so here is my story...are you excited?
ok I ordered something from florida and it was shipped via Fed Ex.
3 days later at 7 A.M the fed ex van shows up, hands me a package and says Good day...
all is happy
45 days later a bill for $30 something shows up
$5 and change were the taxes
the rest were the brokerage fees.
the ringer
the letter was sent to a completely misspelled version of my company and an ever worse spelling of my name
brutally bad
in the letter it said that they (fedex) often delivers the packages and then later sends out the bill for brokerage service.
so I phoned and I said that I would pay the taxes no problemo as they were genuine, but the brokerage fee, for get about it.
and she said, well, if you don't pay then you will end up getting a collection agency blah blah sued.
and I said...do you know who I am?
and she said my name (Only she said the brutally mispelled name) and then she said the brutally misspelled company name....
so I said.
ok sue me.
then I put $5. and change, in pennies in their return envelope for the taxes.
quick second Fed Ex story
bought a 99 cent rock tumbler on ebay(duh of course)
shipped fed ex for $10 I think, maybe 12
so
I get a call from , we will call her RITA, from Fed Ex
telling me I have to get a broker or I can use Fed Ex as a broker
So I just pretended I was an idiot and had no idea what she was talking about and I kept saying....
"I just don't know what you are talking about, I certainly can't agree to anything on the phone I have no way of understanding what you are talking about, etc etc..."
so she finally hung up in disgust
and I said to myself
"Self" its $11 just forget about it, or they'll slaughter with fees...
so a few days later the tumbler shows up on my deck (they just left it, no signature)
and then RITA called again (ok RITA may be her real name, but I'm not admitting that....)
and she said Bruce, you have to get a broker or we'll have to send this back
I said the rock tumbler?
yes the rock tumbler....
Send it back huh...
yes send it back
ok
can you send it back then, and I will need a letter with a tracking number proving you returned it to the sender. Ok
Are you sure, because we'll send it back, you know, we are not bluffing, it's the law...
no problem RITA you send it back and make sure you send me that letter with confirmation
other wise you will have to re-imburse the sender
ok
and then I tumbled some rocks.
never did get that letter from
RITA
every once in a while I call her voice mail....
Hey RITA...Where is my Rock Tumbler
then I hang up
I don't think RITA likes me
anyway
I do it for all of the people that have been screwed by the carriers
Oh
and don't send me any hate mail
you know this is funny
you know it
admit it
part of you wants to do it too
c'mon
smile
it's ok
you can laugh