<story><title>Amazon Blocks Sellers from Using FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments</title><url>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-blocks-sellers-from-using-fedex-ground-for-prime-shipments-2019-12-16-15103614</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>behringer</author><text>Fedex is the absolute worst. They&amp;#x27;re never on time and I can&amp;#x27;t even go to a Fedex location to pick up my own fedex packages. They more or less simply get returned to sender if they require any kind of signature.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m glad Amazon is finally putting a stop to it.</text></item><item><author>evadne</author><text>This is so strange.&lt;p&gt;- FedEx is slated to report its latest quarterly results on Tuesday (17 December 2019). &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.fedex.com&amp;#x2F;news-and-events&amp;#x2F;upcoming-events&amp;#x2F;default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.fedex.com&amp;#x2F;news-and-events&amp;#x2F;upcoming-events&amp;#x2F;d...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- FedEx ended two big contracts with Amazon earlier this year. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;amazon-blames-holiday-delivery-delays-on-winter-storms-and-high-demand.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;amazon-blames-holiday-delive...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I see many unhappy comments regarding FedEx here. In the UK we have Parcelfarce, which has achieved meme status.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kilo_bravo_3</author><text>Fedex has gotten to the point that if I see a merchant that has an exclusive arrangement with them (mainly suppliers for material I need to buy for work) I try somewhere else.&lt;p&gt;Whenever I don&amp;#x27;t have a choice, they disappoint me.&lt;p&gt;Just last week, I had a Fedex shipment that was late. One of the reasons it was late was that it passed through almost two dozen Fedex locations.&lt;p&gt;Seven in three days.&lt;p&gt;My package spent three days traveling from Coal City, IL (9:11am 11-Dec) to Swatara Township, PA, (10:59pm 13-Dec) a distance of 741 miles, on an EPIC UNFORGETTABLE 12-day adventure on its route from California to Maryland.&lt;p&gt;61.75 hours to travel 741 miles is an average speed of 12 mph.&lt;p&gt;Just a taste of the epic journey: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;C0NlH9K.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;C0NlH9K.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anecdotes are nice but this happens so frequently I&amp;#x27;ve given up on Fedex and will only use them as a last resort.&lt;p&gt;I live in an area where Amazon Prime delivery is so fast that I swear that sometimes they deliver the damned thing I order before I actually order it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon Blocks Sellers from Using FedEx Ground for Prime Shipments</title><url>https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-blocks-sellers-from-using-fedex-ground-for-prime-shipments-2019-12-16-15103614</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>behringer</author><text>Fedex is the absolute worst. They&amp;#x27;re never on time and I can&amp;#x27;t even go to a Fedex location to pick up my own fedex packages. They more or less simply get returned to sender if they require any kind of signature.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m glad Amazon is finally putting a stop to it.</text></item><item><author>evadne</author><text>This is so strange.&lt;p&gt;- FedEx is slated to report its latest quarterly results on Tuesday (17 December 2019). &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.fedex.com&amp;#x2F;news-and-events&amp;#x2F;upcoming-events&amp;#x2F;default.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;investors.fedex.com&amp;#x2F;news-and-events&amp;#x2F;upcoming-events&amp;#x2F;d...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- FedEx ended two big contracts with Amazon earlier this year. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;amazon-blames-holiday-delivery-delays-on-winter-storms-and-high-demand.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;amazon-blames-holiday-delive...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I see many unhappy comments regarding FedEx here. In the UK we have Parcelfarce, which has achieved meme status.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Tempest1981</author><text>I once ordered a Battery-backed UPS, that arrived via FedEx. It wouldn&amp;#x27;t work on small loads, so I arranged to return it. I put it in the original box it came in, and took it to the FedEx store.&lt;p&gt;The worker was very rude, and refused to let me send it, unless I double-boxed it. Company policy? He offered sell me a box and packing material.</text></comment>