ok first off i didnt read any posts besides the first but heres the facts
my dad worked for fedex, he always loved it and he said they always treated him good his only regret was that they dont have a drivers union, as far as getting packages to your house asap i kno they try the fact is that even if the warehouse it 30 minutes from your house it has to go from a plane ( if needed) to a fedex home delivery terminal, you may have a fedex frieght terminal or fedex nation terminal by your house ( they dont ship ti peoples houses unless the product is over 200 pounds i believe. so if its not a home delivery, federal express or ground terminal then it has to find its way to one before your product can even get on a truck to head to your house, now on top of that your house may not be the first home on the list of deliveries so the driver will have to make probably hundreds of other stops before he gets to you, this obviously would take plenty of time, now i ship with ups only cause its cheaper, i wouldnt recomend this for the reason that ups driver (in my experiance) dont take as good of care of your pakages as fedex does. the fact is fedex has a number you can call if you package is damaged during delivery and if you kno the truck number or drivers name you can report them to make sure it doesnt happen again... i also think if you do this they give you some sort of reimbursement on you shipping charges..
again this is only what my dad has told me, i hope this helps you in the future and please continue to ship with fedex