So according to FedEx, my shipments from my Amazon seller, and Ikea were both delivered at 3:07 P.M. yesterday. According to my 3 Ring cameras, and the Ring camera from one neighbor, and the Nest camera from another, there was no FedEx delivery vehicle on our block all day yesterday.
And no goodies to be had or installed…
I initiated a lost delivery claim with FedEx immediately (I was on the phone with them by 4:30, there were people home at the time fo the claimed delivery etc…
Oh and FWIW, at least UPS / Amazon deliveries send you a pic of the item on your porch to prove it was there… FedEx, no soap.
Ikea was a royal pain to get through to, but once I did, they agreed to go ahead and reship my missing items, 5 Ikea Tradfri smart plugs, and they are refunding my shipping fee of $9.00.
The Amazon seller is being cooprative, but is pending the FedEx missing package investigation service. I have informed them of the video footage available for review so we will see how they respond to that.
The missing items there are 8 A19 Sylvania Smart + Dimmable cool white 60 watt equivalent bulbs.
I was clued into @TheSmartestHouse and the sale they are having on the Zooz (?) dimmable smart Zwave switches. I went ahead and ordered the switches i Need from them, 3 of them for now, at a great bargain price of $24.99 each. Nice…
I bet this will all come in at the same time and leave me scrambling to install.
The good thing is that for now, moving forward once these are installed, I can automate all but 3 visible from outside the home lights, and those spaces WILL have visible lighting managed by the smart plugs. So when configured, with an alarm event being triggered, the sirens (for now excluding the sirens on the Ring cameras) and lighting visible from the outside of the house, including lights visible through all windows, will come on. Which is one of my highest priorities with the automation / security project.
It is frustrating however, waiting on these items to be delivered, especially after I had thought the waiting was over for at least the smart plugs and bulbs…