FedEx Reptile Shipping Certification Process

[guidofatherof5]

Congrats Steve............

You are my first shipment with them.

[rickymar81]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!

[mike_panic]

I know it's an older post but that's great info Steve. I got authorized with fed ex back in 02 if i remember. It may have been before that but I don't remember. I do remember I was one of the first in NY and there were only a few in the country back then. The difference was for me is it took almost 6 months for the entire process. I'm glad they sped it up. I have shipped thousand if snakes( and geckos) and It's been relatively problem free however everyone should know that when you sign the agreement(at least back then) you absolved fed ex of any responsibility should your animals die for whatever reason enroute to their destination. Has that changed since then? Thanks. Mike Panichi

[guidofatherof5]

You are right Mike. I signed all my rights away when I got an account with FedEx. Thank goodness for reptilesexpress.

[Mommy2many]

Congratulations!

[guidofatherof5]

My Spring/Summer shipping window has just closed. Reptilesexpress.com did a great job and saved my customers some money. Reptilesexpress customer service has been awesome.
I may still ship to certain locations if I can ship to a FedEx hub for customer pickup.
Thank you to everyone who is now enjoying some of my snakes.

[acovert]

Out of curiosity, how have things gone with FedEx? I work for FedEx ground as a package handler and I have to say that the packages are not treated well, so I would be concerned with sending a live animal through them, though I assume they use a different system than for normal packages. I just know that the majority of their employees do not care about any package, no matter what the content. And I've heard horror stories about some packages that have been shipped through them.

[guidofatherof5]

I would give FedEx an 9 out of 10 rating.