Fedex weather delay and A wee hole in notification. + New Talisker Skye review.
Purchased 3 bottles of Talisker Skye from the Whisky Exchange (London). The $79 US delivery charge includes any customs duties. The snow in New England and Memphis complicated shipping. They arrived in NY and cleared customs A-OK by the first carrier and were transferred to FedEx for the rest of the trip. The FedEx plane got delayed 3 hours in NY and arrived late in Memphis. Then Memphis airport shut down for heavy snow and ice. My order got loaded onto the plane bound for Albuquerque in Memphis and then could not take off from the closed airport. The parcel being loaded on the plane must have triggered the automated phone delivery notification here yesterday morning, saying to expect delivery by 8 PM. I checked the FedEx tracking and it did not show actual departure from Memphis. OK, either it's still in Memphis or they missed posting the departure. I checked the Memphis airport site to find out that it is and was closed to traffic until the runways could be cleared. I no longer really expected my parcel but stayed close anyway as this is a signature required item.
The out take is FedEx and maybe other carriers may send delivery info that is a bit optimistic when nature really has the final say.
I am retired so I was only an inconvenience to stay at home for me, but if you work and take a day off for this....
FedEx posted that my parcel departed Memphis this morning. 
2:17 PM Update - my parcel is delivered.
Last edited by tundramanq; 6th March 15 at 05:52 PM.
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