Remember a couple weeks back when I was scrambling around Mexico to replace my laptop - only to find one with a Spanish keyboard? 😅
Well the story gets worse. Much worse. So back, grab some popcorn, and get a load of this 🍿
Having unsuccessfully tried to navigate the Ñ and Ç keys, I bite the bullet, bought a new laptop in Miami, and shipped it FedEx overnight to Mexico City. $300 later, the laptop’s on its way 🚀
And that’s when things start to get weird.
First, I get a spammy looking email from FedEx saying I’d have to pay the driver a “factura” of 100 Pesos to collect my package. Strange, but that’s like $5 so I get the cash 💰
Then, there’s a knock on my door about seven hours ahead of schedule and low and behold my laptop has arrived 🙌 But now, the driver hands me a new customs bill for 3,927 Mexican Pesos - or approx $200 😳
I don’t carry that much pesos on me, so he won’t give me the package. But he agrees to come back at night. Terrific 😒
So, I walk to an ATM, get 4000 Pesos, and wait for this guy to come back 😴
Around 8pm, I get another knock on the door. I hand over my 4000 Pesos. He hands me the package. And it doesn’t feel right. At all 🤨
Something‘s wrong. I videotape the driver, the box, everything. My gut feels off 😣
I walk to the kitchen table, setup a camera, open the box, and out comes....
A half dozen fake metal mexican watches 😱
I tear the box apart and discover the original packaging from my laptop along with some crumpled up packing tape 😳
In other words, someone from FedEx stole the laptop out of the box and replaced it with shitty Mexican watches 🤬
Folks, you can’t make this stuff up.
For the last ten days, I’ve been filing claims with FedEx, calling everyday, hecking and pecking around Ñ and Ç thingies left and right. It’s been a nightmare 😓
As of today, I still have no resolution or refund from FedEx. I also no longer a functioning laptop as I had to return the Spanish-one in Mexico City before I left 🙄
But I do have six fake metal Mexican watches. And one unbelievable story 😆
Who has a story that tops this one? 🤷🏻♂️