@admin, please delete if TMI.
I understand why vendors use them. Cheap, some vague thing about needing a warrant to open. Believe me when I tell you the workers open all the time while in transit and steal things. Mostly it is things they know they can resell like electronics.
The adventure starts with priority or express. Priority might be 1, 2 or 3 days. There's a map that will tell you on the website what "zone" you are in. Most people are 2-day. The zone for 1-day is so small, don't even hold your breath. You might as well drive to vendor and pick up.
Express is supposed to be next day. By default, you must sign for it unless sender tells them not to. They even have stickers you can put on that says signature waived. You would think they would leave it in that case like everyone else. But the individual worker has discretion whether to leave it in safe area or not. In my experience, they do not leave it. They put a sticker on your door or in your mailbox for first attempt for priority only, not express. For express, you have no idea they were even there unless you get a TN. I usually don't ask vendors for one unless something is unexpected. Luckily my vendor had it. You then must arrange for a redelivery or pick up wherever your local office is. Now I've seen on the board the vendors say NEVER call, but with this one, sometimes it's the only way. You may try their awful confusing website online and it will say something like no redelivery at this address. You must call for redelivery or pick up at the office, but it won't tell you which office. If you are in a populated area, it gives you a list of closest offices. I've gone to the office near my house 5 minutes before they close and gotten lucky. It won't tell you online if it's there. It's risky. I wouldn't recommend it and I didn't like it. But really, what's the difference? They come to your house or you go to them. If you have a one office town and you want some adrenaline, try it and see if it went back there. The rules I read say for Express, there's no automatic redelivery. You must arrange for it online or calling. The tracking online may say, oh, don't worry, we'll deliver it again the next business day. However, the rules say not with Express. The only way is to arrange for it to redeliver or pick up, so I think it's best to go online and fill in the info for a redelivery. I don't know if anyone has just let them try again next day, but I did the redelivery online just to be sure. The first time they try, they do not leave the orange/pink sticky thing so it's imperative you have a TN with Express if it doesn't arrive when you expect it. The rules say if you don't arrange for redelivery, it will languish then for 5 days at their office and then it will get sent back. Your area may be totally different than mine and you may know your guy or gal and this is great. I am in a heavily populated area, so I can only assume they go by these rules. This is also info from my mailbox owner thrown in there and he's been doing this a long time. The rules also say Express will deliver on Sundays and holidays. But if you read more rules, not if it's a business address, only residential. For business, it is next business day in the traditional sense of when the office is open, no Sundays or holidays. I know because I just had 5 days to read all of these rules while waiting for my one-day delivery. And don't even try calling. The 8 number is only open when the offices are open. Online says they tried on a Saturday, but I don't know. I expected them to put it through the slot in the door or leave it, plus I expected owner to be there, but his employee showed up after attempt. If you see a scan go through online and it says "delivered!" No, it's not. It could be 2 or 3 more hours. That scan means it's left the building only and who knows when it will get to final destination. That is, if you get any tracking information at all. Sometimes it never happens. It just kind of shows up at the address. Don't stress. Get the TN and sign up for the email notifications and have that sent to secure email like protonmail. Then you don't have to check the number and hit F5 every 30 seconds. Don't judge. You know you have all done it. I have heard if you check a TN too many times, it sets off red flags to carriers. I don't believe it, but why drive yourself crazy worrying? I did not get a delivery date or a change online until I filled out the redelivery. I don't think it would have moved without this. In this case, the safest thing to do would have been a residential delivery. Easy peasy, no going back and forth to office, no talking to owner, no dealing with the website. However, I hope this info will help you all in deciding where to send, when to send which delivery to ask vendor for, and if you do not get it when expected, what to do. I really hate them.
I understand why vendors use them. Cheap, some vague thing about needing a warrant to open. Believe me when I tell you the workers open all the time while in transit and steal things. Mostly it is things they know they can resell like electronics.
The adventure starts with priority or express. Priority might be 1, 2 or 3 days. There's a map that will tell you on the website what "zone" you are in. Most people are 2-day. The zone for 1-day is so small, don't even hold your breath. You might as well drive to vendor and pick up.
Express is supposed to be next day. By default, you must sign for it unless sender tells them not to. They even have stickers you can put on that says signature waived. You would think they would leave it in that case like everyone else. But the individual worker has discretion whether to leave it in safe area or not. In my experience, they do not leave it. They put a sticker on your door or in your mailbox for first attempt for priority only, not express. For express, you have no idea they were even there unless you get a TN. I usually don't ask vendors for one unless something is unexpected. Luckily my vendor had it. You then must arrange for a redelivery or pick up wherever your local office is. Now I've seen on the board the vendors say NEVER call, but with this one, sometimes it's the only way. You may try their awful confusing website online and it will say something like no redelivery at this address. You must call for redelivery or pick up at the office, but it won't tell you which office. If you are in a populated area, it gives you a list of closest offices. I've gone to the office near my house 5 minutes before they close and gotten lucky. It won't tell you online if it's there. It's risky. I wouldn't recommend it and I didn't like it. But really, what's the difference? They come to your house or you go to them. If you have a one office town and you want some adrenaline, try it and see if it went back there. The rules I read say for Express, there's no automatic redelivery. You must arrange for it online or calling. The tracking online may say, oh, don't worry, we'll deliver it again the next business day. However, the rules say not with Express. The only way is to arrange for it to redeliver or pick up, so I think it's best to go online and fill in the info for a redelivery. I don't know if anyone has just let them try again next day, but I did the redelivery online just to be sure. The first time they try, they do not leave the orange/pink sticky thing so it's imperative you have a TN with Express if it doesn't arrive when you expect it. The rules say if you don't arrange for redelivery, it will languish then for 5 days at their office and then it will get sent back. Your area may be totally different than mine and you may know your guy or gal and this is great. I am in a heavily populated area, so I can only assume they go by these rules. This is also info from my mailbox owner thrown in there and he's been doing this a long time. The rules also say Express will deliver on Sundays and holidays. But if you read more rules, not if it's a business address, only residential. For business, it is next business day in the traditional sense of when the office is open, no Sundays or holidays. I know because I just had 5 days to read all of these rules while waiting for my one-day delivery. And don't even try calling. The 8 number is only open when the offices are open. Online says they tried on a Saturday, but I don't know. I expected them to put it through the slot in the door or leave it, plus I expected owner to be there, but his employee showed up after attempt. If you see a scan go through online and it says "delivered!" No, it's not. It could be 2 or 3 more hours. That scan means it's left the building only and who knows when it will get to final destination. That is, if you get any tracking information at all. Sometimes it never happens. It just kind of shows up at the address. Don't stress. Get the TN and sign up for the email notifications and have that sent to secure email like protonmail. Then you don't have to check the number and hit F5 every 30 seconds. Don't judge. You know you have all done it. I have heard if you check a TN too many times, it sets off red flags to carriers. I don't believe it, but why drive yourself crazy worrying? I did not get a delivery date or a change online until I filled out the redelivery. I don't think it would have moved without this. In this case, the safest thing to do would have been a residential delivery. Easy peasy, no going back and forth to office, no talking to owner, no dealing with the website. However, I hope this info will help you all in deciding where to send, when to send which delivery to ask vendor for, and if you do not get it when expected, what to do. I really hate them.
