FedEx Corporation Consumer Reviews - Page 6

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA -- June 30, 2010. Yesterday, I went to a FedEx Kinko's Office here in Stockton, California, FedEx Office 5125, to have some documents faxed. This particular site has a very rude and unhappy sales clerk; the store was close to empty and there was only one customer besides me in front of her computer. The store was surprisingly too quiet and there was no greeting whatsoever...not even "May I help you?" from any of the 3 employees who all appeared stoic and detached from their surroundings!

My concern as a customer is this: After this sales clerk fed my documents into the fax machine, she did not bother to say anything and failed, as a courtesy to a customer, to let me know that there is some waiting time involved until transmission is verified. She proceeded to go back to her computer and did not bother to look at me or anywhere which made her appear like a robot.

After waiting for a few minutes, I asked, "Is there another cashier who can help me so I can pay what is due?" This sales clerk replied in a very stern and unfriendly tone, "There is a wait time and you can go somewhere else if you want to go!"

Her bad behavior is completely unacceptable. Evidently, her personal issues should not be brought into the work place. She is young and this type of behavior may become unmanageable for her and will surely make a bad impact on her social life. I suggest that the company puts in more effort, emphasis, and training of employees about the utmost importance of customer relations.

However, the store manager should be commended for exhibiting excellent customer relations. She re-faxed all 4 documents (was not done correctly by the sales clerk) and apologized for my unpleasant experience and promised to advise the sales clerk. The manager's demeanor should be mirrored by all your employees. Her facial expressions and mode of speaking reflected a satisfied and happy manager of FedEx Kinko's! Remember this Equation: Customers = Revenues and Salaries

PO BOX 256, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- I purchased a 6'5" Totem Pole Carved by a Haida Carver up in the Haida Gwaii Islands of British Columbia. I worked with the Haida Raven Gallery in Masset, BC. They carefully packaged the 120lbs pole marking in FRAGILE. The pole was stuck in the FedEx Customs clearing house for weeks. I had to initiate all the calls to get the pole cleared to enter the United States (FedEx sent me a $270 bill for my effort). The pole arrived in San Diego, CA. It was mysteriously lost for days.

Finally after numerous calls it was delivered (the whole episode took almost a month). The face and right bottom of the totem were smashed in, the nose badly dented, and the pole was badly cracked in numerous places. To cause this kind of damage the FedEx personnel would have to literally jump on and beat the thing.

I contact ** who made arrangements to have someone come to my condo and pick it up. The representative arrived and told me he was only there to pick it up. That I would have to re-wrap the package so that it could be removed to a FedEx location for inspection. I asked if there was ANYTHING I save or anything I should do. I was told NO and that a FedEx representative would come out the following week and pick up the pole.

I specifically asked about the packaging that the totem came in. He told that it would not be needed and that I should re-wrap the pole. His statement was "your not filing a claim on that packaging are you? Just the totem." I said yes, of course. The following week I spent more than 4 hours and more that $50 repackaging the pole. A representative came to my condo and picked up the totem but had no idea where it was going. Again I asked if there was anything that I needed to save or do. I was told NO. Remember I was asking their representative. I was not told that I needed to contact anyone for further questions etc.

I had gone online in the interim and downloaded claim forms which I faxed to FedEx's claim center. I received a letter from ** denying the claim because the packaging was not saved and that the shipment was not available for inspection, both which are untrue. THEY have the pole! ** instructed me to look at the FedEx Service Guide. I never knew one existed nor was I told check it prior to filing a claim.

** is trying to obstruct my ability to file a claim be issuing this form letter. FedEx has treated me shabbily every step of the way with this delivery and with the filing of this claim. This pole cost approx. $9475. It was a beautiful collector's item. Any damage to it dramatically decreases its value. It is unrepairable.

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE -- I contacted "We Take The Cake" (WTTC) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a very nice group of people who bake wonderful things, to send to my daughter via overnight delivery a special cake to arrive on her birthday. I provided complete address information. WTTC did as requested.

I called the bakery on Thursday to determine when the cake would be delivered as it had not yet shown up. They said they would check on it and call me back, which they promptly did. It seems there was a "mix-up" at FedEx and the cake was being delivered the next day, Friday.

I called my daughter Friday eve to see if she enjoyed her gift. It never arrived. As WTTC was closed at this time I called FedEx. I was told they attempted to deliver the package but couldn't "locate the apartment" (there are no apartments, just four townhouses side by side and everyone knows one-another so it would have taken the effort of asking).

The cake, reportedly not deliverable, was then delivered to a completely different address and "left on the doorstep" as "no signature was required". There was no explanation as to why this happened. I was then told they would "investigate" the issue, pick up the cake and deliver it. I was also told that a claim could be filed but it had to be initiated by the WTTC.

My impression of the call to a pleasant and apologetic FedEx customer service representative is the representative was thoroughly trained at 'handling" me and others. I was just another client to be apologized to, passed on and gotten rid of.

