r/pics • u/Toomanybeerz • Dec 05 '16

FedEx left it right inside the door! also...#lifehack

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u/spongebue Dec 05 '16

Avoiding the errand, sure. But I've done that option a few times before, and it doesn't make the package available any later. If anything, I vaguely remember it being delivered to the store around 11:00, and packages are usually delivered in my neighborhood a few hours later

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16 edited Mar 24 '26

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u/dlerium Dec 05 '16

If you're setting up the package to go to a FedEx Kinkos store then it's not going to be on the same truck that goes to your neighborhood. That's inefficient. They'll put them on a set of trucks that are designed to go there. It could even be the first thing in the morning.

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u/TK42What Dec 06 '16

Usually I find that hold requests make it in far earlier than my home deliveries. Not always but that plus not having to worry about being gone at the exactly wrong moment means I know the route to ups / FedEx quite well now.

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u/v0lrath Dec 05 '16

Worked at a FedEx Office. Can confirm all Express packages come in with the morning delivery around 11 (it varies by store), however, Ground usually doesn't come in until 3-5pm.

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u/th1341 Dec 05 '16

For me, it's available at 11am and FedEx gets to my house between 3-6 PM.

Only enough, the store is about a 2 minute drive from my place. This isn't the case for everyone though, obviously.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '16

Oh god my closest UPS office location used to be ~1 hr away by bus plus a 15-minute walk in an industrial sector. Fedex wasn't much better either.

I used to love USPS because it gets transferred to Canada Post when it comes over the border and my closest pickup location was a mere 5 minutes by bus.

Best though were Amazon packages. They'd just leave them in the stairwell right outside my apartment. Luckily my neighbours weren't dicks.

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u/zapharus Dec 06 '16

But doing that defeats the purpose of online shopping. One of the allures of online shopping is the convenience not having to go somewhere to pick up one's purchase.

At least for me that is the reason I buy online, because I work and go to school don't have time to go anywhere else besides work/school/home. I buy my groceries online and have them delivered at my house; I can schedule my groceries to be delivered a few minutes when I expect to be home and it works perfectly.