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It's all over in the US, but why wouldn't I want it left on my porch? Shrinkage (stolen packages) is so small in most areas of the US the cost/inconvenience of
by phil21 9y ago
It's all over in the US, but why wouldn't I want it left on my porch? Shrinkage (stolen packages) is so small in most areas of the US the cost/inconvenience of having to track down your neighbor (and wait for him to be home now) or going to the office far outweighs the random package being stolen here and there. For scale, I get at least 5 packages delivered a week and over the past decade I've lived where I do I have had exactly 2 packages go missing. One was the driver, the other I cannot account for and was likely stolen.
It's simply not an issue.
That said, many areas it is an issue and you'll have to deal with going into the office to pick it up - which completely negates the entire purpose of delivery to me.
I really don't understand folks who think this is a major issue or that leaving it with the neighbors is okay. I figure those folks typically only use on-line shopping to buy high value items relatively rarely, and are okay with the inconvenience.
When you are getting 90%+ of your daily life delivered, it becomes untenable. Please just leave it at the door.
- icebraining 9y agoYeah, it heavily depends on one's context. Most of the stuff I order comes from at least 500km, so having to pick it up at the post office does certainly not negative the purpose of delivery for me :)