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Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:04 pm
Posted by saintkenn
Saintkenn
Member since Nov 2012
813 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:04 pm
Anyone ever have to deal with this? Stupid lady comes today in her car, delivering packages for FedEx. I have outside cameras but not pointing in the direction that she turned around. There's a whole area in my drive,opposite of where she turned around, just for people to back in to and leave. I've read some horror stories online about FedEx shucking responsibility for this type of stuff. Anyone dealt with it personally?







Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
15965 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:05 pm to
most likely it was a 3rd party contractor that delivered for them. even if it has FedEx on the vehicle, it isn't always a FedEx employee. same for Amazon.

it is the companies way of avoiding all risk.
Posted by Shepherd88
Member since Dec 2013
4582 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:06 pm to
I had a driver last year back off my driveway and nearly go down a ravine, he got stuck and I had to pull him out. If he woulda gone back another foot he would have crushed my septic tank. I took pictures of it all but thankfully there was no damage.

Edit: also had another FedEx driver steal $100 out of my wife’s purse in her vehicle in the garage. Didn’t have video to prove it but the timing proved it was him.
This post was edited on 1/26/24 at 3:08 pm
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97632 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:07 pm to
Correct, FedEx doesn’t deliver packages to your house.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4334 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:09 pm to
I had a Sysco driver pull into my driveway and break off the cap to my fencepost. I have the truck number, pics of the damage along with the truck, and the date it happened. Their customer service is outsourced and doesn't give a shite. It isn't worth the time to pursue it any further and they know it.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
53907 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:10 pm to
quote:

Anyone ever have to deal with this?

It was a UPS driver for me. He somehow managed to get off my driveway and hang my AT&T internet/phone line (that was always too damn low) with the corner of his truck, pulling it down and breaking it. I just called AT&T, told them what happened, and gave them the info the driver gave me. They came out (after three damn days) and fixed it. They charged UPS directly.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
16367 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:32 pm to
quote:

most likely it was a 3rd party contractor that delivered for them. even if it has FedEx on the vehicle, it isn't always a FedEx employee. same for Amazon.

Which is complete bullshite. They are acting as an agent of the company, why shouldn't they be responsible and then be able to subrogate against their hired contractor? Especially since they most likely would not provide you with the 3rd party info so that you may go after their insurance.

My frustrations stem from an Entergy 3rd party contractor destroying my sidewalk & driveway apron replacing a utility pole. Actually, had the before pictures because we had just installed a new drainage system ~3 weeks before Ida.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65626 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:41 pm to
FedEx?

CSB, just a fable Mrs Kenn made up.

Apparently Jody was all up in your yard’s guts too.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
26532 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:45 pm to
Looks like a 1963 Metalic Mint Green Pontiac Tempest.
This post was edited on 1/26/24 at 3:48 pm
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4100 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

Which is complete bullshite. They are acting as an agent of the company, why shouldn't they be responsible and then be able to subrogate against their hired contractor?


Because it’s in the contract between the driver and FedEx corporate. They sign the contract that says they are their own entity and FedEx corporate is not responsible.
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
9288 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 3:55 pm to
No driveway? Afraid the tire tracks are going to devalue the lot your trailer is on?
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
30559 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 4:30 pm to
I had a fedex driver in a Penske truck deliver some boxed furniture to my house and threw it multiple times. She broke the contents. Luckily I had it on video
Posted by USAFTiger42
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2016
1677 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 4:40 pm to
Don't get me started on Entergy. They fricking destroyed my yard and refused to fix it when they were installing something (I completely forgot what it was) I think it was for the natural gas line
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
15965 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 4:53 pm to
it is no different than Oil companies that have rigs all of the Dakotas. the outsource the rigs to smaller companies, and they outsource to other companies. when there is a spill, accident or death - the main company is completely shielded from all responsibility.
Posted by BayouBlitz
Member since Aug 2007
15842 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 4:56 pm to
The frick was she driving? A monster truck?
Posted by saintsfan1977
West Monroe, from Cajun country
Member since Jun 2010
7698 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 5:00 pm to
quote:

yellowfin
Correct, FedEx doesn’t deliver packages to your house.



BS. Fed Ex truck delivers at my house.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
15965 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 5:03 pm to
the truck may have FedEx on the side - but 80% of the time it is not an actual FedEx employee - it is a contract worker driving an independent vehicle with the name on the side.

my wife was an Insurance claims adjuster, and anytime Amazon or FedEx was involved, it was not either company - but a 3rd party company that takes all responsibility for it.

it is a shitty way to do it, BUT for smaller companies to get into the money that is Amazon and FedEx, it is what they have to do
Posted by Sugarbaker
Peachtree
Member since Jun 2023
254 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 9:35 pm to
My in-laws had a similar incident. Delivery and mail trucks kept cutting the corner of their circle driveway turning around on their dead end street. ALL the delivery trucks, not just those delivering to them. Made a crater in the corner of the yard. They placed a large boulder in the spot. A UPS truck ran over the boulder, somehow lost control of the truck and ran across the yard with the boulder underneath, cutting a massive trench as it went. They got the yard fixed and the worst parts resodded courtesy of UPS.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
97632 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

BS. Fed Ex truck delivers at my house.


Look closer at the company name on the door
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
103045 posts
Posted on 1/26/24 at 9:38 pm to
You living in a trailer in the woods and worried about some ruts? Naysayer please.
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