Cant be home for delivery. What did you do?

I'm ready to pull the trigger and audition M60s, QS8s (and their floor stands) and a VP100 - maybe VP150, I'll post that question later. My problem is that I'm at work during business hours. With all the FedEx deliveries I've had in the past, when I'm not home the driver leaves a sticky note on my door and I drive over to the FedEx office after 6:30pm and pick it up. Problem with this specific delivery is I doubt all these all boxes will fit in my car. I am in Milwaukee, WI and I don't like the idea of any electronics being left on my patio this time of year (Can you say "snow"-"ice"-etc). Taking a day off of work until April is pretty much out of the question (ALSO --- I don't want to wait that long!!!). How did you Working-During-Business-Hour types get your Axioms? I figure I can't be the only one who has had this problem

Maybe I should call Axiom and see if a special Saturday delivery is possible. I don't want to lose the 5 item discount by breaking the order up into "car size" delivery sizes.

Thanks! I've been lurking for a while during my speaker research and enjoying this forum!

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I had mine delivered to my office, but if you don't have a big car or a permissive boss, this could be a problem. Would it be possible for you to pick them up from the FedEx office?

here's what i did:

Deliver them to a friend or family's place who will have someone home during delivery. Since you live in Milwaukee, most people there have cars, don't they? Drive over after work, and two cars drive them to your place.

I took the day off.

I ordered my stuff piece meal. Perhaps you could have the stuff sent to work, and ask for it to be delivered in two separate deliveries?

M60's one day...vp150 and qs8's the next?

If nearby the neighbor thing has worked for us a couple times.

Send them to my house i will take the day off from work. i will even break them in for you as well as give you a detailed report of how well they sound in my house, daily.
let me know if this offer works for you.

i went and picked them up at the FedEx office after work, but i have a big truck. and it is a pretty big load cause they double box everything, so it is even bulkier than you would expect. i think delivery to a friends house is a good idea. or, just find a friend with a truck!!

bigjohn

Luckily for me my wife was home. She had to wait for my son to get home to carry the boxes in. The M60s were a bit large.

Besides the Axioms, I've typically had to drive to the shipping company's site to pick up the package when the driver returned to the distribution center. I did that for my sub. I paid $50 for UPS delivery and had to drive 30 miles at 7:00 at night to get it. In addition, I had to carry it out to my car.

I also did that for my Dell PC. I believe it was Fedex that time.

Some internet companies are a little sensitive to have the delivery address be different than the bill to address of the credit card. Internet fraud and all of that. I expect a phone call to Axiom might solve that.

Do you have an opportunity to leave a side door open to the garage? If so, a note in an envelope hung on the front door with "FOR UPS" in big letters might work. Ask them to put the speakers in the garage and lock the door when they leave. I've done that several times.

Ask Axiom for special shipping arrangements. Have UPS call when they speakers arrive. Make a pickup at lunch and a second pickup after work.

If all else fails, have a friend meet you at UPS with a second car, make two trips in the same day or make single trips over 2 days.

I tried the note option for my sub and they refused to leave it. I kinda live out in the country and normally UPS will just leave the package outside, or on bad weather days leave it on the front porch. I think when the package is valuable (I'm assuming they know how much the package is insured for), they are hesitant to leave them.

When you order them from Axiom, or if you've already ordered them, Call Axiom and tell them to HOLD for pickup. Then Fed Ex will contact you when the arrive. From there, either borrow a vehicle from someone else, or make 2-3 trips. Heck with today's deals and interest rate options, go trade your car in for a 4x4 Truck, you live in WI....

good luck from your Iowa neighbor...

I picked up my M60's, QS8s and VP150 at Axiom, they easily fit into my Altima. What type of car are you driving?

They would not fit in my Honda Accord...originally.

Had to get them with the wife's dealer demo van (at the time).

Big boxes...

Know anyone with a van or SUV that the seat are removable or retractable?

WhatFurrer

Wow, thanks for so many replies to a boring subject. This forum rocks! My favorite...
[Quote from snakeyes]
Send them to my house i will take the day off from work. i will even break them in for you as well as give you a detailed report of how well they sound in my house, daily.
let me know if this offer works for you.
LOL. Funny, I never thought of asking someone to help me, either someone with a van/truck or someone to tag along to get the speakers in both our cars. I must be too independent!

I had mine delivered to the worksite...I got to check out the condition they were in (water damage to the outside boxes, several holes in the sides, but inside was OK...typical FedEx-UPS "White glove Treatment"). And I got to watch the "Wow Factor" on my co-workers' faces! I had no problem gettin' them home, they were climbin' over each other tryin' to help me get them home so they could hear them. They'd already helped me get the PB2 sub in the truck a couple of weeks before...Go for the "at work" route.