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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
It's semi-random here from all private carriers but they usually deliver after 5 pm. Whatever you do, don't watch the tracking-- you will go nuts watching the package go places that make no sense.

OH SURE...now you tell me!! That's like saying "...don't look down..."

When I was a kid the US mail always arrived at our house before noon-- usually by 10:30 am. Now I'm lucky to get it before 4 PM. But hey: they keep that one mail truck busy!
Funny ya say that because yesterday my mail pickup/delivery (same truck) came at 9:30Am instead of the normal 3PM-4:30PM. Needless to say i had to take my shipements to the PO myself as I was not even out of the shower yet...
 
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
I had that happen to me waiting for my G5. Took the day off to take delivery, waited all day and finally the FedEx truck pulled up at 7:05PM, guy stopped for about 30 seconds and drove away. Checked the website and it was marked as "Owner not home". What a joke! Customer support didn't care a lick.
The reason it's that the drivers get paid by number of trips they do. If they have to go twice, they get paid twice ;-) And they will stop in front of your house to allow the GPS system to detect the stop.
 
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I gotta box....now go away....unpacking...
 
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Originally Posted by brecklundin View Post
I gotta box....now go away....unpacking...
Watch it be like one of those "Bad batches" from amazon or something that goes bonkers on first boot and starts an infinite loop of boot up and restarts. Then you have to send it back and wait two weeks for the new one or order a new one and wait for the return to be credited to your account.

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LOL! Somebody is not going to get much sleep tonight.

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Originally Posted by Sentinel1705 View Post
Watch it be like one of those "Bad batches" from amazon or something that goes bonkers on first boot and starts an infinite loop of boot up and restarts. Then you have to send it back and wait two weeks for the new one or order a new one and wait for the return to be credited to your account.

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Oh that's just cruel. However, I'm pleased to say mine's working beautifully
 
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I think they should start putting reusable GPS-devices on the packages (at a small fee, of course). That way you could see were your package REALLY is. That would be a big step up from the current system. They could make it so that they're like a little nodes that attach to the package, then when they deliver it to you, they just detach it perhaps and use it for another package, kind of like they do with those plastic security tags that are on the new clothing in department stores.
 
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That would be brilliant, CyberCat!
 
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Originally Posted by CyberCat View Post
I think they should start putting reusable GPS-devices on the packages (at a small fee, of course).
Even an additional cost of a few cents per package would work out to huge numbers for the kinds of scales that UPS or FedEx deals with. This certainly wont be just a few cents, either. For a device that'll get a decent GPS signal inside of a package in a big metal truck, be able to upload its fix to an onboard or remote computer, and last for at least 5 days . . . you're talking big bucks.

Much more feasible would be to simply interface with the truck's GPS.
 
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