USPS Shipping, Tracking is terrible Options

[7TPorsh]

Current example of FedX. Steering wheel from Bev Hills to Glendale - like 9 miles. Wheel has been all over and still shows est date next week:

Arrived at FedEx location
Dec-02-15, 03:46 PST, FEDEX SMARTPOST CHINO, CA 91708

Arrived at FedEx location
Dec-01-15, 07:04 PST, BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316

Left FedEx origin facility
Nov-30-15, 21:59 PST, PACOIMA, CA 91331

Arrived at FedEx location
Nov-30-15, 19:07 PST, PACOIMA, CA 91331

Picked up
Nov-30-15, 16:49 PST, PACOIMA, CA 91331

Tendered at FedEx location
Nov-30-15, 16:30 PST, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212

[colingreene]

Fedex does not care.
Ive paid the "insurance" and they told me tough more than once.
USPS Sucks in a lot of ways but they have never lost anything for me yet.

[rhodyguy]

You paid to ship an item 9 miles? It's 7 miles to my local distribution center. 1/2 hour drive on a good day. Was it shipped from a FEDEX 'office' store? The time line on the wheel is pretty weird.

[7TPorsh]

You paid to ship an item 9 miles? It's 7 miles to my local distribution center. 1/2 hour drive on a good day. Was it shipped from a FEDEX 'office' store? The time line on the wheel is pretty weird.

Ya shipping was included and driving around BH this time of year is not something sane people do.

Didn't know why he used fedX on such a close shipment.

[r_towle]

USPS uses UPS for long haul to reduce costs.
The two tracking systems are not tied together, so what you see is what you get.

I guess it's because computers are too complicated and tying two tracking system data bases together is not possible in 2015, cause aliens.

[altitude411]

I had purchased some parts from one of our well known vendors that included a pair of pivot shafts shipped USPS priority. The box arrived with the side blown out and re-taped. The pivot shafts were missing. I went to my Postmaster and she checked the two hubs the package was processed through and ..... nothing. They disappeared into thin air. How does that shit happen. Some postal employee finds a couple of steel rods laying on the floor or jammed in a package sorter and just throws them in a trash can? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

Hope you get your calipers back. Maybe some fucher at the post office is building a car one piece at a time... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[partwerks]

I've found that http://packages.speedeedelivery.com/index.php is cost effective, but have a real limited coverage area at this point in time. An estimate for the same package, they shipped it for $6.15, and UPS wanted $19.00.

According to this, sometimes the priority mail is more cost effective than the flat rate, depending on the zone?
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles...lly-Save-Money-

[bulitt]

I have a package lost in the USPS network as we speak. However this time of the year is peak season for all these delivery companies. The volume of goods being delivered, holiday packages, cards, is astronomical. No one wants to tell little Eric his Salmon colored sneakers won't be under the tree on Christmas morning (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[eitnurg]

I have been getting parts shipped from the USA to Europe on & off since I rebuilt a VW engine in the late 70s: the priority over such a distance is COST not time. So what if it takes a month, shipping by sea freight means the cost is still reasonable (and taxes and duties at importation are also levied on the freight cost).
The golden rule was via 'USPS Surface Mail': unfortunately this option now seems to have disappeared, it's 'air, or nothing'. The suppliers are no good, they just ship by FedEx or whatever, and leave it up to them. The people at FedEx are classified as brain-transplant donors. The cost can be HORRENDOUS: heavy items (wheels etc) are now out of bounds. Is this service still offered, or should I just give up trying to find it?

[rhodyguy]

If you guys want to save $ on FedEx shipping open an account. They're FREE, tied to a credit card and you never need cash. Be creative with packaging and learn how to make appropriate sized boxes. A tape measure and a bread knife work swell for sizing boxes. Invest in a 50' roll of bubble wrap. Want to save more $? Avoid FedEx 'office' stores like the plague.

[76-914]

If you guys want to save $ on FedEx shipping open an account. They're FREE, tied to a credit card and you never need cash. Be creative with packaging and learn how to make appropriate sized boxes. A tape measure and a bread knife work swell for sizing boxes. Invest in a 50' roll of bubble wrap. Want to save more $? Avoid FedEx 'office' stores like the plague.

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[jcd914]

If you guys want to save $ on FedEx shipping open an account. They're FREE, tied to a credit card and you never need cash. Be creative with packaging and learn how to make appropriate sized boxes. A tape measure and a bread knife work swell for sizing boxes. Invest in a 50' roll of bubble wrap. Want to save more $? Avoid FedEx 'office' stores like the plague.

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Shipped a box from N Cal to S Cal last years.
On-line shipping estimates for Fed-Ex, UPS & USPS were all over $20 with Fed-Ex cheapest at $23 if I dropped off at Fed-Ex shipping center, not a box store.
Shipped it Fed-Ex thru a friend with an account and cost under $8 and Fed-Ex picked it up.

[AndyB]

Try replacing 914-6 rear calipers these days.. The rears were the ones I
was worried about. In retrospect I would insure them for double that
if I knew I would have had such an issue with them getting there.

My only question is why were they shipped back in two different boxes? Would of made sense to wrap them and ship the order in one flat rate box.

[gandalf_025]

Now Thursday the 3rd of December. 9:30 pm. Still
no sign of the front calipers. Tracking still shows no
update. Says "In Transit".
Rears arrived 2 days ago..

[7TPorsh]

Still waiting....seems FedX handed it off to USPS....this is not efficient at all.

Accepted by U.S. Postal Service

Dec-03-15, 18:58 PST, GLENDALE, CA 91201

Shipment information sent to U.S. Postal Service

Dec-03-15, 17:00 PST 91201

In transit to U.S. Postal Service

Dec-03-15, 15:09 PST, GLENDALE, CA 91201

Departed FedEx location

Dec-03-15, 13:31 PST, FEDEX SMARTPOST CHINO, CA 91708

Arrived at FedEx location

Dec-02-15, 03:46 PST, FEDEX SMARTPOST CHINO, CA 91708

Arrived at FedEx location

Dec-01-15, 07:04 PST, BLOOMINGTON, CA 92316

Left FedEx origin facility

Nov-30-15, 21:59 PST, PACOIMA, CA 91331

Arrived at FedEx location

Nov-30-15, 19:07 PST, PACOIMA, CA 91331

Picked up

Nov-30-15, 16:49 PST, PACOIMA, CA 91331

Tendered at FedEx location

Nov-30-15, 16:30 PST, BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212

[gandalf_025]

Front calipers just arrived.
Friday night the 4th of Dec. at 4:30
That is what passes for 2 day priority mail
these days.

[Mikey914]

At least they showed up our you would be spending Christmas in one of the 7 circles of claims hell. You dodged a bullet.

[gandalf_025]

Actually wouldn't be me filing the claim...
I didn't ship them..
I just didn't receive them..
The sender would be dealing with the USPS..
He would be the one that insured them.....

[EdwardBlume]

I have a Fed Up box coming that was due yesterday... just reset for Tue.... we'll see....

[GaroldShaffer]

If you guys want to save $ on FedEx shipping open an account. They're FREE, tied to a credit card and you never need cash. Be creative with packaging and learn how to make appropriate sized boxes. A tape measure and a bread knife work swell for sizing boxes. Invest in a 50' roll of bubble wrap. Want to save more $? Avoid FedEx 'office' stores like the plague.

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