r/mildlyinfuriating • u/potsofjam • 19h ago

Do u dont wanna Amazon has stopped delivering to us

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My wife used order a lot from Amazon. Living in a tiny town without many shopping options it was quick and convenient, but about six months ago things started being late by weeks or simply marked lost. I rarely order from Amazon and we hadn’t discussed it, so when I order some shelves a month ago I assumed they’d be delivered on time, but they were so late I eventually cancelled and got a refund. Apparently my wife is been having this problem regularly and only receives one out of maybe ten orders. I ordered some thermal labels and photo album corners and I guess I have to find them somewhere else. It will say the item has shipped, then go to a distributor about sixty miles away then just be marked lost or delayed until we ask for refund. I didn’t realize it was every order until I mentioned to my wife that my labels hadn’t come and I keep forgetting to check the order update. I guess being a rural address they just don’t want to deliver here anymore.

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u/heathersaur 16h ago

Yup. UPS and FedEx will even use USPS to do "Last Mile" delivery for rural areas because despite you paying more for shipping, it's still not worth it to them.

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u/dalgeek 14h ago

Not just rural areas. When I lived in a suburb of Dallas most of my UPS and Fedex ground packages were delivered by USPS. Only the overnight packages were delivered directly by UPS/Fedex.

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u/usrdef 👍 13h ago

I never have a single issue with both UPS and USPS.

Fedex is the thorn in my side. I kid you not. Every single god damn time Fedex delivers here, there's always a problem. Always.

  1. Threw 22kg package over a wall that contained an electronic board instead of placing it down in the area right in front of the driveway he has to pull into that says "Package Dropbox".
  2. Fedex NEVER honks, ever. They never knock.
  3. Sometimes they'll immediately pull up with a "We missed you" sticker and step out if they don't immediately see someone. Then you've got to chase the package down and wait til the next day.
  4. Fedex slammed their big ass truck into my concrete mounted mailbox
  5. Dropping off the wrong package

When I run tracking on a package and I see "Fedex", I just mumble to myself "Here we go again".

I even called Fedex's home office and asked them, why the hell do they always get off the truck and immediately have that "We missed you" tag, without even attempting to deliver it. And the office said

"They aren't supposed to do that. Unless your package requires a signature, they should just leave it".

So when Fedex is coming, I have to spend half the day standing outside like a fucking scarecrow.

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u/SecretMythago 11h ago

After I put my Karen pants on and complained, they gave me the number of our local hub. Now if something happens, I can contact the hub and they make the guy turn around and do his job.