So I'm in China for a week...and FedExGround shows up three days in a row trying to deliver something. The final door hanger threatens that it'll be sent back to the sender if I don't go pick it up. S calls and finds out the address...2600 E 28th St in LA. Deep in LA. On the border of Vernon. So I drive there this AM and find the address (amidst various industrial companies and train tracks. Smells funny...smells like manufacturing. And the address is a locked gate, behind which I can see tons of FedExGround trucks. Obviously this is the shipping hub for them. Can't be a customer pickup location, can it? I call FedEx and they get someone at the location...turns out you have to go a few blocks around to get to the "entrance." The guard points me towards a parking lot which is almost full (an employee lot it turns out). Then I walk through the guard shack (and metal detector) out on the huge lot area with trucks buzzing about. Then climb a yellow metal set of stairs up to a loading dock, then around the corner, then into a non-descript door. Inside are some desks and clerks working. No counter. No amenities. No nothing. I give the doorhanger to one of the women, and she walks off. Then about 5 minutes later she shows up with my package. Then I walk back out (dodging trucks along the way) and make my way back to my car.
Insane. Just say no to FedExGround. Oh, and the package? My Fast from VW. *sigh*
