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Fedex Service - December 2020 - (Ontario, Canada) - Digikey orders
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Bud:
@TheSteve I do not know how long you've been using Digikey. I remember times when they were doing free shipping for $30 orders.
In the case we discuss now - if they lowered delivery method but did not change shipping charge - how's that not being going cheap and make an extra buck on shipping ?
chickenHeadKnob:
I thought digikey used to truck overnight /early morning from Thief River to Winnipeg and ship to the rest of Canada from there :-//
Psi:
All the courier services that own their own airplanes are being overloaded as everyone upgrades shipping to try and get things before xmas.

For me DHL/FEDEX has gone from ~3 days to 10 (USA to New Zealand)
and UPS from 4 days to ~18.

China mail has gone from 3 weeks to still waiting after 3 months overdue.

TheSteve:

--- Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on December 14, 2020, 10:53:22 am ---I thought digikey used to truck overnight /early morning from Thief River to Winnipeg and ship to the rest of Canada from there :-//

--- End quote ---

If you order earlier in the day they truck it across the border, if it is later in the day it usually goes via Memphis.
ve7xen:
Yup, DigiKey package ordered on Friday night and due to me in Vancouver on Monday is still (Tuesday night) sitting in a warehouse in the suburbs. They even had the weekend days extra! I'd go pick it up if they'd tell me where, but they won't. I kind of needed these parts urgently.

DigiKey pays for 'Priority Overnight'. Regardless of their volumes right now, you would think that this (I think it's the highest) priority would extend to putting it on a delivery truck to deliver?? There can't be that much of an increased demand for high-priority packages due to the holidays? Still plenty of time to not pay and get there on time... I'd expect it to decrease if anything as the portion of personal packages goes up...

Somewhat annoyed, I called FedEx and they can't even promise when it will end up on the truck, despite already being 24h late.

I haven't noticed a significant change in UPS/DHL recently due to COVID, but haven't ordered anything from them in the holiday season.
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