That may help. Amazon hasn't been here since the dog sign was added. There is a cool sign I am considering that says something like "My dog can make it to this fence in 2.4 seconds, can you?" Our huge problem is the dogs taking off into the woods. They are not the most trained dogs...

I put a $5 bill in an envelope marked Thank You clipped to the top edge so the bill can be seen.
When they put my packages in the ants and dirt, I get irritated.
When they take the $5 and put my packages in the ants and dirt, I get livid.

No way I would do that with the "service" we get (or as a bribe). We have a split-rail fence that goes most of the way down the driveway on one side. It's a somewhat long driveway. We had one Amazon guy leave the package at the far end of the fence, down by the road, where we could not see it from the house. Is there an opposite to a tip?

Maybe I will put my old wooden baseball bat on the porch and grab it next time one of them comes through the gate...

Respond to Amazon's how was your delivery and after selecting not so good, select inappropriate behavior for the driver. Might not help, but it makes me feel slightly empowered.

That might put repair people off a bit....

over to under where the sign is, and put up a sign that says "Deliveries here." Put a Rubbermaid type container. If you're worried about rain, put a lid on it, but loosely so the delivery person can see that it's currently empty. (I'm hoping they'd have the common sense to put the lid on if it is raining. A leap of faith.)

(I'm a little embarrassed to say that I've had this in the back of my mind since I first saw it and that's what my brain came up with!)

Good luck! I have been there, with the gates being left open and the animals getting out. One of the longest weeks of my life was when a meter reader let my beloved dog, Teddy, out and it took that entire week for him to show up at the dog pound. He never left my side again!

or at the indoor mailboxes untill the manager (when we have one)pusted a note on the front door saying , do not leave at front entrance . most rezes are disabled and or elderly. leave at apartment front door.

Thanks for suggestion. Carport table is about 15' from gate and clearly visible since carport faces out toward the gate (at a right angle to it). Next to the gate on one side is gigantic shrub and fence and the other side has a very large hose holder with hose, all-house generator next to that, carport table next to the generator (which is just outside the carport). We have had them leave stuff on the generator, which is ok, although it killed a live plant because the sun glares down on the generator and we were gone all afternoon that day.

I just ordered a second sign for the gate. This is the one with an outline of a German shepherd-type dog, print above it says "I can get to the gate in 3 seconds, can you?" in English, with the same thing written below it in Spanish. Just in case they don't speak/read English.

The dogs getting out is really the whole issue. For all this bluster, two weigh 20 lbs, the third 11 lbs. Our front yard is huge, bigger than most dog parks (fully chain-link fenced), so they don't go on walks much, and the freedom of just running down the driveway and into the woods would be irresistible to them. One is a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, a highly stealable dog. They are everything to me. I'm glad you got yours back.

We live on a corner lot, so finding the package is tricky sometimes. I’m envious of your delivery table!

They ask how your delivery was. You say bad, you say why, you submit that. And I'm sure it goes into a junk email account and is never seen. I will also no longer be giving good reviews. If I happen to catch the person and they put it where it goes, I will thank them.

Remember when Amazon was great? Good times. Now you pay for Prime "2-day" delivery and get some things in a week, and lately I have had many deliveries totally fail. They are so kind to offer a refund for the product they failed to deliver...

Oh well.

I gave up writing reviews because it felt useless. That being said, I sure would miss them if they went out of business. My husband and I have come to depend on them.

It's not just Amazon. Had FedEx "deliver" a package today.

Here is the image of the package where he delivered it:



Even puzzled their CS.