Originally Posted By dismom I've been waiting impatiently for my package from Disney travel to arrive. Yesterday I arrived home from work to find a note on the door saying that they tried to deliver it but no one was home. I called the 800 number left on my door. Since I live in the middle of nowhere I can't go and pick it up. (The station is 60 miles from my house). I wanted them to deliver it to my office but that can't be done unless Disney reroutes it. Is this hard to do? Finally, after the third time the lady in whatever metropolian area the 800 number is housed told me that they had to deliver it to my address between 8-5, I agreed to take the morning off to wait for the Fed Ex person. Here I sit, waiting for Fed Ex. If they don't arrive within the next hour then I am not sure what to do. Has anyone had their package rerouted?
Originally Posted By BoyStory Hi, my hubby works for another major overnight service so I know that if you're not at home they just need a note on the door with your signature on it saying, "okay to leave package". You definitely shouldn't have to wait there at home. Incidently, the same thing happened to me while waiting for my DL tix to arrive and even being the wife of a delivery man I TOTALLY forgot to leave the note. I called immediately and fortunately the guy was still delivering just about a minute away. I'm surprised the FedEx representative didn't tell you that you could just leave a note. Arrrgh! Hope it works out for you!
Originally Posted By dismom For some reason Disney won't accept the note on the door. It said on the tag left on the door that delivery must be signed for in person and the lady I talked was very insistent. It must be in person. Disney did say that it would have to be signed for and that's fine. But the delivery seems to be very limited in my area. I've done the note on the door plenty of times for other carriers. Still waiting--have to leave soon!
Originally Posted By mickeynewe Do you have a neighbor that could sign for the package for you? Normally, they just want SOMEONE to sign so they cannot be held liable. We often do this. Might work for you unless you are too rural for that and don't have a nearby neighbor.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee dismom, I have had the same problem with Fed Ex. I was lucky tho with my recent DL trip package I had just gotten home or I would have been in the same situation. It makes it so much nicer when you can leave a note on the door. Can they leave it with a neighbor? We live 30 to 45 min from the hub so we have had to drive there before to pick up packages that were going to be sent back because we had missed all the delivery attempts. I feel your pain on this one especially wanting your DL package. Hope you have a wonderful trip!
Originally Posted By Gardyloo Here's what's going on: FedEx has a new policy where if the sender requires a signature, FedEx can longer leave it without one. This is true even if you've signed a waiver in the past. For some reason FedEx is not publicizing this well (if at all). My guess is either it's a security thing, or somebody sued FedEx when they didn't get something that was dropped off. The only way for it to be routed to a different address is for the sender to authorize a reroute (which I presume FedEx will charge for). This happened to me twice before I started having everything delivered to my office. Good luck!
Originally Posted By mickeynewe You also have to find out WHICH Fed Ex service they use! There is Fed Ex regular, and Fed Ex Home Delivery. Home Delivery will deliver at later hours. I didn't know there was a difference unitl I kept trying to have a package delivered to me at work once. Because the company used Fed Ex Home, they kept trying to deliver after hours when the office was closed. It was a royal pain trying to get that sorted out!
Originally Posted By dismom I totally missed Fed Ex today. It was a bad day before the whole Fed Ex have to be there or else thing came into the picture. Husband is out of town, teenage son had middle of the day orthodontic appointment. Of course the half hour I was at said ortho appointment the Fed Ex guy came to the house. I had left a note and asked him to try Friday afternoon--he replied and said he would. Another day and a half of waiting for that magical information! Bummer!
Originally Posted By jdub Whenever I see that word written in quotation marks I get a little nervous.
Originally Posted By jdub "PACKAGES" IN THE NEWS: BOULDER, Colo.(AP) - Home Depot was sued by a shopper who claims he got stuck to a restroom toilet seat because a prankster had smeared it with glue. Bob Dougherty, 57, accused employees of ignoring his cries for help for about 15 minutes because they thought he was kidding. "They left me there, going through all that stress," Dougherty told The (Boulder) Daily Camera. "They just let me rot." <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051103/ap_on_fe_st/toilet_seat_lawsuit" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 51103/ap_on_fe_st/toilet_seat_lawsuit</a>
Originally Posted By mickeynewe ROTFL.... do people really not LOOK at the toilet seat before sitting down? And, um, ever hear of toilet seat covers???
Originally Posted By jdub I asked for gaskets at Target, but they just handed me this little box of rubber rings.
Originally Posted By BoyStory ^^^oh dear, um.... back to your delemma.... (just got the other connotation of "package", okay, I'm a little s l o w today) That's just TERRIBLE that Fed Ex won't accept a note with your signature! My goodness, my husband would be running circles all day if that were the rule at DHL- (he delivers in a rural area). You would think FedEx could give you an even more specific time frame being that they are driving a distance to get to your house. I feel for you!
Originally Posted By velo the funniest thing is that FedEx left my train tix under the mat. I was worried after reading this thread because Amtrak said I'd have to sign for them. But there they were today, just tucked under the mat. Doesn't help you, I know. And, I've been held "prisoner" so many times by the cable appt, the phone appt., etc. Please let us know if you got your tix!
