Steps To Become Fedex Certified!!!

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I just went and sent out my test box today at 3pm. I called 1-800-633-7019 and picked option 5. They gave me their account number for the box you need to check bill recipient on FedEx US Airbill. 2 Day Express and its all free.
Only problem I am seeing so far is noone in the building knew anything about this new policy and insisted that if I bring the real deal into their office they would send me right back out the door and to the airport. If I were going to spend the 20 bux plus on fuel to the airport every time I have a shipment that would just add 20 to the shipping and most people are not going to pay that. Anyone had this problem?

Originally Posted by cobravenom

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Only problem I am seeing so far is noone in the building knew anything about this new policy and insisted that if I bring the real deal into their office they would send me right back out the door and to the airport.

Once you are done you will have a copy of the contract from FedEx legal signed by you and your sales rep. Bring that into the kinkos, show it to them, ask to speak to a manager if needed. If the manager still tells you he won't accept your packages call your rep.

Originally Posted by cobravenom

I just went and sent out my test box today at 3pm. I called 1-800-633-7019 and picked option 5. They gave me their account number for the box you need to check bill recipient on FedEx US Airbill. 2 Day Express and its all free.
Only problem I am seeing so far is noone in the building knew anything about this new policy and insisted that if I bring the real deal into their office they would send me right back out the door and to the airport. If I were going to spend the 20 bux plus on fuel to the airport every time I have a shipment that would just add 20 to the shipping and most people are not going to pay that. Anyone had this problem?

We usually delivered the packages personally to a FedEx pick-up mailbox. When the truck showed up (same hour every day) we hand delivered it. Never a problem. I'm not sure if FedEx will pick-up packages from your home, you may want to find out; Airborne Express used to do it.

Regards

Originally Posted by The BoidSmith

We usually delivered the packages personally to a FedEx pick-up mailbox. When the truck showed up (same hour every day) we hand delivered it. Never a problem. I'm not sure if FedEx will pick-up packages from your home, you may want to find out; Airborne Express used to do it.

Regards

So all I have to do is fill out my information online, print it out, and tape it to the box? The bar code will be on the label and I leave that out so it can be scanned and they will put the other sticker on there with the destination at their main hub later that day. If this was all there was to it I would not have asked so many questions. Thank you for all the help!

Originally Posted by cobravenom

So all I have to do is fill out my information online, print it out, and tape it to the box? The bar code will be on the label and I leave that out so it can be scanned and they will put the other sticker on there with the destination at their main hub later that day. If this was all there was to it I would not have asked so many questions. Thank you for all the help!

The way we've done it in the past is fill the slip ourselves (just to avoid any mistakes) and hand it to the FedEx driver together with the box. He/she will then verify if everything is filled out OK and give you your copy. Nothing more to it.

Good luck!

Heath,

Your screen name (cobravenom) had me thinking for a while; you are not planning on shipping any hots, right?

Regards.

I promised my wife when I met her over 3.5 years ago I would not handle hots any longer. I work with kingsnakes, ringnecks, rough earths, browns, and western worms right now. In a few years I will be working with burmese pythons again I hope as I lost two this year to RI's and electric being out for 3 days in a snow storm. I appreciate all the help!

Got in contact with my FedEx account rep Deborah Stein out of Dallas and she is great. Overnighted my papers to me and I will fax them off Tuesday to be officially certified. She answered all of my questions and is very enthusiastic about the whole process. She also mentioned that snakes are simple compared to the fish, crayfish, and other things shipped by the thousands by a science teacher she deals with on a regular basis. Good luck to everyone!

I just sent this to my rep and this was her reply

Letter J in the Waiver of Liability For Reptile and Amphibian Domestic Shipments states no residential deliveries are allowed. I will be shipping to residential but they are other breeders as I am and run their business out of their home so I am assuming this is fine.

"I just spoke with a senior rep about this. They cannot be shipped to a residential address, they have to be shipped to a licensed vendor, and we only allow shipping from vendor to vendor. However, one workaround is if the breeders have a spouse that works at a school, pet store, etc, use that address as the ship to. And to add this, the snakes cannot be held at a Kinkos as they cant be responsible for live animals."

Anyone else having this problem?