Yin and Yang
jemeinc said:
I'm glad this had a happy ending, now we can all laugh at our delivery horror stories...
For every fortune there is a misfortune... I had absolutely no problem receiving my new powerbook. I arrived home from the airport around noon on a Friday, and before I dropped my bags the FexEx guys called to confirm that I was home. Within three minutes I was signing for my powerbook, and totally elated. The machine itself and all its accessories have been perfect in every way.
OTOH, my brother's delivery was a bit more sporting. My brother chased down the FexEx truck rather than wait another day since he missed the delivery person. He called FedEx, who had the driver call him on her cell and give him her current location and direction. my brother got in his car, drove around for about fifteen minutes, found the truck on the thoroughfare, signalled, it pulled over, and they transferred the boxes for his new powerbook and accessories on the side of the road. He knows the driver and she was cool with it. Other than that creepy feeling of taking a delivery by the side of the road like it's some kind of drug deal, it was fine.
So I guess what I'm saying is, FexEx-Powerbook-Delivery-Force-Balance is maintained. For every perfectly timed delivery like mine, somewhere else there's a delivery nightmare.
Anne Marie