Fedex estimate delivery accurate?

Fedex deliveries do **not** say ''Delivery at 3:00''

They are very commonly ''Delivery by 3:00'' (Note the difference!)

The driver is penalized if he delivers after the scheduled time. (Though they are not penalized in the event of severe weather delays or extremely large volumes of packages (such as X-mas and Mother's Day).

So the driver will be doing his/her very best to deliver **no later than** 3:00.

If you need to keep your mother from seeing the package, you will need to work out how to keep her out of the house, while keeping someone there to accept the package.

My advice? Do not try to fiddle with it - do not try to get your mother out of the house while keeping a neighbor in. Do not try to call Fedex to ask them to deliver at 6:00 (the driver just is not going to do this - they have to make 50 to 100 deliveries in a day... special requests only happen if you are **close** friends with the driver)

Just let Mom see the package and have the 'surprise' come early - it isn't really ''spoiling the surprise'' no matter what people say - its the same gift - and its just a day early. BFD. Do not mess it up and make it a day *late*. (I have seen this happen at least a half dozen times or more...)

Is Fedex Estimated Delivery Accurate

I don't believe I've ever seen a time like 3:00 on their delivery estimate. Just the day.

Who would know if they will be really slow. Stuff gets put on a truck. Driver has to drive it around. I would imagine his schedule depends on weather, traffic and such. They aren't robots, you know.