live in a rural area. My gate is clearly labeled with my address. I know the majority of the delivery drivers and they have had no issues. Well, this "special" delivery driver named Kim decided to throw my package over my neighbor's fence last week. Clearly she does not know how to operate a GPS, a map, or read numbers on a gate. My neighbors have dogs. I ordered $400 dollars worth of Michael Kors goods for Christmas. The dogs could've destroyed everything in there, luckily only the box was damaged. I am highly upset because I called and filed a complaint, which I thought was rectified. I was okay with it. I asked that the driver receive some type of 1st grade education to learn how to read numbers on a gate.
Well, the next day (today), Kim, the driver calls me. She called me from her personal cell phone. She asked if I would be home later-- I said "Uhm, yes, why?" She said she wanted to talk to me... Are you effing kidding me? Then she proceeded to insist I give her directions to my house. A) Google it B) it is not that freaking hard C) Why in the holy hell would you drive to a customer's house to "talk" to them. She was trying to justify throwing my goods over my neighbor's fence. She was trying to play the victim like reading numbers on a ** gate is that freaking hard. She deserves to go back to Kindergarten. It is BEYOND me how someone is so STUPID and CARELESS that they cannot identify the correct property.
This... Really... Boggles... My... Mind. But I wasn't that upset at the time because my goods were A-OK. I am now LIVID because the driver called me on my personal phone, from her personal phone, in a confrontational manner in which she tried to blame her mistake on me. Oh, BLAME ME for your inability to READ or OPERATE A GPS. I am truly flabbergasted at the customer service I have received from the IDIOT manager, or actually--- LACK THEREOF--- who is also a WOMAN NAMED MICHELLE. They are all a bunch of momo's up there. Morons. **. Retards. Whatever you associate the dumbest, most careless, meat robots with... That is them. They are the meiofauna of the sea. The ** floating in the toilet at Applebee's. The ** that is stained on the swing set. The management and some drivers of the FedEx Tampa location are the oil on top of the peanut butter. They are literally the sloth of the animal kingdom. They are slow. They are mentally inferior. They all need to go back to primary school.
I usually do not get this upset over such things--- But the level of sheer "not giving a crap" that I am receiving from these idiots has driven me up a wall. For any FedEx employee who is not an incompetent blister on the skin of a tomato bathing in the sun--- thanks for what you do, please help your stupid idiotic coworkers figure out how to read a ** map. For the FedEx employees who undoubtedly think that the Earth is made up of Skittles and ** rainbows... Learn how to read a ** map/numbers/or operate a ** GPS. I know 6-year-olds who can use a GPS. This is UNBELIEVABLE. NEVER AGAIN. Kiss my **, Kim.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
I ordered a compressor for my vehicle from Partsgeek.com. PG said that it would take roughly 7 days for delivery. FedEx delivery confirmation with no package. Delivery was made to another apartment complex which does not even have a #103. The FedEx note said it was in the mail room. When I finally found it, there was another mis-delivered package to someone else in the same place. I'm now fighting FedEx for my $ back.
Reviewed Nov. 20, 2014
I ordered 2 items from eBay that were shipped FedEx. Tracking numbers were uploaded. The first tracking number is ** and the second was **. The first number was put on the truck for delivery on 11/15/2014 but today is 11/19/2014 and the second was on truck for delivery on 11/18/2014. Each night overnight the tracking info is updated with "customer not available or business closed." Today I placed a complaint by phone. During conversation the phone rep stated that they have until 8Pm to deliver to my home. Then she confirmed tracking info on both numbers and submitted complaint. At 7:30 PM the FedEx delivery truck was across the street pulling out of the side street onto my street. I live at the intersection and watched the driver turn right and go down my street right past my house but never tried to stop. So overnight I expect the same driver to claim "customer not available or business closed".
The bottom line is this driver didn't feel like delivering these 2 packages so they claim nobody is here. Well just inside the door is the office which is staffed until 6PM, and my wife gets home from work at noon daily. I took today off to make sure there were no delivery problems. So I watched the driver avoid stopping here from my living room window. I didn't pay shipping to have my packages driven around the city for 5 days. This driver needs fired for fraud. I will never ever ship anything by FedEx, as I ship more than 5,000 packages a year and always USPS. This has caused me to lose $265.00 plus a day’s pay!
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
I just moved across the country and my friend sent my clothes in a suitcase by FedEx. Yet it was lost in 24hrs, and the customer service is not really helpful either. It is a large Spinner, and I have no idea how they lost it. Would never use FedEx again.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2014
I ordered some parts on eBay for my car last week. I really needed these to operate my car. This morning the FedEx site said package was out for delivery today. I took the entire day off work to ensure I would be home to receive the package. Throughout the day I kept checking the FedEx tracking. Still said "On FedEx vehicle for delivery". At 5:42pm I call the FedEx store, ask if my package was still out for delivery and I was told "Yes. They'll continue making deliveries until 9:00pm". I have cameras on the front of my house that record. Anytime I left the living room to let the dog out or grab something to eat from the fridge, I'd come back and check the DVR to see if I missed anything. Nope. 8:30pm, still no package. FedEx tracking still says "On FedEx vehicle for delivery". 9:00pm rolls around and still no package.
I check the website again and this time it says "Delivery exception - Customer not available or business closed" at 6:00pm. This was 18 mins after I just spoke to FedEx and I remember exactly what I was doing at 6pm. Sitting on my couch that is right next to the front door as I watched the local evening news. The delivery driver never showed up. My cameras don't lie either. I called FedEx customer service at 9pm and made a very lengthy complaint. I was told someone from the store will contact me in the morning regarding my complaint. I will never use FedEx's services again.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
An item I ordered was to be delivered by Fedex on a day when I would be away on a business trip. I put a vacation hold on deliveries to my address until someone would be there to receive the package. Fedex tried to deliver it anyway. When I received an email informing me of this, I called customer service. I had a discussion with the agent wherein he informed me that they would hold the package for five business days, but I would have to pick it up. Since I will be away for several months, this presents a problem. I may or may not be able to get someone to pick it up for me. It's an inconvenience, to say the least. I am annoyed that Fedex ignored the vacation hold and then would not deliver the item on the day I requested. Their website where you place the vacation hold seems to indicate they will do this. It seems not.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
I went online to track my package. So I checked the expected delivery and it said Wednesday at 8 pm. So I was like that's not too bad. Then I checked where the package was and what time it was delivered there. It said Newark, NJ at 10:12 am today, this location is a 20-25 minute drive from my house. HELLO FEDEX why can't you just take the extra twenty minute drive to my house and have it delivered by 7 pm or 8pm today. It just makes no sense that they have to keep it an extra day when it was delivered this morning. It's not like there are not enough hours in the day. I mean at least say it will be here Wednesday at least 1pm not 8pm. Whatever all I hope now that it isn't broken or defective.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
Fedex either has lost my package or it's going to be late. This has happen before. Fedex can never deliver on time.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
From Shipper to Houston seemed to be flawless. Tracking was very easy. However, somewhere between the delivery truck and the next 12 hours disaster. I was available at the delivery address all day, I even made up a sign for FedEx with the address so it could not be missed. After waiting all day, I checked tracking again. It showed a delivery cropped at a door. I immediately attempted to notify FedEx, response from WEB-master which duplicated the tracking report. I notified the shipper. Same story they (FedEx) claim it was delivered. I physically went to a live FedEx facility. The employees were most kind, sympathetic and helpful. They notified FedEx that I was in the building looking for my package. I have heard nothing since. The shipper got his money---Fed Ex got their money the person paying for all this got diddly. Attitude seems to be tough **. To anybody using that particular service I can only say "Buyer Beware." Apparently the ground rates to the shipper are favorable. I assume I will eventually get my money back, but in the meantime the package that I purchased was something I needed to insure the safety of my vehicle. I will still have to purchase it and the time wasted chasing things down will in essence double the cost to me.
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2014
On Friday FedEx attempted to deliver but claimed no one was home to accept, but my mother was home all day. They attempted again on next business day, Monday. I waited outside my apt complex from 10:30am to 1pm. I came inside to check delivery status online and FedEx said they attempted delivery @ 12:30pm. LIARSSSS. I was waiting outside. A FedEx truck did not even pass by. I called @ 1:20pm super upset to tell them what a liar their driver is and to demand they send him back. After 45 minutes did not get call back.... Called them again @ 2:05pm, was told by "George" he would see about driver coming back... Nothing... then called them again @ 4pm and they said they had no record of my previous calls... Told my story all over again and was told someone would call me back by 5pm..... Got so upset, I told the guy to just leave my stuff @ my local Kinkos/FedEx store and I would pick up my dammmmmm self!! ** Thanks to them I will never buy online from Target ever again!!!
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2014
My package was delivered to the wrong address at 1:51PM on a Friday. I discovered this by checking the tracking online. I called and got a claim # assigned. It was determined that the package was picked up by a driver, probably due to the honesty of the first place it was delivered. I waited until after 8PM for a delivery. When I called on Saturday I was told "there is nothing we can do until Monday". There is no escalation procedures when they are at fault. There was no calls made to me unless I insisted on a return call (on Monday morning). The address on the package was always the correct address! Had I not called, the package would have NEVER been delivered!! I am now waiting until Tuesday for delivery, with no real guarantee that it will be delivered. If it is not on a delivery truck tomorrow morning, I am going to drive over to the terminal in Tampa from Lakeland and personally pick it up. Woe be to them if I have to do this. Something is terribly missing in their procedures when this situation occurs. It is all on the customer to resolve. This is not good customer service!!
Reviewed Nov. 15, 2014
I had a package that was supposed to be delivered on 11/15/14 to my home. I was home all morning. At 11:15 I went to Fedex website and it indicated the driver had attempted to deliver my package at 915 and 1025 that morning. I have 3 dogs, a doorbell, and had been up since 8am. I called Fedex and explained that the driver could not have attempted delivery at my house. They said they would contact the local home delivery station and someone would call me within 2 hrs. Of course they didn't so I called again, and was told that the home delivery station here in Dallas, Tx, closed at noon on Saturday and did not reopen until Tuesday! I work on Tuesday and when I tried to create a more specific delivery time on Tuesday, the website wouldn't work. I am now told I have to be home between 8-8 on Tuesday and nothing can be done about it. I paid $50 for this package that won't fit in my car. This is the third time Fedex has failed to deliver as scheduled. I am beyond mad!
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2014
I paid an Ebay seller $56 for a Dell Latitude D620 laptop. They shipped it with FedEx. Tracking # is: **. FedEx tracking info says that it had been delivered on 11/13/14 @ 11:30am. I NEVER RECEIVED THE PACKAGE!! I contacted the seller, who then told me I had to contact FedEx. I talked with them and they said that they would transfer my case to the tracing dept and call me within two hours. Still waiting on them to call back.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2014
FedEx delivered a package to me that belonged to someone 2 streets over instead of mine.. And my package? They don't know where that is.. I've talked to various reps - who are useless.. Every time I call - the first thing they tell me is "your package was delivered on 10/31.." So I have to explain that I got someone else's and someone got mine... They were quick to come pick up the incorrect package, but can't find mine.. Now I have to go back to the seller and make a claim.. I'll never use FedEx again if I can avoid it.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
Item ordered should have been delivered within 48 hours. One week later still no delivery. Contacted supplier who contacted FedEx, who in turn claimed an attempt to deliver was made within the 48 hours, nobody was home so they left a card. Not true, no card left, and either myself or my wife were at home throughout the period as the item ordered was important to us and we did not want to miss it. Either FedEx employ dishonest drivers or they give their drivers too much to deliver within the time available. Either way they won't get my custom again.
Reviewed Nov. 11, 2014
I paid A LOT of money to have a poster overnighted to be delivered by 10:30 for a presentation at 11am. A 10:30 am I called FedEx and was told there was a delay and it would arrive by 12:30p even though it had been "out for delivery" since 8am. I let them know this was completely unacceptable and they called the driver. I eventually was able to get the poster by 11am. It was late, I was late. I was in tears. The driver told me it had "fallen off a shelf" or something. DON'T COUNT ON A PACKAGE ARRIVING ON TIME!!
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
I thought FedEx was a great company about customer service! Today I have found out how wrong I am. I had a package that was supposed to delivered last Friday, but it needed a signature and they left a slip on the door, I also received an email with the information that the attempt had been made. I signed the slip, put it back on the door and the wind blew it away. The email and tracking site had a form you could print out, sign and put special instructions on, so I printed that out and checked the box that said put the package by the back door. I signed it and taped it to the door, so it wouldn't blow away. Later I find the form still taped to the door and a new slip where they tried to deliver. What was the point of the one I taped to the door if the driver was going to ignore it!
I got online to track the package and it shows it has been delivered. So I call customer service, and all he can tell me is it is scheduled to try again tomorrow. Or I could pick it up at the terminal which is an hours drive from me. He tried to call the local office so they could call the driver and ask for a second delivery attempt, but told me they normally don't do that with ground shipments. The local office never answered their phone, so calling the 800 number for service got me the same service I got from the driver, NONE. So, is this what we can expect from FedEx????
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
Last Friday at 8:05 PM I entered a crosswalk in a heavily trafficked street that was clearly identified by strips of white horizontal bars (W. Washington St, Ann Arbor). A FedEx delivery truck of van size blew through the crosswalk at a high speed. The street was clear of any ice or snow. I made several attempts to call FedEx, but found that virtually all calls concerned deliveries. Still, I did report it twice & was told that I would get a reply. That never happened. Afterwards, I did learn from a FedEx driver that they were under great pressure to make deliveries. Here is an accident waiting to happen, so if you value life, don't use FedEx.
Reviewed Nov. 10, 2014
My delivery started from Pune 21 Oct and Reached on Gurgaon on 27. Till date there is no update, where it has gone. Even FedEx people don't know where the product is now. Worst service I have seen. No update. No callback.
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
Failed to provide Services (FedEx Priority Overnight), Refused to transfer me to Manager and lack of Customer Service regarding information.
Sept.19 - FedEx Countiss, Rude and did not assist with providing info. Blythe, attempted for driver to deliver package however, no success.
Sept.19 - FedEx was contacted and Sabrina stated that package would be delivered at 11:20am as package has not been delivered. Called FedEx, spoke to Melissa and was transferred to Daniel, Customer Advocate. He refused to transfer me to his Manager as well as the Manager at the Houston location. Joseph ** - FedEx Office, requested to speak to manager, did not contact one however, attempted to assist.
Filed Complaint With Better Business Bureau on September 23, 2014.
Reviewed Nov. 7, 2014
FedEx does not understand that I work until 4PM. They keep trying to deliver when I'm not home. I use to go to their local office to pick up the package myself. They now refuse to allow this. Why can't I just pick the package up at the FedEx office. They have no reason to FEAR me. Sometimes, they might deliver to me after 4PM but not always. Why can't FedEx deliver after 4pm? I'm not going through this BS with FedEx anymore. I'll pay extra at local retailers. Or, look for a different delivery option. I'm sick of FedEx.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2014
Dress for our mother to be buried in never arrived at home address. Was at SeaTac @ 6pm. No one at Fedex could tell us when it would be here only that we could call the office by 730 am!!!!! Guaranteed one day shipping, would be ashamed to be an employee.
Reviewed Nov. 5, 2014
I had FedEx ship some car speakers to me, at first they delivered them to the wrong home and I found them 3 houses down a couple nights later. Upon opening the box after finally receiving them I had discovered that one of the speakers had been damaged. I submitted a claim, filled out the paperwork and they came and picked up the speakers and paperwork. After not hearing anything for quite some time I called to find out what was going on. They told me that they had not received any paperwork. I had informed them that they picked it up with the speakers, then they decided to tell me that it has to be mailed somewhere else. So I emailed them all the paperwork they needed and waited for a reply.
I received a letter in the mail about a week later stating that they had denied my claim. Their reason was insufficient packaging. That package had been packed very well and it had marks on the outside of it that appeared to be abrasion marks from possibly being thrown. I spoke with a man by the name of Robert who was very rude and unprofessional about the whole situation and he could not provide any adequate reason why he believed the package was insufficiently packed. Worst shipping company out there when it comes to customer service in my opinion. I will never ship with FedEx again and I recommend the same for everyone!
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2014
I've had two FedEx deliveries disappear off the face of the Earth. Drivers will redirect the delivery to a different address from the one written on the package. Then they will just drop it on a doorstep at the wrong address. FedEx does not provide customer support because their tracking system indicates it was delivered, even though it says it was delivered to a different address. The FedEx satellite station in Hutchins, TX is the culprit, and they have no contact telephone number. I've already contacted Apple to recommend that they drop FedEx, and I advise everyone else to drop them as well.
Reviewed Nov. 1, 2014
A delivery was attempted at 11:30 am, no one is ever home then. Have a Delivery manager account with FedEx, have in the notes that no one is home until 5pm. They still attempt delivery at 11:30 am. Call and request package be held, told they can't do it because shipper has required I personally sign for it. I say "But I am going to come and sign for it." They say "Sorry but we have to attempt 3 deliveries THEN we can hold it for you." So these morons WILL hold the package BUT ONLY after they attempt to deliver it 3 times DESPITE being told there won't be anyone home. So what's the point of having delivery instructions in a Delivery Manager account if they just ignore them?
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2014
After selling an item on eBay, I shipped the item through FedEx and paid for them to package it. The package, according to the customer, arrived broken. FedEx claims they did not mishandle the item. Paypal originally said I won the case but then reversed it when the customer filed a claim with mastercard. This is unfair because the seller is supposed to be protected.
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2014
I went to your FedEx office located in Lorton Virginia to ship out a packages on 10 October 2014. At the time I was not inform that I should open an account to pay for custom cost and delivery cost. I was not also inform that they would also need a postal address, phone number or email address if they needed to contact this person. On 14 October 2014, I contacted FedEx international and ask why the package has not being deliver, they say that custom need to be paid before they could deliver. I say OK I would pay for the custom fee and the deliver fee. I open an account. On 16 October 2014 I ask them again why the package has not being deliver, they say custom, need to contact the person that was receiving the package. I ask why they didn't say so when I spoke with them on the 14 October 2014.
On the 20 October I contacted FedEx international, again they say that the package was ship to the wrong city because of the postal code. I ask them why the wrong city - it says Antipolo city, why they send to another city. Why didn't they contact the person for the right postal code if the one they had was wrong. I then file a complaint on 24 Oct 2014 case# **. On 27 October 2014 the package was deliver to the correct address but not giving to them because they requested payment for delivery. On 28 October 2014 I contacted FedEx international and ask why they requested payment from the person receiving the package. They say that they don't know and that the package will be deliver again. This has by far being the worst experience I have ever being thru doing business with an agency. I will recommend to anyone never to used your service to send a package anywhere international. It has being 19 days since I sent the package to the Philippines.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
On October 10th 2014. I presented myself to a FedEx office in the Dominican Republic. I had send a legal document, going to Soft Drink Workers Union Local 812, Retirement Fund. 445 Northern Blvd., Great Neck, NY 11021 Phone: **. On Oct.13th 2014, FedEx made the attempt to deliver the envelope. But the office was closed due to Columbus Day. (Holiday). After that FedEx has not made another attempt to deliver it. I made a few long distance phone calls to the 800 number to follow-up on the mailing. I have spoken to different FedEx reps., one tells me one thing, the other tells me a different thing. I am totally confused and disappointed and upset, the way FedEx has handled the situation. I paid a fee for the service, and nothing has been done. Thank You very much for your help. Note: I will not use FedEx again after a bad experience.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2014
Fedex India misplaced my order (3 bags) which according to their tracking system lying in their Delhi branch from last 13 days. After repeated follow up and even after 2 escalation every time getting same response "We are not getting any reply from operation." It's one of the biggest mistake of my life to Ship via Fedex.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014
Sent a bank card to my daughter in Singapore has she travelling and her purse got stolen. Went to the office. Told them my daughter was staying in Singapore till Friday. Was told the card would arrive by Thursday noon. Well the card did not arrived until Friday 1 hour before my daughter left for the airport. Many anxious moments for me and my daughter. Paid 82 dollars to send priority post. I asked them 3 times it will be there on Thursday - they promised. Called FedEx for a refund - no luck, just sorry for the inconvenience.
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2014
I have placed an order through Ebay. The seller sent the product through Fedex Tracking Number: **. Estimated delivery time is 16th OCT. Almost I have contact 1800 22 6161 (3 times) Fedex CC to delivery the order before the estimated delivery time. They replied, due to more orders, we will try to deliver before of the estimated delivery time, but we won't give the guarantee, but surely we will deliver them on the estimated delivery time. But they have failed to deliver the order on Estimated delivery time. So, I have call the customer care officer and complaint about this. After our conversation, they replied we will forward your complaints to destination delivery office. They will deliver on 17th or 18th onwards.
But today evening over, no one has came here for the delivery. So, again I contact the CC 1800 22 6161 and said I need to speak with Senior Person. They forwarded a call to Senior Person. The senior person said his name as Francis, but I don't know it's true or lie. This person spoke rudely to me, said "we won't give guarantee for the delivery. We can deliver the order whenever as per our wish. We can't help you, do whatever you can..." See how rudely they are speaking? This is the right way speaking with customer. Why they have customer care department for not solving any issues. Giving waste of salaries to useless employees... This type of CC spoiling Fedex reputation.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014
Shipment was sent "First Overnight" for delivery yesterday (10/14/2014). It did not arrive until late last night or early this morning. The driver did not have the courtesy or the sense to even bother ringing the bell at the gate or the door. The bell was right where the package was left. I understand that no signature was required, but given that the delivery was very, very late - and dark - and a First Overnight priority - shouldn't the driver at least ring the bell? This has been repeatedly requested in the past but never complied with.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
FedEx in Hilton hotel SF CA - I accidentally left my residence ID at their office which I'm told was found. However, this card has mysteriously disappeared from their custody and the manager is very defensive about it which makes me very suspicious of him. I will take legal actions.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2014
It has been almost 2 weeks and I still have not gotten my package. My UPS package came in a day early and I only had to wait 2 days but FedEx holy **. I'm waiting 2 weeks now. This is so ** stupid. I want my damn package and yet these lazy bums aren't doing **.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
They left a slip with nothing on it only stating the date and time, nothing about my package needing a signature or who it was even for. The place for me to go pick it up is about a 2 hour drive away from where I live so that is out of the question. I called earlier in the day and they said they would be able to deliver it again later in the same day. It didn't happen, so I called customer service and asked why they didn't do as they said they would do earlier. They had no reason, so I asked if there was anyway that it could be delivered tomorrow (Saturday, seeing as they deliver on that day) but said that my package was not one that was deliverable on a Saturday. I asked them to explain why and they couldn't give me a clear answer and that the earliest it would be out for delivery is on Monday. I tried to negotiate seeing if there was any way possible for it to be delivered, but just kept getting the same answer. So I got lied to the first time I called and then the second time couldn't even answer why someone would decide to do so and no explanation for why I couldn't get my package on Saturday.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014
Why does fedex lie and say they attempted a delivery? This is my 3rd time having a problem with them! I'm a stay at home mom. They never even get out of the truck or leave any notice! This workers don't deserve a paycheck for being lazy!
