[LewisM]

God damned FedEx - I paid a BOMB to get some Astro-Physics parts here direct from A-P, and it has been scheduled for delivery today since friday (posted Thursday from Illinois).

At 7am, there was an update saying on board, delivery today.

At 9:02, update again to delivery exception "Customer not home or business closed" and to follow instructions for redelivery left on the door tag. O...K.... considering I had been outside all morning cleaning the exterior of the house until 10am, and not a single person - even neighbours - had come or gone from the complex, this was odd. Most assuredly NO tag on the door, nor even the mailbox, so I rang FedEx (India, of course).

Was told he tagged it. Told her no ma'am, no one has come or gone all day, so the driver is not being truthful. She said she would call the Fyshwick depot and get back to me within an hour. OK, back to work on the house and then the car I went.

No call. 4 hours since she was supposed to ring, I called back. Spoke to first Indian lady, who transferred me directly to the worker I had spoken to. She proclaimed that the driver had left a tag. I said in which state, because it is not here, and like I told you, I have been home all day. She said she told the depot that, but they insisted he tagged it. I'd seriously love to know to which house then!!! I asked for redelivery today, and she said that is out of the question, as the driver has many to deliver and cannot get back to me (even though our house is only a short detour from returning to the depot).

She said I could go to the depot t 1730 and get the package. I responded that I paid for a service - DELIVER THE ITEM. I will not do their job for them!

At that point she told me to leave a note about permission to leave on the door, to wit I responded I had already done that at 0600 this morning, so that PROVES the delivery driver did NOT come here. She went silent.

Let's see what tomorrow brings. Just Tom Foolery, and I will be DEMANDING my $60 US refunded for "Express" (??????) postage.

Rant over. Kinda. Maybe.

FedEx... FedUp more like it. Next time I'll just use USPS as usual so at least AusPost can deliver it. (I only went FedEx as they were $8 cheaper than USPS)