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Whether or not you have to sign for a package depends on the shipment method the shipper chose.
Generally if the package contains something of high value the shipper will make a signature required to receive the package. That way no one can pick it up off your door step when the mail man drops it off.
Generally if the package contains something of high value the shipper will make a signature required to receive the package. That way no one can pick it up off your door step when the mail man drops it off.
Most all over seas packs require signitures or a slip is left and you have to go to post office.
I've signed, never had a problem. Don't let fear rule your life bro, it's usually required if the sender asks for confirmation of delivery.
senders want to make sure you get your shit plus want to make sure you get your shit and don't claim it never arrived. if there is a signature then that is proof it was signed for and both parties are happy. this ensures less loss for sources and keeps prices lower for everyone else. there are some bad apples out there that will claim they never got their stuff so sources want to protect themselves.
For what it might be worth, my current supplier, which is top-notch, only requires a signature with respect to a customers initial order. As to the why of it all, I dunno. Perhaps they're uh, feeling you out; establishing whether or not you're trustworthy.
With that said, never would I sign for a package that was presented to me by anyone other than my regular letter carrier because she is 54-years-old, five-feet-nothing tall, and perhaps 100 pounds. So I'm pretty sure they would never make her a part of a controlled delivery, uh, would they?
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Exactly, Nordic F! I mean, correct me if I'm wrong (and I probably am), but aren't all packages scanned upon delivery, thereby making (that) the deliveries confirmation, thereby negating the need for a signature?
Sometimes they'll just leave a sticky note at your door.
You can sign it, leave it at the door again and head for work.
Nobody will know who signed it.
You can sign it, leave it at the door again and head for work.
Nobody will know who signed it.
the person can claim the never got it.. stolen off their porch or delivered to the wrong address. a signature is proof that someone took that package .. as someone said above I am pretty sure the USPS requires a signature from someone from a package overseas
An excellent point.
Not from my experience. I have received approximately fifteen overseas shipments of AAS throughout the past six years, but I have had to sign for only two of those shipments. My current supplier requires a signature for a customers first order and (only) for their first orders. Otherwise, I would not be ordering from them.
Really? Damn, I (am) a very fortunate man!
my post office said all overseas packages have to be signed for.. no exceptions.. I guess it depends on the post office
I think the reasoning might be the post office doesn't want to have to return it back overseas and fork over all that money to do it? not really sure.
Given that the USPS is an agency of the US federal government (albeit an "independent agency"), I simply do not understand how some POs require signatures with respect to overseas packages while others - i.e., "my" PO - do not. Then again, unless and until "my" PO changes its policy, I don't suppose it matters.
So the point of this post is to ask our resident towers o' knowledge, is the information listed within the following to websites valuable information, half truths or mere paranoia?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/how-the-usps-targeted-a-drug-dealer-via-his-ip-address/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/2wk9mu/usps_tracking_blocked_on_tor/
Thank you.
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Or, were I able to spell, "...the following two websites..." Duh!
I've heard the same thing.
They require signatures on their own even if the sender didn't.
Looks like there's no way around it form some post offices.
Yeah, I suppose that, as long as it is presented by one's regular letter carrier, there shouldn't be any negative issues.
PURPLEPANDALABS
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It just depends on the particular situation, but yes you do have to sign for them sometimes
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