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Hold for pickup question
So, I have shipped snakes to be held for pickup at the FedEx facility before, and always required that they be picked up by 10:30am (if they are delivered on time, of course). But right now I have a customer who wants to pick up after work, around 3:30 pm. What are your thoughts on this? It makes me a little nervous, especially because I have never done it that way and I'm not sure where they are kept at the FedEx facility while they wait. But, I do have some phase 22 packs...I could use one of those if it would help ensure the temps stayed moderate.
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Re: Hold for pickup question
Originally Posted by FireStorm
So, I have shipped snakes to be held for pickup at the FedEx facility before, and always required that they be picked up by 10:30am (if they are delivered on time, of course). But right now I have a customer who wants to pick up after work, around 3:30 pm. What are your thoughts on this? It makes me a little nervous, especially because I have never done it that way and I'm not sure where they are kept at the FedEx facility while they wait. But, I do have some phase 22 packs...I could use one of those if it would help ensure the temps stayed moderate.
I've done hold for pickup a time or two, and when I went to pick them up they were inside the office building thing. I'm not sure if this is the case with all of the packages so don't quote me on it, but generally they're placed nearby the office so they know where to look to get the packages. I'm not sure if you'd want to make any kind of guarantees because you don't know where exactly it's kept at.
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Hold for pickup question
I pretty much only have my packages held at the hub. My FedEx drivers are terrible about tossing around packages and just leaving them at my door. They always have my packages indoors just around the corner.
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Re: Hold for pickup question
Originally Posted by missriss2012
I pretty much only have my packages held at the hub. My FedEx drivers are terrible about tossing around packages and just leaving them at my door. They always have my packages indoors just around the corner. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Last edited by treeboa; 07-07-2013 at 12:32 PM.
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Re: Hold for pickup question
I have received several snakes from a "hold at pick up" option. When I went to pick them up, they were in the main receiving area in the air conditioning. The first time the box was sitting on the front counter by the register and the second snake was off in a side room because the attendant was afraid of what was in the box. But both animals were inside.
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Re: Hold for pickup question
When you ship Hold for Pickup to a FedEx facility, the box is typically kept in a temperate room inside the facility. There is little concern for extreme temp exposure, either hot or cold.
Ideally your recipient is able to pick up the package early in the day, just to cut down on box time and stress for the animal, but there shouldn't be a lot of concern over temp issues if they come later in the afternoon.
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I can't speak as a shipper, but as a buyer if I've spent the time finding just the right animal, committed to buying it, having it shipped, and setting up everything at home to prepare for it, I take a couple hours off work to go pick it up at the hold facility and get it settled in asap. It doesn't make sense to leave it sitting there.
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Re: Hold for pickup question
Originally Posted by Badgemash
I can't speak as a shipper, but as a buyer if I've spent the time finding just the right animal, committed to buying it, having it shipped, and setting up everything at home to prepare for it, I take a couple hours off work to go pick it up at the hold facility and get it settled in asap. It doesn't make sense to leave it sitting there.
Good point. I have one arriving this Tuesday (Happy Birthday To Me!), did the hold for pickup, and I've already told my boss that I will be coming in late that day.
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Re: Hold for pickup question
Best thing to do here is call FedEx and, ask to get a call back from the manager at his hub that it will be held at. Explain to them that it is a live harmless reptile and it can't be left in the facility to cook to death. Ask if it can be held in a office or something till pick up. There facilities aren't a problem it's the drivers because they are forced to be rushed.
-Brian-
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