# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**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 22, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/41 "2025-05-22T01:45:36Z")
I believe he’s saying if you have a PO Box & package/box delivered to it that is too big to fit in it you have to stand in line behind everyone buying stamps, shipping (large) envelopes or packages, getting passport forms, etc. until it’s your turn at the front of the line for the clerk to retrieve your package. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/42 "2025-05-22T01:53:49Z")
Okay. But my post was about **sending** mail, not receiving it. So it didn’t seem to follow. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/43 "2025-05-22T10:28:58Z")
I understood that, but I sometimes still have to wait for my packages. Mostly stuff my wife orders. You sometimes get caught in a ‘line’ at UPS, but they are very fast. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/44 "2025-05-22T18:59:03Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > You sometimes get caught in a ‘line’ at UPS, but they are very fast. Sometimes. Other times they’ve been as slow as the USPS. If I _have_ to go to either I try to time it for fairly early morning. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/45 "2025-05-23T02:29:10Z")
what about letters? ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/46 "2025-05-23T02:33:34Z")
Assuming you need that letter to be there overnight, I suppose it’s _possible_ that Fedex might be cheaper. But as you are no doubt aware, they really don’t compete for regular mail delivery. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/47 "2025-05-23T16:38:57Z")
Plus those other services often drop stuff off with the USPS to deliver the last leg. If the USPS dies, people in the boonies might have to drive 20 or 30 miles to pick up a package. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546/48 "2025-05-23T16:51:33Z")
Heh. Already there. We don’t get USPS mail delivery. Period. Never have. As far as utilities go, we have electricity. Our own well and septic, no landline. Cell phones have come a long way though, I have an antenna on the house pointing at a cell location. And Starlink for internet and TV. And fun times, I often have to plow the snow off the road. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fedx-question/1018546.md?page=2)