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2014
I ordered a new workstation from HP. It was scheduled to be delivered to my home in Worcester, Mass. on Wed. October 8, 2014. On October 6, I called FedEx Home Delivery to schedule the delivery for the evening (after 5pm) as I work during the day and no one is at my apartment. I was assured that my package would be delivered between 5 and 8pm on October 8. October 8 - FedEx tracking lists my package as "left at back door, 3:21pm." It's nowhere to be found. Spoke with Kerry, Brendan (who disconnected me after 10 minutes on hold), Maggie, and some other person. No one can do anything for me until "9am tomorrow" (when I'm at work, not at home). Oh, and no one can schedule a home delivery after 5pm; so sorry for my inconvenience. No one can tell me where my package is, and apparently IF they find it tomorrow, I'm supposed to leave work to retrieve it. I've been in customer service management for 40+ years and never, ever encountered such an uncaring attitude. FedEx, Kinko's, and whatever else these people own can kiss my business goodbye. One customer taking her business elsewhere won't hurt them, but it's all I can do.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
So I get a post card in the mail from FedEx ground with a box checked that they need additional information to deliver my package. I check the tracking number on their website and it says "Delivery exception". Okay, so I call the 800 number. The lady asks for my name and address. I did so. She then stated that it has to go back to the shipper because they failed to include my unit number. A $12.00 redeliver fee would have to be added and charged to the shipper. (Huh?) I explained that the post card made it to me and the driver knows our names and had been picking up and delivering here for six years. I was basically told too bad. Thanks for the crummy service guys. Our company is dropping you like a hot rock. We don't want our customers to have to go through this as well.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2014
For the past few years I have ordered many packages, some of them I have paid even up to $30 extra for overnight shipping. Almost EVERY SINGLE TIME the driver has "showed up" for multiple days before leaving a note that he was unable to find the house and that I'd have to go pick it up at the FedEx facility which is over 100 miles from me. Not once did he ever leave a note on the door or in the mailbox stating that he attempted the delivery until the day he gave up, leaving me to only know where my package was by tracking it online. The site would say 'attempted delivery' when in reality he never even entered the development. The latest package I ordered required a signature so I asked my Dad to sign for it seeing as he would be at my home working on a car the whole day. At 1:09pm I received a notification from the site stating that no one was here to sign for the package and was thus returned to the FedEx location. My Dad was outside of the house ALL DAY. Would someone please tell me how he tried to drop off the package when he never even came within 5 miles of my home?
I paid around $30 extra to have the package by this weekend only to have a clueless and less than helpful customer rep. tell me repeatedly that it would be sent back out Monday, despite me just wanting to file a complaint and see what could be done to rectify the problem. After arguing in circles with the rude woman, I was finally transferred to the complaints' department where a wonderful woman (who should be CEO if you ask me, seeing as she seemed to be the only one with manners and a brain) made it very clear that it was not okay that this problem had went on for so long, contacted the driver to tell him to turn back around if he hadn't reached FedEx yet, and promised me the manager would be contacted and informed of the situation. FedEx, your service has done nothing but steadily decline and the only reason you are still in business is because WalMart has carried your sorry butts through the mud. I formally fly my middle finger high and proud at you.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2014
My new $900 iPod coming from Verizon got delivered to my old address. Confirm delivery from FedEx got lost for approximately 10 hours. I call the police on my neighbors. Almost got then arrested. FedEx say yes was delivery and confirmed they got it and the next day I got it at FedEx office. No explanation on all the time my computer was lost.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
I bought a pair of jeans and paid shipping and handling. Jeans: $64. Shipping: $38. FedEx fee on arrival to Chile: $61. This is not the first time FedEx totally exceeds the usual import fee. I am extremely disappointed. I will never use this International Courier again.
Reviewed Oct. 1, 2014
My package clearly marked and addressed to Germany was mishandled by some FEDEX GENIUS and ended up in MEXICO where it sat because no there was smart enough to read the label and reroute it! Now my package has missed its deadline date and is on its way home to me. I LOSE because FEDEX doesn't have its ** together. FEDEX Customer service might as well be a recording! I suggest that you find a more conscientious and responsible company to trust your shipments to.
Reviewed Sept. 30, 2014
I used to work for a FedEx Ground hub, so this will be about what happens there. Many employees at my location were part of a group that steals prescription pills from packages along with phones and other profitable items. This was met with no action from managers or the company itself, and often went overlooked, along with many other employee failures such as throwing and stomping upon fragile packages and sending items to the wrong trucks, etc. I get good reminders of this each time a FedEx package is late or missing, which is often.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2014
We ground shipped a package to Canada for a 2-3 day arrival. It has now been 2.5 weeks and the package has yet to cross the border. I have never worked with such an unorganized customer service department before. The lack of knowledge on when the packages are delayed is absolutely insane. I will never use FedEx again and will make sure to let everyone else know never to use them again as well. What a terrible organization.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014
l shipped LIVE tropical fish to my customer using Fedex. The fish were packed in a large HEAVY DUTY box with lots of padding and marked "handle with care" ON EVERY PANEL ALL OVER THE BOX. In route to my customer, the box became "damaged" according to Fedex online tracking with no other explanation available even though l called Fedex several times. This shipment was also now running A DAY LATE. When it arrived at my customer's home, my original box and all of my padding was MISSING and ALL THE FISH WERE DEAD!! These dead fish were sent to my customer in a plain unpadded Fedex box. NO ONE at Fedex can give me a explanation why and how the box became damaged/replaced and why the fish died. This shipment was also marked SIGNATURE REQUIRED, however, the pinhead driver just left the package at the front door UNSIGNED. This box became damaged/delivered while going through Ohio and Oregon. Apparently Fedex only hires complete incompetent idiots in these states!!!
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2014
FedEx has fallen from the best shipping company in the 1980s to the worst. I have cancelled my Walmart credit card and I won't order from Walmart.com anymore. Why won't FedEx deliver to Apartments? UPS delivers to the door. FedEx won't even deliver to my door. They take all of my packages to the apartment office and they don't notify me when it is delivered. They don't leave a message on the door. I'm home all day but they don't deliver to the apartment. They just show in their system that it has been delivered. That is wrong. I don't know why this has changed but they need to change their system. UPS delivers, the Post office delivers, why can't FedEx DELIVER. I won't use FedEx in the future for anything. 30 years ago they were the greatest. I should know. I was a senior buyer for over 25 years.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014
Supposed to be 3 day delivery. It is now 6 days later. Again, taken day off from work and there is nothing in tracking except it has been sitting in Hawthorne for 3 days. If they don't arrive, it is another day off without pay and I need this before leaving for vacation. It is a phone and my cell phone died, so it has the 3 day delivery. Sometimes they don't even knock or ring the bell. This time I am parked on the porch waiting.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
I just I would pass along that insuring a package through FedEx doesn't actually mean you're covered for the declared value. I shipped some electronics including a couple of laptops using FedEx. The package was insured for the value to replace the equipment. The package was lost by FedEx, so we initiated a claim for the declared value. It turns out that FedEx limits the reimbursement to the lesser of the insured amount or the value of the equipment based on the receipts and some FedEx depreciation schedule.
So, if you bother to insure something using FedEx, you'd better have receipts and understand their method of valuation. You will only receive compensation based on their valuation, NOT based on the declared value on their forms. I don't get it?? I valued the items based on replacement costs, and paid extra based on the value, but FedEx is only reimbursing me based on what receipts I could produce minus their depreciation formula.
Very deceitful. Very dishonest. Shame on you FedEx! Not only did you lose/steal my package, then you undertake an adversarial role when it comes to your reimbursement! You're NOT my business partner, you're my antagonist. I'm very disappointed and wanted to let other know in case they are over-insuring their FedEx shipments.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
It's some very disturbing behavior coming from FedEx employees and supervisors alike. They speak to you like trash, don't want to answer your questions from legal department. I asked what is the correct spelling of her name and she refused to give it to me and it goes on and on. I think it's spelled like this "quanisha." Mr ** and Mr ** is definitely terrible business practice coming from FedExit's. Unacceptable the way I was treated on the phone by this company and I demand an apology, the rude disrespectful and very unprofessional employees and supervisors alike. I would never use this service again.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2014
On Aug 22, 2014, I ordered medication from my doctor. It was Fed Ex and never arrived. I notified the doctor's office and they sent another package. This never arrived. I called the doctor's office and told them that I was cancelling the order and would have AMEX withhold payment. Through many phone calls to both the doctor's office and Fed Ex, I made my complaint known.
My husband went through town giving our telephone number to possible delivery sites with the same house number and asking for them to call if they received a package. Someone from Quarry Road called and said that Fed Ex has wrongly delivered packages to them that should have gone to Dolington Rd. I had to drive across town and pick-up the package.
I called FED EX on 9/15/14 to say that I had received a package and one was still out there. They finally registered my complaint and gave me a case number. Never had I been given a case number on any other calls. Someone will call me back on Friday but I am so disgusted with the time wasted and the needless calling that I will never order anything that comes delivered by FED EX. UPS has my business from now on. Disgusted with the service.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2014
FedEx's customer service is appalling. I have been working with the claims department for 3 weeks now trying to process a claim. The first time I called on August 17th the woman on the phone took the numbers for 3 packages and told me she was going to send a claim form. I never received the form and when I called back she only recorded 1 package. Upon taking photos of damaged packages and items in the package I am STILL WAITING FOR A DECISION. And have been instructed to keep the items. So not only do I have BROKEN GLASS everywhere, but I have mounds of packages, bubble wrap, and extra padding to keep as evidence in the event that your company actually does something.
My claim was sent to management last week and I was told I would receive a call by today (September 10). No one called me. When I called FedEx I was put on hold at least 4 times, once because I was sent to freight claims, and then finally ended up talking to someone who works on FedEx express claims and has no information regarding my case. I am completely outraged by how this is being handled.
Due to FedEx's companies inability to handle packages with care when specifically asked to place FRAGILE stickers on numerous packages I have lost irreplaceable items and am being offered $100 per package. This won't even cover one of the damaged items. This is disgusting. Ten years ago as a college student I could transport these fragile items during a month long back packing trip in Europe, as a irresponsible teenager, and back to the US and your company can't even ship them across the country wrapped in bubble wrap, towels, sheets, and paying for an additional $40 of packing for security.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised given the recent videos that have surfaced showing FedEx drivers throwing TVs and other fragile items over fences. There is no regard for people's valuable items. I certainly will never use FedEx again considering a 3 year old could probably ship packages better than these were handled. By the way, this all began with ** at the FedEx Wynnewood, PA location and his incompetence to listen when asked multiple times to please put fragile on the packages. I spent close to $1,000 shipping items and you're offering me 10% of what I spent to ship to cover what was damaged? Especially when I clearly sent detailed photos and prices? I am repulsed and will NEVER use FedEx again and will advise everyone I know to avoid this horrendous service.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2014
On September 04, 2014 I was supposed to receive a package from FedEx that was worth $250. Both my husband and myself were home at the time of the supposed delivery and neither of us heard a delivery truck or saw a package (which this one was a large, heavy package). After checking our invoice and information to make sure that the delivery information was correct, which it was, I called the FedEx customer service number to see what had happened with my property. I was told FedEx would contact the driver and would also notify me about any changes or new information they learned as they investigated the matter. I had to call them at least 3 times to get updated on what was going on, and it wasn't until 3 days later that I finally received a phone call telling me they had contacted the driver (I was told it would be 24 hours).
The driver claimed that they delivered the package and dropped it on our doorstep. If this were true, the driver would have knocked (which they didn't), and our neighbors, who were all home at the time, would have seen or heard the truck after it arrived. Both my husband and myself spoke to the neighbors and none of them had heard or seen a delivery truck during the time it was supposed to be delivered. Customer Service was no help whatsoever. They kept giving me the run-around when I asked them what was going on, and when they did talk to me they didn't listen to what was going on and instead took the word of their delivery driver over a PAYING customer.
Basically, due to delivery fees, taxes and the cost of the item I paid over $300 to be treated like I was a complete idiot. With most businesses, this would be considered a form of fraud. Apparently, FedEx feels differently about this. I have spent thousands of dollars doing business with FedEx, have worked with them for years with various companies I have worked for, and I have never had this kind of problem with a company before. This delivery driver needs to be held accountable for what happened and I deserve to be reimbursed for the package.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014
I was expecting a package, in accordance to the tracking number. I saw the FedEx truck drive down my street and then it just pass my house. The driver didn't even attempt to stop. He didn't even slowed down to throw an 'attempted delivery note' towards my house. I made a quick check of the tracking system again, and now it says 'attempted to deliver'. What a load of crap! The driver didn't attempt anything. And to think, I paid extra for overnight shipping. So I called the Fed-Ex office to have them have the driver to do his job and bring me my package. I got the rudest impersonal operator that essentially said I'm 'SOL' and I'll have to wait until tomorrow. When I asked to speak to a superior, she hung up on me.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014
This is the 2 time FedEx has done this to me. The first time had to drive 33 miles from my town to another town to pick up my shipping, a 2 lb box. Now this time I pay to have a 8.8 lb box shipped to my home, how to pick up my box, have to drive to town to the USPS to pick it up? What a joke so whatever anyone does don't let FedEx ship for you because you will have something bad happen to you too. Did I tell you that I'm disabled?
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014
I shop online often. If something is breakable (i.e. electronics), I have it delivered to my work. Otherwise, everything is shipped to my home. I live in a gated complex of townhouses. Well, if my order is shipped UPS, the driver ALWAYS gets in and leaves my packages at my door. If my order is shipped FedEx, the driver NEVER gets in (literally, except if it's FedEx Smartpost, which is delivered by USPS) and leaves a delivery exception notice. Why is it that the UPS driver can get in but the FedEx guy can't? Oh, maybe because UPS drivers see their job as actually delivering packages, while FedEx drivers see their job as "attempting delivery" and couldn't care less if people ever actually get their stuff??? I wish online retailers would let you know what shipping company they're going to use so you can decide whether or not to go through with the purchase or change the shipping address.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2014
On August 19, 2014 a package was scheduled to be delivered from Amazon.com to my home. It was not delivered, despite being put on a truck to do so in Garland, Texas less than an hour away from my home. There were no storms, no earthquakes, no riots, no hurricanes, no sinkholes etc. We do not have a fenced front yard as a quick check on Google Earth will confirm or any animals that could interfere with a delivery, nor does Amazon require a delivery signature for this merchandise.
To add insult to injury, it is obvious that the driver lied on his log as to the circumstances surrounding the delivery failure. He stated that no one was at home. However at 7:57 PM when he states he attempted delivery, I was at my dinner table, less than three feet from my door. Had he knocked on the door I would certainly have heard him. I believe this satisfies the legal definition of fraud. Furthermore when I brought this matter to the attention of your customer service personnel, they did nothing to mitigate the situation, merely stating that another attempt would be made, probably by the same driver. I am aware you had some sort of problem that day. However I do not believe that excuses fraud on the part of your driver.
I did file a complaint against the driver and was assured that I would be contacted by management as to the status. As I anticipated, there has been no communication whatsoever. I am certain it just slipped under the rug. As I lost faith in the ability of your organization to fulfill its end of the contract which I made through Amazon for the delivery of my property, I made the trip out to your facility in Garland, Texas where I retrieved my property. Of course nothing has been done. Where is DoJ to prosecute these crooks.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2014
So I bought a custom painted violin from Etsy! The seller shipped it out Friday the 5th, it sat in New York until Monday.. Um excuse me, I paid $30 extra for 2-3 day shipping.. It should have been to me on Monday.. On Saturday I saw that instead of Monday it said it would be at my house Tuesday. Ok now Sunday I checked it said Wednesday, then Monday it said Thursday.
So at 5am I called FedEx annoyed but politely asked what was going on with my package. I paid an extra $30 for 2-3 day shipping and it was supposed to be here today and now it says Thursday. That's a week since it was shipped.. The person spoke broken English and told me nonsense like ask the shipper why she sent it late. It wasn't sent on the Friday 5th, it was sent Saturday (yet I can see the tracking she sent it to facility on Friday) and then continued with "Oh well, the shipping you paid for don't work on Mondays. It will start moving tomorrow... And you need to blame the shipper. She sent it late on Saturday where it couldn't go to truck. It shows it will be here Thursday." I said ok, thanks bye..
Um no, she sent it early morning Friday. I talked to her, the seller/shipper! It sat same place in NY all weekend cause your company is lazy! USPS may not scan the package constantly but they get it to the destination on time, not keep switching dates and let it sit especially when a customer paid extra for faster insured shipping!! FedEx and UPS have both lost or stolen my packages and stole them then next day after I reported it, thrown them in my yard broken or damaged!! This violin is almost $450 so it needs a signature. I have insomnia do I barely sleep until morning but I have been staying up all day as well now waiting for this package to sign. If it is destroyed, I will be highly furious.. Better to use USPS. Sure they make mistakes but they are quicker!
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2014
I have just spent 2 hours and 4 phone calls later to be rudely told that FedEx does not know the status of my package because it has not been received from the shipping party yet, despite my own verbal verification from the company that sent my package that it had indeed been picked up... To add insult to injury, I not only paid extra to use FedEx but was hung up on this morning by 3 out of the 4 customer service reps... Let me understand this, I just paid FedEx to abuse me as a customer. Unfortunately, this is not the first time it has happened. Same thing occurred to me 3 months ago. When I have a choice, it won't be FedEx because my package is the best macaw food on the market and my macaws are my kids and I will not allow my children's health to be so casually dismissed by an uncaring greedy company.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2014
I got a laptop shipped to my address. For not reason, Fedex delivered to the leasing office -or so they said- I was at home that day and no one came to knock in my door. Leasing office told me that they never got it. Problem is they just signed one signature for a bunch of packages delivered there -not individually checking each one, which is wrong. Bottom line, nor Fedex or Leasing office would take responsibility for it. I agreed with some of you, seems that there is a fraud ring in Fedex, or at Gables Residential, because it happened before to someone else at the leasing office, maybe both. You never know.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2014
ORIGINAL REPORT: On July 15th 2014 at 10:58 a.m. I walked into Fed Ex and paid them $119.79 to ship a package overnight for me to Houston Texas. I paid with my personal bank/debit card. Two days later (today) July 17th I get a second charge for $119.79 to my bank account that I DID NOT AUTHORIZE NOR WAS I INFORMED ABOUT by Fed Ex. I called my bank and they have/will attest that Fed Ex did in fact authorize & post two separate charges to my account for $119.79 on two different days.
I called Fed Ex 3 times and spoke to about 6 or 7 people who all pretty much said the same things: They can't verify ANY of their transactions until 3-5 days later when "the invoice gets posted" - they actually claim they have no records of anything until 3-5 days later. Interesting because I have an invoice/receipt that THEY printed for me from their computer network the day I paid them to ship my package.
They openly admitted multiple times that there's a double charge but that the first one will "fall off" in 3-5 business days, which basically means that they took money from me without my knowledge or consent and are going to hold it for 3-5 days. To put it simply, they took money from my account without any consent or notification whatsoever and are going to hold it for 3-5 days after I've already them in full and the money has been charged to my account. I tried asking for a refund and the answer was a short NO.
This is actually costing me a significant amount of money due to the work I lost today because of all this. I needed that money for a long drive to go to work for a couple days and now I'm in the hole. During my phone calls I was very clear and concise about how unacceptable and inexcusable this was and that I needed it fixed today. I also did so with complete respect and consideration without being rude or offensive in any way - but to absolutely no avail. I was told repeatedly that they would credit my money in 3-5 days from today. If I could afford a lawyer I would take this a lot further because this really has cost me a lot of work-time and money.
UPDATE: I've been going back & forth with the BBB and Fed Ex and basically they're just giving me generic responses saying it's this or that or it's just the bank's fault. Judging by the disjointed responses from Fed Ex, I don't think they're even reading my comments. The bottom line is this; Fed Ex dictates the amount of a hold charge and how long it is to be held for, not the bank and certainly not me. I have countless screenshots of all my bank records that will accurately and irrefutably substantiate my claim completely. They took money from my account for 3 days without my permission and without notice and refused to give it back until 3 days later, which cost me a lot of time and money.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2014
I had terrible experiences with my last 2 FedEx Ground shipments. Both were more than 3 days of late delivery. Due to signature requirement for delivery, I had to re-route the packages to a FedEx Kinko's store for Will-Call pickup. As instructed by FedEx Customer Services, I showed up at the FedEx Kinko's store for pickup after 5pm. For both times, the Kinko's store does not have my packages and they have no status of the packages. They had to call FedEx to request for package status. They also had to stay on the phone for more than 15 minutes at a time, but still they don't have answer for the status of the packages. With the current available technologies, I'm shocked to see how FedEx handle package tracking. I could not fathom how FedEx let these situations happen unnoticed. To protect my interests, I'd refuse to use FedEx Ground until I see the improvement in feedbacks for this company. I'd also refuse to deal with businesses those still use FedEx Ground for shipments.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2014
I ordered a textbook from a local bookstore - a bookstore that was a 20 minute drive from my home. With no car, I was forced to pay an extra ten dollars on my order, a fact that already hurt my experience though it was no fault of FedEx. Of course, despite the small distance, FedEx didn't deliver directly to my home, instead taking my package away to Maryland. Though this was annoying, I realize it's part of their delivery system. Then, rather than delivering it any time soon, FedEx kept my textbook (that I needed ASAP for class, mind you) in their Maryland facility for an entire week before delivering it. Ridiculous.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2014
We have a gate that we have a rope around the top, they won't open it even if the package has to be signed for. So, we got a ship that said return delivery tomorrow, my dogs stayed in all day & I left the gate open. Three of us were home, plus a terrier who barks at every sound, didn't hear the guy come up to our garage door, he left a note. He never knotted, never rang the door bell, he just left. When I called they said that we would have to do it all over again tomorrow, I said no way get it here tonight. They are coming back but that means I have to sit outside & wait on them again. NOT HAPPY at all. We pay a lot to ship so why should we put up with this kind of service.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2014
Recently sent a shipment from India to Kenya.. Been 3 weeks and Kenyan FedEx has not yet delivered the parcel.. We have been calling and mailing almost everyday and they just give a bunch of excuses... The truth is really that it's gone missing.. They have either tampered with it or just stolen the contents.. Damn frustrating .. How unreliable can they get and most of all lying to their customers.. It's indeed a shame.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2014
I quit FedEx after they dropped packages with wrong units in my office complex multiple times. Recently discovered why the service is so bad. My Son has no real job experience and got a job with FedEx. I was shocked. He'd been responsible for a bad auto accident just a year prior and had stacks of parking tickets. The pre-hire process was lengthy and included drug testing, so I figured they're giving kids a chance. Then when he was close to a start date I asked him what his starting pay was and he said, "Its salary $650 wk with no benefits."
