What were we talking about?
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wish i could give a first impression but fedex is making it impossible… what ever happened to customer service? won’t let me pick it up…. and does anyone have time to wait around all day for a package?
Should be able to have it delivered to one of their other FedEx-approved pickup locations where they’ll hold it for you and you can pick it up later. I’ve had them do that before, where they delivered to a Walgreen’s and I picked it up after work.
tried but cannot - fedex says with this particular delivery they will not hold it anywhere for me to pick up. then the automated call hangs up. fed up with fed ex.
I created an account with them for my address. I put in a permanent thing to drop off in covered area where road cannot see it. works every time. In fact if I am home they dont even ring the bell
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What happened to Fedex Customer Service is probably explained here :Great ‘Overnight’ Replacement/ The (Federal) Express Decline and Fall of Collierville, TN
that’s exactly what my experience with Fedex tells me
Unfortunately not just limited to FedEx. Without getting into specifics I am aware of a similar multi-national company based in the USA that was slow to move into technology, and is now playing catch-up. Competitors transitioned earlier and are better positioned competitively. A re-engineering has commenced, and all IT related projects are to be outsourced to India, the stateside IT CIO and direct reports are Indian. Nothing wrong with the Indian people per se, but the cultural differences are preventing meaningful improvements. Compounding this is the company’s internal culture and middle management clay barrier which impedes any meaningful changes. All new work is to be contracted, and none of it within the USA, Europe, Australia, etc., only India. The intermediate term plan is to ultimately have all the work done in India be replaced by AI. Personally, I believe the company is positioning itself for a sale to Indian investors.
One thing I should emphasize, no H1B-visas are required, all the work is offshored. In other words all this talk regarding visas is baloney.
Regarding FedEx level of service, when things go well it is great, when there is a hiccup and customer assistance is necessary it is lousy. Sadly, AI will eliminate customer oriented service with a take-it-or-leave-it attitude. After all they hold your package and all fees are pre-paid. The deck is stacked.
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So, does this mean that I can write off my stereo on my taxes for medical? 
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… Not any more. 
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Unquestionably, yes.
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Really no more drop offs?
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WSJ Pay Wall (sorry).
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I’m just saying now that we know where it is….
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Omg you got me
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Controversy!
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Knew it was a glorified onfiler ad before I clicked on it. There’s been a solitary guy going around all the forums for years trying to shill their filter with the same rhetoric. He travels a lonely path.
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I am keeping my Transparent Reference and Opus Power Isolators.
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Even though Mike Lavigne called them toys when the article misquoted him and spun the context? I dunno, might have to make the switch to something more black and rack-mountable.
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Amir, Amir, there is an imposter trying to imitate you!!!
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