Conclusions: I doubt they'll do much, if anything, except make excuses and allegations that this was someone else's error. My daughter's special gift was delivered to someone else (perhaps to a driver's friend) on a whim. FedEx has also indirectly tarnished 'We Take The Cake's' reputation because the second half of the package - the caretaking and delivery of the product - blatantly failed. Most important: FedEx failed at its, for them insignificant, for me, big, mission.

On June 30th, 2009, my fiance sent a package through FedEx containing a 14K, three-stone diamond engagement ring and two lipsticks from Montreal, QC. The package was picked up from Anjou, QC, brought to Mirabel, QC, where it arrived at the FedEx Memphis, TN, facility. After a two day clearance delay in Memphis, I received the package in Kenner, LA, on Friday, July 3rd, 2009, at 8:42 A.M. When I opened package, the ring was not in the package, but the two lipsticks were. I immediately contacted FedEx about my missing ring. I was put in contact with a FedEx customer relations representative who began a search for my missing ring.

Since it was a holiday weekend, I did not receive any updates about the status of my missing ring until Monday, July 6th, 2009. As 5:00 P.M. EST, I was told by the FedEx representative that my ring could not be located and gave me the option of beginning the claim process. I was reluctant to stop searching for the ring, so I left that decision up to my fiance, since he is the one who bought and shipped the ring. My fiance told FedEx that he would like their organization to search a little while longer for the ring.

After searching the rest of that week, FedEx told my fiance that the ring could not be located and was offered to begin the claim process. My fiance started the claim process on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 and concluded the claim process on Thursday, July 16th, 2009. My fiance insured the package for $500. Although the ring's actual worth was more than $500, my fiance was told by FedEx that this was the maximum amount the package could be insured for. My fiance received a check on Friday, July 24th, 2009 for $564.00, the 500 insurance amount plus the shipping costs.

The official story is that FedEx "lost" my ring, but obviously, one of FedEx's employees stole the ring since it was the only item that was missing from the package. After this entire experience, I have to say that I feel doubly victimized by FedEx. Not only was our merchandise (the ring) stolen from us but we were also cheated out of our money by only receiving a small portion of the ring's worth. Receiving an engagement ring is a dream for many women. Unfortunately, FedEx has destroyed that dream for me. Needless to say, I will never use FedEx again and will actively try to avoid ordering from companies that use their delivery service.

I have a small business. I ordered supplies from a company who ships FedEx ground. I needed these supplies to complete an order, so I was tracking this package closely. Imagine my surprise when, on the delivery date, nothing arrived. I tracked the package and was even more surprised to see "customer not available/business closed" as the reason for non-delivery (I was here).

I called FedEx the next morning and was assured my package would be delivered that day. Same scenario -- no package arrived. I tracked the delivery again, and was surprised by the reason it was not delivered: "incorrect address." The address is correct on the package, by the way. I called FedEx again and spoke to a supervisor. I asked that the driver call me when he was in the area and I would give him directions to my location. "Hey, no problem," I was told.

So for the third day, I waited. I even received a follow-up call from FedEx customer service checking on the package. Unfortunately, same scenario -- no call from the driver, and no package. I just tracked this package yet again, and the reason for no delivery is "incorrect address." That tells me the driver simply doesn't care - he used the same excuse as the previous day, and never bothered to use the telephone number ON THE PACKAGE to contact me.

The package is now listed as being on the truck for delivery "the next business day." If it does not arrive Monday, I plan to instruct FedEx to hold it at their facility for pickup -- I'll send UPS to get it for me. UPS's system of assigning drivers to the same route is unbeatable - my UPS delivery driver is fantastic and even knows the names of my dogs! And FedEx wonders why their profits are at record lows?

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA -- I order a product from a company in Carlsbad, California. I live in Anaheim, California. The package left Carlsbad 7:03PM 2/29/08 (last scan). I waited till Monday knowing that the package had already arrived that night at the Fullerton Express Facility. At 7:27AM 3/3/08 the package was scanned at the Fullerton office. At 8:01AM 3/3/08 I'm informed that because the shipper paid for 2 day service, that is what they get. The FedEx rep said that because it is for delivery on the 4th that is when I can pick it up, even though it is already scanned into their facility.

NOW MY RANT! I understand how policy works, I understand that some packages have a higher priority for "delivery". What I don't understand is why you have lazy people who do not wish to do their job! If my package scans that it is AT the facility then I should be able to pick it up early, I'm saving you time and gas, as you no longer have to deliver the package. I'm not getting a refund or partial refund of the shipping as a result of picking it up early, therefore you make a little extra of that arrangement.

I'm not taking away from the priority of anyone else's package as I'm not having it delivered, if anything I'm helping to give someone else their package earlier as the driver no longer has to deliver my package. Here is another interesting story for you to chew on as well.

My wife works for a company that does "mail/web" orders and ships worldwide, well they mostly use UPS (I wonder why) but when they use FedEx the driver complains, even yelled once, at the warehouse staff to load the packages for him (keep in mind that the day he yelled there were only 5 packages, none of which weighed over 86 lbs. (that is the heaviest they send which is only on occasion most of it is 25 to 35 lbs.).

