I posted last week on the fact that I have these crazy lines running down the middle of my laptop that won't go away. Well, Last week on Friday, I finally did something about it and went on ebay and found a lpatop screen for my Dell and ordered it.
The seller did a great job. They responded quickly, mailed it quickly, and it was scheduled to be delivered today. Great, right? Well, when I got home I saw a note on my apartment door that said FedEX tried to make the delivery, but no one was home. Alright, no problem. So I called FedEx to see where my package is, and when I can get it delivered. The receptionist said that the driver tried to make the delivery today, but couldn't because I wasn't home, and because the shipper had specified that I have to personally sign for the package, so they couldn't leave it at my
apartment office like normal.
So I said, "Can I just authorize you to leave it at the apartment office for me?" No. "Can I schedule a delivery?" No. "Can I get your driver to call me when he's in the area?" No. "Can I get you to deliver the package to the aurora FedEX shipping location (there's a huge one about 2 miles from my place)?" No. . . All because the shipper specified that I had to sign directly for the package.
So what do I have to do now? I have to bare with the lines down the center of my screen for another day or two, and then drive all the way to Carol Stream to their FedEX Ground facility to pick up the stupid package. It's apparently the only place in the entire Chicago Metroplex that a person can pick up a FedEX package. Luckily, it is between here and Schaumburg, but it's still going to be significantly out of the way for me. I've never had a delivery service be so inconvenient and unaccomodaiting as this.
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