Fed Ex lost my seat!!!!

[car-reras]

I recently bought a near perfect set of seats for my brown interiored 73. they were perfect for the car and not to mention, a good deal.
Anywho, they were shipped out, tops in one box (arrived), and bottoms in another (lost for ever).
I am still in disbelief.

I am also a bit scared to ever use or recommend Fed Ex ground again.
Anyone have seats for sale? I have been without seats for 2 1/2 weeks, and now, no end in sight!


Had to vent, and thx to Gorge Carpio for the perfect deal that should have been.

[jaudette3]

Unfortunately, they probably are lost forever. FedEx lost a box that contained some of my wife's purses, probably with about a $4,000 value, and they have been *completely* uncooperative in helping us find it. They couldn't care less.

John Audette

[car-reras]

John, all I can say from this is 'over insure'! I have had the same experience with UPS. Got 3 out of 4 Fuchs a few months ago and ....nothing. No help or concern.

The rarity of brown hounds-tooth 73 seats with under 50K miles of use just went up ...thx Fed Ex!

[NiceT]

Car-reras,
Sent you a PM with a phone number. Might have two possibilities for help. Neither cheap but could get you the seats you want. I have never seen another set of seats like mine untill you posted the photo, let alone for sale...
Hope they were insured!

Daron

[RacerX]

Crazy, I just had two US postal express shipments fall into a black hole this week and had made up my mind that Fed Ex is the only way to go in the future.

Guess I was wrong. It seems that "shareholder value" and the consequential drive to cost efficiency has produced the worst result. A system that affords low quality and poor service. It is beginning to remind me of the system in Argentina, where putting something in the mail was like tossing a bottle into the ocean.

[J-P]

RacerX, sent you PM.

[matt13421342]

I swear by UPS. I have shipped via FedEx, UPS and USPS. The Postal Service is miserable with ZERO ability to track a package. FedEx just loses your stuff (recently lost a wheel I sent to somebody in VT, luckily it turned up, but only after we called every FedEx employee we could track down).

I know UPS isn't perfect, but I have NEVER lost anything I shipped. I've made claims on damaged pkgs that went through fine.

my 2 cents...

[Mudi]

Sent you a pm..

[car-reras]

Thx for the encouragement Mudi.
I'll keep checking with the Fed Ex Reps to see if one of them might give damn.
If it ends up in Salt lake City in a holding/liquidation warehouse, as you say, I am close to talking myself into going there personally to search!

[matt13421342]

I should have added at least one positive note. Although the wheel I shipped was lost for 2-3 weeks, they DID eventually find it. Be sure to have them put a tracer on it, and then RIDE THEIR ASSES via phone. Call the center they were shipped from AND call the center that is closest to you. CAll the HUB in Memphis, TN. Become the thumbtack in their rears -- that's what we did and the wheels turned up. For goodness sake, they are seats, which aren't easy to actually lose unless somebody stole them, but that's unlikely given the percentage of the population that would have interest (or knowledge of the value) of those seats.

Good luck! -- matt