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I am so confused here. Again, what on earth are you talking about? You live in the US, right? If USPS, UPS, or Fedex is given a delivery address, that’s where

I am so confused here. Again, what on earth are you talking about? You live in the US, right? If USPS, UPS, or Fedex is given a delivery address, that’s where they deliver the package. It’s that simple. There is no complicating factor whatsoever. They do not wander off to the local gas station and drop your package off there. That is a fantasy. Different websites do not dictate the behavior of the shipping carrier, that’s also a fantasy. Once the seller hands the package to the shipping company, it is literally out of their hands. In your story, a package on the way to your residence got delayed. This happens sometimes and has zero effect on the shipping address. There was no point in which you had to worry that maybe it would show up at a gas station. Again, how is it possible that you do not know _WHERE_ your package is being sent to?

tjoff 4y ago
And if you live in an apartment and can't work from home? You let your $2000 package sit by the door? What if the package you have been waiting for three months happens to arrive during your one week vacation abroad? The package will wait for you by your door? Does sound simple yes... No, I do not live in the US. > "There was no point in which you had to worry that maybe it would show up at a gas station." Why on earth would I be worried about that? That is what I wanted! So much easier and quicker. What I worry about is what would happen if I wasn't home during home-delivery. I actually have a fedex package on its way from the US to me right now. Thankfully fedex are nowadays sane enough to allow me to redirect it to a gas station pickup point rather than trying to deliver it to me at home.
- braingenious 4y ago
  You still have not clarified this sentence: > From a lot of (bad) places you don't know at the time of order whether it is going to be home delivery or not What do you mean by that? I am not discussing what to do with expensive packages or the merits of dropoff locations. I literally just asked what you mean when you say you do not know if a package that’s shipped to your home will be delivered to your home. Also, what did you mean by this if you don’t live in the US? > The whole concept that we (well, the US at least) have porch pirates is just wild. Why?
  - tjoff 4y ago
    > "What do you mean by that?" First of all it was answered by gorbypark, but I also answered it many times. You don't seem to keen on answering questions though. To make it real clear: You go to a website, put something in your cart. Enter your home address as shipping address. Add payment and complete the order. Now the package might end up at a gas station, or it might be home-delivery. And there is no way to know that before you get your tracking information, at which point you can't even cancel the order without receiving it first. > Also, what did you mean by this if you don’t live in the US? Because youtube is full of videos of porch pirates in the US, and it is not anything I've really heard of where I live. But yes, that sentence was badly written. Did not mean we as in my country.
    - braingenious 4y ago
      This is by far the dumbest exchange I’ve had on this website. Have you considered advocating for a more functional mail system where you live rather than trying to convince people in other countries that the very concept of mail delivery is universally flawed?
      - tjoff 4y ago
        Well, I consider the system in the US to be dystopian and much worse than what we have here. The only problem we have is with home delivery and that is mostly been with US providers anyway. And it is explained partly because the US providers are mostly used by businesses, where "home" delivery actually make sense.

tjoff 4y ago

And if you live in an apartment and can't work from home? You let your $2000 package sit by the door? What if the package you have been waiting for three months happens to arrive during your one week vacation abroad? The package will wait for you by your door? Does sound simple yes... No, I do not live in the US. > "There was no point in which you had to worry that maybe it would show up at a gas station." Why on earth would I be worried about that? That is what I wanted! So much easier and quicker. What I worry about is what would happen if I wasn't home during home-delivery. I actually have a fedex package on its way from the US to me right now. Thankfully fedex are nowadays sane enough to allow me to redirect it to a gas station pickup point rather than trying to deliver it to me at home.

braingenious 4y ago
You still have not clarified this sentence: > From a lot of (bad) places you don't know at the time of order whether it is going to be home delivery or not What do you mean by that? I am not discussing what to do with expensive packages or the merits of dropoff locations. I literally just asked what you mean when you say you do not know if a package that’s shipped to your home will be delivered to your home. Also, what did you mean by this if you don’t live in the US? > The whole concept that we (well, the US at least) have porch pirates is just wild. Why?
- tjoff 4y ago
  > "What do you mean by that?" First of all it was answered by gorbypark, but I also answered it many times. You don't seem to keen on answering questions though. To make it real clear: You go to a website, put something in your cart. Enter your home address as shipping address. Add payment and complete the order. Now the package might end up at a gas station, or it might be home-delivery. And there is no way to know that before you get your tracking information, at which point you can't even cancel the order without receiving it first. > Also, what did you mean by this if you don’t live in the US? Because youtube is full of videos of porch pirates in the US, and it is not anything I've really heard of where I live. But yes, that sentence was badly written. Did not mean we as in my country.
  - braingenious 4y ago
    This is by far the dumbest exchange I’ve had on this website. Have you considered advocating for a more functional mail system where you live rather than trying to convince people in other countries that the very concept of mail delivery is universally flawed?
    - tjoff 4y ago
      Well, I consider the system in the US to be dystopian and much worse than what we have here. The only problem we have is with home delivery and that is mostly been with US providers anyway. And it is explained partly because the US providers are mostly used by businesses, where "home" delivery actually make sense.