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Seriously, I get better shipping updates from USPS... And I thought FedEx and UPS were the superior shipping companies.
Ha! Not when they're shipping via SmartPost or SurePost (I think that's UPS's version). Anyway my UPS driver told me they sometimes deliver sure post packages, but they're like last of the last in terms of priority, even after ground deliveries. And they usually look at them like USPS's responsibility so, I take it no one is clamoring to add them to their routes and would much rather hand them off to USPS right away. Air/Overnights are priority, of course. I imagine FedEx SmartPost if the same...until it gets turned over to USPS. So really we are better off getting them delivered by USPS. But probably only slightly. Each service certainly has it's disadvantages.
A little OT....but oddly enough UPS drivers could get in trouble for delivering a ground package before an air package, even if that means my driver has to stop in front of my building twice a day, once to deliver an overnight, then back again to deliver ground.
I luck out because my driver will usually bring my ground items with his air shipments, so I usually get my Sample Society and Sephora orders lighting fast. I just signed up for the Sephora Flash program. Since they ship from Maryland, I literally placed an order Thursday afternoon last week and got it Friday morning. Combined with free shipping for the flash program, it's saving me money by not having to drive the 25-30mins to my local Sephora.
What's even funnier about SmartPost/SurePost is that FedEx and UPS fly USPS mail on their planes....seems it should get handed off to the USPS once it lands, but I think it continues through the FedEx SmartPost hubs THEN gets handed off to USPS once it gets to your delivering PO. I'm sure the slowness is due SmartPost being the cheapest option for PS, or packages are prioritized below ground shipments.
I don't even want to guess where DHL fall in the scale of shipping priority, but I'm sure it's six feet under the bottom layer of hell.