Me neither, lost it decades ago. Go to the SSA website, they try to convince you not to get a paper replacement before applying for one! If you know your number, why get one somebody could steal? So, I never did.
That’s so odd. DHL delivers in AZ everyday, including DJI drones shipped from China, without a 3rd party involved. Weird. I congratulate you for getting it through customs, you’re ahead of me!
I remember from a few years back the DHL policy on signature required is optional.
I was the given the option to sign (authorize) on the DHL website. So, I did, and the package was dropped at my doorstep.
"Lost in transit"... like marked as delivered and nowhere to be found? Is that still a thing these days? Most all delivery services in my area take a photo.
“Lost” could be misplaced, stolen (on the truck or after delivery), or damaged parcel. I’m not sure how responsibly would work if one of those scenarios happened and I had already signed off on it. I don’t want to be put in that position I guess.
Ah, right, so, I don't recommend authorizing a package of this value to be dropped off if you're not actually home.
I agree DJI does a fantastic job with packaging. I was thinking more on the carrier side.... driver gets into an accident (God forbid) or someone accidently drives a fork from a forklift through the box.
Those are interesting scenarios. Shouldn't the carrier either return the package to the sender or dispose if not in a returnable state (e.g. destroyed batteries)? In either case, the package should not be delivered and thus and in-person handoff could never occur.
There is an option in their system to bypass a signature. I did not opt for no signature required.
Sorry for the confusion, I meant for a few years back in the covid days, even when the shipper requested (not demanded) a signature, the driver would deliver the package regardless and if no one was available to sign, the driver would leave the package anyway and either sign it himself by printing your name or put the word "covid" in the box.
All of the above...“(God forbid) or someone accidently drives a fork from a forklift through the box.”
A couple of years ago I ordered a large screen Samsung TV. When the freight truck driver opened up the back of his truck we both noticed that someone had put a fork right through the middle of the box. I obviously refused the delivery. Later the same day, I reported the damaged TV to the seller and they shipped out another TV. Two weeks later the freight truck driver opens up the truck and lo and behold…the TV was forked through again in almost the same spot. So I concluded there were three possibilities for the problem:
1 Forklift operator was blind
2 Forklift operator had a criminally low IQ, or
3 Forklift operator was a vindictive d**k
Which of these do you think was true?
I'm willing to be that no act of Congress encourages, facilitates, or tolerates a blind person holding a job as a forklift operator.
Halle-fricken-lujah
