FedEx Ground is the slowest shipping in the known universe

[EyeMWing]

The last activity on my GPS reciever:

Sep 13 2006 11:53:00 AM

Departed Computer Geeks Warehouse

IN TRANSIT



11:11:00 AM

Loaded on to trailer

SAN DIEGO, CA

Update:
Tracking changed. It now reads...

Sep 13, 2006 9:58 PM

Package data transmitted to FedEx

:boggle;

 

[Trikat]

But you are on the East coast + weekends... Meh thinks you will get it on the 18th or 19th. Just look at the ETA.

 

[Rubycon]

Wow that is 'leet if you can track a package with a gps receiver! :shocked:

:laugh:

 

[intogamer]

hmmm

Cross country... CA > PA

probably a long direct trailer drive

 

[spikespiegal]

Fed Ex runs at the speed of light.....compared to the packages I get from USPS standard ground from Canada. The Romans likely had faster shipping services.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Trikat
But you are on the East coast + weekends... Meh thinks you will get it on the 18th or 19th. Just look at the ETA.

What ETA?

 

[FelixDeCat]

:|

 

[intogamer]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Trikat
But you are on the East coast + weekends... Meh thinks you will get it on the 18th or 19th. Just look at the ETA.

What ETA?

Estimated Time of Arrival

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: intogamer

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Trikat
But you are on the East coast + weekends... Meh thinks you will get it on the 18th or 19th. Just look at the ETA.

What ETA?

Estimated Time of Arrival

I know what it is, I was just indicating that there is none.

 

[FelixDeCat]

ETB

estimated time of bitching

 

[swtethan]

does ups deliver earlier than expected? im expecting a package from LA > Portland

its been 5 days

 

[foghorn67]

My UPS ground package took 4 days to get from Reno, NV to Sacramento, CA. And then it had go to my house in Orange County, CA. Another 3 days.

 

[Miramonti]

My theory is that fedex ground uses a proprietary sub-tectonic plate railcar transit system, and unfortunately many packages get lost traveling through the lithosphere, while others make it to their destination on time when fedex occassionally times divergent plate movements properly.

Otherwise I have no clue why they suck so much.

 

[Compton]

I've never had a problem with Fedex Ground. I've had packages take up to 12 days with UPS ground. And then they're usually smashed when I get them.

 

[EyeMWing]

Sep 13, 2006 9:58 PM

Package data transmitted to FedEx

It went *BACKWARDS*
That's all I have on my tracking now.

 

[ultimatebob]

UPS ground seems even slower to me. I once had to wait three weeks for them to ship some UPS Ground packages that I sent out the week before Christmas. Sure, I wasn't in any hurry to get them (they weren't X-Mas gifts), but three weeks is insane.

Amazon.com's "Super Saver Shipping" still takes the cake for slowest shipping, though. I swear that they wait a week on purpose before shipping stuff just to get you to pay up for Express Shipping next time.

 

[FoBoT]

its ground, if you want it fast, pay for fast service

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
its ground, if you want it fast, pay for fast service

It was $7 to ship the damn thing (which weighs less than an optical mouse and is smaller) ground. $13 for anything faster