What it boils down to is you have the laziest, sorriest, slowest bunch of employees in the shipping business, you need to change your motto to "The World on OUR Time". All in all... I should not have been told even though we have your package right here we WILL NOT give it to you till tomorrow because that's when it "should" be delivered.

TULSA/CLAREMORE, OKLAHOMA -- As a service to the customer Fedex has provided information to the customer on your computer so you as a customer can get quick reliable info. Enable you to check to see where your package has started from (time and date) and where it goes before it gets to you. I love that and I think it's a fantastic idea for the customer to know the route of travel before it gets delivered... When I saw that my package has arrived in a nearby town I got excited... I knew then that its was only a few hours away.

Later that evening after waiting all day long and not even as much to see a Fedex truck in the area. I went to my computer to check and I saw that the driver try to deliver my package an hour ago at the very resident... the one that I had been sitting and waiting for all day long. Now that makes me furious... not only did this happen today it repeated the same misguided info the next day... and I'm saying what's wrong with this picture. I'm still aggravated.

Every time this happen I was on the phone complaining to 1-800 Fedex customer representative about the false information that was being put out to me. All they could say was that the package is still on the truck. 9 o'clock came and went I gave up. The next morning it came to the door. I question the driver and he said this is the first time he has been back to this area since last Sat. which was a week ago. I checked the computer for delivery time and it was right this time.

Someone or somebody needs to find out what is going on here... putting out false information to Fedex customer. I was supposed to do several jobs in my hometown for those two days of waiting... lost money just because of lying info. I say that because the driver that had my package for those two days punch in the times he said tried to delivery and didn't. I know that because I was here and for sure no notice was placed on the door like they're supposed to do when no contact is made. That to me makes Fedex look bad. Now I know how Fedex operates and now and I won't be mistaken next time. Customers beware... this is an ongoing problem.

MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY -- We just moved into our new home a little less than two weeks ago. Since then we have been receiving a large amount of mail and packages for the former owners. It turns out the former lady of the house ran a small business here and we are inadvertently receiving her business mail and packages. USPS and UPS have been wonderful in not delivering things to the house after we told them that the former owners relocated, but FedEx is a different story.

Since Monday we have received 3 FedEx deliveries to the house, and we cannot refuse the deliveries as the driver never rings the doorbell to let us know that he was even here. We have yet to even see this person's face. He/She just leaves them on the porch and walks away.

We have called the 800 number well over 7 times explaining the situation to them and they are no help at all. One person even suggested we put a sign on our front porch refusing all deliveries for the former owners. Sorry but that's not going to happen. I shouldn't have display signs all around my house and yard warning delivery people that the former owners do not live here anymore.

The only way we have been able to get rid of these deliveries is to take an hour drive to the nearest FedEx hub on our time and our gas money to have them sent back. All the while accepting liability for these mailings because we could not verbally refuse them to the driver. We have been taking pictures of the boxes to prove what condition they were in upon receiving them and also noting down what time we noticed them on the porch and the date and day of delivery.

I do not want to keep accepting liability for these packages. According to our homeowners insurance if the former owners claim that things were missing or damaged in the packages we can be held financially responsible to replace them. How fair is that to us? We have spoken to our realtor and she said that she would make contact with them. But until she does we are stuck with these deliveries and stuck making trips to the hub, once again on our time and money. I just cannot believe that a company this size does not have any way to stop these packages from coming here. USPS and UPS did, so why can't FedEx?

TUCSON, ARIZONA -- I usually try not to complain about shipping services. The number of variables makes any reliable delivery timeframe impossible. I will however complain this time because of customer service blunders the company has committed against me. On December 5th I ordered several Christmas gifts. The website I used only offered FedEx for package shipping. Having had a lot of problems in the past I was wary but went against my better judgment and placed the order. The package moved very slowly, but as I said I am not here to complain about that.

The tracking website gave the date of delivery to be 12/15. Lucky for me I was off to pack for a flight to see my family and would be home all day. The day passes and finally I get curious around 4 pm and log in to check on the package. The wonderful ghost delivery had been attempted. First it was rescheduled, and then the driver decided to skip me. Needless to say I was upset.

I called customer service and after dealing with some know nothing I finally got transferred to their "Customer Advocacy" Department. This rep seemed helpful and apologetic. She contacted the distribution center and lo and behold the driver could not be contacted but she put me in touch with the warehouse manager. The warehouse manager apologized and assured me the delivery would be made Sunday before my flight left. At the time I was very happy, the problem seemed to have been resolved.

Now Sunday night I am writing this on my parent's computer 400 miles away from their Christmas gifts. My wife is coming later this month for a few days but it's too late to get the gifts by Christmas. Thanks for making me feel terrible FedEx, you can be assured I will never use your service again. I really enjoyed having my day wasted by your driver and lied to by your representatives. May your books always be red.