Thread: Dang back orders!

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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

Sounds like a huge. Entrepreneurial opportunity to me.

Sounds like the opportunity to lose your A$$ to me, but break a leg!

I thought/think he was being facetious, lol.

Interesting 'cause that big freighter that was clogging up the suez canal was just released and allowed to continue on it's way.

Hey! Good news! My Lucas light has finally been processed through Chicago after 17 days and is in possession of the Post Office. Considering how fast they are, I should receive it sometime next month.

I bought a couple small parts last week, they got into the postal system on Tuesday morning and I received them last night when I got home from work!
I think that's pretty fast!

i try to avoid the post office . every order i make i make sure to request ups and refuse to use fedex . fedex sucks , the lazy bastards drop packages at the road rain or shine which is almost 500 ft from my house . i can not even see the road . we've had countless items disappear . they even dropped some sams club boxes knowing there was food in them .

Around here both UPS and FedEx often rely on the post office for the back-end of their cheaper delivery options, Smartpost for FedEx and Surepost for UPS. The letter carrier takes it for the most expensive last leg of the delivery. Amazon also uses the USPS and has enlisted it for Sunday deliveries. You can say "UPS Only" but they may hand it off to USPS anyway unless you pay for expedited delivery which is at masked robber rates!

Last year, I had to send some parts to the chrome shop in Tennessee. I couldn't get to the UPS office, so I shipped them by USPS. This is literally a 7 hour drive from my house, but it was during all the covid lockdowns and didn't want to make that trip. These were grill parts that I had spent days working on.

They made it as far as Shreveport,LA and disappeared from tracking. I asked about them with the local postmaster several times and he said he would ask for an investigation. 28 days later they suddenly appeared again and were delivered 2 days later. I had insurance, but they were custom parts and hard to replace. I was sweating having to redo them. I have sworn off USPS for packages.

The post office here serves some 10 zip codes and many times I've had packages that I believe have been through everyone of them before finally being delivered to me. Needless to say, many times these packages appear as though they have traveled through a war zone. Fortunately most of the packages have been properly packed and not damaged to the point any of the contents had to be returned.
At least with FedUp they arrive on time, but in many cases the packages are just as damaged though I never had to send anything back.

My company hates to deal with Fedex. They have been seen on camera stopping at the gate and throwing packages over, instead of picking up the phone and calling for someone to let them in. The phone is by the gate and there is a sign. They don't know if it's a $10 part or a $10,000 part. Just don't carre.

fedex hires subs to deliver . especially fedex home . our regular gal is golden but the subs are bottom feeding crackheads . i've had a package delivered 10 miles away on a totally different hwy . and there is no recourse , no place to complain , 0 customer service .

I received my front suspension pieces last Friday so finally getting back at the frame and suspension on the '57! Unfortunately, my square hole saws and shop stretcher are still on back order, been years for them!

Huge problem at my job. I ordered four 600A distribution panels from an electrical manufacturer in April. They are still saying they don't have a projected delivery date.

My standby generator got moved back 2 more months till December. At least I got the propane tank in and filled.


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you can ship through the bus companies . jay shipped the tires and wheels for the 56 on the bus . went smooth .