Too Paranoid?

[Gordon]

I think the utilizing the China Covid as an excuse and the Biden anti gun regulations leaned on carriers has greatly encouraged and motivated theft in the Carrier systems since 2019. I never or bey rarely had issues before. After all it is the computer age for twenty years nowadays.

 

[doubleh]

I live in the country. FedEx always rings my doorbell with a delivery. UPS just sits it on the doorstep for me to trip over. We switched to a PO Box years ago for security reasons. USPS said they would no longer deliver to my mailbox. Um, that is why I switched. I left the mailbox in place because it has my name and house number on it plus it deters people from doing donuts in my front drive. Never the less they would sometimes deliver to my mailbox making me late with a bill a couple of times. To stop this I doubled a piece of mechanic's wire and wired the box shut. Not too long ago an item I had ordered showed to have been delivered but it did not appear in my PO Box. Post office swore it was delivered and I finally checked my mailbox. Sure enough a dedicated carrier had unwound the wire and stuck my package inside. I rewired the box. Some few months later a USP package didn't make it to my door step. The driver had removed the wire and stuck the box inside my mailbox. The mailbox is still in place for the reasons I gave but it now has a padlock on it. I hope neither USPS or UPS drivers carry hacksaws.

 

[drobs]

I live in the country. FedEx always rings my doorbell with a delivery. UPS just sits it on the doorstep for me to trip over. We switched to a PO Box years ago for security reasons. USPS said they would no longer deliver to my mailbox. Um, that is why I switched. I left the mailbox in place because it has my name and house number on it plus it deters people from doing donuts in my front drive. Never the less they would sometimes deliver to my mailbox making me late with a bill a couple of times. To stop this I doubled a piece of mechanic's wire and wired the box shut. Not too long ago an item I had ordered showed to have been delivered but it did not appear in my PO Box. Post office swore it was delivered and I finally checked my mailbox. Sure enough a dedicated carrier had unwound the wire and stuck my package inside. I rewired the box. Some few months later a USP package didn't make it to my door step. The driver had removed the wire and stuck the box inside my mailbox. The mailbox is still in place for the reasons I gave but it now has a padlock on it. I hope neither USPS or UPS drivers carry hacksaws.

I also live in the country and USPS won't deliver to my house. At 1st they suggested installing a mailbox 3 miles away or get a PO Box. We've had a PO box since 2010.
Then I got some more neighbors and the Post Office finally approved us to put up mailboxes at the end of our private road, 1 mile away. 3 of my neighbors have done so. I like the security of the PO Box for packages and am keeping it for now.

Seems like FedEx and UPS are always delivering packages to my USPS PO Box now. To the point that it's no longer worth paying for FedEx / UPS.
Example - Primary Arms had a deal on CR123A batteries for use in my flashlights. I just figured being batteries, that I needed to pay the extra $ for FedEx / UPS and did so. Turns out Fed/UPS shipped them to my PO Box. And others that got on the deal were able to choose significantly less expensive USPS for shipping lithium batteries. Lesson learned.

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

It's rural here. About 45 minutes from the nearest FedEx or UPS hub, After that there about (4) houses every five miles on our road. Zoning here says no one can build on less than 20 acres. Driveways are 600 to 800 feet long. UPS just drops it off. FedEx re-delivery attempts? Probably not. The drivers are a long way from home.

I haven't seen anyone talk about Amazon deliveries in this thread.

I am also miles from any hubs, and on dark, messy, often unmarked dirt roads to boot.

Amazon deliveries many times don't make my porch until after dark. Many times Amazon drivers will be in their personal vehicles making deliveries.

One time I saw a car idling, in the dark, towards the end of my driveway. It was there for some minutes, so I gathered a flashlight and a personal protection device and carefully approached.

Inside the car was a young woman, obviously an urban girl and equally obviously very frightened. She was almost crying as I (gently) talked with her. She was delivering for Amazon, had no experience in a rural area with no street lights (heck, we barely have roads at all in some places), and was out there all alone after dark.
She was too frightened to approach any porch after dark, fearing dogs and land owners equally. She was very much an urban girl in a foreign environment and was wildly out of place. I also think she believed too much of what was on national news shows.

I don't think she lasted the night at that job.

 

[drobs]

Amazon doesn't have delivery vehicles out here in the sticks - they ship through UPS / FedEx.

