# FedX question **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546 "2025-05-19T13:37:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/21 "2025-05-19T21:45:20Z")
I have no problem with amazon delivery people. They are the best. I put the door code in my profile and they ALWAYS bring packages into the building. My code lets the driver in for other people’s deliveries in my building, too. Most of the time the driver will bring the package up to the second floor and leave it in front of my apartment door. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/22 "2025-05-19T22:01:24Z")
My apartment building has an Amazon Hub Locker that can be used by Amazon, UPS, Fedex and USPS drivers. It’s great because the packages go into lockboxes and I receive the code via email. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/23 "2025-05-19T22:57:31Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I don’t know if FedEx guys have the same time restraints as amazon delivery people. It is to laugh. I ordered a absurdly expensive lens for my new Nikon Z8 from Amazon, and it was supposed to be sent “signature required,” and they just left the box sitting in front of my door. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/24 "2025-05-19T23:30:48Z")
My dear, Op…@enipla. You sound like a harried, hurried momma Mongoose. Relax. One thing is handled. I have my fingers crossed for you guys. May things calm down sooner, rather than later. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/25 "2025-05-19T23:54:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I thought your house was guarded by grizzly bears?  Do you know how many grizzly bears become porch pirates? Google tells me it’s more than “zero”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/CuFlWqC9KLY/hqdefault.jpg "Bear Steals Package from Chewy Right off Family's Porch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuFlWqC9KLY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Xya0uaKA2hc/maxresdefault.jpg "Bear steals Amazon package from family's front porch | ABC7") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xya0uaKA2hc) I didn’t know that. I didn’t mean that as a rhetorical question. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/26 "2025-05-20T00:05:41Z")
Are _you_ going to tell a bear not to do that? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/27 "2025-05-20T02:35:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My dear, Op…@enipla. > You sound like a harried, hurried momma Mongoose. > Relax. One thing is handled. > > I have my fingers crossed for you guys. > > May things calm down sooner, rather than later. We are fine, but thanks for the best wishes. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Talked to my cousin (best friend) this evening, we ended up laughing so hard it scared my dog and he went outside. Fools and the uncaring get me down for a bit, but I always manage to solve it. We all do. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/28 "2025-05-20T02:36:18Z")
Black Bears. And different house. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/29 "2025-05-20T23:24:57Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I ordered a absurdly expensive lens for my new Nikon Z8 from Amazon, and it was supposed to be sent “signature required,” and they just left the box sitting in front of my door. > 😠 I order some photographer’s colored smoke bombs. They are considered a haz-mat & it’s not the company that requires a signature, it’s actually a gubmint regulation. Nope, they were just left at my door, with me in the house. No knock, no doorbell ring, nuffin’. /hijack - what lens? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/30 "2025-05-20T23:49:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Did you run after the truck waving your arms and screaming? I had to chase down a FedEx truck at least once. I was outside, watching deliveries being made at the other end of the parking lot, then watched him leave. I had my phone with me and checked the delivery status, which was “attempted”. Hell, no! Fortunately, he had only gone as far as the opposite parking lot for the same complex so I didn’t have to run. I did practically have to stand in front of his truck to keep him from leaving again before he retrieved my package from the back of the truck. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/31 "2025-05-21T00:07:57Z")
so much for “signature required”? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/32 "2025-05-21T01:03:26Z")
Nikon NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S Lens Hope to actually get to use it this summer… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/33 "2025-05-21T18:32:36Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > so much for “signature required”? Yup, anyone could have scooted off with it. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/34 "2025-05-21T19:33:01Z")
and yet people complain about post office, which at least is cheaper ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/35 "2025-05-21T20:46:55Z")
Some people don’t get Post Office delivery. I have no bone to pick with them though. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/36 "2025-05-21T20:49:33Z")
USPS isn’t _necessarily_ cheaper. When I’ve needed to send a package, I’ve sometimes compared the UPS, Fedex and USPS prices and sometime Fedex (particularly the Ground or Home Delivery services) was cheaper. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/37 "2025-05-21T20:54:12Z")
I have a UPS box in town near my other house. I send/sent everything there. Much, much better than USPS which can leave you standing behind a dozen people. Make no mistake I really feel for the USPS folks. It’s got to be a rough job, and politicians are trying to make it harder. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/38 "2025-05-21T21:47:02Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Much, much better than USPS which can leave you standing behind a dozen people. If I have to send a package by USPS, I have an account, weigh the box on my kitchen (coffee) scale, and print my own label at home. I take the box to the post office and leave it on the counter with the packages of other smart customers who don’t want to stand in line behind a dozen people. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/39 "2025-05-21T22:24:31Z")
But if someone ships to your USPS box, instead of the UPS box, you are boned. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/40 "2025-05-22T01:19:35Z")
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