Example of Fedex Intl shipping

Guess it's better than the USPS way, better late than ever. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Fred Cisin -> (XenoSoft) -> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 5:33 PM -> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org -> Subject: RE: Example of Fedex Intl shipping -> -> -> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Russ Blakeman wrote: -> > Why did it go from Alaska to Tennesse to California? Someone -> else picks up -> > the tab when these things are routed the Delta Airlines way. I -> mean Delta in -> -> ALL Fedex goes throught their "central" sort facility. If you fedex a -> packet to your neighbor, it still has to go there. -> -> -> My only complaint with Fedex is their algorithm for what to do with late -> packages. Since their primary metric is the NUMBER of packeages on time, -> NOT how late they are, ... Once a package is late, it will then not be -> processed until AFTER every package that is still on-time! Thus, instead -> of a late package delaying and making another package late, the late one -> may be delayed multiple additional days in order to not mess up their -> numbers! -> -> IOW, if packages ABCDEFGHIJK are sent sequntially, and B is late, rather -> than have CDEFGHIJK all be a little late, they will then be delivered -> ACDEFGHIJKB. -> -> Almost all of their packages are on time. The late one may be VERY late. -> -> -- -> Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com -> ->