Here in Romania that is unheard of. The courier will personally hand it to the recipient. If you are not home, you have the option to redirect it to a different address, courier HQ or some local stores that they have contract with. And even so, they ask for a verification code you get via sms in the morning. It's very unlikely to lose a package.

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That just sounds tedious. I’ve never had a package stolen in hundreds of deliveries left outside.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Nothing tedious really. If you work from home you just go out for 2 mins to tell the courier the code and get your package. If you are in the office, you redirect the package to a store on your way home, tell them the code and get your package. Either way, it takes 5 min tops to make sure the recipient is the only person that can pick up the package.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

Congratulations. You're the exception to the rule.

[–] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a better system. Here in Ireland, the trucks park with two wheels on the footpath and the flashers on, blocking one lane of traffic on a two lane road (completely fucking pedestrians and cyclists, and making cars have to be driven out into the opposing lane of traffic) while the driver fucks your package up against the door and they leave without ringing the bell (you'll get an email or text, though).

We don't use Amazon unless we, in the over 40 year old person usage of the word literal, literally cannot find something we literally need. When we extremely reluctantly do though, this is how it goes.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Up until a few months ago amazon didn't have free delivery here, it was about 6-11€ for shipping, so the deals had to be really good to make it worth it. But since then, they added free delivery for orders over 49€, so I expect ppl to start using amazon more often.

The way couriers deliver the packages is the same for both amazon and the local online stores tho.