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this kind of thing has made me wish delivery firms would have a "don't attempt delivery i'll pick it up from the depot" option.

arethuza 9y ago
We have to provide a lengthy "please ignore your sat-nav and approach our house this way..." for most deliveries. Otherwise the vans/trucks try approaching our house up a farm track that stops about 200m from where we are.
- lucaspiller 9y ago
  If you haven't already I'd suggest making sure Open Street Map is correct. I used to visit an address often that wasn't listed on any mapping services, so just had to specify coordinates and ignore the last 500m of navigation (I only used it to get the quickest route taking into account traffic - I knew how to get there). Strangely a few weeks after I added it to OSM, Google Maps also listed the address...
  - arethuza 9y ago
    Open Street Map is correct and has been since the first time I looked at it for this location, over a year ago!
yasth 9y ago
They do, at least in the US, [UPS mychoice](https://www.ups.com/us/en/services/tracking/mychoice.page)(which https://www.ups.com/us/en/services/tracking/mychoice.page)(w... has a free tier and a paid one) and [https://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/](https://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/) https://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/](https://www.fedex.com/us.... In most urban areas you can hold deliveries in local stores. I mean really it is for signing for packages during the workday, but it would work well for this. Though honestly, I imagine you'd get pretty friendly with your neighbor and just reciprocally transfer things.
- jlebrech 9y ago
  I could see this being the premise to a sitcom, next door neighbors actually get to know each other because of this.
- jccalhoun 9y ago
  Yes, if there is any chance I won't be home on the day something is supposed to be delivered, I will have stuff sent to the UPS store on my way home rather than my apartment. In fact I have something there right now!

arethuza 9y ago

We have to provide a lengthy "please ignore your sat-nav and approach our house this way..." for most deliveries. Otherwise the vans/trucks try approaching our house up a farm track that stops about 200m from where we are.

lucaspiller 9y ago
If you haven't already I'd suggest making sure Open Street Map is correct. I used to visit an address often that wasn't listed on any mapping services, so just had to specify coordinates and ignore the last 500m of navigation (I only used it to get the quickest route taking into account traffic - I knew how to get there). Strangely a few weeks after I added it to OSM, Google Maps also listed the address...
- arethuza 9y ago
  Open Street Map is correct and has been since the first time I looked at it for this location, over a year ago!

yasth 9y ago

They do, at least in the US, [UPS mychoice](https://www.ups.com/us/en/services/tracking/mychoice.page)(which https://www.ups.com/us/en/services/tracking/mychoice.page)(w... has a free tier and a paid one) and [https://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/](https://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/) https://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/](https://www.fedex.com/us.... In most urban areas you can hold deliveries in local stores. I mean really it is for signing for packages during the workday, but it would work well for this. Though honestly, I imagine you'd get pretty friendly with your neighbor and just reciprocally transfer things.

jlebrech 9y ago
I could see this being the premise to a sitcom, next door neighbors actually get to know each other because of this.
jccalhoun 9y ago
Yes, if there is any chance I won't be home on the day something is supposed to be delivered, I will have stuff sent to the UPS store on my way home rather than my apartment. In fact I have something there right now!