Posted: 2/15/2008 8:56:38 AM EDT
| I was supposed to have a ammo shipment dropped off at the house yesterday but it never came. When I got back into work today the tracking info said I was not home so it was not delivered. I have never had this issue with packages before, was it just because it was ammo? Do I need to be there to accept it? Or does Fedex just suck my ass? |
You have to sign for ammo. Be thankful... my last ammo shipment was marked as delivered and when I got home it was not there. Turns out the a-hole delivered it to my sheeple, single-mom, next door neighbor, who then contacted the cop across the street and said 'fyeguy has bullets and their on my porch!!' Fortunately the officer is a friend and just put the case in his garage for me to pick up, but in other circumstances it could have been sticky. You can call them and ask them to hold it at their local distro center if you want to pick it up. |
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It depends on what the shipper wants. If he checked the box where YOUR signature is required, then FedEx is doing EXACTLY what their customer (the shipper, who is paying them) wants. Kinda hasty to say "FedEx sucks my ass" IMO when they could be doing what they're being payed to do. Alot of people (shippers and receivers) bitch about packages being left on the porch to be stolen by neighbors. Some people also aren't like you and steal their own packages if left on the porch. They just take the package inside when they get home and then call up the vendor and claim they never got it and want a free replacement. Either way, many vendors require a signature so there's proof of delivery. It has nothing to do with it being ammo. It's just another package of over a hundred that guy will handle today. He'd much rather just leave it on your porch and go on to the next one. Call up FedEx and see what needs to be done to get your ammo. |
No, I misspoke... certain vendors ship without the signature requirement (Cabelas, CTD, AIM, etc.) some ship with the sig requirement (CMP). I was referencing what is most likey the OP's situation. |
What I was saying is that Fedex and UPS deliver to my house at LEAST once a week. Every once in a while with Fedex it will say unable to deliver because I was not home and then the next day it is there waiting for me which leads me to beleive somthing is a little fishy. I was wondering if this was the case now or if with ammo it is a special deal. The order was from Cheaperthandirt and I have had hundreds of packages from them left at my door. |
It could be fishy, but it might be them doing things right for a change too. It just depends on how the shipper sent it. I may send you a thousand packages with "no signature required" and they'd get left on the porch. If I send you one the next day with "signature requried" then it shouldn't be left there, regradless of what happened with the other one thousand packages. It's all about what block I check on the bottom of the form. There could be a different driver covering that area on different days, or because someone was out. One guy might deliver to you weekly and know you don't care, so he just leaves it. That's what the guy who delivers my house does. He knows I work nights and sleep during the day, so he just leaves it in my bushes so no one sees it, and I don't have to wake up. If it's a replacement, then if a sig is required they'll ring the bell, wake my ass up and get a sig. Some routes have two or three guys servicing them on different days, so it cuold be the way the driver does things. Some won't leave anything that requires a sig, and some don't care as much as they probably should. Some vendors are now requiring signatures where they didn't before, for some items because they're trying to save money by reducing claims they have to make. If they get ripped off by a few dozen customers for replacement packages, it starts adding up to be cheaper to pay the extra couple bucks for a signature. Sign of the times. If it's "fishy" it has to do with them trying to CYA for not attempting delivery. They'll get heat for any packages not delivered. If it's "no one home", then it clears when it is delivered the next day or so. They have to show some reason as to why it didn't get delivered, and "didn't bother trying" isn't a choice. So yeah, it could very well be "fishy" or it could be them doing their jobs. It probably has nothing to do with it being ammo though. |
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CMP ships FedEx adult sig required, and the driver on my route is a lazy piece of dog shit. I had two crates delivered last Friday. I was home. I was home all day. I "caught" the rat bastard leaving a delivery atttempt sticker on the glass to my front storm door. He hadn't knocked or rang the bell, even though there were two cars in the driveway, the front blinds were open, and there were other obvious signs that people were home. I opened the door and he say "Oh you're here!". Yeah....big surprise, jackass. Go get those heavy wood cartons. He complained that his loader put them up high on a shelf, and he might hurt himself getting them down. I put 2 and 2 together...he had no intention of delivering those cartons when he checked the manifest when he started his shift that day. This, I would imagine, is what you have experienced. Lesson learned - if you order ammo from CMP, you're either looking out the window all day or picking it up yourself. |
I had a home entertainment system delivered once, signature required, they missed me at home, then the next day they claimed they dropped it off... supposedly on my balcony, in plain view of everyone (I didn't live in a nice part of town) and exposed to the winter elements. "We didn't know what was in the box, it was a big/heavy brown box". When I got my second shipment (almost two months later), it was a BIG white and blue box that said "JVC 1000w..." I'm sure one delivery guy had an early Christmas present that year.  He knew damn well what was in there.Small stuff like the bolt face logo cap that will be dropped off today or tomorrow... no biggie $500+ in electronics, biggie. That being said, Tiger Direct doesn't require signatures. But I also live in a better area now, and my neighbor will pick it up if the weather is bad. |
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I order most of my ammo online, and it's almost all delivered by UPS. They generally just drop it on my doorstep and don't bother ringing the doorbell. I've stayed home some days waiting for a particularly expensive package, only to check my mailbox in the afternoon and find my package has been sitting by the sidewalk for hours while everybody walks by. |
The drivers around here are generally very good. I have never had a problem with ammo deliveries. |
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You brainchilds ever think of possibly requesting a signature, or allowing the shipment to be released when you order the ammo? When you ship something, there is always a field that asks if a signature is required. All you have to do is request yes or no. Either way, someones gonna bitch. "WTF? they left my ammo on my doorstep where anyone could steal it" or "Wtf? they left a sticker on my door and would not leave my ammo on my doorstep" Also, as to the delivery guy that "did not want to unload the crates" If he didnt unload them that day, he would have to unload them back at the facility, load them up again the next day, and eventually deliver them. Double work. Drivers hate returning back to the dispatch with freight still on thier truck, it makes thier next day that much harder. |
