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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
My package finally arrived, three days late!
That's strike two, Amazon. If late arrivals become the norm, then why should I pay for expedited delivery (ie, Prime)?
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Oh, puhleeze. Bitch, moan groan. I can't even order Amazon items that are larger than a breadbox, 'cuz I'll get to make the Schlep from Hell, to our "local" PO--30 miles away, with a line that rivals the kids waiting to see the only Santa in the state on 12/23--because, of course, Amazon doesn't give two sh*ts if my packages come TO MY DOOR, which is what Prime customers pay for.
It's hopeless. Amazon says that "hey, we paid Fedex to deliver it to you," (which is a fib, btw). Fedex says that they subbed it to the PO. BUT, the PO will tell you in no uncertain way that if you live on an unpaved road, as I do, well, you're effed. That's a no-fly-zone, as far as PO trucks are concerned. Oh, and, they completely ignore this if they get one of those inexplicable, "deliver on Sundays" packages, when they DO drive right up to my door. Nope, I can't explain that, either.
"Smartpost" is a faux thing. Fedex really has NOTHING to do with it. Smartpost goes to the PO, is handled by the PO, and delivered by the PO. Why Fedex is even involved, who the hell knows?
It drives me nuts. Worse, though, every company out there is doing the same thing. (Except Chewy, which finally realized that it was losing business by doing it, so they went back to UPS, praise Jesus and pass the ammunition. They have my biz back,
totally. I'd left them for about 2 years, b/c they went to the PO thing, too, and when you're ordering 20lb bags of cat food that you can't reliably find, locally...for those of you with special furbabies [POOH!])
Well, screw it. It surprises me that they'd so readily abandon the same service that made them so popular in the first place, but whadda I know?
Hitch