• kolorafa@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 month ago

    Thinking when the “leaving packages before door” will stop (by shops refusing to send it that way due to cost related to stealing)

    • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 month ago

      It’s a bit of a rock and a hard place for then. If you won’t leave my package and I have to be there or go somewhere else to pick it up? I’m not ordering your shit.

      • Virkkunen@fedia.io
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        17
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 month ago

        That’s pretty much how the rest of the world works, either delivery to pickup points or delivery to person only

        • cron@feddit.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          5
          ·
          1 month ago

          Really? At least 90% of packets I get are deposited without signature.

      • cron@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        9
        ·
        1 month ago

        I think it is necessary to make a difference between delivering cheap stuff and a new iPhone or laptop.

        • BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 month ago

          That’s fair, I don’t typically order really expensive stuff. I just think that if I have to go to a store to pick up my package of small cheap shit then I might as well drive all the way to the store and buy the stuff there in the first place. Why order it online and pay shipping then?

      • 0x0@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        1 month ago

        I for one prefer pick-up spots as there’s “always” someone there, convenient for the driver and myself.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 month ago

        Big steel box with a one-way door and keyed access anchored into concrete next to your door, with a sign saying to drop packages into it. That’s what I’ve started seeing some people do. Basically, a personal mail deposit box.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nl
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        edit-2
        1 month ago

        I’ve seen seasonal properties with one-way mail chutes. Looks like a mailbox, but with a deep, locking mail storage container. The lock is a deterrent as well as obscuring how many weeks of mail any one home has. Of course that would only work for small packages (like phones), but it’s better than nothing!