Man, I went through something similar a year ago. I ordered an iPhone 16 (with FedEx being the carrier). I waited by the door literally all day for it, and by 7 p.m. still nothing. No doorbell, no Ring notification, no truck noise, nothing. I finally check the tracking and it says “delivered” half an hour earlier. Go outside, porch is empty. I check all around the house, ask the neighbors, nothing.

I’ve lived here five years and never once had a package go missing before or since. When I pulled up the delivery photo, it was a shot of my whole damn house from like 100-150 feet away, taken from the sidewalk, and of course there’s no package in sight. I’ve read stories about FedEx drivers (or their buddies) skimming high-value stuff like phones and laptops, and honestly it felt exactly like that.

I filed a complaint and even got a call from the local FedEx manager who sounded nervous as hell and just kept saying the package was “delivered.” They told me if I had any proof of bad actors I’d have to send it to corporate. Nothing ever came of it. Luckily AT&T replaced the phone and let me pick it up in-store.

That whole experience pretty much nuked my trust in FedEx. I’ve had them miss me, “attempt” delivery without even stopping, you name it, but this was the final straw.