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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: XOIIO on September 10, 2016, 01:09:00 pm

Title: Boooo fedex... booo
Post by: XOIIO on September 10, 2016, 01:09:00 pm
Well, ordered parts from digikey and was pleasantly surprised to see that they use next day international shipping, so it was supposed to be here by 5 pm yesterday.

It came into the country one province over at 8:30 am, easily driveable here in a couple hours, but nope, no show, and now the fedex site says "no delivery schedule available".

Best part is now it's saturday, so I have to wait over the damn weekend for their "next day by 5:00pm shipping".

Don't get me wrong it's still way faster than stuff of ebay but come on man.
Title: Re: Boooo fedex... booo
Post by: PA0PBZ on September 10, 2016, 02:18:13 pm
Next day shipping <> Next day delivery but I understand your frustration.
Title: Re: Boooo fedex... booo
Post by: XOIIO on September 10, 2016, 02:19:32 pm
Quote from: PA0PBZ on September 10, 2016, 02:18:13 pm
Next day shipping <> Next day delivery but I understand your frustration.

The shipping is next day international, and the site says (along with the estimated delivery date when it was available) that it would be here by 5:00pm the following day.

It got into the country fine and then it just didn't move at all.
Title: Re: Boooo fedex... booo
Post by: XOIIO on September 10, 2016, 03:25:33 pm
Well called in and apparently customs didn't let it through in time for the flight (yeah they are flying it here I guess so it's faster  :palm:), but digikey didn't mark it for saturday shipping so I do have to wait for monday, uhg.

I wish at least fedex's site showed more info. Really annoyed still.
Title: Re: Boooo fedex... booo
Post by: Ampera on September 11, 2016, 04:24:59 am
Quote from: XOIIO on September 10, 2016, 03:25:33 pm
Well called in and apparently customs didn't let it through in time for the flight (yeah they are flying it here I guess so it's faster  :palm:), but digikey didn't mark it for saturday shipping so I do have to wait for monday, uhg.

I wish at least fedex's site showed more info. Really annoyed still.

I had a keyboard with 3 day shipping from China.

It shipped a week after I bought it, and came in about a week after it shipped. And the stupid part is that the package arrived 20 miles away in a town I could bus to in about an hour, then proceeded to go around 60 miles south for whatever reason, to come about 80 miles north to my local post office.

Whatever, I got it now and I couldn't care less.