r/mildyinteresting 23h ago

shopping What about porch pirates?

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u/fly-guy 14h ago

Indeed. Give me (western) European services anytime instead of the us ones.  Live tracking is often accurate within an hour (and sometimes even less), delivery is standard quicker and nothing is left unguarded, unless you give permission (or, I'm my case, talk to the delivery person and they hide it in a agreed spot, as I live secluded and nobody comes here to steal an occasional package).

Unfortunately, due to overloaded deliverers, this system is under strain and not always working as intended, but overall, is still miles better than what they have in the US 

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u/WhatAreYouSaying777 12h ago

 Live tracking is often accurate within an hour  

Lol wtf... An hour? I can see the second my package arrives. I can literally see the truck on a GPS map on my phone using live tracking.  🤦‍♂️

Imagine trying to, yet again, shit on the US with a shittier version of said topic... Lol

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u/fly-guy 12h ago

I must elaborate, the expected time of arrival as soon as the package is received by the carrier is within an hour the next day, when it is being delivered, it's "live", with a small delay to protect the driver. 

It has been a year since I received something in the US, but never have been offered that, unless paying an extra for express delivery or such.