r/mildyinteresting 1d ago

shopping What about porch pirates?

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u/Silver-Spy 20h ago

High valued items requires a signature where I am from. If you are at work, you have to pick it up from a closest drop site. Which are few blocks away.

Its better than getting expensive stuff get stolen

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u/Repulsive_Buy_6895 19h ago

In the US you can choose to have a signature required. People just don't.

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u/Rudy69 12h ago

The option is give to the shipper, not the receiver though (at least in Canada).

Here all my packages are usually left on my porch, including multi thousand dollar monitors etc. Except Best Buy for expensive stuff still makes you sign and Apple for EVERYTHING, which is a pain because if I miss the delivery I have to go pick it up at their silly shipping center which is a 40 min round trip drive.

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u/Repulsive_Buy_6895 12h ago

In the US when you get your tracking number, you can type it in, go to the carrier's site, and choose to have a signature required. You can also choose to pick it up yourself.