# We Are One of Those: FedEx Package Stolen From Front Door **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291 "2016-12-09T16:54:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/41 "2016-12-11T02:28:22Z")
Several years ago I splurged and bought Bricker Jr a whole bunch of rare and quasi-rare Pokémon cards. The tracking info showed that they were delivered but we never got them. I called and the UPS driver swore up and down that he had delivered them. Ultimately the sender sent out a replacement pack and settled their claim with UPS. Two months later, I get a knock on the door: it’s a woman. “Hi, you don’t know me, but I live who one street over. The house next to me has been empty for a couple of months and this package has just been sitting on the porch. I finally decided to go over and look at it and saw your name and address.” Yup. A very faded and waterlogged box, which avoided theft but not weather for two months while it sat at my street number but not my street. I called the sender and asked how they wanted me to return the cards, and explained what had happened. They advised me to keep them. I called UPS and asked if they wanted them, since presumably they had paid for them, but they declined also. They ended up going into a couple of donated Christmas packages that year that my church always does. ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/42 "2016-12-11T15:00:00Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > It was addressed to Ivylad, and lo and behold, it was my son’s laptop! How FedEx figured out to go to the post office and not leave it on our front door eludes me. Apparently you expected the package to come by FedEx, when it actually came by FedEx SmartPost. This is a service where FedEx delivers to your local post office, and the PO delivers to your house. Years ago I did the same thing, swore a package hadn’t been delivered when tracking said it had, only to find after the goods had been reshipped that the package was in one of the parcel boxes and the key was in my mailbox. Now I pay more attention to how something is being shipped so I know _where_ to expect it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/43 "2016-12-11T15:43:22Z")
The same thing happened with my husband’s present from UPS. It was sent UPS Smart Post. ---
**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 11, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/44 "2016-12-11T16:09:15Z")
Technically, they brand the services differently; Fedex SmartPost and UPS SurePost. But if you see either on the shipping notification for your item, you’ll get delivery via the USPS. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/45 "2016-12-11T18:11:49Z")
Thanks! I learned something! (Still doesn’t explain why it wasn’t sent to our physical address, which is the address Ivylad used.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/46 "2016-12-11T19:42:40Z")
For me, Fed Ex won’t deliver, just leave those damn stickers. Our building has cameras, & we never lose a USPS or UPS package–all secure. But I gotta fight to get Fed Ex to actually deliver. I hate Fed Ex. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/47 "2016-12-11T22:01:49Z")
Full circle…Ivylad has contacted NewEgg and cancelled the claim. All good! Now if I can just figure out why Tortuga Rum Cakes doesn’t want my money…I’ve tried online and via phone customer service, and both times I got a “Gateway Error Transaction Declined” error. Grrr… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/48 "2016-12-11T22:10:05Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Thanks! I learned something! (Still doesn’t explain why it wasn’t sent to our physical address, which is the address Ivylad used.) Because FedEx SmartPost uses the Postal Service for the last leg of its delivery. Since you don’t have home mail delivery, as you indicated, it ended up in your box at the P.O. If the post office delivered to your home, you would have received it there, instead. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/49 "2016-12-11T22:29:05Z")
Mystery solved! I also figured out the Tortuga Rum Cake issue. I want these cakes shipped to work, so I put that as my billing address. Which, they quite properly declined, because my work address is NOT my billing address. :smack: So, home address is in as billing address, and work is as shipping address. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/50 "2016-12-11T22:51:55Z")
What’s a tortuga rum cake? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/51 "2016-12-12T03:08:12Z")
I know two people on my “condo block” (same street address but different condo numbers) that have had Amazon Prime deliveries on Sunday not show up. I know this because both times, they were delivered to me by mistake, along with packages that I was expecting. Meanwhile, [even having to sign for it doesn’t always work out.](http://www.gocomics.com/candorville/2012/12/25) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/52 "2016-12-12T16:32:08Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > What’s a tortuga rum cake? [These](https://www.tortugarumcakes.com/). We got one on our cruise and it was SO good. I’m getting one for my dad as a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/53 "2016-12-12T19:20:32Z")
I will never understand why some delivery people knock instead of using the doorbell. It’s almost like they have no interest in doing their job. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/54 "2016-12-12T21:21:45Z")
I always knock. A doorbell is so impersonal. A one noise fits all type of device. Whereas, a knock says something. Its got rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/55 "2016-12-13T15:56:02Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > I always knock. A doorbell is so impersonal. A one noise fits all type of device. > > Whereas, a knock says something. Its got rhythm. If I’m in the back of my house, or my basement, I cannot hear your knock. If the speakers are loud enough I can be in the room beside the front door and I won’t hear a knock. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/56 "2016-12-13T20:55:36Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > What’s a tortuga rum cake? Obviously, it’s a pastry prepared by an alcoholic turtle… ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/57 "2016-12-13T21:19:04Z")
I live two blocks from the post office and still get my mail at my house (technically at the mailbox half a block over the other way, but still). When I’m expecting a package, I just have my mailman put it in my garage. UPS and FedEx will also put it in the garage most of the time. And I still hate UPS SurePost/FedEx SmartPost with a passion. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/58 "2016-12-13T21:27:32Z")
And the Tortuga Rum Cakes arrived today. That was fast. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/59 "2016-12-14T14:05:55Z")
You mean Fed Ex still delivers packages? I got one yesterday, sent by Fed Ex, with a tracking number from the Fed Ex site,and I left a note on my door for the Fed Ex driver, and the mailman brought it and put it in my mailbox. Somewhere along the way, Fed Ex just took it off their truck at a post office and mailed it to me. And I thought the post office didn’t handls anything anymore except unsolicited junk mail. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291/60 "2016-12-14T14:36:55Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > And I thought the post office didn’t handls anything anymore except unsolicited junk mail. I think a good part of the USPS business these days is “last mile” package delivery for other companies. Since the USPS has to go there anyway, it’s cheaper and easier for FedEx, UPS, etc to pay the mailman to take it than to pay a guy to drive a brown van out to Nowheresville just to put a box on a porch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-one-of-those-fedex-package-stolen-from-front-door/774291.md?page=4)