Use this shipping outlet a fair bit for work-related documents via FedEx. Closest and usually on a deadline so, okay...
However, please note -
1) If you need a receipt for a letter with its label already affixed, you'll need to ask.
2) They will not accept and hold a FedEx delivery requiring your signature - do not even offer this service (available at other FedEx outlets at no cost to the consumer).
3) If you need something that requires a little initiative and/or behavior that would indicate they actually care about you and your shipment, "Good Luck!".
My example of #3: Thursday before Christmas, I was dropping off a FedEx letter and asked which carrier they would recommend for shipping a package to So. California on Friday for delivery by Christmas Eve and about how much it would cost.
After fixing me with a blank stare, Wendy explained that they would need to know the zip code and the weight and shape of the package to give me that information. As if speaking to an intellectually challenged child, she told me how late they'd be open Friday and promptly turned her attention elsewhere.
Huh.
Just curious - I walked out to my vehicle and used my cell to call The Service Station in Forestville. I asked the same question. Cheerfully, the Customer Care Professional there looked up the zip code for me; asked for my best guess re: weight and what the box looked like that I was planning to use. Within a heartbeat, I had approximate costs and ETA for the three larger carriers.
Wow. What a difference!
You can bet that Friday afternoon when I finally finished my work, I ran the package down to Forestville where the same young woman I'd spoken with by phone cheerfully greeted me and offered me hot cider and a beautifully decorated cookie. Before I could take my first bite, she had weighed my package and was reciting the three carriers' ETA/cost. More importantly, she utilized her experience to recommend the carrier she believed would get my daughter's Christmas stocking there most quickly and at the least cost. Post Script? She was right - the box was delivered on Christmas Eve afternoon!!
So, sure - this shipping outlet is right here in town but - you know what? I really prefer to be treated with respect and as if I - and whatever I'm shipping - matters. read more