I wish Ebay would make it mandatory that sellers state which Carrier they're going to use for shipping. I have problems with certain carriers and do not order from those who state that they use them. For instance, I ALWAYS have problems with DHL. (I'm a former Power Seller, but got tired of Ebay telling me how to run my own business)
I usually just back button if the carrier is not listed.
My problem is with FedEx. I bought a box of 1000 price labels from Amazon this last week but for some odd reason the seller instead of shipping USPS like they have the last 5 boxes this time they shipped FedEx. So instead of them being tucked safely inside my mailbox. My daughter passed the FedEx truck as she was pulling into my lane to get more record sleeves. She had to stop and get out and grab the package from the end of the driveway. NOTE: it had been raining steady ALL DAY. No plastic bag. This was around 1 pm (I got home from work at 5 pm). The box was already saturated, she fanned out the Manila labels on my kitchen island to dry (about 100 were wet). I reported it and I'm not returning them as they don't look too bad but can you imagine what they would have been like if instead of being in the rain around 15 minutes they would have been there another 4 hours?
I would rather FedEx not come here again. FedEx is OK however. UPS is hit and miss. I never get DHL; the only time I ever get tracking from there is before they hand off to USPS.
Forget keeping up with the Joneses. Be the Finklegrubers! OK kids, time to get the Dodge loaded up again. I hear 'Poppy's By the Tree' calling. This trip might be a long one too.
