i personally have not had very good luck with FedEx about a year ago i ordered about $800 of audio equipment from 2 separate places. the arrived on separate days. the first shipment was a rack amp that was very sturdy and very well packed. when i received it there was a large dent in it as well as striped and broken screws. luckily it was covered by the warranty. the second shipment came a few days later from a completely different direction. in the boxes were 2 very large speakers. the first i opened did not strike me as damaged(i later discovered some damage to the casters on the base). the second had a hole that i could stick my hand through going through several layers of cardboard a plywood base that the speakers were siting on and the actual speaker. the grate and woofer had been completely ripped out of the speaker cabinet and internal parts were lose inside the speaker. what shocked me even more was the fact that the casters were almost completely flattened (they are very Hevay duty, the speaker weighs like 80 pounds.) the metal was bent and the plastic wheels were crushed to me this meant that they must have been dropped from fairly high and wee also impaled by something.
i found it strange that 2 packages from 2 different states that were delivered on 2 separate dates could both be damaged so badly.i eventually got a refund on shipping and to my surprise made the store i ordered them from pay for the speakers!claming they were already broken.