Seems like most of my Ammo deliveries are through UPS. My UPS guy lives in the area and knows where my house is even though my house doesn't appear on google maps. If our road is really muddy or icy, he'll call me and deliver my packages to the hardware store in town.

He's a really nice guy. I've been tempted to give him a Christmas card with some cash it in after he delivered my heavy Jeep bumpers and heavy Winch. He's smart though and takes a couple weeks off every Christmas.

 

[doubleh]

I haven't seen anyone talk about Amazon deliveries in this thread.

No Amazon delivery here except by PO, UPS for some. Rarely FedEx. Same as with any other seller.

 

[Hokkmike]

To answer your OP title; YES, forget it and let it go; nothing to be done about it anyway.......

 

[buck460XVR]

I think the utilizing the China Covid as an excuse and the Biden anti gun regulations leaned on carriers has greatly encouraged and motivated theft in the Carrier systems since 2019.

Only excuse I see is the downhill slide of ethics and morality in the country. Add to the fact it is hard for any employer to find good help. This downhill slide starter long before Covid, Biden and 2019. Started with the drifting away of a "traditional" family....i.e., consisting of a first-marriage conjugal couple cohabiting with biological children. Add to that, the degeneration of role models. Instead of being God-fearing, law abiding individuals, who help those with real needs, the new role models are vigilantes and bullies. We went from Roy Rodgers and Matt Dillon to Athletes and Politicians that abuse women, belittle others and commit felonies, all while being worshiped on a pedestal. Folks who spank their kids, get longer prison sentences than someone who kills his wife. To many, going to jail is better than the life they have now. One only has to look at how America and Congress reacted to what Richard Nixon did, and compare it to what elected officials get away with now. Pretty much sums up what most Americans now consider "appropriate" behavior.

That said, I am consistently amazed at the infrastructure we have for the delivery of packages. I have ordered things from Apple, that had to be engraved and shipped from Hong-Kong, that arrived the next day to me here in Wisconsin. Most of the time I get detailed texts giving me the exact whereabouts of my package from the time it leaves the warehouse, till it gets placed on my doorstep. I remember the days when it was "6-8 weeks for delivery" and now folks get upset if things aren't there in two days. Last fall I ordered two hunting blind chairs from the same place at the same time. Got a notice they left the warehouse in California at the exact same time on the same day. Two days later, one showed up on my porch and the tracking information said the other was somewhere in Idaho. Next thing I know it's in Canada and then to Washington State. I too figured it was lost forever, stolen or damaged to the extent it wasn't deliverable. Ten days later it showed up with the package in better shape than the one delivered two weeks before.

 

[herrwalther]

I had a fragile package shipped to me from Brownells through FedEx. When the package arrived everything inside was too damaged to be used. Brownells put a note on my account to never use Fedex for my orders. Everything has come UPS from them since. I think a lot of workers at FexEx are anti-gun. Because I have had packages from non gun companies get delivered just fine with fedex.

 

[Southerner up North]

Will see today as FedEx is delivering a package from Ruger. Ruger only uses FedEx for delivery. First time shipping firearm through FedEx for me so fingers crossed all goes well.
I think my local FedEx are animal haters because every chewy's delivery is damaged in some way. Unfortunately, FedEx is the only shipper they use.

Edited to add update.
Package arrived in perfect condition. FedEx driver witnessed me opening the package and verifying contents. He commented on me opening it to make sure the gun was not taken somewhere along the route.

 

[DustyGmt]

Shipping is weird. Can order from California to thr north east and get your package in 2 days, I can order something 2 hours away in MA and have it take 6 days

 

[silveroak]

Here is Fedex ammo story from me:

Purchased a box of ammo.
Tracking showed delivered.
Not at or around the house.
Not at the similar address neighbor that sometimes received mistaken deliveries.
Search opened with Fedex, assured that there is satellite tracking that will likely help find the box, but no results.
Seller opens search request with Fedex, but still no results.

Seller ships another box on their good will to me.

Three weeks later original box mysteriously shows up at the house!

I "purchase" another one from the seller and advise not to ship since I am just paying for the second and the original showed up

The ammo is a 100 round box of loaded API. So you can see there was some concern on getting something like this lost

 

[berettaprofessor]

Mods, please close this thread. I intended to see if others had seen recent potential anti-gun activity by delivery agents, but didn't foresee it becoming a carrier-bashing thread. Thanks to those who had recent stories to tell.