Once he began, I found out they were an "offload" company. The trucks say FedEx and they do residential delivery. They work the drivers a minimum of 60 hrs a week - ZERO overtime (salary clause). Tell them it's an 8 hr load and they must keep driving until the truck is empty. The fastest he was able to finish was in 10 hrs, ONE time. THAT'S the reason for the awful service! I told him to get out of there before he got hurt on the job. Taking advantage of people desperate for work and cheating them out of overtime. Use UPS or USPS Priority. I use both services each week with no complaints from customers.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2014
I have been shipping by FedEx for several years and until recently I have had no problems. Over the past few months, I have had repeated incidences of packages arriving severely damaged and obviously mishandled. The packages were labeled fragile and "this side up", but they had obviously been thrown and abused as the contents were delivered in fragments. Everything is packaged very well with styrofoam and peanuts, and my company reputation and profitability has been negatively impacted by this. Ebay offers a sizable discount for shipping with Fed Ex, but this small savings can in no way make up for the loss and damage to my credibility. I will have to find another way to ship. This was a $500 order, and the fourth time I have had to replace a product due to their negligence.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2014
FedEx automated machine called on Sunday, suggested someone should be home for a package delivery on Monday since signature is required. I stayed home all day, but they never showed up. Late Monday evening I tracked the package, it says Tuesday is the approximate delivery day. Which means I have to find someone to stay at my home or alternatively skip another day of work.
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2014
My service award was shipped via fedex. Sent fedex 2 days, Monday 7/28. Fedex driver lied re-attempt to deliver Thursday. Called fedex Friday while waiting at home, driver lied again. Complained to fedex. They stated driver tried twice and will return today! Never read my concern.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2014
I bought insurance on a shipment from Hawaii and they broke two items. After I made a claim, they wrote back that I packed it wrong. How do they know how I packed it? I bet this is what they sent everyone. Class action anyone? Personally I will never use FedEx again. At least with the post office I have no expectations so if they disappoint I am not surprised.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014
I had a package coming from China and stayed home to sign for it (signature was required). It passed out of China and into the USA and to Indiana. There, it stopped. I don't live in Indiana. So I called customer service to find out what was going on. A rep who did not speak English very well at all gave me a lame excuse about it taking longer in customs. That was not the issue. The issue was that it fell out of the tracking for 10 hours and got lost in Indiana (not the first time I have had a package lost in Indiana at FedEx). They told me "Oh sorry, it will be delivered on Monday". So now I have to stay home on Monday to sign for it. I understand FedEx does not actually care about its customers but if they could just get reps that spoke English, it would be great. FedEx sucks.
Reviewed July 28, 2014
Overnighted a birthday present - an $800 necklace wrapped in a box with a birthday card. Recipient received the Fedex envelope. Had been cut open - present removed - nothing but the card and a ribbon from the wrapping. They are investigating. I am sure someone is going to admit stealing this merchandise. I might expect this from the US postal service but not federal express. I suspect they have a massive theft/fraud issue within their delivery system.
Reviewed July 22, 2014
This is the second package that has been lost after I have dropped it off at the FedEx store on Longmire in College Station, TX. I sell on eBay and my packages have prepaid shipping labels. The location is usually understaffed, for years I have walked in and handed the postage paid package to the customer service rep and walked away without getting a receipt, no problems till last December. I dropped a package and my buyer never got it, since I had not waited for a receipt, they told me they could not trace the package and wanted to know who I gave it to. I provided them with the details and asked to review security cameras. They do not have any. The staff were apathetic, unfriendly and unhelpful. After numerous visits to the store, begging for them to help, I gave up and had to refund $220 to my buyer.
Then June this year, I was in a hurry, line was long, I convinced myself it was ok to drop the package at the counter and not wait for the receipt, and again the buyer never got the package. The store gave me the 1-800 # to call and the excavation department (yes, that is the name) is supposed to trace the package. This is my 3rd call. The usual run around and stone walling has started. The people on the phone are unhelpful at best. Again I fear I will have to refund the buyer and take the double loss. DON’T trust FEDEX.
Reviewed July 21, 2014
I am furious. I have ordered from eBay 2 different sellers. Both used FedEx. Guess what? The driver took my first package to the house diagonally from me. I live in a bad area to be clear. The "friendly neighbors" opened my package, didn't like my shoes and decided they would bring them to me and say it was an accident. Their daughter thought it was her package and accidentally opened the package. A complaint was filed and then again today, 7-21-14, a crossbow I had ordered and had made sure my wife stayed home all day to make sure and get it and she waited only to see FEDEX PULL UP AND THEN SHE LOOKED BACK OUT THE WINDOW A FEW MOMENTS LATER WONDERING WHY THEY HADN'T COME TO THE DOOR AND THEY PULLED AWAY. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL THAT SAID IT WAS DELIVERED. This time I don't think I will be so lucky and the neighbors give it to me. My wife already asked and they said they didn't receive the package. So my advice is DON'T USE FEDEX. The only good thing they have going for them is the sweet Tennessee girl I talked to that helped me file my MISSING PACKAGE/FAILED DELIVERY FOR THE 2ND TIME!!!!

Reviewed July 19, 2014
I was tracking a package from the expected time - FedEx time for me to receive my package was 7/19/14, 12:00am. Of course as I waited, looking on my balcony until 1:20pm, a truck pulls up. As I watched the truck carefully, the driver DID NOT get out the truck at all then pulled off! I immediately called FedEx and informed them. At first they stated they made an attempt, and I informed them I watched the truck, and the driver did not get out the truck! They informed me they knew the driver didn't get out truck! They informed me that the driver refused to drop off package. I had left my number and information at front desk of my building if FedEx come. After I seen truck pull off, I went downstairs to ask the front desk did FedEx come. She stated they pulled up but never came in!! Is it because I live in projects?? I really was expecting my package for business purposes. Something really need to be done!!! Please help!
Reviewed July 15, 2014
Unprofessional Carrier FEDEX!!!! Do not use Fedex!!! Every time I have a package with FedEx, it's damaged!!! I never had the same problem with the UPS deliveries. I always have approximate time when my UPS driver is in my area. I wish companies would stop using FedEx to ship their packages, very unreliable.
Reviewed July 12, 2014
I believe that I was wrongfully terminated and this decision should be further investigated. I was very interested in working for FedEx. I live less than 5 minutes away from the warehouse and knew I had the necessary qualities to handle the position. I kept in touch with Mr. Paul ** and when a Sort Observation came to East Elmhurst, I applied immediately. In May I received a text to come in to watch a video on May 14, 2014 and prepare for work the following day. I was very excited to begin my position as Package Handler. A couple a weeks prior to June 20th incident, a female employee, Gabby, smacked me in my rear end, which I didn't make an issue of since this had never happened to me before.
On Friday, June 20th while I was handling the boxes, I felt something on my rear end again. My instant reaction was to put my hand out to my side to block me from getting hit with anything since I didn't know what it was. When I proceeded to block anything from hitting my rear end, I noticed that the same female employee who hit my rear end previously, had hit my rear end again. She then asked me, "did you hit me in my ass?" My reply to her was NO. This completely baffled me and I did not understand why she was asking me this question since I did not hit her ass. However, I discovered she filed a complaint against me and we were both called in to write a statement and watched the security video. The video showed that I was handling the boxes and wasnt looking around me when the female employee went to smack my rear end. As I watched the video with John, the head of Security, he said I didn't do anything wrong and didn't touch her like she claimed.
Nonetheless, I was told to go home while the female stayed working. I believe I have been treated unfairly. While John was present and watched the Security video showing the events that transpired. He admitted that I did not touch her as she claimed. To my knowledge she is still employed at FedEx, while I had waited for weeks to discover my fate at FedEx. I would like my dispute to be documented and a copy of the Security video. While the person that fired me, ** did not even see the video, I would like my concern to be addressed with someone who has authority to overturn this decision as I was not at fault and treated unfairly. He also told me it had nothing to do with my work performance.
While I have been treated desperately from this female employee when she was the person who initiated the conflict and sexually harassed me, I have been the person to suffer the consequences. I do not know what her motivation was to fabricate a sexual harassment claim, but I never touched her in any inappropriate behavior as she claimed. This is not right. Upon the head of security reviewing the video to collaborate my version of what transpired on June 20th and the manager fired me without seeing the security video or giving my version of events the same treatment as the female employees. I was not at fault here and was wrongfully accused of sexually harassing a female employee. I feel like I was forced out of a company I worked so hard to enter and as a result signed a NY Separation Notice on 7/5/14 without any due process.
I understand FedEx was not aware of these past incidents of this female employee harassing me on 2 separate occasions. However, this dispute shall serve as an Official Notice. I do not want to take action against FedEx because I respect FedEx and want my job back. All I ask is that this matter be further investigated by FedEx and I promptly request to be contacted with respect to this matter as I feel I am not being adequately advised or represented. I was let go without a full investigation and after I was informed by the head of security that I did not, in fact, touch her as she claimed. I await your response. Your attention in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Reviewed July 9, 2014
Every time I have a package with FedEx, it's like playing a roulette: nobody can tell what time the package will be delivered. Sometimes they arrive as early as 8am (it happens less and less, maybe because they leave the facility later and later now???!) and as late as 9pm!!!! I never had the same problem with the UPS deliveries. I always have approximate time when my UPS driver is in my area. I wish companies would stop using FedEx to ship their packages, very unreliable. And even though FedEx claims to have convenient delivery options and lots of ways you can customize your delivery, in my experience it has been nothing more than just claims. Zero convenience in reality.
Reviewed July 3, 2014
I am the GM of Ibdaa for media manufacturing located in Amman, Jordan. I have a FedEx shipment tracking number ** contains customs paper work for an urgent shipment at the airport in Jordan. As you can see from the tracking number, it went from Abu Dhabi on Monday 23 of June, reached the local FedEx facilities here on Wednesday 25 of June. Then it stayed at their facilities for 7 DAYS. It was delivered to me one week later, and not because they remembered it but it was after we contacted the sender and he traced it and they told the local FedEx agent in Jordan. I bet they told them "Hey guys, you're a first class shipping company, YOU SHOULD DELIVER THE SHIPMENTS, and not only receive it."
When I got the shipment, I asked the deliveryman why this happened. He told me to contact the management. I sent two complaints to FedEx Abu Dhabi and to FedEx Amman. None of them replied. Tried to contact FedEx locally by phone and the receptionist told me that the manager is not there. This is irresponsible behavior from the local FedEx agent who is who believe as long as I don't hear a complaint then there is no complaints!!! And I believe that the local FedEx agent represents the global FedEx Company, and there should be some control on it. Thank you for your time reading my complaint.
Reviewed June 28, 2014
I have been tracking a package scheduled for delivery on Saturday. Sitting in my living room near my open front door, I receive an email that my package has been delivered and was left at the front door. The FedEx website says the same thing. But.... no package, no truck, nada. I check with the neighbors.... no misdelivered package, and they never heard a delivery vehicle either. I filed a report with FedEx. We'll see what happens. Meanwhile, it seems indisputable that FedEx lies about when they delivered packages.
Reviewed June 27, 2014
I work from home, so my employer provides the computer equipment. The first order was missing the Mac Mini. Fed Ex claims after, I reported it missing that the box was damaged. The box wasn't damaged, the bottom of it was opened and re-taped, and none of the smaller items were missing. My employer then overnighted a replacement, which Fed Ex failed to deliver the next day.
Here it is day for an overnight delivery and I'm still waiting on the package. You would think that after they messed up majorly the day before. that they'd go out of their way to ensure that the replacement would be on time the next day. I will never use this company, and will inform everyone I know to use UPS or the USPS.
Reviewed June 27, 2014
Everything that could go wrong has. FedEx staff and their systems are a nightmare to deal with. They might as well be rude and shouting it's the same thing as being unable to perform small tasks, unable to carry out instructions. When I call, I have to repeat myself over and over and my questions are answered with vagueness. I don't even know what's happening but FedEx keeps calling my husband and me during business hours to ask thing and inform us of stuff that is not necessary.
I have called them twice and I still haven't got a delivery date from them. All they do is inform me of what can't be done, how much money has to be paid to customs. No other info is given. I have to pry information about banking details and package whereabouts. I can't even explain how they are. They have no coherency to anything they do. They have disrupted my life and taken up so much of my time that I will never get back. They are unprofessional, no concept of efficiency. My package is somewhere. Please, deliver my package.
Reviewed June 23, 2014
We have lived in a house for 9 years that FedEx can't find. Our street address is in a town 7 miles from us with a different zip code than our P.O. box. We receive our mail at 2 miles from our home. I will order an item, FedEx won't ship to a P.O. box. I track it as it gets almost to our house. FedEx takes it to the post office our street address is assigned to, they scan it and because they don't deliver mail to our house, they give it back as an invalid address. I have tried to add directions to an order, they don't take it. I have installed 2 signs 2 ft long on our street with our address. I have stopped drivers and asked them what I can do. I have even showed up at the main shipping office packages come from to our home. There is no one to talk to. Why can't they find our home? Why can UPS find us and not FedEx? Why don't they have a complaint department I can talk to?
Reviewed June 22, 2014
Had a FedEx driver almost hit me after making a left hand turn w/o looking to see if there was anyone in the opposite lane. The driver actually turned short and into my lane while I was on a motorcycle stopped at the sign and had to move to the right while the truck was actually in my lane and almost hit me and she was looking down at something (probably her processor). And as it turns out after looking at my bike, she hit my left taillight. I turned around to go after her and stopped at her next drop area which was at a bank... She parks in the handicap spot and I parked my bike behind her truck to keep it from leaving.
I told her at that point that she almost hit me and she denied it. She said it didn't happen... And got in her truck and moved forward and left the scene. I had burnt the inside of my right leg while trying to keep her truck from hitting me and my passenger (wife) from the exhaust on my motorcycle but was so full of adrenaline that I had noticed how burnt it was until after she left the scene. I told her at least 3 times and my wife told her the same and there were other people who saw what happened but we didn't take down names or addresses as we are not the Police.
Reviewed June 20, 2014
My complaint # **. I can't even imagine FedEx driver stealing my herbalife products! I was so upset I cried only God knows. I'M so done with eating nyc garbage fast food. I took 2 days off from work to wait for my package, FedEx marked package delivered when they never delivered. Thank God herbalife customer service is 24 hours & they resent! FedEx from Elmhurst, NY have crooks stealing!
Reviewed June 18, 2014
We have never had an expensive item delivered to our home by FedEx and never not had one delivered by UPS. They never call you back to tell you the status of their "investigations" unless you call the merchant and complain. The drivers obviously sign for their own deliveries and yet FedEx can't seem to catch them. We've had two expensive items go missing within the past few months. Calls to the merchant, the credit card company, FedEx take hours and sometimes the shipment "shows up" on your doorstep a month later after it's been replaced. Though one of their frequent lies is that no one was home to sign for the package, when it finally comes no one even knocks on the door, and they'll refuse to return it to the shipper even though you've told FedEx numerous times that you no longer want the shipment.
I had a Christmas gift (food order) shipped out Dec 2 that was finally put on the doorstep on Jan 4 and that they refused to take it back after call after call. It finally fell apart from the rain and the merchant seemed to think I was to blame. I really can't blame him since unless you deal with them you will never believe how they lie. I've sat downstairs all day with the main door open in winter in a small house and they still say no one was home. These are the smart drivers, the ones who are going to test whether the customer stirs up trouble by complaining enough so that they "find" the delivery. Then you are told to drive 20 miles or so to pick up the order that you paid a lot to have delivered. Yet this company goes on and on and will unless people start making the shipper uncomfortable. FedEx could care less about the poor person waiting for their delivery. FedEx's customer is the shipper and the only way they'll improve is by letting the merchant know that you don't want your merchandise shipped by them.
Reviewed June 17, 2014
I have a continual, frustrating issue with FedEx. I live on an island, and thus have to order a lot of stuff online (we don't have department stores, etc.). Sometimes I find that when tracking a package, FedEx will hold my package in their local hub for DAYS, simply updating the tracking with "tendered to local agent for final delivery." Each day I check this, and will see it as many as four times in a row. Why on earth, if you already HAVE the package at the local warehouse, do you hold packages until the "expected delivery date?" Just deliver it! UPS delivers the package when they get it locally. It's not that hard.
Not to mention, using the excuse that it was Ground Service or something is silly considering it actually costs FedEx MORE to keep the package in the warehouse extra days than just deliver it early. I always get my UPS packages on time or early. FedEx...not so much. I've had to call them and have their dispatch track down the drivers for putting a sticker on my door, despite the fact that I am AT HOME. If I had the choice, I would always use UPS. Unfortunately, under most circumstances, the buyer doesn't get to choose their delivery company. FedEx is terrible.
Reviewed June 11, 2014
I ordered a futon frame through Amazon. It was set to be delivered by FedEx, second day delivery. The day of the projected delivery came and went and I did not see any package. I know that the FedEx tracking system can have issues online, so I figured I'd wait until the next day to call. The next day came and the tracking information still hadn't been updated online so I called FedEx. After going through the usual hoops of having some random customer service rep tell me the package was damaged, and was attempted to be returned to Amazon, I had her put in a trace and contacted Amazon myself. Amazon was helpful, actually got through to FedEx, whom admitted that they "forgot" to load it onto the plane three days in a row, however it would be loaded that night and guaranteed to be delivered on my doorstep by 3 p.m. the next day (much better than the guarantee by 8 p.m.).
The next day came and 3 p.m. passed. I once again called FedEx and had another trace put on it (was told the same thing that the package was damaged and sent back to Amazon), so I once again called Amazon. Once again Amazon pulled reigns on FedEx and FedEx now openly admitted that they "lost" the package while loading the plane. FedEx requested that I wait 7 business days before submitting a lost package claim. Instead Amazon resent the package through UPS, once again second day. It was here the next day when I got home from work. This isn't the first issue I've had with FedEx. It appears it doesn't matter where in the world the FedEx location is, if the outside packaging displays the contents, it's guaranteed to be "lost."
Reviewed June 11, 2014
I deleted a half-hour rant detailing my horrific experience over shipping with Fedex SmartPost to get more directly to the point. But I'm very pissed off in being bold-face lied to by both Fedex who agreed to this terrible shipping method, and US Postal Service who are never responsible for anything, and want everyone to know about what happened and why they need to avoid SmartPost even at the higher cost.
I have been selling on Ebay from SoCal since 1999, back when it was fun and profitable, and if you were into collectibles, it was the most fascinating site because new things came up every day from remote place around the country. I had some damage both with Fedex and UPS, but was always able to call someone or locate a package eventually, or get a check for damages. Never, ever was there a problem getting compensated. Then one day, negotiating with our new Fedex representative, I felt we may be headed for trouble, if she was never around after we had issues with her suggestion "just try SmartPost for a month". Which we regretfully did. And she wasn't! So we started getting damages - but never from the Fedex side, always from the Post Office distribution side. What happens when you ship via SmartPost is you get a VERY slight discount, like 2% percent, if you allow Fedex to hand-off the local portion of the ground package delivery to the local US Postal carrier.
It sounds fine in principle, right? Until you consider these letter carriers already toting 30 pounds of crap, now have another 30 in small packages AND the same delivery quota which by proxy, I'm assuming this creates a resentment and a hostility for YOUR packages with these carriers - who NEVER get fired, never have to be productive and have NO accountability for your stuff.
So this was our recent experience, June 10 2014: my package was lost. Called Fedex after my customer said the package is on his doorstep, violently smashed and crushed. Apparently, the carrier or his sorting hub failed to read the "WARNING FRAGILE" stampings all over the item, or just went on to be did his own thing, Yo. Fedex Toll free goes, "we show it's not been delivered, call us Monday if it's still not there". I was stunned, how could Fedex be so ** STUPID? So he goes on to tell me what SmartPost is really, really all about: "WHAT WE DO HERE IS TAKE YOUR PACKAGE TO THAT ZIP CODE'S NEAREST USPS DISTRICT HUB AND GET A RECEIVING DOCK SCAN. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AFTER THAT - CALL THE POSTMASTER OR HIS DISTRICT'S SUPERVISOR TO GET YOUR ITEM BACK BECAUSE I SHOW IT OUT FOR DELIVERY".
So I didn't understand. Fedex who have been so like clockwork for many years, who took my money for delivery - did WHAT? They gave it to a third party, I now must hound to get my stuff back from? Anyone who's called USPS for assistance knows this is just asking for trouble. I called and asked for that local office's Postmaster or delivery supervisor, and was told they were both out. FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT which I shouldn't have to babysit. I didn't pay for this hassle - why am I calling these porch-pouched cubicle hamsters again and again? The service says "FEDEX" not USPS. It's a SCAM people. RUN, run run.
