Love FedEx; hate UPS.
It's not uncommon for packages to take longer with standard UPS than with standard FedEx, and even still, I frequently see hold-ups and pushed back delivery dates with UPS. They always deliver late in the afternoon or evening and usually throw the package at the garage door (seeing cars there & knowing someone's home) and run ... like they're afraid to ring the doorbell. What's more, about half of the time the package will show "on vehicle for delivery" and I'll wait for it all day, only to see that between 6 and 7, the status is changed to something like "customer not home" or "business closed." I'm not a business and I most certainly WAS home. I've even watched the truck drive by my house and seen the false message appear minutes later. I think they're just too lazy to stop / finish their route and are ready to go home. Whenever I have the option, I'll choose anything over UPS.
FedEx on the other hand, is excellent. Delivery dates are very reasonable and even surprising sometimes. I can think of only one delivery date that was delayed, and most come early. My packages don't sit on the truck for two days before they get around to delivering it, and the driver is always very polite. The FedEx driver actually rings the bell and waits for me to answer. They also deliver at very reasonable times during the day ... anywhere between 10 and 3 usually; not after 6 like UPS normally is.
As I side note ... to show my appreciation to my FedEx guy, I gave him cookies on iPhone 4 day.
I figured he'd feel better/safer eating something pre-packaged from the store instead of something homemade (I don't know him THAT well and I wouldn't trust most people's kitchens to be clean, so I certainly don't expect anyone to trust mine without seeing it!). I decided on Oreos because I figured everyone likes Oreos and they shouldn't melt while sitting in a hot truck all day ... or at least not as bad as something with chocolate chips would.
It's not uncommon for packages to take longer with standard UPS than with standard FedEx, and even still, I frequently see hold-ups and pushed back delivery dates with UPS. They always deliver late in the afternoon or evening and usually throw the package at the garage door (seeing cars there & knowing someone's home) and run ... like they're afraid to ring the doorbell. What's more, about half of the time the package will show "on vehicle for delivery" and I'll wait for it all day, only to see that between 6 and 7, the status is changed to something like "customer not home" or "business closed." I'm not a business and I most certainly WAS home. I've even watched the truck drive by my house and seen the false message appear minutes later. I think they're just too lazy to stop / finish their route and are ready to go home. Whenever I have the option, I'll choose anything over UPS.
FedEx on the other hand, is excellent. Delivery dates are very reasonable and even surprising sometimes. I can think of only one delivery date that was delayed, and most come early. My packages don't sit on the truck for two days before they get around to delivering it, and the driver is always very polite. The FedEx driver actually rings the bell and waits for me to answer. They also deliver at very reasonable times during the day ... anywhere between 10 and 3 usually; not after 6 like UPS normally is.
As I side note ... to show my appreciation to my FedEx guy, I gave him cookies on iPhone 4 day.
I figured he'd feel better/safer eating something pre-packaged from the store instead of something homemade (I don't know him THAT well and I wouldn't trust most people's kitchens to be clean, so I certainly don't expect anyone to trust mine without seeing it!). I decided on Oreos because I figured everyone likes Oreos and they shouldn't melt while sitting in a hot truck all day ... or at least not as bad as something with chocolate chips would.
