Ordering a bulky item in the USA
In Australia where I live, if you order something online it gets delivered by Auspost, if the item is large sometimes you have to be at the house to collect, if you are not there the courier leaves a card which you can use to go to the post office and pick the item up from there, is it the same in America?
We are staying at an Airbnb house but won't be in the house that often, will someone just leave a card?
Best Answer
It comes down to how the package was sent--and that is likely based on their experience with your neighborhood or your address.
Amazon sends me stuff without a signature being required (I haven't heard of any packages going missing in our neighborhood and Amazon once shipped a cancelled order that sat outside for 10 days untouched) and it makes no difference what the size is.
I have found a bundle of garden stakes taller than my wife leaning next to the door and I have found a collection of boxes that added up to something like 20 ft^3 stacked in the same place. Smaller stuff is generally placed in a position with less visibility (but more open to the weather, not that that is a big factor here).
There are neighborhoods in which I'm sure Amazon would not do that, though. Other than asking the host I have no idea how you would know how it's going to ship.
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