So six days later, my buyer is emailing me "get it resolved, I want a replacement or a refund" and I can't run a business like this. So I took a cue from Phone Prankers and decided to trample through the secretary/gatekeeper with different voices until one got through. Here is a summary of several excuses I got, which were outright lies: "Kevin's in a meeting/ lunch/ doctors' - won't return today/meeting with District Manager/out in the field", so I got pissed and called her bluff with a mocked ** slang "oh heyo mann, izz is Mike mann, just reach over n' grabs him, we gon'e tah lunch I got his stuff". Surpise, Kevin came to the phone at the mention of free food: He gave me his email, said he'd be glad to follow up. But never did. So I had to reapproach Fedex.
Called Brains **, oh but she's on vacation - her message said call her assistant who's line says call this assistant rep - whose slurred Hispanic was so unintelligible. I tried 3 different last-two digits only to get them wrong. So I called Toll Free again and again, who finally told me the truth, "FEDEX SmartPost is insured only through Ebay. You have to contact EBAY for processing a claim of damage by the USPS on final delivery. But we still don't see proof (after 12 days) of delivery. It shows it is still out on the truck. YOU MUST WAIT, THEN 20 DAYS FOR A DETERMINATION OF A LOST PACKAGE BEFORE YOU APPLY FOR A CLAIM". Seemed like I'm at the end of the chase here, but no! I searched for an hour to find a valid phone number for a SoCal Fedex SmartPost location (one of 27 nationwide) at ** where I was told that what I really want is for Ebay Customer Support (866) 540-3229 to walk me through the claims process!
"FedEx SmartPost Claim Form warning: You submitted the SmartPost claim form for this shipment on XXXXXXX. "FedEx SmartPost will only allow claims for packages that are lost or damaged while under the control of FedEx. Packages lost or damaged while in USPS' control are not eligible for claims". Please review below to further understand how we've obfuscated the process, we designed to dodge our responsibility of submitting your claim" To even get HERE, you first must- 1. Login to your Ebay Seller account, 2. Click the My Ebay tab at the top-right of page, 3. Select "Selling" and wait for that page to load, 4. Select "Activity" tab on the L-column side, 5. Select "Selling Manager" dropping down to "Shipping Labels" and click THAT! 6. Scroll through the dates to find your Item or Buyer label, and you'll find it, 7. If you cannot FIND the Item #, select Period drop-down to the correct date range (Last week/ month / 60Days etc.) 8. To the very RIGHT on that Item numbers' column, under the last column "Actions" select "Submit SmartPost Claim", 9. Your Claim is then submitted automatically, with a landing page CHOCK FULL of disclaimers leaving you no hope of getting reimbursement - as noted below:
[Claims for damage are only potentially valid if the tracking status of your package states, "Damaged, unable to deliver shipment - Please contact shipper/merchant for details". You must wait 20 business days after the most-recent tracking status update before a claim, for a lost package can be reviewed. Claims generally take 2 to 3 weeks for processing. All FedEx SmartPost claims are processed and managed through the eBay Marketplace. Due to the fact that FedEx SmartPost is an economic service, status updates for your claim will not be available through eBay or FedEx. Do not call FedEx or eBay for the status of your claims. All claims must be filed within 90 days of the package's physical entry into the FedEx system. If a claim is approved, the "selling" price of item on the eBay Marketplace (up to $100.00) will automatically be credited to the seller on the next monthly eBay invoice].
Now because USPS smashed the package and left it to die on the doorstep for the buyers' great displeasure, there is no record by Fedex regarding fault. They say they only pay if it's crushed in their possession. So why does such a terrible service exist if there can be such a whopping loophole of responsibility essentially permitting Us Postal to do damage at their whim with no record of ever doing so? I will sue both Fedex and USPS to small claims in local small claims court, let's see if they want to take their little monkey game before a Judge to let him sort this BS out. I have a reasonable expectation of merchantability of which I've both been defrauded and had my items destroyed, thus I expect a win. Again, you may sneak a few successful deliveries through, but that's not what is at issue here - it's that there is NO claims compensation after Fedex palms it off to USPS.
Reviewed May 31, 2014
We purchased a Smartpost shipping label online via eBay. Per FedEx website, Smartpost packages must be taken to an authorized FedEx store for delivery (you can not put it in a drop box). On 5-16-2014, we drove to FedEx and handed the package to the customer service representative at the counter. She looked at the package label and said that is was NOT a FedEx label, but rather a UPS label and said I needed to take the package to UPS, telling me there is a UPS store just around the corner. I tried to explain to her that I just purchased the label online via eBay and that it said it was a FedEx service. Again she said, sorry, it was not a FedEx label and she couldn't accept it at their store.
To be sure, I walk to the UPS store around the corner, handed them the package and they accepted it without any problems. Now I'm confused. Assuming all is well, I decided to check the tracking at UPS to see if it was delivered. UPS did not recognize the tracking number... Now I'm getting worried. I then checked USPS tracking and again, USPS did not recognize the tracking number. So, my last shot, I tried FedEx tracking and sure enough, it showed it was accepted at their facility on 5-21-2014. Apparently, UPS finally realized that it was not their package and gave it to FedEx.
So, now the package has been sitting in limbo from the 16th through 21st without being shipped. That's 5 days... There's no way it's going to be delivered within FedEx specified time frame of 5 to 7 days for Smartpost service. At this point, I'm pissed off. I went to the FedEx website and filed a complaint, although FedEx does not have a section to support Smartpost complaints, I ended up using the Ground complaint form. I received a boiler plate email response stating FedEx would contact me regarding my issue within 24 hours. I never heard from FedEx after that.
I finally received an email confirmation that the package was delivered on 5-27-2014. I then filed another complaint via FedEx and this time I got a response stating that the package had been delivered on the 27th, and that I should contact USPS with any other concerns. They never addressed my complaint about the FedEx customer representative not accepting my package, telling me it was not their label. They completely ignored that part, which, is the very reason the package was delivered late.
To sum up, FedEx took NO accountability for making an error by telling me it was not a FedEx label and to take the package to UPS. To say the least, the service they offered (5 to 7 days delivery time frame) means nothing, no acceptance that their representative made a mistake, no apologizes... They made it sound like they did their part and blamed it on USPS. Bottom line... DO NOT Use FedEx SMARTPOST service... It's completely unreliable!! God forbid they lose your package or it's damage in shipment, neither FedEx or USPS will own up to it... You'll lose on that issue.
Reviewed May 31, 2014
I ordered some items from a company in Ohio that contracted with FEDEX to deliver. I requested that they not deliver without a signature meaning I would receive in person. Instead they deliver to my front porch and my house get burglarized the same day and the packages stolen as well. I contact FEDEX about this and they admit that this has been a problem. The driver also states that thieves have been following the trucks and stealing the packages but no warning from FEDEX about this and they continue to do business as usual drawing thieves right to your house, obviously no one is home as the package sitting on the front porch is proof that the driver couldn't deliver because, nobody is home. Stating the obvious, these FEDEX people are a bunch of amateurs looking to get you robbed.
Reviewed May 31, 2014
I ordered and paid for a new Raymarine Radar pack from a Defender marine to be delivered to my yacht in Fiji. FedExpress sent it across America to Hawaii and on to Australia in 3 days then it disappeared at the FedExpress site in Sydney. They can't find it. I may now have to cross the Pacific Ocean without radar and navigation equipment. This will put many lives at risk. I am not the only person to have stuff go missing from FedEx in Sydney. It appears there is a criminal element in their organization.
Reviewed May 30, 2014
I ordered a Verizon cellphone to be delivered to my home address. My wife was home. The driver didn't knock. He pasted a sticker on the door as undelivered! And left. We called and the office said he'd return. We stayed home all day. No one showed up as of 4:30 pm CST. I called back and they told me they would not be back. I told them to send it back to Verizon and that they were a bunch of sorry ass drivers! I drive a truck also and on the road they are a very dangerous - always speeding thru construction zones and crossing the center line.
I'm home for four days and then I must leave Sunday, and won't be home for four weeks, and this sorry FedEx driver couldn't take a extra 1/2 hour and come back! I will make darn sure anything else I order comes by US mail even if I have to pay the extra charges before I ever let anyone ship me anything FedEx, or send it UPS! Thanks for nothing FedEx!!!! A wasted day.
Reviewed May 30, 2014
I mailed a package at a local FedEx office. The forms located in the store were covered by a sign that stated no need to use the forms; the FedEx representative would take care of shipping. The lady took my envelope, dropped it in a FedEx envelope, asked for my address, the destination address, and then took & swiped my credit card. I asked if there was anything I can do further. I was told no, that's all that's needed. Upon the package being delivered, the receiver noticed it had been ripped open & the contents inside removed ($200 cash wrapped in a Happy Mother's Day letter).
The driver took pictures of the package as did the receiver of the package. After multiple calls, I was told by the claims department that sometimes security scans the packages and takes the content inside. On another call, I was told by the case manager assigned that the contents were taken in Tennessee as the package had been compromised before it arrived in Maryland.
So now I have 2 FedEx employees saying the contents were taken while in the process of shipping. I received a response from FedEx saying the shipment was unauthorized (cash) so they could not honor my claim. Whatever happened to the big red Undeliverable stamp? So now it's okay to steal from the customer and then tell them that it's their fault for trusting you when the customer was never informed of the shipping policies? At least have a copy of the policies at the shipping site for customers to review before they pay ($39.50) to have their package contents stolen by the company itself.
I should have just mailed it from the military base, not sure why I trusted them to begin with. I'm more shocked than angry that a company actually believes it's okay to blatantly steal from customers. I will make sure all of my friends, family, and clients never give another penny to this morally compromised company. Wow! FedEx Case # **.
Reviewed May 28, 2014
I sent a smart phone back to Verizon but I realized that all my granddaughters pictures were on the memory card still in the phone, so I called Verizon and FedEx and FedEx promised Verizon that I would have it today 5 /27/14. And FedEx never even tried to send it back and why they could not do this, I don't understand.
Reviewed May 19, 2014
I ordered a large whiteboard for my office through an online store on April 7, 2014. According to FedEx tracking, my package was damaged in transit in Sacramento on April 14, 2014. On May 1st, after several email and telephone correspondences with three separate representatives from the supplier, I was promised that I would be sent a replacement for the damaged item. On May 5th, the replacement package was shipped and I was given a tracking number, ensuring that the package would be delivered to me on May 7th. Well! May 7th passed, and I checked my tracking number in the following days, up until May 12th, when I saw that the replacement package was stuck in Fresno, CA. I called FedEx to track it via phone as soon as I saw that it was in Fresno.
To add to my frustration, the first representative (unfortunately, I did not get their name), gave me an excuse, "well, sometimes our packing slips come off the packages, and we scan them anyway." What does that even mean? Did they scan the slip anyway, even if it's not attached to the item (A LARGE WHITE BOARD)? How do you, "LOSE," a 72 x 40 whiteboard? I would not be surprised that this item was stolen, as I've heard many stories of FedEx employees taking items (shoes, electronics, clothing, etc.).
I called the following day, May 13th and had to go through THREE reps, including the trace agent, before speaking to the Manager. All four of them told me that my package was, "LOST. " The tracing agent, Jason, who told me the possibility of the item getting lost, and that they would search for my item up until the following Wednesday. NO HOPE or RESOLUTION. WHATSOEVER.
After speaking with the Trace Agent, I spoke to the Manager, Monica, who informed me that I cannot file a claim; but the seller must file the Claim. This was frustrating to know that I've spent over a month waiting for this item, and that I would now have to spend a few more days getting a complete refund from the seller, before I can order a completely new item. I'm fuming. I feel like I've been given the minimum, "customer care/ support". I still do not have my package, I cannot file a claim, and I now have to WAIT for a full refund. NEVER AGAIN. I will not recommend FedEx to anyone.
Reviewed May 15, 2014
While FEDEX service after all isn't perfect, I have had numerous problems with their SmartPost service, therefore this review will only reflect to Smartpost. I ordered something from American Apparel that uses Smartpost. What Smartpost does is that it ships via FedEx until it reaches your neighborhood, and the last mile delivery is done by the USPS. Already, you can see there can be issues with this such as transferring packages from FedEx to USPS a factor that would cause worries to most people. Apparently, they said the item was delivered on Monday 5/12/2014, but I received nothing. I was even home at the time of delivery and didn't see anything whatsoever.
I called American Apparel up and they told me to wait until Wednesday. That's reasonable, but why was it scanned to be Delivered when it wasn't? Anyway, putting their advice to the side, on Tuesday, I called FedEx up and told them the package never arrived when it said it delivered the day before. They told me they will send me an email 24-48 hours to follow up. Wednesday at 1AM, my father came home and dropped a package on the table and it was the American Apparel package that was claimed to be delivered on Monday. I asked him where did he find this and he told me he found it outside in the street and saw my name on it so he took it home.
Today, I receive an email from FedEx that they traced the package and said the delivery done by the USPS was "valid" and delivered on Monday 5/12/14. NO WAY? As if I didn't know this already! This basically means they don't want to take the blame and basically telling you what already know. At this point, you can tell FedEx and USPS doesn't want to help you. But you know what? Someone in my family found that package in the STREET outside already so I don't need FedEx. If my father wasn't thoughtful enough to look at this mysterious package in the street, I would've lost a $100 item and FedEx would not have helped.
This Smartpost is unreliable and FedEx isn't helpful when you have lost packages. All they do is "trace" your package and then after anticipating for their reply for two days, they just tell you what you already saw on the tracking information. If you lose a package with them, try to speak to the sender to get a replacement (even though it's not even their fault). Smartpost customer service from FedEx is non-existent. All FedEx Smartpost does is make sellers/companies lose money by sending us buyers replacement packages.
Reviewed May 6, 2014
I am retired so I am home most of the time. FedEx drivers are a bunch of liars. They say attempt to deliver package was made when in fact no attempt was made. I do not use FedEx for package delivery if I can avoid it since I know it will never be delivered to my address. If driver would like me to tell him what I think of him to his face then he is welcome to stop by, although that will never happen.
Reviewed May 4, 2014
FedEx is simply horrible. I sent 3 boxes with next day delivery. They lost the customs invoice then tried to blame it on me, when the boxes could not have been sent without the commercial invoice. Contacting them is useless, as a computer answers the phone and asks 50 or more questions before you are connected to a live person 15-20 minutes later, who is unable to provide any answers, except too bad and that the insurance you purchased insuring delivery on time is useless.
Reviewed May 4, 2014
FedEx computer left a voice message yesterday, stating that I would get a package today, with signature required. It wasn't an "estimated" delivery date - this was definite. I canceled my plans and did not leave the house between 8:00am and 6:00pm. FedEx did not show up and did not contact me. Based on my conversation with "customer service", they knew early in the day the truck never made it to the FedEx dispatch location. Wasting my time is clearly of no concern to FedEx. Now I'm going to have to wait another day. Considering their sky-high prices for individual shippers, this is an outrage. I closed my FedEx business account 12 years ago and now use the Post Office. Best thing I ever did.
Reviewed May 3, 2014
So I am one who continuously buys online and I have to deal with FedEx constantly, probably the worst part about shopping online. I of course track everything and can see everything and where it is. There seems to be a huge problem with them every time I order something. It will say on the truck for delivery and not show for three days or that it is at the last post of which is about 4 miles away from my house but not be delivered for three days. Well I called today 5/3/14 and the customer service representative was ridiculous. She said that my package was just getting to the final post office at 4:30 am today when yesterday at 9:30 am it was there according to the tracking. Then I asked why would I have to wait three days as the tracking says for it to be delivered and she says she can't see that it says that and laughs. Wtheck? So I ask if I can pick it up and her answer is check with ups.. My package is coming through feed why do I need to call UPS? I hate dealing with them.
Reviewed May 3, 2014
FedEx is incompetent and very unprofessional. Yesterday I tracked a package and it stated delivered. This package was shipped to my son in California. Come to find out the delivery driver delivered it to someone else. I called to let FedEx know and they asked me to look outside the door for the package, was there a door tag. This package was to be delivered to my son, not me. Come to find out the driver had someone else sign for the package. This evening I was on the phone with them and I told them for the second time about their incompetence and requested a refund. The lady was abrupt and quickly left the line. Yesterday the representative started talking about protocol when I told him "refund my money." Where was your protocol when you misdelivered my package?
This company should not be in the delivery business. Previously I had one package they claimed the address could not be found and the other they delivered to someone else with an address similar to mine. These were items I had ordered. They asked me to go to the address where the driver delivered it and pick the package up. I let them know that is not my job. I called the place I ordered the package from and they sent a replacement. Guess what? They again did not have the right address information. I had to go to FedEx twice and pick up both packages. This was in 2012 for one and 2010 for the other. Very poor customer service people and they just do not care.
Reviewed May 2, 2014
We paid for 2 day air for a 6 lbs package - not cheap by any means not even counting the contents. After the 3rd day I called, after being on hold for forever the lady responded with "someone will call you within" 2 hours. At 2 hours almost exactly they called and said they couldn't find it and their tracking info said that it never left the state. No one even called to tell me they couldn't find it. I'd still be waiting for my package if I hadn't called. I cannot believe they had no clue. So at the end of the day turns out they found it - opened WITH A BOTTLE OUT OF THE PACKAGE MISSING. One of their low-life good for nothing pieces of human waste opened my package and took a bottle out of it and drank it. This was not cheap stuff and I will never ever use these ** again.
Reviewed April 20, 2014
I was tracking my FedEx package online and it said my package was on the truck and ready for delivery on 4/19/14 so I waited all day. I was getting impatient so I checked again at 6:10pm and the tracking said delivery attempt at 5:59pm and driver will try again on Tuesday. WTF. So I called FedEx and the agent told me the same thing, delivery attempt failed at 5:59pm. I told the girl I was home and nobody came to my house and asked if she could contact the driver. She said the drivers don't have contact numbers and to wait until Tuesday. Obviously FedEx drivers are liars and customer service agents don't care. Oh yeah she told me FedEx only delivers Tuesday thru Saturday. I thought they were a so called multibillion dollar industry. Also I work for a luxury chauffeur company and if a client calls and has the smallest complaint we issue an immediate refund to keep their business.
Reviewed April 17, 2014
I spent 228.00 on an item and it was shipped via FedEx. I was home at time they state item was delivered. It was not. It had to be delivered to someone else as there are similar addresses. I filed a tracking claim only to be told it was delivered. I had sender file a claim as that was what I was told from FedEx. Now that was denied. I filed issue with eBay. Nothing happened there because FedEx said it was delivered. BUT they did not deliver it to me! I am out of 228.00 plus and do not have the item. People should not ever ship via FedEx. I will not! What else can I do! They have either stolen my item or given to someone else. VERY ANGRY and plan on telling everyone!
Reviewed April 16, 2014
Okay, I understand there's other packages ... but how does it take 8 hours to deliver a package from Leesburg FL to Mascotte FL. Is the driver pulling 10-12 hour shifts? I hate these people.
Reviewed April 5, 2014
I was in shock today, when I saw the driver run over my pups. She was my comfort and buddy. I don't know why I came outside, just a feeling. The driver came out the second time to our property to trade for the right package. I wish it was done right the first time because now our pups is gone, can't replace her. Drivers need to slow down! Our loop isn't that big and with animals around you have to drive slow. My dog was on her leash. I'm just so angry I couldn't save her.
Reviewed April 3, 2014
Ordered a package with 2-day delivery - paid the extra to receive an item on the day that I needed it for the event. Upon arriving home, I find that they did not leave the package but instead left a slip on my door for a signature. They were unwilling to reach the driver whom I had just met moments before arriving home (still in my area). They were unwilling to work with me on the entire delivery. I will no longer be doing businesses which use FedEx as their shipping provider. Stay away from FedEx delivery especially when paying extra for a package to be delivered expedited.
Reviewed March 29, 2014
On 3/28/14 at 7:00am, I paid $100 for FedEx Next Day Air shipping for a book to arrive at my house by 10:30am. I had the option to pay half that price to have it arrive by 12:00 noon, but my husband needed the book AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The book was NOT delivered by 10:30am. The book was not delivered by 12:00 noon. I called FedEx because they have a money back guarantee for it to arrive by the time you pay for.
I tracked the package. It was coming from Oakland, California to Tacoma, Washington State. It took one hour to get from Oakland to Seattle. It took 5 hrs to get from Seattle to Tacoma (which is 35 minutes away). It took 20 minutes to get loaded onto a delivery truck. It takes 20 minutes to get from the FedEx facility to my house.... in which case would have arrived to my house by 10:30 this morning. I found out the driver didn't even leave the facility until 10:54am (the customer service rep told me that information). It is now 5 hrs later and there is still no book.
The customer service representative told me there was a National Weather Advisory put out for today so the money back guarantee was void. There is NO bad weather or storm advisory for the west coast. We are not having any bad weather here (it is raining which is normal for this time of the year in the Pacific Northwest). I want to find out what I can do to get my money back because that book has been sitting in a truck now for over 5 hrs!!! Is this so called "National Weather Warning Advisory" an excuse for the drivers to take the sweet time to deliver very important packages?? Is the company using this excuse to not honor their guarantees??? I am more than angry right now.
Reviewed March 17, 2014
On 3/13/14, I placed an Amazon Prime order. From the get go the item was scheduled for delivery by Federal Express on 3/15/14 by 4:30 p.m., Saturday. So as to ensure I did not miss FedEx I stayed home. I continued to monitor the shipping status. By 3:30 p.m. and still no FedEx, I went to FedEx’s website and was shocked to see that the update indicated delivery was attempted at 12:49 p.m. and customer or business was unavailable.
I live in a condo with at least 10 neighbors who will confirm I was home all day. No phone call, no door tag. It's not as though I live in the woods. I have resided in the same condo in San Bruno for 12 years and never had issues with delivery in the past. When I called FedEx customer service the woman told me her system was down and therefore could not assist me nor take a message. Incredibly FedEx had been out to my unit the day before as there were three items in the same order. It made me wonder if drivers make a habit of doing this or if happened to be the driver's bad luck because the recipient (me) had been home all day and could therefore prove the statement was a lie.
Reviewed March 15, 2014
Poor service seems to be the hallmark of FedEx operations. Yesterday, 3/14/14, at around 1:00 pm, I received an automated call asking me to be available for a package delivery on Saturday 3/15/14 which required a signature. I waited around the house on what was probably the nicest day we have had in Ohio in the past three months, sunny, dry, and temperature of 42 degrees. Throughout the day I continued to check tracking on the package that was loaded for delivery at 7:59 am. At 5:30 pm, tracking noted "Delivery Exception - Local weather delay - Delivery not attempted". Now, the FedEx Office where the package was loaded is in Perrysburg, Ohio which is 11.7 miles from my home by road. The day was clear, warm, and sunny. There were no reported highway accidents. YET - FEDEX CHOSE TO MAKE UP A LIE THAT WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVENTED DELIVERY!!!
