FedEx...

[WhiteWidow]

I bought something off of ebay once and it got shipped by UPS. I followed the tracking and it got all the way to Houston and then dissapeared all of the sudden. Never got the package.

[SmokinDVM]

They just screwed up, and didn't want to look stupid, so they played it off like it was supposed to go there.
They would lose a crapload of money if they did that kind of thing routinely.

[Empire23]

http://www.fedex.com/Tracking?last_a...itial=x&mps=y&

Theres a link to the tracking page for it. Heres the tracking number if the link doesnt work.

738737618328.

I guess they could have messed up and then just shipped it back to me somehow pretty fast. But either way, the phone got here when they said it would be here.

[BigMacFU]

This flow of packages, the way FedEx, the UPS and Post Office sort and ship may seem ineffective, but is the most economic and efficient way it can be done for a population as large and spread out as ours. I cannot explain the complex algorithm because I don't understand it, but I've had it explained to me in comparison to fractals. They may look chaotic and disjointed but are actually the reflection of a brilliantly succinct and logical formula. Yes, anomalies seem to appear, and for all intents and purposes, practically speaking your case is a real anomaly, ultimately these are not anomalies.

Crazy, Yes, but it works.

[Newfie]

This flow of packages, the way FedEx, the UPS and Post Office sort and ship may seem ineffective, but is the most economic and efficient way it can be done for a population as large and spread out as ours. I cannot explain the complex algorithm because I don't understand it, but I've had it explained to me in comparison to fractals. They may look chaotic and disjointed but are actually the reflection of a brilliantly succinct and logical formula. Yes, anomalies seem to appear, and for all intents and purposes, practically speaking your case is a real anomaly, ultimately these are not anomalies.

Crazy, Yes, but it works.

Uhhhhhhh, ............ yeah, .............. OK .................. if you say so.

Lotsa big words there. Some harder than marmalade and molasses too!

[Newfie]

Empire, it may seem inefficient, but obviously it works. It took 4 days, and a bit less than 4 hours to do that travelling (would have been less had you been available at 2:30).

You wanna see a inefficient system?
I sent Sid a package, a small package, via Expedited Post. They say 8 business days, possibly up to 2 weeks, to get from here to Buffalo. A 4 hour drive!!!
I send another Brother a package via Canada Post Air Mail. It had 5 cigars in it, in a golf ball box and that was inside a plastic mailer envelope. It cost $19.03 (not counting the cost of the envelope) and is going to take 4 business days!!!

I got a package today from BKC via USPS Air Mail and it cost $1.95.

Any time you want to trade systems pal, just let us know.

[CgarDan]

The only possible explanation I can find is that they have a central sorting facility in Indianapolis so all packages should go there. So for some reason the plane that went to indy must have had to stop in LA to either pick up more weight or pick up slack for others before going to Indy. And the package is scanned at every stop in case a loss occurs to know who is responsible. So in reality it ight have stoped anywhere before going to Indy and La just happened to be the stop in this particular case.

[Empire23]

Yeah, thats what they said.

The only reason I didnt get the package at 2:30 was that the gate to our community was malfuntioning and was only opening half way and the FedEx truck wouldnt fit through with it just half way open.

Newfie - Yeah that does suck sending a package to a place thats only 4 hours away. Damn the system!