I came onto Yelp hoping to find a phone number for this SSF warehouse facility after weeks of multiple calls to global customer service, and found all these other one star reviews that helped confirm my already cemented perception that this facility in particular is one big cluster*. In my situation, I ordered a bed a few weeks ago that was set to be delivered prior to the holidays. I received a note that the bed was going to be delayed (at this point, I wasn't blaming FedEx, but more the vendor) and it was still before the holidays, so I was cool. Then another note stating the date was once again pushed back and now it was going to be delivered while I was out of town. I didn't want a bed sitting in my driveway for a week while the weather called for pouring rain, so I placed a vacation hold on the package. So far, easy peasy, pleasant experience.
When I returned from our trip, I lifted the vacation hold and immediately contacted customer service to see when the delivery date would be. I was told they could see my vacation hold was lifted and that it was sitting in SSF warehouse, and should be delivered next business day. Excellent! Two days later, when it still didn't arrive, I called again and was told the warehouse was aware and it should come soon. No biggie, I thought. And I waited. Again.
Fast forward two weeks and a few more calls later, I still have no bed and global customer service finally admitted they don't know what's going on as the package shows as scanned but not moving. They suggested I contact the website I purchased from (Wayfair) to open a claim, which I did and guess what they did? Simply call the exact same phone number I did, got another rep who shared the exact same information on scanning, and just said to keep waiting for the package. This time though, the rep gently suggested I try to come to the facility for an update to see if I could make any progress.
I showed up to the facility where there were already a dozen people hanging around waiting for their updates. There aren't any signs to tell you what to do, but a bored looking security guard who was sitting down explained I had to come up to the window on the left and provide the employee my tracking number. I did so and waited. And waited. I think every fifteen minutes or so, they lower the temperature a couple degrees in order to encourage people to give up and leave because that place was like an ice box in Alaska. I did end up giving up at 6pm (closing time) after waiting an hour and seeing only one person receive their package out of the dozen people waiting. I sense that the people behind the counter probably just clock out and leave for the day without letting any of the people waiting know.
Unfortunately given that most people don't have control over which shipping company their purchases come from, it's unlikely I can avoid using FedEx in the future. However moving forward, I know I will never use FedEx's vacation hold feature again - even if I had a soggy package when I returned, at least I'd have a package I could dispute with. I think once you click that request, all of those scheduled packages get tossed into a dumpster never to be seen from again.
The other annoying thing is that FedEx refuses to provide you a phone number for this facility, or transfer your call so you can at least talk to a human there. The global customer service people are all very friendly and in the beginning I thought they knew what they were doing, but after several calls I realized that they must take zero notes on your call because things that were promised to me with other reps (they'll file a claim for me, they've marked it down that an order should be canceled, etc) are completely unknown to other reps the next time I call so I have to start over my story from the beginning.
If there's a way to avoid routing your package through this FedEx facility, please do it. While no company is perfect, it is far easier to reach a human to help you with any other shipping service. read more