It could be that tracking is just an automated system and the driver had no way to say, "You're just a low priority home customer and I have too many commercial packages to deliver - but since I can't say that - I'll just blame the weather". I could have accepted that - IF FEDEX WOULD HAVE CALLED ME AT 3:00 PM TO LET ME KNOW! Now, the package will sit Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 11.7 miles from my house BECAUSE FEDEX IS CLOSED ON MONDAY! If anyone doubts this example of lousy service, check tracking number ** then check Weather.com for what the day was like in Toledo, Ohio on 3/15/14. The only thing I know at this point is that the package MAY be delivered on Tuesday, March 18th. However, one thing I DO KNOW FOR SURE is that I will specify that FEDEX NOT BE USED for any future package shipments!
Reviewed March 12, 2014
I ordered a shipment from California while living in British Columbia. This means it has to cross the US/Canada border. Something I've done multiple times in the past. I noticed in the invoice for the customs/brokerage that there was an advancement fee. While the amount wasn't that much, it was $10 on a $80 order added on top of the taxes and duty of some $10. I called them asking if there was some way to avoid this fee. They said I could avoid this fee if I setup a FedEx account number and attached my credit card number to it so I did.
The next shipment came across without the advancement fee and the normal taxes/duty went through to my credit card number without any problem. Then without warning in a slightly more expensive shipment ($395) where they were also instructed to attach the shipping cost to the account number instead of the shipper paying for it, I get a notice for $117 in fees. Just to lay out the fees, this is what happened: $395 (to the vendor) + $4 pickup fee (to FedEx) + $33 shipping (successfully charged to account and credit card) + $20.42 GST (okay) + $28.58 PST (okay) + $0.00 Duty (good) + $5.85 Duty Disbursement (huh?) + $63 brokerage (excuse me?). The GST & PST I can understand, but $63 brokerage with no duty and none of it being applied to the account?
Add to this the fact that I got emailed from the vendor saying that FedEx was telling them I hadn't paid. This shipment was 5 months ago and I only found out about it now. Apparently the account number and the shipping address had my name on it and they somehow attached a different name and a slightly different address (different only by unit number in my building) than what was on the shipment.
Why the $63 and the inability to send it to the FedEx account number (which I'm glad they didn't at this point)? Apparently the account number is for FedEx Express, the shipping was done by FedEx Ground (which had no trouble charging the account), and the brokerage is from FedEx Trade Networks (who are they?). Any dispute with FedEx has been referred to FedEx Trade Networks which so far has only said "sorry but that's our policy" and they refer me back to the FedEx person who setup my account which was some random agent 2+ years ago.
Reviewed March 12, 2014
I ordered a pair of BOSS 12" Subwoofers from VMinnovations through Amazon... The package was approximately 34 pounds. The shipping was almost immediately, however I received an email from FedEx saying my package was delivered. I had been home all day anxiously waiting for my subs to come so I could install them in my new car I had just bought, however, I never received my package. I also checked with my neighbors and no one had seen anything... Never had an issue with anything like this before...
I immediately contacted the shipper and was told they would contact FedEx and do a follow up with the driver... Here I am almost a week later and I was told a few days ago via the FedEx hub office in Hagerstown, MD that the driver left the package at a tan house in the woods in Buck Valley... Okay well first of all, I'm not in Buck Valley, then I contacted FedEx hub office in Hagerstown, MD once again and was told the driver had placed EOL on the ticket, meaning end of lane, and that it is against policy procedure for driver to just let package where he did and driver had been disciplined for his actions and I would have to contact VMinnovations for them to file a claim with FedEx and then the shipper could reship my items. However, when I contacted the shipper, I was told they had a contract with FedEx and in their contract it states they aren't able to file such a claim due to their contract so I then contacted FedEx once again and was told there is no such contract of shipper not being able to file a claim for their merchandise.
Here I am, a customer, who is out and very upset. So I contacted VMinnovations...yet again and they so kindly (I'm being sarcastic) emailed me telling me they was unable to reship my items to me at no cost since FedEx confirmed with the driver that the package was dropped off at my address, but they could give me a discounted price, which was the price I originally paid anyhow, for them to reship the item. So I contacted shipper, for the millionth time and they told me pretty much they couldn't send me anything since I already got my subs, which I never got, and they wasn't able to file any such claim with FedEx to recover the cost of the items I order for it to be reshipped to me but they would be able to reduce their already offered price to $40 if I was wanting them to reship what I had already bought and paid for but never received... One pissed off customer with both FedEx and shipper.
I have had it so I contacted 1-800-GO-FEDEX instead of the Hagerstown, MD hub office and a manager from there is working on this case to see what she can do to help... As far as I am concerned, someone needs to be responsible for this and since the Fedex driver so carelessly placed my package wherever, then he and/or FedEx needs to make this right. However, I also feel that VMinnovations need to do more if they would like to have returning customers... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is resolved... Oh and I even ask for a refund, which I was denied. So, where else do I turn? Any suggestions? VMinnovations also said I should maybe contact police, but if the item was sitting alongside the road, how is this a "theft" issue? Ugh, maybe I'm missing something here, but as I said early, I feel FedEx is to blame for their careless delivery driver placing the package along the road.. Help... I don't have money to throw away like this.
Reviewed March 11, 2014
I placed an order Walmart.com on Thursday, March 6, 2014 and paid for expedited shipping that guaranteed my package would arrive no later than Monday, March 10th. Walmart.com quickly shipped my items and again stated that my items would arrive no later than Monday, March 10. The FedEx website also stated the same deliver date when I checked the tracking numbers for each package.
Yesterday, Monday, March 10, my packages were supposed to be delivered by FedEx after paying for express delivery. I contacted FedEx after their tracking system showed that my packages hadn't made any progress in days after arriving at their sort facility. Nobody on the phone with FedEx could tell me where my packages were or where they were heading. My local sort facility is only 4 hours away from the origination facility so I couldn't believe that my package left the facility on Saturday, March 8 and nobody could tell me where it was 2 days later.
Today, Tuesday, March 11, the driver delivered my $200 worth of merchandise to a house a block down my street because he said he wasn't sure where my house was. After an hour of getting nowhere on the phone with the FedEx customer service reps who (after discovering that my tracking numbers showed delivered, but I didn't have my items) happened to hang up on me each time I called or the escalation rep who also hung up on me, someone from the local dispatch called me and asked me to call the driver directly.
The driver informed me that he couldn't find my house number which is 211 because he turned the wrong way at the end of the cross street. He told me that he found house number 307 and backed up to house number 270 and didn't see my house so he dropped my items off on a porch somewhere between 270 and 307. I'm not sure why he thought that 211 would be somewhere between 270 and 307. FedEx doesn't even make sure that their drivers can count or know how house numbers work with city blocks and they can't even follow directions before they are able to drive a delivery truck. GPS can easily find my home by the way because that's how we located it when we first viewed it while house hunting.
He then told me that I needed to go down the road and find the house that he left my things at when even he didn't know which house number he delivered my items to. I had to demand that he go back and get my packages from the stranger who now has the merchandise that I paid $200 for and hope that they will be honest and give it back. I had to actually tell him that I want HIM to bring it back to my house. I am so fed up with FedEx. I am going to make sure that I NEVER use that company for ANYTHING EVER AGAIN!!
Finding my house has never been an issue for their drivers in the past and I don't know why it was today, but this driver could have called at any point when he couldn't find my home or he could have just taken it back to the depot so it could be picked up tomorrow, but he chose to leave my merchandise with a random stranger down the street from my home. This is unacceptable and not good business practice. Andy with the local dispatch was the only person who seemed sympathetic and willing to help me with my problem, but nobody else with the corporation showed any concern. At one point, I was told that it would be at least 2 days before anyone with the company could help me because they allow 2 days for the driver to retrace their steps. By that point, the person who received my merchandise could have sold it and made a profit off of my loss.
Reviewed March 10, 2014
FedEx seems to have a tactic of not delivering parcels and claiming that either the business is closed or the recipient is not there, they also sometimes say the address is incorrect. UPS and USPS has no problem delivering parcels to my work but FedEx seems to. Why is this? I think the drivers have so many parcels on board they just can't deliver them all in time and they just skip delivering some to catch up. They scan the parcel and put that the business was closed in my case, which is ridiculous as we are open Mon-Fri, but when looking on the tracking info it says they couldn't deliver because we were closed or the recipient is not there. Out of the last ten parcels only two have been delivered without some exception. I never have this problem with USPS or UPS. I will be telling everyone to use UPS or USPS from now on.
Reviewed March 4, 2014
Fedex has been more reliable to me in the past than UPS. Damaging less packages and having less issues. However, my latest shipment was terrible. My package was damaged during international shipping. I filed a claim and my claim was never paid attention to. I had to send 5 emails before I even got a response. The response was one line saying that they "were taking care of it."
I waited two weeks more and they finally sent me a letter saying that they denied my claim. They didn't even investigate the package or ask for further information even though, I provided all of their listed "required" documentation. They are such a joke!! Unfortunately, they are cheaper than UPS and USPS isn't always the best choice. I guess when you are a monopoly you don't need to care about smaller shipments.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2014
I order something online. FedEx have to ship it to my house. Now not everyone going to be available at certain time. Some of us have to be at work at certain time. FedEx left the package in front of the door. Especially the kind of neighborhood I live. People can steal this any moment. If the apartment have office why not leave it there. Instead of leaving the box in front of the door. Where a stranger can pass by stole the Item that I pay for. FedEx need to change a way of doing things. If the apartment have office why not leave it there instead of leaving the merchandise in front of the door. Where a person you do not know will claim the box for you. Now the box is stolen. We have no idea who stole a merchandise I pay for. Now it gone. I hope FedEx change their way of doing things.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014
I sent a package overseas. I was told the package would arrive at the final destination by a specific time. I understand that international packages risk being held up at customs. Still, I was not informed that there was a chance the package would not arrive by the time specified. This is my first complaint.
My second complaint: I called FedEx customer service three times expressing my disappointment and frustration that the package was not delivered on time - this was an important package. All three customer service reps acted professionally but were unable to give me any details about the whereabouts of the package - it had been seven hours since the package had passed customs. I believe the customer service reps should be better equipped/informed/trained to handle such questions.
I don't understand how a company as big as FedEx cannot give more information than "the package has passed customs" once in another country. There was no third party involved in the final stage of the delivery process. FedEx was to deliver the package to its final destination. There is certainly improvement that can be made in this respect.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2014
I was waiting for a package to be delivered. The driver didn't ring the doorbell and left me a tag signature required. I called FedEx and they said the driver would redeliver the package and gave me a confirmation number. He told me they would call me first. I waited four hours, no phone call. I called FedEx and spoke to another representative who said "We don't do that." I asked for a supervisor. They put me on with a man named Bill ** who was rude. I asked him how am I supposed to get my delivery, this was my day off.
I as many people do have a job. He paused. He said we can send it to your office. I work on the road. I have no office. So he said, "I don’t know what to tell you." I said what does one do to get their package. He wanted to hang upon me. I said send it to the nearest location. He wouldn't give me the address at first. I looked it up on my computer Eatontown, NJ. I called them and they said there no guarantee it will be there tomorrow. Frustrated with them this package is important. I will never buy anything from anyone who uses this company. This is not the first time with FedEx, but it will be my last.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
I've bought an Xperia Z1 from a eBay seller based in USA (I am from UK). All was well, I paid for FedEx 2 Day delivery service, which means it would be here in 2 days. It did, but it was the incorrect item. It was an Xperia Z tablet. I contacted the buyer, they said they've contacted FedEx and FedEx have said they take blame for mixing the packages up (the shipping label was correct but the item inside was someone else's). What FedEx have said is, they will retrieve both packages and ONCE they have both packages they will re-deliver to the correct addresses. However, it's been a week now and no update on my item, apart from them saying they'll schedule a pick up from the other buyer.
Last Thursday FedEx came to my house and picked up the other person's item which was delivered to me, I then called them asking about an update on my item, they have said its on the van being delivered. I waited all day till 8pm. No sign of FedEx, I had also called around 5pm asking how long it will be, the representative said if its not here today, it will definitely be here tomorrow (Saturday). I then waited all day on Saturday and still no sign. I then called them yesterday on Monday and they have said there's no note saying they've picked up my item from the other buyer and that they have been tracking the item which I gave back to them.
As you can tell I have been sitting here waiting every day being as patient as I can be, but I doubt this will last much longer. So, I called them to say that I've been told 3 times now that FedEx are scheduling a pick up from the other person who has my package. But everyday that I call, they tell me the same thing over and over again that there's no note saying they've scheduled anything, and that they will schedule a pick up today. So basically what's in my mind right now is that, FedEx have arranged my package to be stolen.
Note: Both packages have been signed for, I have signed for the other buyer's package, and the other buyer has signed for my package. I have also been checking eBay every day to see if there are any Xperia Z1s being sold matching the seller's area name and item details, etc. FedEx have said they will deliver to the correct addresses AFTER they have retrieved both item, but when they retrieved the other buyer's package from me, they have already shipped it to him as BOTH tracking numbers show the other buyer's area name.
FedEx's level of service that has now been shown to me is very unprofessional, and outrageous to be quite honest. They have Literally arranged my package to be stolen. I have took pictures of the item I received and the receipt of the actual item that I bought.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2014
I paid for overnight delivery. I stayed home the day the package was to arrive. I happened to look outside and saw the FedEx truck drive away. No one rang my doorbell. I called FedEx and was told that I couldn't prove the driver didn't ring my doorbell (my doorbell could wake the dead. If anyone rang it - I would have heard it. I jump out of my skin every time someone does use it). I was told that they can't have the driver return to deliver the package even though I called immediately.
Day 2 - I had the signed door tag on my door. I stayed home just in case. I received an email saying there was a "delivery exception" - that I wasn't home or the business was closed so they couldn't deliver. I called FedEx. The customer service person looked up my door tag number and told me that the driver said he couldn't get to me because of snow and a hill. I do not live on or near a hill. I live directly off a very flat main street. As I was on the phone with customer service - a neighbor drove up the driveway - in a compact car. If that car could make it to our condo building in the snow - why couldn't a FedEx truck?
I have asked for my $29 shipping fee to be refunded. I was told that because they attempted delivery - they carried out their job and my fee wouldn't be refunded. Interesting "attempt" at delivery. Don't ring the doorbell and just leave. Or drive by and don't even try to deliver it. I wish I was paid for "attempting" to do my job. I only get paid if I actually DO my job.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2014
I ordered a computer from Dell. I got an email giving me a delivery date from FedExpress 3 days later. On that date, my phone rang at 8am. A electronic call informed me that someone had to be home to sign for the package. We stayed home and waited. I checked the tracking number every 2 hours or so to make sure they would deliver. At 7:30 PM, the delivery date changed from the current date to N/A. I called FedEx and was told they had lost track of the package several days earlier. They couldn't explain why I still was called and told to stay home. I then got the corporate P/C crap about their being sorry. More than 11 hours wasted and still no computer. It was sunny and 70 degrees in SW FL, so no weather problems could possibly had been at fault since they called me that morning. I still will have to wait at home on whatever new date they dream up to deliver the computer again. I will never choose FedEx as a delivery option again.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2014
I had a FedEx account, I used my credit card to activate it. I print some shipping labels, it gives you price of the shipping and I accept it. After 10-11 shipments, I checked my credit card. It looks like they charged me over $50. I called them and figured out they charged me what I accept to pay some of the address correction charges. They kept charging whatever they wanted. I was pissed. I talked to them, there is no way to cancel your account and delete credit card information online. They said they delete the account but still my credit card information is there. What a scam. Worst shipping company. Never never never again I will use FedEx.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2014
My son shipped me a box on December 23, 2013 from San Antonio, TX to my home in Pittsburgh, PA. He completely forgot about mailing it. Today, he finally remembered the box and asked me if I ever got it. I never did. When we check the tracking information, it shows the package "was left on doorstep, no signature required" on December 27, 2013. When I call FedEx, they have a completely different address for the intended address. My son took a picture of his shipper's copy and sent it to me via e-mail. It clearly shows my address.
Now this is the strange part. The package was delivered to my uncle's home on a completely different side of town. This home has been empty and boarded up for at least five years. The only thing my uncle and I have in common is our last name. Different street names, different zip codes and different first names. This house is not in the best of neighborhoods and the box is long gone. I am at a loss understanding how FedEx could have changed the address. I should add that my son has never been to my uncle's former home and does not know the address. FedEx somehow changed the address.
When I contacted FedEx, they don't know how this could have happened and insist the address they have on file for this delivery is my uncle's address. I clearly see the shipper's copy and it has my address on it. I suspect FedEx has a database of names and address and somehow, for some reason, changed the intended address. The box contained crystal glasses and candlesticks, clothes and shoes.
Reviewed Jan. 4, 2014
I had a package sent to me from AZ to Nigeria on 17 Dec. 13 with a promised of delivery on 20 Dec. The package did in fact arrive in Nigeria on 20 Dec. The FedEx tracker showed it arriving, into customs with a note about a customs issue and shortly afterward showed it arriving to the facility which for the next 11 days showed it as being at their facility. The promised date of delivery was replaced with an N/A and that was it. I called the local contractor for FedEx and found that my package was going to draw a duty payment but that had not been assessed by the Nigerian government yet. There was never anything similar to that stated in the tracker. During that first phone conversation, I provided my local phone number and email address so they could contact me with the duty information. This was Friday, Dec 20 and left it be until the next Monday.
I tried to follow up on Monday, Dec 23, and found the phone system was not working which continued not to work for the next 7 days until the next Monday, 30 Dec. I called FedEx customer service in the USA and was again given the local number that wasn't working. When I advised the agent of that, he indicated there was nothing he could do. I think emailed customer service and asked for help and the response 2 days later was an email with the phone number. I could call that of course was not working. I tried finding other phone numbers or address of anyone in FedEx (up to the CEO) and found names of Presidents from all around the world and the CEO but all attempts to email any of them were in vain. So I waited.
The following Monday, I did call and got through and was told that a duty assessment was determined the following Friday and they would email me the details (No, he would not tell me). In about an hour, I received an email with specific directions of how to make the payment and I did a wire transfer within minutes to pay the duty. I called the local customer service and informed them of the payment and they indicate that when their treasurer notified them of the payment, they would contact customs and maybe the package may be delivered on Tuesday. That is when I blew. I ask them when they were going to start treating this as if it was a priority that I know I paid for. They told me that it is the way it is.
I then used the email address that the payment information came in and responded with a very pointed email complaining about the service. Not about the wait for customs, which was out of their control, but the total lack of communications and miscommunication from the local contractor and placed in Cc the national FedEx customer service address.
I then received a response from FedEx customer service stating that there was nothing they could do and again referenced me to the local agent. This is when I really blew it. I returned a note to FedEx customer service that indicated how totally unhappy I was and that I promised to continue to try and contact senior management until I could talk to someone that seems to give a (you know what). I also promised to go to ever social network site I could find and broadcast my problems with FedEx. Once that package left US airspace, FedEx seemed to wash their hands completely of any responsibility.
I did receive a quick response back and it was indicated my complaint would be escalated. The next day it was escalated all the way to the local contractor who wrote me an email apologizing for the package being held in customs. I responded but I know it fell into some dark hole somewhere to be added to the hordes of other complaints. This is my first attempt at find social media.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
This is an additional story about FEDEX. FedEx called me on Christmas morning and left message that the package would be delivered on 12/26/13. Around 3:00 pm I checked the tracking through the web, and called FedEx to make sure that the product was going to send me on 12/26/13. I did not received any, even it was 7:40 pm, so I called FEDEX again. The agent told me that it could not deliver because of high volume of the package. So he suggested to me to call the facility which was keeping my package in the next morning at 8:00 am to arrange the shipment in order to receive the package in the morning on 27th.
In the morning of 27th, I called the phone number the agent gave me was SCUM phone number such as "Congratulations! You won cruise ship trip to...." only talking about cruise ship, it did not have any chance to connect the phone to any HUMAN. I called FEDEX again, and told an agent about the phone number. Then the agent told me that it is prohibited to give a phone number of facilities to customers. OH MY GOD! The agent I talked to last night gave me a scum phone number!!! What was the suggestion?!?!
What kind of training does FEDEX give to agents who belong to customer service? Anyway, I have to leave here at 11:30 am. If the package is not delivered by the time, I have to give up the product I purchased around $500.00. I won't use FEDEX any more and ship any products by FEDEX for my customers. If it has happened these bad experiences I had to my customer, my business also will have damages. So I change the shipping company in my office, too.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
I ordered a package for Christmas on December 15. I got the information that the package shipped on the 16th. The delivery date was scheduled for December 21. I live in Connecticut and I could handle that for delivery. Plenty of time before Christmas...NOT. On December 21, I tracked the package and saw that it was left at the post office two towns away from me and was out for delivery. Nothing arrived on the 21st. I called Fed Ex on Monday, December 23rd and they said they didn't know why the package had not arrived yet. I asked why the package was delivered to a post office that was 2 towns away and if I could just go pick it up. They instructed me to call the post office. On December 24th, I contacted the post office in that town and asked if they could find the package for me and I would just come pick it up. They said that it was scanned into their facility but they did not know where it is but they would make a note of it and said they had no idea why the package would have even been delivered to their facility since it wasn't even the same town that I lived in.
Yesterday, December 26th, I contacted the post office again. They said that it was being looked for but there was no sign of it at their or my local post office. They were very nice and said if they found it, they would call me. I got a call yesterday afternoon from the post office telling me that FedEx picked up the package from them and it should be out for delivery. Thanks USPS for the update!
