I've incurred some of these. The UPS or FedEx guy (or sometimes both) is at my house almost every day. We order a lot of stuff from Amazon, just general merchandise (Amazon Prime makes this a no-brainer), plus I order a lot of things for work.
Rarely are things lost or damaged in shipment. It has happened, but so infrequently I can't remember the last time.
The pre-signing for shipments is mostly solved, especially if you frequently deal with the same merchants. I'll put in the order notes to not require signature and call or email if this cannot be done. When ordering things from Apple, the send you a release form to sign in advance.
Having a place to leave packages could be a problem for people in apartments I imaging, I don't have that issue.
I've also had the carriers claim to attempt a delivery when they didn't (FedEx holiday fill-in person). For me, this isn't a big deal, I have security cameras covering all areas of my property (a unique case, I'm aware). The one time that happened the driver got to make a special trip back out to deliver my package a 7:30PM...
Rarely are things lost or damaged in shipment. It has happened, but so infrequently I can't remember the last time.
The pre-signing for shipments is mostly solved, especially if you frequently deal with the same merchants. I'll put in the order notes to not require signature and call or email if this cannot be done. When ordering things from Apple, the send you a release form to sign in advance.
Having a place to leave packages could be a problem for people in apartments I imaging, I don't have that issue.
I've also had the carriers claim to attempt a delivery when they didn't (FedEx holiday fill-in person). For me, this isn't a big deal, I have security cameras covering all areas of my property (a unique case, I'm aware). The one time that happened the driver got to make a special trip back out to deliver my package a 7:30PM...