I really don't understand how this company still functions, considering the plethora of very negative reviews, all of which are fully justified. Wish I had bothered to check the reviews before agreeing to accept their shipping service.
Ordered a shaver from the US via a mail forwarding service. FedEx was the cheapest shipping option, but they charged some $70 (!) just for releasing the package from the customs, and that DOES NOT include the customs charge, which was actually pretty low. The FedEx charge consisted of some unthinkable commissions, like "a computer commission" (that is FedEx Israel).
If that's not enough, the courier didn't arrive on time, and refused to bring the package to the flat, demanding us to go down and collect it.
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Ed W.
The worst
Without exception one of the worst, most corrupt, most shamelessly disdainful and useless companies on the planet. Parcel Monkey assigned my international shipment to them without my knowledge. A week and half later, the package still hasn't been delivered. Apparently its been sitting in customs for four days, which Fedex declined to notify either myself or the recipient about. They've refused any explanation, apology or compensation. This is on top of two recent orders I've placed with various online vendors that Fedex "lost", also without explanation, apology or refund. Never again.
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Brandon
Well My package finally showed up
Well My package finally showed up, 4 days late. Its beat to hell and looks like it was tossed all over, so glad they handle their packages with care... NOT... what a joke.
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Lisa F.
Handle people's package with care
Recieved my box and it was all smashed. All my cookies inside are all smooshed, my chips were all popped, everything was ruined. Thanks FedEx
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Antonio J D.
Non-functional in the Middle East
I trusted the services of Fedex for bringing amazon shopping from the US to Kuwait - WHAT A MISTAKE THAT WAS!! The short version is that it took 3 months, 5 visits of sweat and endless frustration into their office, and $500 on top of what I had already paid the freight forwarder to get my stuff. Disappointed and vowed never again to use them.
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Lynn C.
Horrible company
Horrible company! They lost two of my packages twice!!! I called every day for 6 weeks to try to locate my "lost" packages. They delivered both of them (totaling over $3,000) to two incorrect addresses. They told me they are not responsible for retrieving the packages they dropped off at the wrong address. Eventually, I had to use my wheelbarrow and walk through my neighborhood to where I spotted the huge 80 pound boxes and hoisted them in (even though I weigh only 100 pounds) and push them up hill to my house and drag them down the courtyard steps and into my house. FedX customer service is horrible. Your packages are not safe with them.
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Beatrice
If I could give negative stars I would
If I could give negative stars I would. Here are just a few reasons why no one should purchase from companies that use FedEx:
1. The company has no accountability or conscience. They blatantly lie, make excuses, refuse to acknowledge any wrong-doing and blame shift. These are characteristics of a socio or psychopath
2. The tracking isn't accurate. If there is, for any reason, a delivery exception ( like delivering to the wrong address), the tracking is never updated to show this exception. This prevents the seller and the customer from taking action.
3. They are very bad for the environment: They route their packages to so many unnecessary locations around the final destination- wasting fuel, polluting the air, adding unnecessary expense to vehicles and roads.
4. No respect for recipients packages: Will leave packages sitting on loading docks for days in the rain. They will leave packages sitting in trucks for days and some of those items are temperature sensitive ( medications, food, supplements,etc..)
5. When they deliver to the wrong address- which is often- they will not send that driver or any other driver to retrieve the package asap. In many cases, unless the wrong recipient is honest and notifies them of the error, FedEx won't even acknowledge that an error has occurred, the tracking will show as delivered and when you call and have to wait an hour on hold, they will shift the blame to you to prove that you didn't receive your package. The sender will also think you are lying.
6. Customer Service has been trained to be as rude as possible. I know this because I've spoken to many different reps and they all use the same rude rhetoric. They are defensive, arrogant, dismissive, belittling and will often blame shift in an effort to intimidate and shame the customer for complaining.
7. They will often just sit in front of your house and not even bother to get out of the truck to bring you your package and then update the tracking to say 'attempted'. They will sometimes do this several times in a row.
8. They have no respect for people's yards and will literally drive over lawns, break irrigation nozzles, create ruts in lawns and they don't make any effort to fix it.
My last two experiences with FedEx:
Ordered a 300 dollar item from a well known and established company in the UK. The item was delivered to the wrong address- later found out that it was delivered to a neighbor at the end of my street. When I checked the tracking and it said it was delivered, I had to call FedEX and wait on hold for an hour. They finally responded with: Yes, we know. The wrong recipient contacted us. I asked when it would be delivered and they didn't know. I told her that we were going to have a hurricane and that I needed that package asap. They refused to send the driver back to get the package, would not allow me to pick it up myself and would not allow the wrong recipient to bring it to me.
I called them the next day because the tracking still showed delivered. I had to wait on hold another hour only to find out that no one had filed any report of the delivery exception. The rep assured me that this time it was filed. WRONG!!!! To save time let me just say that no one filed any report and I had to call them every day for 5 days. I had to call the UK seller and their rep assured me that she had already notified her fulfillment center in NY while we were talking and that they were contacting FedEx to force the delivery. 5 days later, my package was delivered in a grocery bag. It was soaking wet, covered in leaves and sticks, the box had disintegrated and the contents was soaked. It had sat on someone's steps for 5 days in a hurricane with 10 inches of rain. The driver never acknowledged that there was a problem until I asked him if he thought this kind of service was acceptable as I tossed soaked cardboard on his feet. He told me no but that no one at FedEx cares about such things. He also told me that the manager of the depot had called him in that day to special deliver my package and that he isn't even from my area. The UK company made this happen and thank goodness they believed me.
I ordered several perishable items from King Arthur baking goods in March. My box sat in the rain on their loading dock for 3 days exposed to the elements. I discovered the problem when I turned on the news one morning and saw thousands of packages sitting there undelivered. I called KA and they told me to order by phone and make sure that they use UPS ground.
My most recent order from MaryRuth Organics has been ' on the truck' and ' out for delivery' for 5 days. I called Mary Ruth but they told me that they can't change their shipping method. SO, goodbye MaryRuth's. They don't care anymore than Fedex does.
DO NOT ORDER FROM ANYONE who uses FedEx or SmartPost. Always call in your orders and make sure to use UPS ground or some other method
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sondus
why when the shipment arrives at the last destination, the local FedEx transfers our shipment to another local shipping company
Today was the time to deliver the shipment number 918330685687 from FedEx and we were informed that it will be delivered to us with Zajil. Zajil sent me the name of the representative and his phone number and he was called and did not answer !! Then I sent him a text message, and I was not answered, so I called him again, and he cut off the line twice in my face, and with pictures from the calls proving that, then I called another station and said that the shipment is with another delegate, with his name and mobile number sent to me from Zajil, and we waited all day for delivery and did not Complete! Let us be surprised by a message from Zajil stating that no delivery was made because we did not answer the mobile phone, and this is not true
The question now is: We paid the shipping cost to be shipped via FedEx and she is the one who delivers the order to us, why when the shipment arrives at the last destination, the local FedEx transfers our shipment to another local shipping company that asks us to pay the shipping cost to us for the prepaid order. To FedEx !!! Why do we transfer our order to another company and ask us to pay another shipping cost over the cost that we paid for them to ship the order to us !!!
With what right the shipment is transferred to another shipping company, then we pay another shipping value !!!!!!!!!
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