It is now December 27th and I went to try to check to see where my package is once again and it is now at a Fed Facility in CINCINNATI, OHIO!!!!!! Last time I checked, Ohio is no way near Connecticut. How did something travel all the way to Connecticut, get sent to a post office, then end up in Ohio? Are you kidding me? And there is NO estimated arrival date. My status says it is at a sorting facility. I am furious. I felt 8 days was ample time to get a package for the holidays. Apparently, I was wrong. I will never EVER use Fed Ex as a shipping method again. And to think that the Post Office had a better grasp about where my package is over the actual shipper. This was the ONLY package I ordered that had FedEx as the shipper and they screwed up...BIG TIME. Here it is, 11 days after my package shipped, no package, no explanation and they just don't care. Thanks for nothing FedEx.
Reviewed Dec. 27, 2013
I received phone call from FedEx on Christmas morning and left message that FedEx is going to deliver the product between 9 am to 8 pm on 12/26/13. I received the confirmation, so I canceled my schedule and I have been waiting for the delivery all day long, but it did not deliver. Even I checked their delivery schedule through the web and phone call around 3:00 pm on 26th, FedEx showed me and told me that the product is going to be delivered on 26th. At 7:30 pm, it still showed the product is going to be delivered on 26th.
At 8:00 pm, I called to FedEx again, then the agent told me that due to the volume of packages, FedEx could not deliver my product, it is going to be delivered tomorrow from 9 am-8 pm. WHAT??? If you cannot deliver, DON'T CALL ME one day before, I did not request any phone call or email for the notice. Additionally, FedEx kept posting the delivery date until I found that FedEx cannot deliver it on 26th. If FEDEX cannot deliver the product next day, FedEx should not give us delivery notice one day before. And if FedEx found that it cannot be delivered the day FedEx noticed and confirmed, FedEx should let us know immediately by phone call or email. I cannot trust FEDEX any more. Good bye FEDEX.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
Went to the store for the past 3 weeks asking to fax a paper. The owner of the store fail to do it stating out of order. The first time was awkward when he stated no fax because he was sitting in the store next to his business having coffee with a friend of his. I went again. Same story, no fax. Went in again 3 weeks later, no fax working. It felt strange because I have fax there before and the routine was to put the fax number on a piece of paper. He watch me do this and then stated no fax. He also refuse to purchase a new machine with the correct date of the faxes. The machine is dated for some day in 2005.
This is not how this suppose to be when you are faxing something to federal agency. This office is the closest to my home and I feel it should be ran like other FedEx office with faxes being done and the date on the fax machine should be correct. Just because it's your store does not gives you the right to run it the way you want to. The store is in Koreantown on 952 Western Los Angeles CA. Is this now discrimination or what?
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
FedEX used to provide good service. Out of the last three deliveries that I have received from FedEX, I've had problems with everyone. Typically status shows that they were unable to deliver package because no one is home. I live in an apt, and in all three cases I was either home or left a note to leave the package. No door tag was left, no one called for entry into the building, no one called me directly. I realize there can be problems, but all packages were addressed correctly. It simply was a problem that FedEX lied and said they attempt delivery when they don't.
Reviewed Dec. 26, 2013
Ordered from Macy's Dec 22 before 5 PM EST, guaranteed Dec 24th delivery. On Dec 24, FedEx shows loading my order in truck in Carlsbad (20 miles from my house) at 8.31 am, waited all day, at 6.51 PM shows order back at Carlsbad facility. Called FedEx, sorry, office closed, will be delivered on Dec 26, no explanation for non delivery!
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2013
I ordered two iPhones. They were to be delivered on 12/24/2013. On Monday the 23rd, I checked tracking # and it said it was on truck for delivery by 8pm so I took off work for the delivery had to be signed for. Did not show up. Checked tracking #, this time it said it was not due for delivery. But they sent it out on truck for delivery. 12/24/2013 at 8:23 am, it said it was on FedEx truck for delivery by 8pm; it did not show up. Checked tracking # again, this time it said delay beyond our control. Again I took off work to sign for package. Now I have to take another day off and wait for it to come. So I lost 2 days pay and my wife and I did not get our Christmas presents. So I will never order or buy anything from any company that sends by FedEx only.
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2013
When I saw that FedEx online showed my package was delivered, yet I didn't get it, I called them. They said it was delivered and could have been stolen from my door. I told them no way, so they called the driver who described my home and said he remembers delivering it (LIAR). I checked with my neighbors, nothing. I went to the police to get report so I could recoup my money from the company who sold me the item. I did all that and got my money back. 2 weeks later, a lady who lives around the block came over with my package. She was on vacation and found it at her doorstep!
Reviewed Dec. 25, 2013
The reason I placed this order because it's stated to arrive by 12/24/2013 Xmas eve but now FedEx website logged it as delivery exception, delivery not attempted. It's sitting in a local FedEx. What the heck is that? And delivery date N/A. Apparently they don't work on Xmas either. So irresponsible! I have a gift for a friend's daughter and I will be attending the party without the gift. So pissed! Next time not going to trust FedEx for urgent delivery anymore.
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2013
I choose a next day international priority envelope, paid FedEx their big bucks and now after couple of follow-up they are not able to tell me where the package will be delivered as they don't have the flight information. I ask where the package is - the answer is the last it was in Indianapolis. Guess what, the package contains passports of our family, and the shipment was from Hartford to CANADA. What should I do if these bunch of idiots come back and say "we can't locate the package". I will Tweet and Tweet and use their social media Facebook till I get a responsible response.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
I ordered something the 13th of this month. It was supposed to be here the 15th... I waited all day for FedEx to deliver it. After waiting all day, I recheck the shipping code. It says delivery N/A.. I was rather annoyed with this but waited until the 19th. It finally said delivery will be the 20th. I sat around all day YET AGAIN! It turned into 7 pm and I get an email saying Reason Delivery Not Completed - No attempt made, delivery scheduled for next business day. After this I'm annoyed and pissed, I called the 1-800 8 times to only be disconnected every time I called. I then said enough is enough, I want it sent to my local store to pick it up since my driver is incompetent.
They did this to me! They dropped it at the store for me to pick it up, THEN some driver picked it back up to deliver to me on MONDAY... I doubt any of these people listen or read any paperwork printed. This is bull crap and I want my money I paid for shipping back. It's a food item that was supposed to be here in at least a decent amount of time. The fact it was in Salem, my hometown, which isn't that big for the whole week and hasn't been to me is annoying me... This isn't how a business should be run. I am boycotting any online shop that ships from FedEx. No one should be treated this way holidays or not.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2013
You will get it to you when we can!!!!!! And we pay extra for this service!!! I ordered a package on Tuesday morning... was to be delivered priority overnight!! WELL today is Friday and I don't have it... As a matter of fact, I tracked it on their website and it has been sitting in the same location since 4 am Wed. Newark NJ (which is about 90 min. from where it's to be delivered). I have called several times. Thur. night they returned my call and said it would be delivered today FRIDAY at 12.. never happened!!! They claim it is still sitting in the container in NJ because this is a busy time of the year... REALLY??? Isn't that why they hire seasonal help??
Customer service wouldn't even put a supervisor on the phone. She said, "They cannot tell you any more than I have". I said I want to file a complaint then... she said, "You just did... I noted your acct that you called and were not satisfied." They claim no one can call, email or do anything to find out when this package will be delivered. BUT the container was scanned again today and it's still in NJ. I ordered a new SIM card for a phone which is not working without it... I did it overnight because of the urgency of receiving this ASAP. This is very frustrating... Their customer service is HORRIBLE!!!! I would never recommend them! GO BROWN!!!!!! Oh and they gave me an ext. to call back if there was a problem... Problem is when you call the 800 #, there is no option to enter the extension!!! Way to go FedEx.
Reviewed Dec. 20, 2013
Yesterday 12/19/13, the FedEx driver said he delivered my package and the signature is a fake. I was home all day and night and kept looking out for the driver because it was a nice case of wine. The FedEx people would not fax a picture of the signature to us, but they did show the wine company and they said it was not readable. I know for sure he never came to the house and yet FedEx never take any responsibility for anything. They are not a good company and they should be held accountable. The wine company is sending another case and I wonder if I will get it.
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
FedEx managed to misplace my 3rd package during the 2013 year. Congratulations! The first package was brought to my door a week and a half later by a nice and honest neighbor. When I contact FedEx and told them what happened, they kept calling and calling and calling to apologize. The second package was also delivered at an alternate location. Luckily, I was able to obtain the local FedEx warehouse phone number (which is now not available) and the manager got a hold of the driver. The drive back-tracked and found it at another address. OOOOOPS, then they apologized.
Now, my 3rd package which contained Christmas presents is lost; better yet, they are taking the driver's word that he delivered it on Saturday, when in fact we were home all day awaiting the delivery. Now, the tracking specialist said that they have to take the driver's word and worst yet (or better, if I look at the glass as half full), my address seems to be problematic and a signature will be required. Well, thank God for that, but my address is not the issue. Your drivers are morons and thieves. This business needs to close down for good or at least someone should investigate their very poor customer service; it is a JOKE!!!
Reviewed Dec. 18, 2013
Bought an item off of Amazon.com on 11/28. FedEx still has not delivered it and it has been 20 days since it was ordered. FedEx picked up the package on 12/5 in Irving, TX. It got to Kansas City, MO on 12/8 and arrived at Springfield, MO on 12/10. I live 60 miles south of Springfield and still have not received the package even though it has been on the truck for delivery for 4 days. The driver keeps saying weather delays but the snow has melted and the roads are clear. The most likely reason that I have not received the package is that it was not delivered on time therefore they are no longer getting paid for the shipment from Amazon.com. There is NO reason why it should take 20 days for a shipment. Our local mail has been delivered each and every day and UPS was out in our neighborhood on 12/17 when the FedEx driver states that there was LOCAL WEATHER DELAY - DELIVERY NOT ATTEMPTED. If you want your packages delivered on time DO NOT USE FedEx!!! You are actually better off using UPS or USPS believe it or not.
Reviewed Dec. 12, 2013
I live on a large piece of land on a mountain. Twice now FedEx has lost/stolen my purchases shipped with them. First was a front tire for my BMW and now, this month a large order of auto parts from RockAuto. I'm tired of their excuses and BS answers telling me to go out in below freezing temps and search the property for the package which their lying driver claims to have left at my front door. Solution: All future purchases online will specify to ship UPS or cancel the order.
Reviewed Dec. 9, 2013
I ordered a Vizio Soundbar System from Walmart.com ($150 value) and it was shipped and expected to be delivered on Dec. 3rd, 2013 to my house in Philadelphia. Dec. 3rd comes and goes with no delivery, yet the package tracking number states it's in the local Philadelphia facility, and appeared to sit in the facility for days. A call to FedEx support leads to the typical "Under Investigation" and stated they would deliver the package on Sat., Dec. 7th, that never happened. Now as of Monday, Dec. 9th, the tracking number claims the Estimated Delivery Date is: N/A. A.k.a. ITS GONE. How the hell do you lose a package in the delivering city???? How? Oh that's right, it's in an employee's home right now. Never using FedEx again. I'd advice you to stay away as well.
Reviewed Dec. 4, 2013
I hear a knock on the door and I see a TV package out there left over the door... The driver did not even wait for the customer's response. By the time I opened the door, the driver was in his truck. When I called up the customer service to complain, they said it was in their terms and conditions... What if we were not home and the package was not there by the time we are home? This is a bad service....
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2013
I ordered a shelf from a major discount store for an employee of the company where I work. When I opened the box I found a fed-ex envelope in the bottom addressed to a completely different company and not from the discount store. I took it to the mailroom. The mailroom manager delivered it herself to the correct company since they needed it right away. The envelope contained a check for a very large amount of money. How in the world does Fed-ex manage to put an envelope like that into a box for a discount store?
Reviewed Nov. 17, 2013
I left a note on my door as to where to leave the pkg and the moron driver decided to leave at all. There is no one home during the week and on Saturdays. I'm an over the road truck driver and away from home for at least a week at a time. I called their 800 number and was given the run around and told I would have to wait until Tuesday before I could pick up my pkg. Problem is I leave for Texas on Monday. One thing for sure, I will never deal with FEDEX again! If I find that the product I want will be shipped by these morons, I will not make the purchase.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2013
This past Saturday, I woke up very excited to receive 2 items I had delivered from One Kings Lane for my living room. I had been tracking the package, and knew it was to be delivered some time on Saturday, so I made a special effort to stay at home on Saturday in anticipation of these 2 items. Well, 10:00 rolls around, no package, 2:00 - no package, 5:00 - no package, 8:00 - no package (you get the picture). I go on to check my order status and it says it had been delivered at 9:30 am that day! Well, I was in my house, looking out the window periodically, all day long, and not once did our doorbell ring or did I see a box on our front porch.
Bottom line, the driver did NOT deliver it at my house. I call FedEx. They submit my claim. I hear back from a nice lady in the Trace Department and says that she will have the driver come out to my street to make sure he left it at my house (I gave her specific descriptions of my house), and if it was a different house, then he will go there, get the package and bring to me. Well of course, this was to happen yesterday and I never received the package. I call the Trace Department today and a not quite as nice lady tells me that they spoke with the driver and he says that he did indeed leave it at my house, and that was it. They had to take his word for it. WHAT?
I then ask another lady if they sent him out here to look at my house and she said they can't technically do that. I'm sorry if I'm coming across as "too demanding" of the driver to actually do his job and take responsibility for a package that HE was to deliver. But isn't that fair for me to prefer for him to come out here, go to the house he left it with, and retrieve it? How am I supposed to just simply take his word for it when I 100% know that he absolutely did not deliver the package to my house??? I WAS HOME.
I am so frustrated with FedEx's complete lack of efforts in trying to make this driver take responsibility for this package. It is his job to deliver it to the correct place, and if you don't deliver it to the correct place, and are informed of this-- FIX IT. I paid for an item and never got it, yet I'm supposed to be fine with this because the driver said that he did deliver it??? THEN WHERE IS IT? I am beyond unimpressed with the way FedEx is handling this and will make a continued effort to ship from and only from UPS from now on out.
Reviewed Nov. 12, 2013
Thursday. It was the day that Fedex UK told my cousin Narissa that the passport was to arrive. It is not that hard to ship a passport, and I checked online about the legalities of sending such a document. Supposedly, it is legal except to a few countries. Since July 1, 2013 when Croatia entered the EU, I figured an EU to EU transfer would not cause any problems. Thursday 18:00 PM, the passport should have arrived in Zagreb. Tracking number: **. I was prepared to go to Slavonski Brod so that I can cross the border to get a new entry stamp in my passport, so I can start the application process for the EU Blue Card which I apparently qualify for. Once again, the first to get it in Croatia!
Friday. I went to MUP to see what this EU Blue Card was. It was my way to work unconditionally in Croatia as long as I had a work contract, so despite the delay of the passport, which Ms. Andreja ** told me would be arriving between 14:00 and 16:00. Unfortunately it did not arrive and at 16:00, Ms. ** called and said that it did not arrive with the morning’s shipment and she called Fedex Austria to see where it was. Apparently it fell off the conveyor belt and will be arriving on Monday. I was planning on having a slower weekend in Slavonski Brod to cross the border and wanted to go to MUP on Monday morning, but since the passport was “delayed” in Austria, I was stuck in Zagreb and could not take that step forward.
Monday. Nobody from Fedex called. I pulled the tracking number and checked on the Fedex.com website to see where it was and since Friday, the estimated delivery time turned to N/A. I then called Fedex and the first person I talked to (Marina, Martina?) told me that I had to fill in a customs form so that it can get delivered on Tuesday. I was confused, because I have already sent my forms in to Ms. **. I then asked to be transferred to Ms. **, who told me that they lost my passport. It is not in the Fedex Austria facility and will have to check any outgoing trucks to see where it is.
What I Do Not Understand. I had friends who worked in DHL and ANY package needs to be scanned when they are on any truck. I am sure Fedex, USPS or any tracked services from any postal service do the same. That way the tracking system puts it “in transit”. Needless to say, there have been a lot of emails and complaints to Fedex. However, people are trying to cover their tracks and Fedex UK blamed UK Customs for the delay, Fedex Croatia is blaming Fedex Austria, and Fedex Austria has no clue.
Consequences: Since it is a passport and that is needed for my work permit, which I cannot get because of the fact that my employer will hire someone else, I will not be able to stay in the country and due to other EU regulations, can't work as a doctor ANYWHERE else in the world. Thus, I'll be homeless indefinitely.
On Friday, October 18, 2013, I washed my passport, but Mr. Hanapi ** could not take 15 minutes for me to fill in the form and show him my damaged passport, but told me to wait until Monday. I sent the forms by Fedex on Monday, which arrived on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, I signed my work contract with Ustanova za zdravsvtenu skrb. Ms. Jesmin ** at JIM London told me it was ready within the week despite the Muslim holidays at the Embassy. Mr. Syed **, who took over my case on Thursday would not release it, so there were a lot of arguments and slow email exchanges. Then on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, Mr. Syed told my cousin that it was ready, so she drove 3 hours down to London to only get turned around because it was not ready. She finally picked it up on Friday, November 1, 2013 and went to the Fedex office on Monday. She was told it would arrive on Thursday, November 7, 2013. The passport was then held by UK Customs until Thursday and arrived in Fedex Austria on Friday morning, which was meant to arrive in the afternoon in Croatia. Then it got lost.
Reviewed Oct. 30, 2013
It was last October 24 when my fiancé sent his documents for our application supposedly to the embassy for Fiancée Visa when the FedEx made our plans into waste! He made sure it is a priority as type of delivery upon sending it to my country but then when I called them up an hour of the expected time of delivery and asked them for the whereabouts of my actual parcel all the customer service have to say was "I will call you 15-30 mins from now". An hour passed after the call... 2... 3. I called them again and the agent said "I'm still coordinating with your place mam. Please wait for my call." And when I called the FedEx branch of my place they said they haven’t got any request nor info or call from any of the branch. & so we have to cancel my flight, appointment to the embassy and the hotel reservations!
I have never experience something drastic like this and quite frustrated on how things turned up esp if you were expecting for the courier to arrive on time! I will NEVER USE FEDEX EVER! Very pathetic and couldn't even answer a simple question! Also, their online tracking is no use. It keeps on saying "in transit" since Saturday. It was sent by my boyfriend last Wednesday and now it’s Wednesday already! No point paying additional money as to make it "priority" if I should get it after a week and maybe at 6pm! Wow! Really. 6pm they’d deliver it? Yeah right. So please if you got any important documents to send, NEVER EVER TRUST FEDEX!
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2013
I'm sick of the new tactic that's emerging everywhere of blaming the customer for an employee's laziness or incompetence. I'm sitting here having taken off work to receive a valuable item through FedEx and the web page has updated the delivery saying they attempted to deliver it at 12:52 and I wasn't here (or the business is closed). I can't believe my eyes. I've been checking the door every hour. I look out the window every time a truck goes by and they have the nerve to lie like that?
I've called twice and the local office has yet to call me back. That is because they are going to stick with their original plan of delivering it tomorrow, probably late in the day. Or not. Who knows. I'm really angry, mostly because they are saying I wasn't here when I absolutely was, and anxiously waiting for this package. How can they get away with that? The lie bothers me more than the fact that the package is late.
Reviewed Oct. 27, 2013
I am very upset about FedEx service and at least FedEx charge for customer clearance too much!!!! They don't like to explain why I have to pay on one package with a value of 140 USD import tax 717.000RP, Invoice OR No. **, Oct. 2013 and on my second package, I have to pay for a value of 130 USD, invoice OR No. **, Oct. 2013 about 840.000RP. Both packages are car DVD players! IT CAN NOT BE THAT I HAVE TO PAY MORE ON A PACKAGE WHERE IS THE VALUE MORE LESS. When customer service can hear the word "COMPLAIN" on a call to them, they only to be silent. (What service is this??) No answer on email, still nothing! I hope someone make a class suit against FedEx and go to the court.
Reviewed Oct. 25, 2013
I ordered a one-of-a-kind item from a seller on eBay. They shipped the item via FedEx. It was supposed to arrive at my door on Wed. When I checked the tracking number in the morning, it said "Delivered." So, I checked at my door and nothing was there. I called FedEx to see where they delivered the package and they gave me a vague description based on the driver's notes about where he left it. Needless to say, three days later and I finally get an accurate description of where the package was delivered...right inside the entrance way to the building, on the far side of the building, nowhere near my residence. The package is gone and I have no idea where it went. I've contacted numerous people in my building, and talked with several people at FedEx to track it down, but to no avail.
And you know what? If the driver would have taken a couple extra minutes to ask someone where my residence was, he would have saved himself and me a lot of time and frustration with this whole situation. He admitted that he didn't know where my residence was and just left the box inside the entrance way because that's what he's done before. Wow! He decided to go the easy and lazy way and just dropped it in the building somewhere with the satisfaction of saying it was "delivered." I can't believe this guy still has a job. There are thousands of people who are unemployed who would do a far better job of delivering packages and care about it.
I filed a police report and had to contact the seller to fill out a claims form because I can't get reimbursed directly through FedEx... It has to come through the eBay seller. What a rip-off. The level of frustration I've had at spending hours on the phone with several different people and finally talking to the driver is so not worth the cost of expedited shipping, which has ended up costing me more in time and effort. In addition, I've lost an important and irreplaceable item that took time to find in the first place. The reimbursement should include time wasted on detective work, in addition to the initial shipping fee and item value. Do yourself a favor and ship via USPS or UPS. You'll have a much better chance of getting your package when you're supposed to and save yourself countless hours on the phone trying to track down your own package. I will never use FedEx again and I won't shop with anyone who does.
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2013
Ok, so it's Monday, Oct 14, 2013. My package didn't get delivered to me on Oct 11 because it got delivered to the wrong address. So I called FedEx today. They say package will surely be delivered today. The driver is attempting to retrieve package from wrong address. That was around 12:30 today. It is now 8:30 pm, no package delivered. FedEx needs to give their customers packages to UPS or just give them to the mailman so people can get them on time.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2013
I ordered a brake light for 2004 Cadillac Escalade on 10/07/2013. After much research online, I found it for a reasonable price. The FedEx tracking number says it was out for delivery 10/11/2013 when I checked at around 1 pm EST. At 130 EST, I got an email saying the package had been delivered. NOT TO ME!! It had also been signed for. NOT BY ME!! I called FedEx. They said they would call the driver and respond back to me in about 2 hours. Well, by 5 pm, I had heard nothing and called FedEx back. They told me that the driver left the package at the wrong address and he would come back out on Monday, 10/14/2013, and pick it up and deliver it to me. Today is Friday, I needed that item today. This is extreme incompetence on FedEx. I need to drive my vehicle tomorrow but can't because I have no light. Really pissed off in Virginia.
