It doesn’t seem to make sense to me which packages get left on my doorstep and which ones I have to go pick up myself. I once had a $1000 computer get left on my doorstep in the ice and rain( Luckily no damage), but today I had a “sorry we missed you” notice put on my door for a $5 book. The weather today was quite nice. How do they make these decisions, it doesn’t make any sense to me.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they aren’t keen on leaving any packages right now. At least in some locales. Don’t want to freak people out.
Depends on the driver’s allocated number of daily fucks to give.
I find that the likelihood that they leave a missed delivery slip is in direct proportion that I need the package that day.
If you would like to control when and where packages are left for you, sign up for UPS My Choice.
There is a free version and a premium version with additional services. Both will let you request that a package be held at the UPS depot or a UPS Access Point. If you don’t want your package to be held, both will let you authorize a release to leave it at your house.
Do they still let a neighbor sign for it and hold the package? Around Christmas some people send stuff to their office but a lot of places are not happy about that . Especially if it’s a big place and they have a central mail room because then your package goes there and that’s more work for them.
Deliver to Neighbor is one of the UPS My Choice options.
UPS has designated areas as either safe or unsafe to leave a package based on, among other things, the incidence and history of packages stolen or reported as not delivered/received.
I thought the shipper decided if “signature required” was indicated?
I have a friend who receives many packages per week for his work and he never received one that UPS claimed was delivered. It was worth less than $100 and he filed a claim. UPS paid but said it must have been stolen and for the next year, they would leave nothing without a signature. Nobody is home during the day so this caused quite a issue getting his work supplies. In hindsight, he wishes he never bothered with it.
+1 I thought it was all about the signature/no signature required.
Actually, it’s not only up to the shipper, the recipient can also require that a package be signed for or not. So if I’m waiting for a package, I can tell UPS or whomever the carrier may be whether or not they can leave it on my porch or if they have to obtain a signature.
I know our guy pretty well and largely agree with this. 
Our driver will scribble something and leave it by the door. He knows we’ll get it. And he doesn’t want to come back a second time.