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FedEx missed THOUSANDS of Xmas deliveries to the outrage of parents across America abbreviated
Daily Mail ^ | 12/25/15 | Ollie Gillman

Posted on 12/25/2015 9:58:28 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative

Millions of children across America will rush down their stairs on Christmas morning to find a pile of presents waiting for them under their trees.

But for thousands of families there will be less gifts than they planned - after FedEx admitted it did not make all of its scheduled deliveries on time for the big day.

With just hours to go until Christmas, the delivery service admitted defeat, infuriating scores of customers whose festive plans are now ruined.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: Gaffer
I share your same experiences with online retail. I'm extremely satisfied with it and never had a bad experience. Most items actually come sooner than I expected them. All my Christmas ordering was done by the 15th.

If people waited until the last minute to order their gifts, they only have themselves to blame.

41 posted on 12/25/2015 10:25:49 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Poor planning on your part, parents, does not constitute an emergency on my part!


42 posted on 12/25/2015 10:27:00 AM PST by NCjim (Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
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To: Adder

In cases like this, I always go back to the seller with the tracking number provided and hound them to get a resolution. I had this happen last month on a Harbor Freight shipment. It turns out Fed Ex just lost the damned thing and chucked it in with the rest of unresolved.....I got mine quicker afterwards because I tracked it and complained to the shipper.


43 posted on 12/25/2015 10:27:03 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I agree.

If these slugs had actually place their order a few days earlier this wouldn’t have been an issue. Or in the alternative you can have 95% of your Christmas shopping done in October like my wife does. We don’t shop in december, because we don’t need to.


44 posted on 12/25/2015 10:27:08 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: unixfox

And also would be more resilient with patience... the point isn’t to idolize the day, it is to renew awareness of the gift of Christ. He isn’t reticent to show blessings even through the material world (He was a babe laid in a manger) but sometimes the encounters that result aren’t immediate (it took a while for the magi to get there).


45 posted on 12/25/2015 10:28:08 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Shipping has been all over the place for us among USPS, UPS, and FedEx this year. We’ve had two day shipping be delivered anywhere from 1-4 days from being shipped. A first class small package expected to arrive on a Monday showed up on the Thursday after. A FedEx ground shipped package expected to arrive on a Thursday showed up on the Tuesday before. Obviously, the key is ordering earlier enough, but I don’t think I’ve seen packages come at such scattered times like this year.


46 posted on 12/25/2015 10:28:20 AM PST by CatOwner (Trump + Cruz greater than 50% = GOPe on suicide watch)
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To: Mom MD

Here’s a trick I learned long ago. I ALWAYS buy three gift cards (AMEX or Visa) for my grand daughters and have my daughter hang them on the tree. That way, if the real present isn’t there in time, momma can say “Santa Left you a raincheck!”


47 posted on 12/25/2015 10:29:41 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Ouderkirk

Maybe God is teaching the “slugs” to (wait for it...) SLOW DOWN!


48 posted on 12/25/2015 10:30:04 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: bigbob

It’s looking at me!


49 posted on 12/25/2015 10:32:49 AM PST by PlateOfShrimp
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To: PAR35

When they reported days ago they were having to rent trucks, people should have known to expect delays. And more so with the bad weather.

No worries about deliveries here since I gave homemade jelly and such that was canned in a timely manner two months ago.


50 posted on 12/25/2015 10:33:06 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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51 posted on 12/25/2015 10:33:18 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: NCjim

To be fair, this is talking about unmet promises by the delivery facilities.

This doesn’t have to equate to hauling them over the coals; sometimes there are factors that are not, or mostly not, human fault.


52 posted on 12/25/2015 10:33:55 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Karl Spooner

I love that picture. I’m going to print it out and put it under the Christmas Tree.


53 posted on 12/25/2015 10:34:53 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Wanna bet most of the whiners are a bunch of liberals. We know those people are procrastinators and disorganized. Can’t wait for the typical rants at corporate America and for some idiot lefty politician to take a swipe at the evil “rich” at Fed Ex.


54 posted on 12/25/2015 10:35:59 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: bgill

Well even though folks are grumbling, it’s like the situation of the diner that was so crowded that nobody went there.

People don’t know how to roll with the punches any more, and this is pretty mild punches compared with the cornucopia of stuff that is still available.

I’d be like, chill out. If I were FedEx I might apologize with coupons to ship a free package or something like that. I’d still be in fat city.


55 posted on 12/25/2015 10:36:36 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative
"we'll be one gift short of my spawn's first Christmas"

listen you stooopid cow you, if it's it's first Christmas, IT WILL NEVER KNOW!!!

56 posted on 12/25/2015 10:38:22 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: dowcaet

Even procrastination and disorganization is less bad than lack of appreciation. Here we are in a materialist’s pot of jam and we’re whining about the berries in the jam and the printing on the lid.

Sometimes people can whip themselves into silly hastes.


57 posted on 12/25/2015 10:38:28 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: chris37

You read my mind.


58 posted on 12/25/2015 10:40:17 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Why can’t parents explain to young children that Santa got held up a little, so they’ll be receiving some of their presents a day or two late and they can have more happy days?

To their older children they can explain that UPS got a little held up, that their gifts are on the way, that it’s wrong to expect perfection from mere mortals like delivery men, that only God is infallible, and that they should learn the lesson that they should always order on-line gifts early.

Noel, noel.


59 posted on 12/25/2015 10:40:51 AM PST by Bluestocking
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To: bigdaddy45

Oh yeah... we should just slow down, chill out, and appreciate. We’re addicted to haste and meaningless bulk, and we’ve rushed past countless blessings.


60 posted on 12/25/2015 10:42:01 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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