Which courier do you prefer?


My favorite domestic courier is "USPS Priority".

It is not very expensive but deliver within 2 days on Conus.

But I am being puzzled by Fedex.

One of my audio parts was supposed to arrive at my home on 14th Thursday after shipping from Chicago on 8th, Friday.

But it was delayed by snow storm.

I could understand that.

But after arriving Burlington WA (8 miles from my home) on 15th Friday, it is missing in action.

When I checked tracking, it showed "delivery pending" for 5 days.

Do you also have bad experience with Fedex?


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  • Friday , 2/15/201910:21 pmBURLINGTON, WAIn transit

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UPS story. True, I was there. OK at the main UPS terminal to ship an item. Waiting in line.. A UPS employee bumps open the swinging door with a cart. On the cart a very large box. At least 3 feet each way, maybe a foot taller and wider one way. Anyway the package does not fit as it sits on the cart. Maybe if he would have rotated it???
it is clearly wider than the door by at least two inchs. Well the guy backs up and starts slamming the package into the door frame.. trying to get it through.... Over and over... Wham Wham Wham Oblivious to all of us in line...
Then the owner of the box walks in.. Fireworks. I do not know the final outcome, as I shipped my package and left.               
To me. Fed Ex Air freight was always the premium best carrier. Cost a lot but it was the best. When Fed Ex Ground started it sucked. And did for a long time. But the past few years it is much better. I like USPS for Amazon, since they always leave the package. Where UPS and FedEx will LIE and in the tracking webpage say they tried to leave it..Liars..just stinkin’ liars.
Fed Ex is NOTORIOUS for simply leaving packages sitting by the front door & I have had a couple packages go missing with them so I will NEVER use them again...USPS Priority Mail has NEVER failed me for the smaller stuff & Big Brown gets the heavy lifting...
As a Canadian who orders things frequently from the US, I hate UPS with a passion. They charge an arbitrary handling fee amounting to about $100 each time, no matter the value or size of the parcel. Postal service is much more reasonable. 
IMHO. I think USPS gets a bad rap. In general terms, they have been very reliable.