Reviewed Oct. 9, 2013
My wife and I were married last month. We recently ordered prints of our wedding photos from Wal-Mart which were being shipped by FedEx. Today, 10/9/2013, I suddenly got the idea to track the first of my packages that was not scheduled for delivery until tomorrow. Lo and behold, my order had been marked as refused and it was being shipped back. Apparently, there was an attempt to deliver my package ten minutes prior to me checking, but no one had come knocking on my door. I call customer service and report the issue. Minutes later, I get a call from a woman that says the driver had returned to the area and the person that answered said I did not live there. This is an apartment complex and the leasing office has no record of my name.
I inform her that there are two apartments with the same number, different streets, and the leasing office would not have a record of my name being that it was leased under my wife's maiden name. She asks me to hold so she can speak with the driver. Three times she comes back asking if someone is knocking on my door. "There's no one there," I tell her. As a matter of fact, a FedEx truck is not even in the vicinity. She eventually asks me to meet the driver at the leasing office which I deem a reasonable requests considering the situation, but I had just put my one-year-old son to bed and I dare not leave him (or wake him, get the both of us dressed, and then walk to the leasing office -- two blocks away) to receive a package that should come to my door. She puts me on hold again, then returns and says the driver has others stops in the area and must be going. He has never showed up and apparently my package being delivered is not as important as others.
"He can't leave it at the leasing office," she says, "because your name is not on the lease and they will not take it." I don't even bother to state that I have picked up FedEx packages from the leasing office before because their drivers refuse to bring it to the door. She does, however, tell me that the package will be held at that branch and I can pick it up between 8 am and 4 pm. Although it is an inconvenience because we are a-one vehicle household -- a vehicle which is used by my wife (who leaves for work at 8 and gets off at 5) since she works away and I from home -- I agree to those terms because I have no other options. As I hang up the phone, a UPS driver pulls up and delivers a package to my building. Must be nice.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2013
So I'm not home, right. This stupid FedEx delivery man left my package outside my APARTMENT while I'm not home. So now when I got home and checked the package, it wasn't there! Are you ** kidding me? Now I just paid for nothing because FedEx will not do something about it, so ** you! Please don't reproduce. Use a condom!!!
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2013
Had a post card delivered to Post Box. Called number on card, 610-362-4700, to give street address and have a delivery date-time. Was told that parcel would be delivered next day, Saturday, October 5. Person could not give a time of morning or afternoon. After waiting until 2:30PM EDT and being stuck in house with many errand to run, I called the number again to see if they had any idea of a delivery time. After giving tracking number, person stated that they were the only one there and that the parcel was not shipped. Asked to speak to manager - they were the manager. Asked why we were told parcel would be delivered (today), was told he had no idea of who gave that answer.
If we had called the 800 number, they could trace who gave info, but 610 number is warehouse and they do no record those calls. We were not give an 800 number on the post card. Wasted a whole day waiting for something that was not going to arrive due to miserable "customer service". Called complaint line and that person was not very useful. At this point, requested that parcel be sent back to sender. Just add this to my list of bad experiences with FedEx over the years. Will not ever use their "service" for any purpose.
Reviewed Sept. 27, 2013
Let me start off by saying this is lengthy and I have never had any problems with FEDEX in the 7 years I have lived at my address. I live in the Oklahoma City area. But it started out with a driver that never delivered my "overnight" package due to the fact he was afraid of my Boxer and Aussie dogs, who have never been mean ever. But not only did he not drive in my driveway to honk so I could come meet him, he did not leave me a note on my mailbox or anyway to know that he had even been by my driveway. I just happened to check my tracking so I call the 1800gofedex and insisted they send him back or at least let me know if he was still in my area so I could go get my items for my customer.
Well, I ended up talking to the driver's manager who informed me there was no way my packages were coming to my house and had absolutely no customer service skills what-so-ever. I told him that this was for a BIG customer of mine and that it could cost me $ but he couldn't care less and all he could do was defend his driver's actions for being afraid of my dogs. So the next day when I saw the FEDEx truck, I was outside in my yard mowing. I noticed he passed my opened gate and turned around and stopped at my mailbox. He then began unloading my boxes on my street by my mailbox. I was trying to get his attention to ask him to bring them on in my driveway to my front step but he just ignored me. So I drove my lawnmower out to my mailbox and kept asking him to please bring boxes to my front door, which there were 4 boxes. He just looked at me, got in his truck, said "have a nice day" and stepped on his gas pedal peeling out and barely missing myself and my dog. I was scared to death. He almost hit my dog.and me.
I called the 800 # again and reported this incident and was told again I would talk with a manager here in Oklahoma City area. He called me and was quite arrogant and again defended the 6' 5" driver and told me that I scared the driver (by the way I am 5') and that is probably why he sped away from me and was absolutely not concerned at all for my well-being or my animals. He made me feel like I had done something wrong. He said he would have a senior supervisor call me back. Well, that manager called me a day later, after I had the police come out and file a report. And again, after explaining my problems to this manager, he too was defending the driver and told me the driver said I was yelling at him and calling him names and that I was threatening and he was going off of what the driver said.
Now understand I asked the manager to never have this man out to my house again and he informed me that he was the only driver for our area and that he would continue the route and if I did not want him here, I would need to come get any boxes from the main FedEx store. He told me that he was backing his driver and made me feel like "white trash". I told him that I saw the driver the next day in my little town with another person in the passenger seat and so I was pretty sure they could change drivers and if the driver was so scared of me, then I can't imagine he wants to come out to my house ever again anyway. The manager was a complete jerk and I feel that all the managers I dealt with couldn't care less about my packages getting to me, my animals' safety or my own safety. Not once did they tell me that they would talk to the driver and reprimand him. Not once did they sound at all concerned for my well-being. Not once did they ask how to fix my concerns. All they did was make me feel like I was at fault and I have absolutely no recourse.
The last manager told me he would wait for the police report and send anything to their legal department and that I would have to come get my packages from now on. I will not EVER use FEDEX again. A lot of my companies I buy from unfortunately use them due to their cheap prices, but with cheap prices comes cheap help! The 1st manager that I talked to told my husband no less than 3 times he was welcome to use UPS as my husband was giving him the right act about me needing my packages and the lack of customer service. This whole thing has made me very upset. I worry about my safety and my children's now that the driver knows where I live and was so hateful to me when he delivered my packages a day late. I will continue to tell my story to as many people that will listen until I finally get consequences for all of the FEDEX employees here in the OKC that have allowed my safety to be jeopardized and taken my concerns with a grain of salt. If anything happens to me, my family, my animals, my property I do hope the 1st place you look for the culprit is the FEDEX employee that attempted to run myself and my dog over.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2013
Do I have to physically threaten them to get them to stop damaging my property. I have asked nicely. They always seem to know when I'm not home to make the deliveries. I cannot take it any longer. These drivers and the company are useless. I have stopped doing business with any company that uses them as a delivery method. The problem is, other people live here and purchase as well. I am ready to go to the Attorney General's Office. I had nicely asked the drivers not to bring the truck into one area on my property.
Since then, they have been total ** and have started damaging my property continuously. I mean they are too lazy to carry a one-pound package around 75 feet. This is a poor excuse to even call themselves a company. The property destruction will be dealt with. If they want to ignore me, I will probably get physical with them. I own it. I have a right to ask that they not damage my personal property. It is a violation of the law. I will knock the window out of the truck if they come in here again.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2013
Ft. Campbell sent my complete medical history through FedEx, 700+ pages of personal/medical documents that were sealed when they were shipped. Two days later, I received it but the delivery guy said it was opened by someone (which was quite obvious) and that 99% of the documents were missing. I confirmed the amount of pages that were suppose to be in there (8lbs of pages) and rejected it. I contacted both the sender and FedEx and they "start tracking the situation". One week goes by and the reject package is sitting on someone's desk to which they call and ask do I want the package or should they send it back to the sender. Having called several times, they want to know the exact number of pages missing. I said it is too many. Here... do math. Take the empty package and 10 pieces of paper, subtract 8 lbs of that and that is how much is missing. Today, I spoke with the supervisor and she said they would give me 100$ to use for identify theft protection for 6 months. I call **. She acted like she was doing me a favor and that 6 months is all I needed. Claims is suppose to call me tomorrow. I won't hold my breath.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2013
This involves a shipment of canine semen which was collected by a vet clinic in NY and was supposed to be shipped to my vet in NC for insemination the next day. It contained fresh chilled semen, however the package never arrived, no one could find any tracking information on it. After making several calls to FedEx, it was found somewhere in Memphis with the wrong label on it. Mishandled by FedEx, of course it was no longer of any use. When it was found they used my debit card account # to return it to the shipper in NY, without my permission.
After several more phone calls which I had to make, they finally returned my money. However I have filed a claim as the 3rd party in this matter, since I am the person who paid for everything, the collection, and the shipping, and vet charges. I have been told that they cannot give me any information, I have been calling the claims dept. for days. Finally I was just told that they paid the claim to the shipper and will not even talk to me. This was very important to me and now I have no rights, because of their big Screw up.
I am infuriated with FedEx and I will never use them again, they are extremely rude and incompetent. I asked for my expenses back not a lot, approximately $500.00, I am extremely upset at them. This breeding is part of my livelihood, and now I am out a good amount of money. I can't really state this in the nasty words I would like to. I hope anyone who reads this will have second thought about using FedEx again. I really hate them!!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2013
I will stop doing business with companies that use FedEx. I have never had a good experience. Have had packages sent to MA and ended up in AZ and never recovered. I sent jewelry to company in NYC and package was lost for days. They found it because it was insured for a lot of money. This last time package sent to POB box and FedEx does not deliver to PO. Fine, gave them address and waited all day for delivery to be told no one was home for delivery!!! Right! Called FedEx and told them I would pick up package as no attempt had been made to deliver and no call had been made to me.
They are the most incompetent company and it baffles me they are still in business!! UPS, please buy them out! I also had an email that gave a customer's personal information who had been complaining of non-receipt of his package. It was sent to me, a stranger! Sent him an email letting him know how careless FedEx is with personal info and he was not pleased at all!
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2013
I recently got a package sent back to me after repair. I didn't know it came three times. No door tags at all. The website showed it came on Friday. I waited it the ENTIRE day. No show. I called. The CR insisted it wouldn't be sent over again. I had to pick up a kiosk. I told her I don't have a car. She didn't listen. I had to see if the location can be reached by public transport. She told me to take metro. There is no metro in this city. I figured out the downtown location wasn't too bad. I requested to send it to there. I checked the Fedex webpage that the downtown location was closed. I asked the CR three times about if it was open. She insisted that it was open and her information was updated. I didn't argue anymore and accepted as what it was - to pick up at downtown Tuesday after Labor day.
My friend drove me to the downtown location. The store was indeed closed. It said the packages were redirected to another kiosk. I called the other kiosk. It said they didn't have it. I needed to call the 1-800 number. The person kept saying sorry but no more deliveries and I have to pick it up at a facility of nowhere TOMORROW BEFORE 6 PM or else it would send back to the sender. The CR complained me just saying things back and forth. They never tried to help me. They said they provided the information I needed that is enough. The CR wanted to hang up the phone. I replied, "you could hang it up but I am writing it online that you hang up the phone without addressing the customer's issue." I wasted 1 hour on the road and another hour on phone. Now, I got punished to pick up my package middle of nowhere. Is it my fault?? I waited for a day. I went to downtown as instructed. Now, FedEx said I had to go where they told me at the designated time they told me. Do you think it is fair? Disclaimer: I don't have a car.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2013
I know the FedEx is a one of the good company. But today on 9:50am, they are two driver in front of my door. When I go down, I saw one of the driver is kicking on my front door in order to challenge my Chihuahua. And I go out and copy the car plate number. The car plate number is **.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2013
I mailed a package from USA to Santiago-Chile using FedEx, tracking number **. At the time we sent the package, I was ill. Then I asked my niece to go to FedEx office to drop the package. At the FedEx office, my niece was informed she cannot use her employee discount because her discount only work for domestic shipments and the discount doesn't applied to international shipment. Also, the person in charge of the FedEx location informed that she had never process and sent an international package, then it was impossible for her to give them some kind of information or explain how it really works.
The package carries a pair of golf shoes and silver bracelet with silver earrings. Unfortunately, no one was able to provide information at the FedEx location. My niece declare the package with wrong value. She said the value of the package was $300 instead $100, the real value of the package. According to FedEx, Chilean customs release the package with the amount to pay in taxes of $236 plus $74 for additional fees. Due to error in the value of the package, I requested to FedEx office to ask to Chilean customs to revalue the taxes. Also, I offered to submit receipts to facilitate the administrative management. I told them to open the package and verify the content of the package and as well, I insisted and propose to them to escalate the problem and get a faster solution.
FedEx told me that they will return my phone calls and that never happened, and now when I call FEDEX, they said my niece must to contact them directly instead of me. The air bill is under my name, and the information on the air bill is my personal information, such as home address and my cell phone number. I invited FedEx people to double check the FedEx location cameras to confirm we did not receive the proper service at the time of the dropping off.FedEx refuses to ask the Chilean Customs to revalue the package and request correction for the unfortunate error.
Curiously, FedEx international shipment customer service offered me to destroy my package, so that way I do not owe any customs taxes, and I will not receive any proof of the destruction of the package. This is a very irregular solution to my eyes. I thought FedEx was a serious company with prestige and we do not need to worry about this dirty issues. Unfortunately, they tried to take advantage of customer mistake for poor information from their own employees.
Several times, I tried to contact Chilean FedEx office but they do not have any direct phone number in the website. The only phone appear on the website is for call centers in El Salvador and Mexico, so it's very difficult to resolve the problem. If FedEx will have someone well trained at their FedEx location, nothing of this would have happen. Now, I have to pay for the consequences of FEDEX poor customer services. Hope your institution can help me to clarify the problem, and understand this is multimillionaire company who is abusing of mistake from the customer for non-information on FedEx location.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2013
I wrote a review of FedEx yesterday, and have something to add. I later found a voice mail from the local Austin FedEx supervisor, and it was very interesting. On Saturday afternoon I spent 20 minutes arguing with the national call center, first a CR and then a supervisor, and finally the supervisor agreed to have my package delivered on Monday if I relieved FedEx of all responsibility for the package. This package contains a $13 pair of arthritis gloves and a $9.00 Christmas music CD, and weighs 1 pound. Well, evidently the local Austin supervisor called and told me to receive the package I had to leave a note telling them to leave the note, and then she launched into a long preach, telling me all sorts of interesting things.
The drivers are individually responsible for the packages until the recipient receives them. This driver tried to deliver my package to the apartment manager's office, who doesn't manage my building, isn't open on Saturday, has her office across the street from my building, and couldn't have gotten me the package, since she's only open Monday through Friday during business hours, and I wouldn't have known she had it. FedEx usually doesn't deliver packages from Amazon and doesn't deliver to apartment complexes unless the recipient is home. She said this brilliance on voice mail, which was then e-mailed to me by my internet telephone service provider. So I have her message in .wav format. Can one of the lawyers or someone please send me an e-mail address to send it to, because they'll want it?
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2013
On Thursday, August 8, I ordered a pair of arthritis gloves and a CD of Christmas music from Amazon. Needing the gloves immediately I paid over $12 for two day delivery, guaranteed delivered on Saturday August 10 or Amazon pays my delivery charge. I came home today, Saturday, August 10, to find a note saying that though neither I nor Amazon requested such a thing, they won't deliver the package if I'm not home, or I can pick it up at a suburban location no public transportation goes near. It took 20 minutes of arguing, half of it with a supervisor, to get them to agree to deliver the package on Monday if I agree not to hold FedEx responsible if the package is lost.
The CR person said and the supervisor confirmed that FedEx drivers ARE HELD INDIVIDUALLY RESPONSIBLE IF THEY LEAVE A PACKAGE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS TO IT. I reported this to Amazon and got a refund. I explained that Amazon will need to stop shipping with FedEx, and will if they repeatedly eat peoples' shipping fees because FedEx won't deliver packages, and then FedEx will suddenly grow heads. This is even more unfair and abusive to employees than it is to people expecting their packages.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2013
Package #1: FedEx website said delivered, not delivered ~ called FedEx ~ said they will check into it for me ~ next day here comes the package to my address. Package #2: FedEx website said delivered, not delivered ~ called FedEx ~ said they will check into it for me ~ next day here comes the package to my address. Package #3: FedEx website said delivered, not delivered ~ called FedEx ~ said they will check into it for me ~ next day here comes the package to my address. So, in summary each of these issues ere followed by these excuses ~ went to the wrong address ~ truck broke down ~ somebody back at the office entered the wrong status.
My bottom line on this issue is ~ drug test your employees more closely ~ investigate where they are spending their working hours ~ bars ~ casinos ~ buying drugs or using them on the job ~ buy them better glasses so they can see the address more clearly! There is no excuse for saying an item is delivered when it is not other than an outright lie. If it needs to be rescheduled for a new delivery date, please do say so to all your customers!!! This is supposed to be an A+++ rated delivery company, being run by a bunch of incompetents and/or thieves & liars!!
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2013
I was expecting a shipment - it was a bed 54 lb. in weight. When it did not arrive on the expected date I decided to track it using the tracking number. It arrived in their MASPETH, NY facility on 07/24 and went missing since then. I called the customer service and was told that they would check and revert back in 24 to 48 business hours; however I have yet to hear from them although it is past that time frame. I am wondering what kind of security these guys have. If something as huge as this can vanish into thin air and can't be traced, I would be really scared to send any envelopes/packages containing confidential documents by FedEx. Very disappointed!!
Reviewed July 26, 2013
Brought my package to be sent FedEx overnight express on 7/23. On 7/24 party in which package was sent to called me to inform me that they received the box without the merchandise inside. Went back to the location and they refused to give me the owner’s name and number. Called FedEx and later found out that my package was picked up from another location. I need to owner to be aware of this situation. I need help getting his number/contact information.
I also am very confused as to why my package was sent to another location for pickup when FedEx told me they pick up from this location everyday between the hours of 5pm-6pm. The lady at LaGuardia business center said they sometimes come after the store is closed that is why they sent it to Mailboxes and more but the FedEx guy picked up the package at 706pm so someone at this office is lying. I am out a laptop and need to get to the bottom of this matter asap.
Reviewed July 24, 2013
No knock - open door ask why no knock - then tells me he was going to leave note at mail which he had already passed in his escape dash while scanning "delivered". "No you weren't going to leave note" - so he ran away while I was saying this ..... Tell me please, WHERE'S THE FIRE y'all running off to? :o ..... At least I got my package...... this time..... FEDEX, if not part of the solution.... part of the problem ~ requesting improvements please ~
Reviewed July 23, 2013
FedEx Smartpost delivery 5 to 7 days delivery time. They received the order at 8:30 am 7/18 at SMYRNA, TN. Took 2 days to send it to GROVE CITY, OH. Arrived 4:30 am 7/20. Took 3 days to send it to KANSAS CITY, KS. Arrived 3:00 am 7/23. Now it will take another 4 days to reach me 200 miles away if that is even where its next destination is. Estimated delivery date 7/27. I have had nothing but problems with FedEx in the past and avoid using them at all costs. Unfortunately, this was a pre-order that had no shipping options.
Reviewed July 20, 2013
I ordered off of Amazon and did NOT realize they were using FedEx and required a signature. Well, I work all day so I've been unable to get my product. I come home and see a tag on my door. Therefore, I have to WASTE my Saturday waiting on the *$&%Y FedEx driver to deliver. I had plans Saturday. It is now 3:55 pm and still no driver. I called FedEx. Got someone in Mexico. She said they have until 6pm to deliver. I'm in LA and the nearest place to just go pickup at their place is more than an hour drive for me EACH WAY. FedEx sucks! Don't use them. I will also not use Amazon anymore unless I know how it is being shipped and if a signature is required (note, my company will not allow a personal delivery).
Reviewed July 18, 2013
Female delivery driver said package was delivered, but both my husband and I were home. My husband was out front at said delivery time. Fed Ex has given us the runaround, and driver has changed her story about the said delivery time more than once. This package was worth over $400, and not easy to replace. They have been "trying to get to the bottom of it" now for five days and have made no progress. We have never had a package come up missing in our neighborhood, and just had a package delivered the day before. I have six big dogs inside my house. If she had delivered the package, they would have made plenty of noise. Fed Ex is not offering to replace the package or anything else. Will not use them ever again.
Reviewed July 17, 2013
Sent 4 packages altogether. All the same size, type, and color. Shipped at the same time. Insured at $800 under the impression that it was for any or all of the packages being lost. 3 packages arrived at the same time with no damage. 1 package did not. All packages required signature on delivery. After tracking the missing package, it was verified as being delivered to a facility and not leaving that facility. But they could not find it and therefore filed the claim as a lost package stating that the label may have fallen off.
Furthermore, they claimed that the insurance liability was $200 per package. Just so happens that of the 4 boxes, this was one that had the only resale value items in it. When asked about recourse for finding a stolen package, they claimed that there was no recourse but the insured amount. That was all that held them accountable to theft - having to pay insurance. In my words, they can x-ray your package, find out what's in it, steal it, say it's lost, insurance pays for it, they walk out scot-free. No means to prove it was stolen and no means to pursue litigation. Just depend on their internal measures.
Reviewed July 14, 2013
FedEx Compromises Contract through Failure to Meet Delivery Commitment. Aquacoustics Limited is a small high-technology New Zealand company developing products for underwater navigation. In response to the recent America’s Cup fatality, we have been working overtime to adapt our designs to provide a solution to locating in-water crew for this high profile event. Our customized product was developed from concept to working physical prototypes in just eight days. These prototypes were required in San Francisco for testing at 10:30 am Wednesday, 12 June (PDT). These were contractually critical tests and Aquacoustics Limited was working to very tight timeframes (as were our component suppliers and manufacturers) with absolutely no scope for slippage.
We recognized that we had a window of just three days for delivery. FedEx gave us a commitment to meet that timeframe, a commitment that they subsequently failed to keep. The saga of what actually happened to this time-critical consignment is documented at Appendix A. As a result of FedEx’s failure to meet their commitment, we missed the test and the opportunity for supplying safety equipment for this year’s America’s Cup regatta has passed. Aquacoustics Limited has put a huge amount of time and money into this opportunity and has been frustrated because FedEx did not honor its contractual commitment when they had a complete understanding of the importance of the delivery time.
