That's Not How This Works

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion) 04/05/2019 at 08:00 • Filed to: Fed-not-Express

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I’m not sure FedEx understands what Overnight means. Like your cousin Joey who just needs a place to crash “for the night, while the dust settles with my girlfriend - maybe two nights. No more than a week. Maybe two.”

It’s Friday morning here, 7:59 am. “Overnight” should at LEAST mean Monday delivery, if they don’t do Saturdays. But I would kind of expect Saturday.

It’s a pretty reasonable price for “overnight” though, so maybe that’s why it’s actually 4 days; 2 business days at least, and more like 3. Needless to say, I’m going with FAST ‘N’ FREE, six days. Whatever, I’m not in a rush. My current phone is acting pretty sketchy but it’ll make it.

Damn, though, we are spoiled with Amazon Prime 2-day delivery on everything. 

WilliamsSW > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:11

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I’m guessing that the seller is the problem and not Fed Ex, because that makes no sense?

Under_Score > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:12

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Poshmark 2-day delivery is nice, too. However, as a seller and a buyer, I really wish they had a free option that took like 10 days to ship. Sales would JUMP.

Mercedes Streeter > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:15

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eBay factors in handling time into the delivery estimate. So if the seller put “2 Business Days” as their handling time, your item gets overnighted once the handling time is up. In this case, your item would ship on Monday.

If delivery dates look goofy, it's the seller's fault.

- eBay seller.

ateamfan42 > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:18

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They didn’t specify over WHICH night.

facw > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:34

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Fedex is quite aware what overnight means. But the seller presumably has a one business day lead time, so they aren’t promising to ship until Monday. Priority mail is 2-3 days, so that number makes sense as well, though it’s less clear to me that USPS knows what 2-3 days means.

E90M3 > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:41

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I got my Rolex offline on Thursday night and paid for over night. Naturally, I got it Monday. 

LongbowMkII > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 08:57

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Friday? It’d probably be put into the sort on Sunday/sat night (don’t know if they sort sat day ) and flown to your hub. Then shipped Monday or tuesday. Since it’s standard overnight they’ll reserve the flexibility to  bump you for expedited/priority  packages

Azrek > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 09:00

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Ordered my Nokia 9 Pureview on 7 March with overnight shipping. I got a week ago.

functionoverfashion > Mercedes Streeter 04/05/2019 at 09:16

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I think that’s exactly it. 

functionoverfashion > facw 04/05/2019 at 09:18

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That makes sense. One thing I’m sure of is not paying more for a slightly earlier delivery on a non-urgent item. 

functionoverfashion > Azrek 04/05/2019 at 09:18

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Haha overnight once it ships...

facw > functionoverfashion 04/05/2019 at 09:35

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With luck, it’s quite possible they do ship today, and then that P riority M ail shipping only takes 2 days, so you might get it as soon as Tuesday. 

functionoverfashion > facw 04/05/2019 at 11:12

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That would be lovely, because my current phone has been getting substantially worse JUST TODAY. I swear it knows its being replaced and now its punishing me. It’s not performance that’s the issue, but the screen doesn’t wake up when I press the home or power button. It lights up sort of, but is all black. Eventually it comes up. So far anyway.