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[Runwilderness]

Around here the FedEx one would say " you'll get it the day after we marked it as delivered".

Order a new pair of RF binos that shipped FedEx, signature required.

I updated the delivery to have them held at a FedEx location. Their system had the binos as shown as ‘out for delivery, your driver is ___’ for >48hrs.

Their chatbot was kind enough to tell me the same.

Called the FedEx location and the ‘talk to a rep about your delivery’ option got me in touch with a nice automated system that informed me my package wasn’t eligible to be held at that location. I was a bit worried.

Called back, select some other random option and got a real person. 30s later they confirmed the binos were there. “The driver forgot to scan them. Happens.”

Good luck to all this Holiday season. Smooth deliveries are harder to come by than trophy elk tags this time of year…

 

[Gravel Road]

Ive been thinking about this....possibly the hd versions arent that big of a deal unless you have perfect eyesight?

I don't have any of the hd versions, so I can't comment on those. So far, the non-hd seems fine. I'm in my mid-50's so my eyesight is not great

 

[wyosam]

It’s funny- USPS really has its shit together in AK. Usually stuff coming from the lesser 48 pretty much just rides a truck to the closest airport, then lands in Anchorage the next day. Since about December 1 though, it’s anyone’s guess where my stuff is going to visit before it gets here. Interestingly, a can shipping from Texas spent a week + in Dallas recently. Had a package from my in-laws that left California and headed east through Denver, Indianapolis, to Chicago, back to Denver, back to California, then managed to find its way to Seattle then here. Those cookies are fricken stale. It’s really the only option to get stuff up here. UPS/FedEx cast 10x as much and take 5x longer generally.


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[sndmn11]

FedEx is the Turd for us.

We moved into this house in Nov of 2017. Holiday season of 2021 every FedEx package would say delivered but wasn't at the door; we work from home and most times we would see the truck roll up too. Getting replacements for stuff was easy and FedEx never fought the claims. One package was a rifle stock from here that the person was able to get FedEx to pay without issue.

In April, we were doing something in the yard and on the side fence we never go to in the backyard we're all the packages. I called FedEx and it took a few weeks of getting bounced around on the phone to find out that the old owners have a note that starts at Black Friday through the year end to throw packages over the fence. The most helpful person said they removed the note, but it still happens occasionally, and only when packages come from a certain FedEx location of the three facilities that deliver here. I had one this week over the fence, and one FedEx that's been out for delivery for two straight days.

I did end up paying the person here for the stock once I found it.

 

[Beetroot]

I've used a huge variety of cargo/mail companies.

By far the best ones I've ever used are Royal mail (UK) and DHL. DHL is ridiculously fast and their tracking is great, Royal mail is often dirt cheap and while international tracking isn't always the best they are also very quick.

FedEx is horrible for international shipping, slow, terrible tracking, goes twice arpu the world before it arrives etc.

 

[mustelid_master]

I ordered my scope the 3rd. USPS finally shipped it. Come on DOGE....!

 

[lhbackcountry]

I ordered my scope the 3rd. USPS finally shipped it. Come on DOGE....!

Better now then never

 

[Chad E]

Mine from the 3rd is apparently lost....SWFA is filing a claim and if it's deemed lost they will ship a replacement is what they claim. I'm less than thrilled with the experience so far.

 

[Schmo]

Mine from the 3rd is apparently lost....SWFA is filing a claim and if it's deemed lost they will ship a replacement is what they claim. I'm less than thrilled with the experience so far.

Not exactly the fault of SWFA. They shipped the scope. USPS has been a disaster for years

 

[Chad E]

Not exactly the fault of SWFA. They shipped the scope. USPS has been a disaster for years

I agree to a point. I've just received service from other companies in similar scenarios that gave me more confidence.

 

[ztc92]

Glanced at the website to see if there were any updates on 6x or 3-9. No luck there, but does look like the 3-15 is back in stock again, so perhaps a good sign that they are getting restocked quickly on the models recently released.