FedEx Chonburi are complete and utter incompetents

[steamer 158]

 

I blame the companies for not taking steps to improve their service.

 

yup, a bit of training would be obvious to us,.

 

Not unlike getting one's dessert before the main course. Not sure if clueless, inattentive or indifferent.

[mrlasvegas 124]

Agreed, Gary. They should have a couple of lines on the address sheet for GPS coordinates.. then the idiots could even have the GPS unit give them turn by turn instructions.

Or better yet, the company's computers could program the most efficient route for a load of packages to save time and fuel.

Come on, FedEx!

 

UPS does this.98% of the route is right turns. Use UPS next time.

[Bullfrog 2,224]

Not from Fedex but with recorded delivery from UK..

 

Posted July this year from the UK but never arrived to my Thai PO Box near Kamphaengphet. Traced the package on the internet and it arrived in Thailand end of July...Then nothing...NOTHING.....I checked the PO Box every 2 weeks and continually asked in the office if there was a package for me ( normally they leave a card in the box stating that I have a package to collect)..but nothing..NOTHING for 5 Months.. Until I got divorced and handed the key in, giving a local forwarding address..

 

 

 

...and can you believe the coincidence......I mean pure effing luck or what.......but the package arrived the next day at the forwarding address about 500 yards from the Post Office....

[MM 6,562]

UPS does this.98% of the route is right turns. Use UPS next time.

 

That wouldn't be very helpful in Thailand, since they drive on the left side of the street.

 

Also, it assumes that the country has a postal address system that can be mapped to a GPS location. As I've pointed out over and over in this thread, that is not the case in Thailand. Possibly UPS has some mega computer application that can do it, but I doubt it.

 

Have you lived or visited in Thailand?

[CheshireTom 1,377]

That wouldn't be very helpful in Thailand, since they drive on the left side of the street.

 

Also, it assumes that the country has a postal address system that can be mapped to a GPS location. As I've pointed out over and over in this thread, that is not the case in Thailand. Possibly UPS has some mega computer application that can do it, but I doubt it.

 

Have you lived or visited in Thailand?

 

There is a government funded project that's been ongoing for a couple of years now to digitise and reference each land parcel (I'm not sure if it includes all the provinces, or just the more densely populated ones). Quite how each land parcel will be referenced, I have no idea - in the past each Land Office pretty much did their own thing and, as can be seen from the resultant addresses, it was all a bit haphazard.

[MM 6,562]

There is a government funded project that's been ongoing for a couple of years now to digitise and reference each land parcel (I'm not sure if it includes all the provinces, or just the more densely populated ones). Quite how each land parcel will be referenced, I have no idea - in the past each Land Office pretty much did their own thing and, as can be seen from the resultant addresses, it was all a bit haphazard.

 

That's an understatement.

 

Thailand's not the only nation that doesn't use street name and sequential house number...Japan's system appears to be at least as bad.

 

For some of the various postal addressing schemes around the world, this wiki is pretty informative.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

That's an understatement.

 

Thailand's not the only nation that doesn't use street name and sequential house number...Japan's system appears to be at least as bad.

 

I was always a bit wary about ordering anything to be delivered in Thailand, whether originating locally or overseas, but nowadays I'm fairly happy with the EMS service. For example, I ordered a motorcycle rain-suit from BKK (almost 1,000 km away) yesterday morning and it was delivered today just after lunch. That's a fairly decent service.

 

 

[MM 6,562]

No question Thai post can find addresses...sadly, the private couriers haven't come close to their abilities.

[LocalYokul 217]

 

Not sure if clueless, inattentive or indifferent.

 

All of the above.

[Gary 4,119]

When I buy something online, if they refuse to ship it regular air mail, I won't buy it. FedEx and UPS are both in bed with customs. The last thing FedEx delivered to me was vitamins from the US. The tax was more than the shit cost.

[mrlasvegas 124]

That wouldn't be very helpful in Thailand, since they drive on the left side of the street.

 

Also, it assumes that the country has a postal address system that can be mapped to a GPS location. As I've pointed out over and over in this thread, that is not the case in Thailand. Possibly UPS has some mega computer application that can do it, but I doubt it.

 

Have you lived or visited in Thailand?

 

Both actually.I have met/talked to you on several occasions. But that's okay. Lot's of folks to remember in your business. The point was UPS is far more efficient and innovative than FEDEX. I have lived in many countries where all right turns would not work. But it shows an effort to deliver more efficiently.And that attitude should translate across the world to every UPS branch.

[Gary 4,119]

Both actually.I have met/talked to you on several occasions. But that's okay. Lot's of folks to remember in your business. The point was UPS is far more efficient and innovative than FEDEX. I have lived in many countries where all right turns would not work. But it shows an effort to deliver more efficiently.And that attitude should translate across the world to every UPS branch.

 

I don't understand the "all right turns". That would mean the you would continually be going around a square or rectangle.

[mrlasvegas 124]

I don't understand the "all right turns". That would mean the you would continually be going around a square or rectangle.

 

That is basically the concept. Most states let you make right turns on a red light. This increases efficiency. Statistically right hand turns are much safer. Accident reductions are a huge thing in the transportation business. Left hand turns increase the odds of a collision at an intersection by 40% + in a commercial use vehicle.

The system maps the driver to make as many rights as possible and maps out deliveries accordingly. The drivers works in an assigned zone for regular deliveries. So turn the zone into a square or rectangle and your in business.

[MM 6,562]

To repeat and emphasize...right turns are safer in countries where traffic drives on the right side (e.g. America).

Left turns are "safer" in a left side country like Thailand or the UK.

[mrlasvegas 124]

To repeat and emphasize...right turns are safer in countries where traffic drives on the right side (e.g. America).

Left turns are "safer" in a left side country like Thailand or the UK.

 

Of course. A reverse program could be designed or used in the UK and SEA. But once again it shows a deliberate attempt at being efficient in providing delivery service.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Of course. A reverse program could be designed or used in the UK and SEA. But once again it shows a deliberate attempt at being efficient in providing delivery service.

 

Have you ever been to Bangkok? Imagine trying to deliver anything from Nana Post Office to, for example, Pantip by making a succession of left turns.

[jacko 8,822]

I think the approach works better in the USA where many cities are built on a grid type network of N-S and E-W roads.

Thailand cities aren't like that....nor the UK if it comes to that matter. Most of the now big cities are on rivers which forced a different arrangement.

[tomcat76 327]

By way of follow-up (not that shipments OUT of Thailand seem to be an issue) but my DHL docpak fm the ofc on 2nd Rd, sent late afternoon on Dec 22 was signed for at its destination in the US the morning of the 26th. Tracking shows that it was avail on the 25th. Between Christmas & the weekend involved, 'can't complain about that!