So long story short, I ordered something that required FE. Vendor has extremely positive reviews and praise for fast shipping. It has been a week since I ordered it, when it was mailed priority and supposed to get here in 2-3 days. I never got a message or anything saying it was sent. I finally contacted the vendor because I needed the stuff for an event. Vendor did not get back to me for 48 hours even though their page said they were logged on the day I messaged them. They finally message me back saying tracking looks like usps made a mistake and i should have it in three days. Vendor will not provide tracking proof or anything so again this is all hear say. It seems like they forgot to send it out and then did not send it until I messaged them. I'm excited to see what the date on the package is to see if it was really a usps mistake. I'm not going to mention any names yet since it could really not be the vendors fault. But if the date on the package indicates that the vendor lied i will let it be known. I feel like this would have been dealt with way differently, had the vendor not received my money yet and was waiting for me to finalize.
When you FE, you lose all leverage.