Return shipment of robot?

[peronis]

Hello,

I was wondering about how long it takes to get the robot back from the championships? I have tried to put the tracking number in for FedEx, but nothing is popping up yet. Do they start shipping them out immediately? Do they go in numerical order?

[FrankJ]

Monday would have been the earliest day they could ship. I imagine Sheppard also handles all the fields, translates into lots of stuff. They probably will not enter the stuff into the fedex system until it get on the truck. Just moderately informed guessing though.

[vhcook]

If I recall correctly, it's usually a couple of weeks before the crates start showing up at their various homes.

[dyanoshak]

It usually takes a few weeks... but I just got a call from FedEx that our robot was in Austin and ready for delivery!

-David

[rees2001]

Last year I found that it had a lot to do with where you were in the pit. We were very close to the loading dock and had our robot within the week. This year we were in Newton (the far side of the pit from the loading dock) and our pro number hasn't even registered yet.

[Levansic]

It's a little late now to ask this, but did we have to use FedEx to send the robot back? We were quite alarmed with the return shipping cost. Especially since it isn't particularly quick.

-- Len

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Levansic

It's a little late now to ask this, but did we have to use FedEx to send the robot back? We were quite alarmed with the return shipping cost. Especially since it isn't particularly quick.

Didn't you receive a FedEx voucher to use for shipping the robot home?

[rees2001]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Didn't you receive a FedEx voucher to use for shipping the robot home?

Every team got 1 in the registration packet.

[Levansic]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

Didn't you receive a FedEx voucher to use for shipping the robot home?

Just checked with the boss, and yes, we got that, and used it for return shipping. Just found out the big bill was getting the robot to St. Louis.

We didn't plan on going, and didn't budget for the championship. We won the RCA in Las Vegas, and had two weeks to fundraise. The last three weeks have been a blur.

-- Len

[Gray Adams]

A couple of groups asked us to demonstrate our robot at their events pretty soon, and I think we agreed. This may be awkward.

[waialua359]

For some reason,
our Fedex tracking number was never inputted from Houston week 6 to CMP, but yet, it got there.
Hope that's the case this time around also as nothing appears when we enter the Pro number for shipment.

[Debbie]

Just got called by Fed-Ex and ours will be returned tomorrow(Fri).

[Ed Law]

Just got our robot crate back. The FedEx driver told me he was watching the robotics competition online and asked how our team did. He knew about Team 27 and 469. We must be doing a great job in Michigan promoting FIRST if a FedEx driver watch FRC matches online and was excited talking about it.

[USSMISSOURI]

We got ours back on Thursday, so almost a week.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Levansic

Just checked with the boss, and yes, we got that, and used it for return shipping. Just found out the big bill was getting the robot to St. Louis.

We didn't plan on going, and didn't budget for the championship. We won the RCA in Las Vegas, and had two weeks to fundraise. The last three weeks have been a blur.

-- Len

You still should have received free shipping to CMP, though perhaps your crate was overweight and resulted in fees from Shepard.