... and yet a parcel with Triumph parts that was shipped to me DHL on a Monday from the UK arrived on my doorstep two days later in California. So it's not 'across the board'.
(That said, Fedex managed to misplace a parts shipment for the Lancia in December for more than two months, sending it back and forth between France and California twice. It was at a Fedex location close to my home i.e. the destination, but the staff there said they could not give it to me, as they had instructions to send it back to France 'from someone'. Order was ultimately cancelled and I got my money back. I hope the vendor got that shipment back. I will for sure never voluntarily use Fedex ever again, they also lied to me about the status multiple times, their customer service rep hung up on me and so on and so forth ...)