# Fed Ex can't ship to Fed Ex? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 15, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105 "2007-12-15T16:13:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/1 "2007-12-15T16:13:48Z")
I ordered a new laptop from Apple. Since I’m rarely home during the day, I arranged to have it shipped to the local Fed Ex office so that I can pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/2 "2007-12-15T16:17:13Z")
Fuckers! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/3 "2007-12-15T16:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=black rabbit] Fuckers! [/QUOTE] Yep, but that arrow thing is cool. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/4 "2007-12-15T16:20:04Z")
Is this one of those finish-it-yourself stories? ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/5 "2007-12-15T16:22:48Z")
Are we missing part of the post? Still. FedEx can ship to UPS and USPS. Done both. That said, you cannot ship to an address that is not yours and expect them to get the package for you and hand it to you at your convenience. Imagine haivng it shipped to your local Chinese restaurant. Same deal. Who is responsible for that package between the time it is delivered and the time you pick it up? Do you have an agreement with them? I know it sounds logical to have it shipped to one of their locations for you to pick up, but it is not. ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/6 "2007-12-15T16:27:27Z")
This thread makes absolutely no sense at all. BWARK ! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/7 "2007-12-15T16:28:28Z")
Maybe if you specifically ask to speak with a white customer service person? sorry, I’m kidding. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/8 "2007-12-15T16:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=Sapo] Are we missing part of the post? Still. FedEx can ship to UPS and USPS. Done both. That said, you cannot ship to an address that is not yours and expect them to get the package for you and hand it to you at your convenience. Imagine haivng it shipped to your local Chinese restaurant. Same deal. Who is responsible for that package between the time it is delivered and the time you pick it up? Do you have an agreement with them? I know it sounds logical to have it shipped to one of their locations for you to pick up, but it is not. [/QUOTE] As I understand things, if you are not home, Fedex will leave a little ticket on the door. You can then take the ticket to the local Fedex office, show them ID, and pick up your package. No? ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/9 "2007-12-15T16:31:56Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Is this one of those finish-it-yourself stories? [/QUOTE] My money is on a fat Fedex employee shooting the OP’s cat with a bb gun. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/10 "2007-12-15T16:32:12Z")
It’s longer, but it took me more than five minutes to edit after accidently hitting, “Post It” Maybe later, I’ve got breakfast burning and 6.5 minutes of brilliant ranting lost in the ether. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/11 "2007-12-15T16:38:21Z")
[QUOTE=brazil84] As I understand things, if you are not home, Fedex will leave a little ticket on the door. You can then take the ticket to the local Fedex office, show them ID, and pick up your package. No? [/QUOTE] I tried to skip that step by having it sent to Fed Ex, the company shipping the package. I figured why waste a day with them trying to deliver it to someone who isn’t there. And that’s what I’m going to end up doing - have it delivered to someone who isn’t there. The problem is that the package was sent Fed Ex Ground to Fed Ex Express. Express will not accept packages from Ground so they sent it back to the factory. The Ground and Express offices are two blocks apart and each told me the other had the package for me to pick up. Never did get the package. (this was not the brilliant rant.) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/12 "2007-12-15T16:41:42Z")
One of the [options](http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=735D05D7&node=help/shipping_delivery) on the Apple Store website is to pick up the package at the local office, but only after the first attempt at delivery is made. > [@](#): > > Option 3: Pick up package at carrier’s local office > After the first delivery attempt, you have the option of picking up your package at the carrier’s local office. Just call the number on the carrier’s Delivery Notice and inform the carrier that you want to pick up your package in person. Please note that you’ll need both of the following IDs for the carrier to release the package to you: > > A government-issued ID (driver’s license, passport, residency card) that matches the name on the package > A second ID with your name on it (credit card, social security card, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/13 "2007-12-15T16:41:50Z")
