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re: UPS is really going downhill.

Posted on 8/30/24 at 5:27 pm to
Posted by Rusted
Member since Oct 2020
61 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 5:27 pm to
No, Fedex will still have a station in Baton Rouge. Also, no Fedex deliveries come out of New Orleans. All packages are flown into N.O. and then trucked to the station in BR (This is for Express). Fedex Ground packages are trucked to the station in BR from various places.
Posted by bnmathm
Member since Nov 2007
68 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:47 pm to
The FedEx One initiative is eliminating most FedEx Express centers and directly employed delivery couriers. The vast majority will now be handled by the employees of the contract holders who own FedEx Ground routes. This has not happened yet in Baton Rouge, but is to be expected within the next year or two.
This post was edited on 8/30/24 at 6:48 pm
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
19301 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 6:57 pm to
quote:

They routinely lie about attempted deliveries and tracking.

I've experienced this.
Posted by Roux22
Member since Jan 2023
620 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 7:20 pm to
Wait until you learn about usps.

I shipped a 52 lb box of exotic wood pieces from BR to Denver. $132 to ship. Three day guarantee. We are on day 9 and it’s been from Prairieville to baton rouge. Hasn’t moved since.

I’m likely out of $450
Posted by BuckyCheese
Member since Jan 2015
57778 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 7:20 pm to
Had a 45 pound package delivered this afternoon, to rural WI, that came from Ontario CA.

Shipped Monday and arrived 45 minutes outside their estimated delivery time.

Not pimping them as I think USPS is no worse than any other and their rates are much lower. Have never had the "delivery attempted" BS I hear so much about with UPS. They leave packages outside the door and never even knock.
This post was edited on 8/30/24 at 7:21 pm
Posted by LanierSpots
Sarasota, Florida
Member since Sep 2010
66534 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 7:28 pm to
quote:

The last 3 deliveries I had from them, each time I watched in the app, from my living room, as the driver drove past my house. A few hours later "delivery attempted, no one home to receive".


They stuck a note on my business door today saying they would try to deliver the next business day. Door was unlocked like always and I never left.

He must have came up the stairs and forgot to bring the box so he left a note instead of going back down to the truck and getting it

Posted by CecilShortsHisPants
One Foty Fo uh uh Magnolia Screet
Member since Oct 2012
3374 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 7:29 pm to
quote:

Everything is going downhill. EVERYTHING.


You can get pretty much any item in a supermarket delivered in 2 days, often times less than 24 hours...
Some of yall need a nice tall glass of perspective.
Posted by Hank R Hill
Arlen,TX
Member since Jan 2017
523 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 8:25 pm to
quote:

I’m likely out of $450

Damn inflation. It was always $350 until last year
Posted by Armymann50
Playing with my
Member since Sep 2011
20522 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 8:27 pm to
quote:

UPS is really going downhill


only thing they are really good at is retirering
Posted by 6R12
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2005
10499 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 8:35 pm to
To think the govt is better than any private company is crazy. I've had nothing but problems mailing in/out of my business office thru the regular govt service (snail mail). It's crazy how incompetent they are. Maybe it's just my govt civil postal agent (woman) but it's bad, real bad. Fedex and the guys in brown are way better that our govt edition of getting any delivery.
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
69530 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 8:41 pm to
yeah, i have had ups and fedex lie about attempted deliveries that absolutely never happened.
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
25443 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 9:20 pm to
quote:

The FedEx One initiative is eliminating most FedEx Express centers and directly employed delivery couriers. The vast majority will now be handled by the employees of the contract holders who own FedEx Ground routes. This has not happened yet in Baton Rouge, but is to be expected within the next year or two


My neighbor says by the end of the year. We’ll see.
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10180 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 9:25 pm to
quote:

I live rurally and have the same drivers for the last 10 years. Brings my treats. Very reliable.


And he gets a Christmas card handed to him, with his name on it, with something special inside it.
Posted by Sev09
Nantucket
Member since Feb 2011
15674 posts
Posted on 8/30/24 at 10:15 pm to
I’ve been happy with my mailbox service
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