Okay here's the situation, I ordered some clothes from Eastbay on Friday. That same day I ordered pedals from Backcountry (or whatever that new name they gave their mountain bike division). Anyways, I received shipping notification from both later that day. The Eastbay order originated in Wisconsin and Backcountry in Salt Lake City. This information came directly from Fed-Ex and UPS.
Here's where it gets interesting. Both orders have schedule delivery of the 29th. How is it that it will take a week for my Eastbay order to arrive in Michigan when another order, via UPS, from Utah, will take the same amount of time?
My theory is that Fed-Ex does not want to deliver to quickly otherwise there is no reason to order their other expedited services. It should take at most four days. I know we had a holiday but Fed-Ex still moves packages they just don't deliver on holidays. When I order from Zappos, they ship out of Lexington, KY using UPS. I get my order in two days. This supports my theory that Fed-Ex is just sitting on my order.
Zappos ships through UPS out of Louisville, KY not Lexington.
ReplyDeleteZappos built their Shepherdsville,Ky location based on it's close proximity to UPS Worldport in Louisville, KY.
You also have to look at the shipping level on both orders. Were they both Ground shipments or was one Express and another Ground?
UPS FTW!