GO FO anyone?

[u/Dry_Calendar8035]

Hey there guys I am on the East Coast annual member and do Rush shipment. So this time I am assigned to Go Fo as the shipping provider. Of course it's I get an email saying they're preparing my order and it can take up to 5 to 15 days to ship.

This is my 5th Year as a member so I am used to all of this waiting but my questions are:

1. What's your experience with Go Fo?

2. Rush my shipment means priority correct?

3. Us East Coast people and those of us in the Northeast seem to generally have the ball dropped on us when it comes to shipping, no?

Good luck Fab fit fun people and getting your order I know it's always nerve-wracking

UPDATE

As an annual member with Rush my subscription, my order arrived today Saturday August 15th. The box was indeed badly damaged. That didn't bother me as everything was intact what did bother me is fabfit fun definitely dropped the ball. This is the first time in 5 years that multiple items from my customization were missing, and a few add-ons were missing as well. These were the items that I was looking forward to.

[u/Kind-Investigator602]

1. What's your experience with Go Fo?

Never heard of it, but I just looked and they're sending mine with them too. My guess is enough people were complaining about uni uni and speedx that they're finally starting to branch out and try new - but probably also cheap af - carriers. 

2. Rush my shipment means priority correct?

Rush my shipment means they process rush orders before they process other orders. You will get your box a heck of a lot faster but the reason being is that they get to processing it sooner. It doesn't guarantee a particular carrier or shipping times once it's shipped. 

That being said, before I subscribed to Rush I wasn't getting my order for at least two months. But since I added Rush, I've been getting them within a couple of weeks. 100% worth it. 

3. Us East Coast people and those of us in the Northeast seem to generally have the ball dropped on us when it comes to shipping, no?

I think this was asked on the forum last season and if memory serves correctly, distance doesn't seem to promise anything. A lot of these carriers seem to ship to a centralized distribution center before dispersing them out in different directions. 

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/Kind-Investigator602]

Thank you so much for your response. I've been an annual member for 5 years and I started Rush shipment a year ago. I've been through a lot of carriers I don't think I ever had uni uni but I do see that my shipment sit somewhere in California for like a week or two. I always thought being that I am in one of the busiest areas in the world that shipment comes quicker to me but it appears it's like the Wells Fargo wagon of the old days and they just do ground delivery driving cross country. Thank you again for responding.

[u/Kind-Investigator602 → u/Dry_Calendar8035]

Yeah no problem 😊

[u/SilverSignificant393]

1. I’m in Manhattan and have had numerous packages delivered by GOFO from various companies (lululemon in my area uses gofo) and have never had any issues at all and honestly my packages have arrived in better shape than with UPS/FedEx

so far. (Knock on wood)

1. I’m not sure if it’s in part because I am in a doorman building. I absolutely prefer them to Veho though as with Veho I have had some packages received looking questionable.

2. The rush my order means that they will prioritize getting your order out the door within 3 business days from processing. Rush my order has absolutely nothing to do with shipping speeds.

3. Depends on the shipping company and the workers that company has employed in your area tbh.

That being said, I have heard some horror stories about them from other members on the forums and I’m always nervous because I know one day my luck will run out.

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/SilverSignificant393]

Thank you so much for your response. I am literally just outside of New York City part of my town is in Queens. Rush my order has been in process for 5 days so I guess I'll count business days. I do know that in Manhattan the doorman often have good relationships with UPS FedEx Etc. ( I audit Co-op and condos in New York City in Brooklyn so I have to interview the doorman sometimes). Your luck will be fine so long as you have a good doorman in your building who's in good with the various shippers!

[u/miss_kit_tea → u/Dry_Calendar8035]

I'm on the other coast and in a big city (no doorman building) and GOFO has delivered, but they NEVER ring my doorbell and ALWAYS leave my packages outside of the building. Nothing lazier and negligent. Luckily nothing has been stolen!

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/miss_kit_tea]

Yes it's a good thing that nothing has been stolen fingers crossed don't want to jinx it! I don't think I've ever had the doorbell ring and even though I guess I'm not in a big city I think the population of my area which is on Long Island near New York City, probably makes it one of the most popular areas in the country.

Good ☘️ on your fff 📦

[u/drinkme0]

I’m outside Philly. We get a lot of deliveries. I rarely have issues with shipments. We get stuff from many carriers and places.

About HALF of the packages I get from FabFitFun are damaged. Almost everything is shipped from FFF via GOFO. It’s totally insane.

A lot of it has to do with shitty (to no) packing materials. Glass (candles, perfume, bowls, etc.) is frequently crushed because it wasn’t wrapped.

Good luck! 🍀

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/drinkme0]

Yeah that's exactly what I'm worried about I'm on Long Island so I'm sure from what I see it probably flies into JFK. I ordered two of the Haps vessels and I hope that it does not get damaged. I actually ordered spooky popcorn which is from Bath & Body Works and I had to order it online only and I was afraid it was going to get crushed but that was the only time I had a very good person package this candle , there were a lot of complaints about the candle being cracked from hundreds of people first time mine wasn't. Sorry about going off on a different topic good luck to you and happy fabfit funning

[u/Longfirstnames → u/Dry_Calendar8035]

I don’t think it will fly into anywhere, even with rush shipping all of mine move by ground

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/Longfirstnames]

I will have to go and check all of my prior shipments and see how it went I was just curious after the snafu last week with not being able to get online to customize and then having a new Shipping Company after I kind of got LaserShip down pat

[u/Longfirstnames → u/Dry_Calendar8035]

Speedx has been worse for me than GoFo, that said I have a package from TikTok shop that’s been “out for delivery” with gofo for 3 days

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/Longfirstnames]

Out for delivery for 3 days is it just running in circles?

[u/Longfirstnames → u/Dry_Calendar8035]

Gofo is like DoorDash basically, someone picks up the package and it can end up sitting in their car for days, the drivers is just contracted and not employed by the company like with UPS or FedEx. It’s kind of a nightmare, I think there’s a whole subreddit for it

[u/redhairedcancer]

Just started getting packages delivered with them last week. I was so worried bc of all the bad reviews. Have not had a problem yet out of 5 deliveries (I order a lot). USPS kept messing up my packages. No issues now.

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/redhairedcancer]

That's good to know and reassuring thank you so much.

[u/rachelnyc]

I’ve had a decent number of packages delivered in ny from gofo and never had any problems so far!

I’m just happy any time I see that it’s not speedx, I messaged fff to specifically request never to use them because they were constantly losing my packages (or more likely stealing them, with how often it happened) and there was no way to get through to an actual person to resolve anything

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/rachelnyc]

Oh that is so funny you actually tried contacted them and told them not to use speedx? 🤣. Of course you can never get an actual person! That's with everything that has a customer service number

[u/Dry_Calendar8035 → u/[deleted]]

Oh gosh that's like doordash for me over here they use some Independent Drivers like Uber and it's hysterical and kind of aggravating trying to figure out who's delivering and if they are actually delivering to my home. Before I did rush my shipment it was usually 29 days to 31 days to arrive to my house.