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This is also the norm in the UK. If you're not in they try and leave the package with a neighbour. If that doesn't work, they'll try again, and if you're not t

This is also the norm in the UK. If you're not in they try and leave the package with a neighbour. If that doesn't work, they'll try again, and if you're not there again, try for for a neighbour again. If that fails for a second time, they leave it at a nearby depot for you to pick it up. I've never heard of a package being stolen here in the UK.

King-Aaron 8y ago
America: "It's a real problem! There is no solution!" Overseas viewer: "This literally never happens here. Try solution (a), (b), or maybe (c) and see if that helps?" America: "Yep there is no solution in the entire universe" Substitute "package theft" for: Gun crime / public healthcare / public education / insert social issue here
- rconti 8y ago
  I agree with all of your points except for the package theft one. The package theft "solutions" proposed really are insanely inconvenient and unworkable* in most suburban environments. I've seen all of the reasons listed many places here, so I won't bother rehashing them. If I'm at work on Tuesday, for example, a redelivery attempt on Wednesday doesn't really help, does it? * unworkable in the sense that they're less efficient than the alternative of just allowing the rare package theft to occur
  - King-Aaron 8y ago
    My local Caltex/7-11/Fuel Stations all do package holding here in Aus, I honestly had similar thoughts until they started doing it. In the last 12 - 18 months I'd say I've had completely seamless package delivery because of it.
    - rconti 8y ago
      Thinking about it a bit, I bet one reason package holding isn't more popular in the US is the (very Australia-like) combination of suburbs, and people driving to work. Assuming your employer allows it, it's convenient to have packages sent to work, AND if you drove a personal car to work, it's easy to drive your own package home. This equation gets flipped if you use transit or live in a multi-unit building where it might get easier to just hold it "downstairs".
EnderMB 8y ago
I guess one reason it's less common over here is because it rains a lot, and it's a lot harder to leave a package in plain sight. In Bristol, I've known a few people have packages stolen from porches or from under recycling boxes/bins, so it definitely does happen. My parents found someone in their hedge a few months ago trying to get one of their parcels.

King-Aaron 8y ago

America: "It's a real problem! There is no solution!" Overseas viewer: "This literally never happens here. Try solution (a), (b), or maybe (c) and see if that helps?" America: "Yep there is no solution in the entire universe" Substitute "package theft" for: Gun crime / public healthcare / public education / insert social issue here

rconti 8y ago
I agree with all of your points except for the package theft one. The package theft "solutions" proposed really are insanely inconvenient and unworkable* in most suburban environments. I've seen all of the reasons listed many places here, so I won't bother rehashing them. If I'm at work on Tuesday, for example, a redelivery attempt on Wednesday doesn't really help, does it? * unworkable in the sense that they're less efficient than the alternative of just allowing the rare package theft to occur
- King-Aaron 8y ago
  My local Caltex/7-11/Fuel Stations all do package holding here in Aus, I honestly had similar thoughts until they started doing it. In the last 12 - 18 months I'd say I've had completely seamless package delivery because of it.
  - rconti 8y ago
    Thinking about it a bit, I bet one reason package holding isn't more popular in the US is the (very Australia-like) combination of suburbs, and people driving to work. Assuming your employer allows it, it's convenient to have packages sent to work, AND if you drove a personal car to work, it's easy to drive your own package home. This equation gets flipped if you use transit or live in a multi-unit building where it might get easier to just hold it "downstairs".

EnderMB 8y ago

I guess one reason it's less common over here is because it rains a lot, and it's a lot harder to leave a package in plain sight. In Bristol, I've known a few people have packages stolen from porches or from under recycling boxes/bins, so it definitely does happen. My parents found someone in their hedge a few months ago trying to get one of their parcels.