Further, FedEx was provided every opportunity to withdraw from the contract if they could not ensure delivery and they elected not to. The irony is that within the past three weeks, I have personally carried essentially the same product from Wellington to Auckland to San Francisco and returned using commercial flights with full Customs declaration of the product with a value of many tens of thousands of dollars without a single hitch. Yes, the product went through six x-ray security scans en-route and was physically inspected on arrival in the USA. My entire return trip was completed in 63.5 hours which included a night in a hotel in San Francisco and 5 hours of meetings and in-water product testing.
From initial notification, FedEx had 64.5 hours to complete the same journey just one way - and they were late by two entire days! What am I doing about this? I am writing to FedEx head office in the USA because the New Zealand branch does not accept that they have failed to deliver on their commitment and have refused to document what occurred. I am writing to the appropriate Ministers and ministries to advise them how FedEx has compromised a potentially valuable New Zealand export opportunity. I will never use FedEx again or recommend them to anyone (individual or company). Perhaps my influence will be small, but apparently, avalanches begin as snow-flakes. I have notified every business associated with this contract that FedEx failed to deliver on their commitment and compromised this opportunity.
You should not underestimate how many New Zealand organizations had a stake in this contract and have lost potential overseas earnings (certification agencies, injection molding companies, SMD assemblers, component suppliers, packaging and printing). Finally, I will be taking advice regarding compensation for lost opportunity and consequential costs.
Appendix A - Consignment Delivery Saga: Here is what actually occurred (based on my diarized notes of telephone conversations, emails, and FedEx online tracking system). I would like to have incorporated FedEx’s version of events but they have refused outright to document any aspect of this contract. On Monday, 10 July at approximately 1 pm, FedEx New Zealand was contacted in regard to an urgent consignment of life safety equipment required to be in San Francisco by 10:30 am on Wednesday, 12 July (PDT). The equipment was required for testing by the America’s Cup Event Authority. FedEx advised that they could meet this commitment. The consignment would be picked up in Wellington, forwarded to Auckland and sent directly to San Francisco, from where it would be delivered.
FedEx emailed the necessary forms at 1:42 pm and pickup was scheduled from a Wellington address between 9:30 am and 10:30 am on Tuesday, 11 July. I responded to that email as acknowledgement of receipt and reiterated the importance of getting this consignment delivered on time. There was no reply to my email. The pickup had not occurred by 10:30 so I telephoned FedEx to find out what the problem was. FedEx arrived for the pick-up before 11:00 am. The International Way Bill was completed and there was some discussion over the declared Value for Customs and the requirement for FCC declarations. This was resolved after FedEx consultant made internal enquiries to ensure that the Commercial Invoice would be subject to expedient processing and that an FCC form did not appear to be required.
At 3:45 pm, I received a call from FedEx advising that the package would be held up in Auckland by New Zealand Customs because I had not provided a Customs Number. Thankfully, I have one of these. After confirming the number with New Zealand Customs, I advised FedEx of the Customs Number by telephone. FedEx then advised that the consignment would be held up by Customs in the USA because it did not complete a Form FCC 740. Hadn’t I already had this conversation? I requested a copy of the form, completed it and returned it to FedEx. I received telephone confirmation that the form had been received and was advised that the necessary number of copies would be attached to the consignment.
I reiterated the importance of getting this package to the destination on time. I specifically advised that if FedEx could not meet their commitment, then the package was to be returned and I would deliver it personally. FedEx did not take this further opportunity to decline the consignment. There was (and has been) no advice initiated by FedEx about any delay in the processing or delivery of this consignment. I continued to monitor progress using FedEx online tracking. There was no indication that anything was amiss until 12:15 am on Wednesday, 12 June when the package had apparently arrived in Alexandria, Australia? Australia isn’t yet a state of the USA. The consignment was supposed to be flying direct from Auckland to San Francisco. This was a matter of significant concern.
I attempted to call FedEx but the helpline (0800733339) had closed at 12 midnight. I tried to seek further tracking information but was advised that there was a system problem and that I should use online tracking which provided no indication of any delay and no advice as to why my consignment was now in Australia. At 0800H the following morning (Thursday NZDT), I telephoned FedEx seeking to find out the status of the consignment and understand what was going on. The FedEx agent advised that she would be referring the matter to her Christchurch manager, who would be in contact. She went on to explain that her earlier call at 3:45 pm the previous day was simply a courtesy call. It would appear that FedEx was already moving to damage control mode.
The manager telephoned me at 9:41 am. He advised that the package had been pulled for random screening and was required to be transferred to Sydney for x-ray. I requested a written explanation about what had occurred, who was responsible, why it had occurred, and what was being done to expedite delivery of the consignment (which had now missed the tests which it was sent). I requested the name and telephone number of the New Zealand manager. The Christchurch manager provided me with a name but would not provide a contact number. Online tracking showed the consignment had left Alexandra, Australia with no indication of where it was going. The Estimated Delivery was now shown as N/A.
The FedEx Christchurch manager telephoned again at 2:00 pm. He again advised that the consignment had been randomly selected by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority for security scanning and that this had caused the delay. I asked why I was not notified of the delay and he advised that FedEx does not notify delivery delays to consignees. Hang on, I am paying for this service, so isn’t the contract with me? There was no explanation offered as to why the consignment was in Australia. The manager advised that, after discussions with FedEx New Zealand Manager, "We won’t be documenting anything.” I asked again for the New Zealand manager’s telephone number and after some insistence was finally provided with it. I asked when the consignment was likely to be delivered and was advised that FedEx would find out and call me back.
Two telephone calls later and I understood that the consignment was now scheduled for delivery on Thursday 14 before 10:30 (PDT). I also understood that FedEx would be specifically monitoring the consignment and expediting Customs clearance. A call from FedEx at 8:42 am Friday, 14 June and the consignment is apparently finally in the USA with no clearance issues. Fine, but hasn’t the second delivery time now passed? A quick check on FedEx online tracking at 10:00 am identified that the package is still in transit from Alexandria (in Outback Australia) with an estimated delivery of N/A. There is no mention of a diversion through Sydney at all.
A quick check with FedEx online tracking at 5:30 pm Thursday, 13 June (PDT) and the package was still somewhere in transit, with no record of being landed in the USA as yet. Clearly, the package will not be delivered this business day. FedEx tracking at 11:24 pm on Friday, 14 June (NZDT) shows that the consignment has arrived in Los Angeles and has been moved half way across the United States to Memphis, Tennessee. Have FedEx found some new relativistic science where the shortest distance between two points is no longer a straight line? I suspect that delivery is an iterative process involving random movements about the destination in the hope that it will eventually get there. The package was reportedly finally delivered at 9:26 am on Friday, 14 June (PDT) just 47 hours late!
On Monday, 17 June at 9:15 am (NZDT), a FedEx consultant telephoned to advise that there had been no issues with Customs in the USA and the package had been delivered at 9:32 am on Friday (PDT). She was the first person from FedEx to apologize unreservedly for their failure to meet their delivery commitment. I received a further telephone call from FedEx Christchurch manager at 10:15 am. He also offered an apology of sorts too little too late and missing the point FedEx had failed to meet its delivery commitment. An email was received from FedEx on Monday at 12:02 pm requesting details for a refund of the courier fee of NZ$359.90. I won’t be accepting this offer until after I have taken advice regarding compensation.
What Happened Here?
1. FedEx failed to deliver on time despite numerous commitments and opportunities to withdraw from the contract if they could not meet the delivery time.2. FedEx was advised on numerous occasions about the critical need to meet the delivery time.
3. FedEx initiated no advice about delays in the processing or delivery of the consignment at any time (with the exception of one call to advise that the consignment had landed in the USA and that no clearance issues were envisaged which occurred after their second delivery time had expired).
4. FedEx failed to provide the necessary documentation at the initiation of the contract to ensure expedient handling of the consignment (in particular the need for a Customs Number and the completion of Form FCC 740).
5. FedEx had a second opportunity to identify the need for additional documentation during pick-up. They failed to take this further opportunity to recognize the requirement (aren’t these people supposed to be experts at this?).
6. There is no way that the call from a FedEx employee regarding the requirement for additional documentation can be regarded as a courtesy call. Surely if FedEx knew that the documentation for this shipment was inadequate, they had an obligation to advise the consignee of this at the earliest possible time and remedy the situation.
7. FedEx was given a further opportunity to decline the contract at 4:15 pm on Tuesday 11 June (NZDT) if they could not meet their commitment to deliver. They did not exercise this option.
8. Despite an understanding of the time-critical delivery of this consignment, FedEx failed to adequately monitor the status of the consignment or put in place any mechanisms to expedite Customs and Civil Aviation Authority clearance until after the contracted delivery time had expired.
9. FedEx have refused to provide a written (email would have sufficed) statement about why the consignment was delayed, who was responsible and what was being done about it.
10. FedEx management would not provide contact details of the next tier of management to permit escalation of this matter in a timely fashion.
11. The package has now missed the critical tests that it was destined for and this has compromised an important contract of significant potential value.
12. FedEx also failed to achieve their second commitment to a delivery time.
This matter still leaves a number of questions that have not been answered:
1. Why was the consignment sent to Australia? When I last looked at a map, Australia was in the opposite direction to the USA from New Zealand. FedEx had advised at the outset that the consignment was to be routed directly from Auckland to San Francisco.2. Why was the consignment landed in Australia and then transferred to between Alexandra (in the middle of the Outback quite near the Black Stump) and Sydney? The fact that it had left New Zealand on an international flight clearly indicates that New Zealand Customs and the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority were satisfied that the consignment could fly.
3. Why didn’t FedEx notify me of the change in routing, the occurrence of the delay and the reason for this? Why won’t they provide this information in writing?
4. If the delay was initiated by New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, then why wasn’t the inspection (and any associated delay) here in New Zealand?
5. What, if anything, did FedEx do to expedite any Civil Aviation Authority X-ray or other inspection requirements?
6. Why was FedEx’s second commitment to a delivery time not met?
7. How did a Civil Aviation Authority requirement for X-ray scanning result in a 47-hour delay in the delivery of the consignment? X-ray and inspection are routine aspects of modern air travel that take just a few minutes.
Reviewed July 12, 2013
I had a FedEx delivery today. I was working on one of our automobiles. I had to leave for a short period, less than thirty minutes, to pickup one of my daughters. I live on a private road, last house and one way in, one way out. I have one neighbor that lives below me and is retired. He knows if anyone comes in or out. The only person or vehicle that was near my house was a FedEx delivery driver which I passed on the main road about a quarter of mile before I got home. It was nice that the package was delivered.
What wasn't nice is my floor jack had been taken. Now I know it was there when I left, because I had been using it. I had asked them not to bring the large truck up the driveway because there is no place to turn around and it has caused damage to my driveway previously. The truck did indeed drive up the driveway, blocking visibility, from my neighbor, directly in front of the garage. The jack was placed behind the heat pump, not directly in view. I had two floor jacks there as well. What caught my eye was the floor jacks being out of place, had been haphazardly dragged out and the jack was missing.
The only person on my property all day was the FEDEX delivery van and driver. The delivery was in the very short period I had been gone. The rest of the day, I was home.
Reviewed July 6, 2013
I live by a country road, and I ordered a package from a company who is using Federal Express for their deliveries. I was tracking my delivery last week online, and I received a notice that the delivery was done properly. When I checked for the package by my driveway, there was nothing there. I called Federal Express, and they found out that the delivery man made no attempt to call me or knock on my door to tell me about the delivery. Instead, he left the package by the road, and it was quickly stolen.
I opened a complaint with Federal Express, and my vendor sent me a replacement package a week later. Again, I found a note from the delivery man that this time they want my signature to deliver the package. The next day, I received a second note asking for my signature again. Do they expect me to stand all day by the street waiting for my signature? Federal Express makes no attempt to notify the customer directly when the delivery will be done. They don't bother walking few steps to the owner's door, or call the owner that the delivery man is at the address. If I had signed one of these notes, my second package would be left by the road and be stolen again. This time I would pay for another package because they have my signature for a completed delivery.
I called Federal Express after the second failed delivery for my second package, and their answer was this, “We will try to deliver a third time.” I asked, “How do I know when the next delivery will be done?” They told me, "We don't provide that service." According to them, the end result will be after the third notice, that the package will be sent back to the vendor. As a small token, they offered me an option to pick it up myself from a Federal Express distribution center 3 days later. Thank you very much! As a comparison, this is how UPS works - the driver brings the package to the door, or places it in a non-visible area by the driveway with a note for me. It is amazing to me how a company can stay in business with a practically non-existent customer service and with all the runaround that a customer has to go through to get a package delivery. Ten days later, I still don't have the package. This is not the end of this story! More later...
Reviewed July 4, 2013
Package from Kansas City Missouri USA was sent to me on June 3, 2013. I didn't get any notes about it and start tracking by the no: **. I found that consignment arrived June 10th, 2013. When I called the FedEx office, their answer was that they didn't have any contact information. Neither the sender nor the recipient of the data. After a few minutes, I got the phone call from some other FedEx employee who said that on this shipping list, Commercial Invoice, is written addresses but handwriting is illegible. I contacted my friend in the US and she said that everything was completed in accordance with the form, except my phone number and email address which she did not know.
Next day I went to customs declaration to formalize and pick up my parcel. Then I saw that on Commercial Invoice, my address was very clearly stated. Also the sender's address and her contact phone. When I pointed it out to them and said that I am refusing to pay for the pack of the storage charges as they demanded from me, I got a very arrogant reply that the package was not completed on time and not part of their responsibility to notify me in writing if it has arrived in Tallinn because they do not have my phone number. After explaining that I often get from FedEx a written note when I lived in the USA (and have always had a very pleasant experience), but now here in Estonia most firsthand experience is very unpleasant, again I got a very cocky response that US FedEx and Estonian FedEx are two different companies and the rules are different.
If I do not pick it up, then tomorrow morning it will be shipped back to the US. So I paid this late fee or storage charges and got my package. Just very unpleasant experience with the Estonian FedEx branch. First they have no addresses at all, then handwriting is incomprehensive, and finally they do not even have to notify if there is no phone number. It was all a very unpleasant surprise. I cannot believe that happened with FedEx.
Reviewed July 4, 2013
FedEx got to ship packed from sender to receiver only 31 miles in town. They took shipment for 5 business days! Everyone wants FedEx to work like that?
Reviewed July 3, 2013
I am in a Catch-22 regarding this FedEx package! When I submitted a claim, I had to call and see the progress to date several days after the package was delivered. The person who talked to me called the delivery person for the day the package was supposedly delivered. He said he did not remember if he delivered the package. Have you EVER had theft problems with some of the people who deliver packages? I would think FedEx has better methods for tracking a lost (or stolen) item than asking the delivery person if they remember delivering it. That sets me up for a lose-lose situation.
FedEx will not reimburse me for the loss as I was told the original shipper has to make the request. However, FedEx cannot supply me with the originating shipper's name or location other than someone sent it out from City of Industry in California to Texas. Do you know how many shipping companies there are in that city? To make things worse, the package originated in China. I have received many orders from China and have had no problems to date!
Reviewed June 18, 2013
I came home from work late and found a delivery door tag stating a package had been delivered and left with neighbors in my apartment complex!!! The problem is, I don't know them!!! Not even on a first name basis. Check this out: when I called to inquire about the package and told the service rep I may have been sent a package from overseas without my knowledge, the rep told me for security purposes, they could not give me the tracking number to the package. What?!! So you can leave my package with strangers, but when I ask about it, you are worried about MY security? BS!!!
Reviewed June 13, 2013
The driver sped up to get between my car and the car that was in front of me. His driving almost took out the front of my car. This happened on 5th Street Hill and Mountwest way. This isn't the first time in this area that one of your drivers has tried to run over someone. Next time, I will let him hit me and let the LAWYER'S deal with it.
Reviewed June 11, 2013
I live in an NYC apartment & MUST have a signature required for deliveries. If a package is left in the hall, it's pure luck if I get it; it pretty much might as well be left out on the sidewalk. FedEx charges - get this - $10 additional to require a signature! AND apparently, the vendor has to arrange with them in advance even to be able to offer that option to purchasers. There was no way to arrange for a signature to be required w/this vendor, but they had a good product & price, & I was working with it the best I could.
I put off all plans for the projected delivery date until the package was in my hands; I put a note on the front door for the driver stating that we were home, & if there was no response to the buzzer, to call us, & left my phone #; I sat waiting in a quiet apartment listening for the buzzer; I kept the FedEx tracking page open & refreshed it every several minutes. The door buzzer never sounded; there was no knock at the apartment door, & there was no call. When I refreshed the tracking page again at 11:07 am, it indicated the delivery had come 3 minutes ago, at 11:04.
I rushed out to the hall, & there was no package. I then took the elevator down to the lobby & found the package sitting in the middle of the area by the mailboxes (not even off to the side!). I brought it upstairs & called FedEx immediately, speaking with a supervisor who was attentive & seemed to want to help. She said that the driver's log entry in their system stated that he had left the package "outside the door of Apt. **." I told her straight out, "He's lying, & if he was here, I'd say it to his face." I think it was clear to her that since I had the package, I'd have no reason to go through all this & state falsely that the package had been left in the lobby; the driver, on the other hand, had substantial reason to claim he'd done his job properly when he hadn't.
The supervisor said this was a serious problem & that she'd report it to her manager. Since I finally had the ear of an apparently competent person who seemed to actually care, I told her the story about the previous week's delivery, from a different vendor. In this case, it was clearly stated in FedEx's order that a signature WAS required. Briefly: FedEx's driver delivered the package to the wrong address, did NOT get a signature even though it was specified on FedEx order form, claimed he HAD gotten a signature from a doorman with a building ID (we don't have a doorman). FedEx later determined that he had lied about getting a signature & informed me that he'd be "reprimanded."
FedEx couldn't locate the package after a week of investigation. The vendor arranged for another shipment to be sent. When I requested before the delivery date on FedEx website to pick up the package at a nearby FedEx office, I wasn't informed until after the change was made that this would delay the shipment an additional 4 days. First, the website said it would delay from Fri to Sat. Now, why is that? The office is a few blocks from my home, certainly the same delivery route. Then, on Sat, I find out that the office to which I'd requested delivery is closed! If I can look this up, FedEx web site can be programmed to look it up & inform me before I make a change. Wait, it gets better: I wait until Monday, & then the package STILL isn't there. Why not? It turns out the dispatching facility, where the package is stored, is closed on Mondays! If I'd been informed in advance, I could have selected another, 24/7 FedEx office a little farther from my home. They also never responded to the complaint I'd filed about either situation.
The supervisor didn't know if both instances were the same driver, but I wouldn't be surprised.
For what it's worth: I have NEVER had any problems at all with deliveries from UPS, with which I have no connection other than as a recipient. They ALWAYS require a signature, & to my knowledge at least, with no extra charge. If I miss a delivery & call them later that day, I have no trouble reaching the local dispatching office; they'll call the driver & then call me back saying something like, "The driver is taking lunch 2 blocks from your home at 3:30; you can meet him there & pick up the package." The FedEx supervisor's response to this was, "Well, FedEx doesn't offer that service." I told her, "Officially, neither does UPS! I can't order that type of service, & they don't guarantee that they'll do it, but if they can, they do. UPS has a 'human' solution, where FedEx has an 'institutional' solution." In my opinion, while FedEx may be okay for business-to-business shipping where everything on both sides is regimented, they have chosen not to orient themselves toward deliveries to individual consumers. The clear impression is they just don't want to be bothered with those details.
This company doesn't make any products & offers only a single service which, for all its thousands of employees, computerized systems, trucks, planes & worldwide presence, is basically just a fancy way of saying, "Here's a dollar, kid. Go bring this to Bob." If they can't do that, what good are they?
Throughout 7-10 calls to FedEx about these 2 situations, not one FedEx customer service rep or supervisor could give me an answer to either of these questions: "What is FedEx's apology worth?"; "Why should I ever use FedEx again whenever a vendor offers me another choice?" The only responses I got were extended silences, or ignoring the question. No problem; I think I've got my answers.
Reviewed June 3, 2013
I had a bad experience with driver tag number **. I was coming off Hwy 17 exiting onto 95. I had my single light on to exit and he actually sped up to make sure that I could not exit in front of him! I actually had to swerve off to avoid hitting him to get on to the exit! I thought that was childish and for him to be a so-called experience driver, who didn't care about my safety at all. All I was trying to do was to take the exit. All he had to do was show a little road courtesy!
Reviewed June 2, 2013
On Friday morning I left for work. On Friday evening I came home to 2 Shipment Status Notifications on my apartment door stating 1st attempt and 2nd attempt delivery (in one day?). The bottom "leave this signed" form box was checked, so I signed both forms and left them both on my door that evening. On Saturday I was home all day. On Saturday evening I found Final Attempt notification downstairs by the mailboxes. Whoever had come had not bothered to come to my door, knock or notice the signed receipts.
When calling, I was informed that I was to go to 1 of 2 available locations in ALL OF NYC to pick up my package. Never mind that I PAID FOR DELIVERY or THE LOCATIONS ARE ENTIRELY INCONVENIENT TO ME. FedEx has large accounts with giant corporations so perhaps they do not care at all about the small customer, despite me having informed customer service of their grave error.
Reviewed June 1, 2013
I requested a signature, but they just left the package at the door of a WRONG address. After I called several times, it is not possible that I'll find my package back. I am simply angry.
Reviewed May 23, 2013
I was expecting delivery today before 17 hour. At 13 hour, I got an email update from them telling my address does not exist and have to call them back to give them the right address (they have my cell phone number on the address info, but won't bother calling to inquire). When I called to tell them about their mistake, they replied that they will call me soon to fix another appointment today, which they did not. I had to call them back to finally be informed that it will be only tomorrow. I paid more than 50 bucks to get it overnight (and be ignored) and spent the whole day at home waiting. I lost a complete day of work and I still have to wait tomorrow.
FedEx Company Information
- Company Name:
- Fedex
- Year Founded:
- 1971
- City:
- Memphis
- State/Province:
- TN
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.fedex.com