I met a guy who worked for some division, affiliate, or subsidiary of a Big Computer Company. They needed new computers in that division, but the Big Computer Company had no mechanism in place to essentially deliver its own computers to itself. This guy quit and set up a small business to buy the computers from the Big Computer Company and sell them (at a markup) to the division. Apparently, he did ok for himself. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/14 "2007-12-15T16:42:46Z")
[QUOTE=brazil84] As I understand things, if you are not home, Fedex will leave a little ticket on the door. You can then take the ticket to the local Fedex office, show them ID, and pick up your package. No? [/QUOTE] Yes. But as the OP stated, that costs you a day of waiting for a failed delivery (in some areas, the trucks return early enough that you can go there and pick it up the same day, but don’t count on it) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/15 "2007-12-15T17:00:55Z")
True, but he’s wasted a lot more time with the failed delivery to the local Fedex office. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/16 "2007-12-15T17:04:30Z")
Hello, I’m a Mac. And I’m a PC. Need a little help, PC. One of my guys got lost because of one of your guys. Sorry. Not possible. But I’m telling you. That’s what happened. See, your computers can’t communicate between two buildings a block apart… Sounds like a software problem to me. Or a networking issue. Did anyone call a tech? Well see, if they’d had Macs, they could just plug them in and they’d start talking to each other. Maybe your lost one is calling you right now. Actually he is. Would you like to speak to him? No, not really. I don’t know how. Remember how long it took to hook me up to you? Yes I do. But what about the customer who doesn’t have his Mac? Maybe you should run your iRescue software. Actually, there’s no such thing as iRescue. Well, you should have thought of that. You’ve got iThis and iThat. It’s not my fault you were shortsighted. So you’re saying it’s my fault that your PCs lost my Mac. That’s right. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to figure out how to call my office. You can’t even call your own office? Of course not. They’re on a whole different protocol. Good luck with your little friend. Maybe I need some uFuckedUp software. Maybe you do. Asshole. Wimp. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/17 "2007-12-15T17:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Hello, I’m a Mac. And I’m a PC. Need a little help, PC. One of my guys got lost because of one of your guys. Sorry. Not possible. But I’m telling you. That’s what happened. See, your computers can’t communicate between two buildings a block apart… Sounds like a software problem to me. Or a networking issue. Did anyone call a tech? Well see, if they’d had Macs, they could just plug them in and they’d start talking to each other. Maybe your lost one is calling you right now. Actually he is. Would you like to speak to him? No, not really. I don’t know how. Remember how long it took to hook me up to you? Yes I do. But what about the customer who doesn’t have his Mac? Maybe you should run your iRescue software. Actually, there’s no such thing as iRescue. Well, you should have thought of that. You’ve got iThis and iThat. It’s not my fault you were shortsighted. So you’re saying it’s my fault that your PCs lost my Mac. That’s right. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to figure out how to call my office. You can’t even call your own office? Of course not. They’re on a whole different protocol. Good luck with your little friend. Maybe I need some uFuckedUp software. Maybe you do. Asshole. Wimp. [/QUOTE] Brilliant! 🙂 Made me laugh after 15 minutes on hold with Apple, waiting to see if the can change the shipping address on the laptop they haven’t sent yet. I’m not hopeful ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/18 "2007-12-15T17:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > I ordered a new laptop from Apple. Since I’m rarely home during the day, I arranged to have it shipped to the local Fed Ex office so that I can pick it up. And then while I was picking it up at their office, they broke into my house, stole my television, pooped in my toilet and didn’t flush, ate that slice of cake I was saving, painted swastikas on my bedroom walls, and molested my cat. Bastards should burn in hell. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/19 "2007-12-15T17:22:26Z")
**Lib** , I love you. (I just got back from the ER after falling and breaking my dominant arm, so things like this to cheer me up from my self-pitying are lovely. That was a note-perfect parody.) ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105/20 "2007-12-15T18:23:44Z")
[QUOTE=Dewey Finn] True, but he’s wasted a lot more time with the failed delivery to the local Fedex office. [/QUOTE] 🙂 Yeah. Learning by experience is a bit of a bitch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fed-ex-cant-ship-to-fed-ex/430105.md?page=2)