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10. The sender can request "Signature Required"

Reply to dolphinsandtuna (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 27, 2015, 07:53 PM

Feb 2015

and in that case the driver is not allowed to just leave the package on the porch unattended. Someone at the address has to sign for it. There is a small extra charge for that, though.

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Another reason to use USPS over UPS. Customer service actually told me a bald faces lie [View all] Boxerfan Feb 2015 OP

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Write to the CEO begin_within Feb 2015 #5

usps does insure dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #7

UPS automatically insures for $100, begin_within Feb 2015 #9

Registered mail can include up to $25,000 insurance Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #18

UPS and Fedex are worse than useless. dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #6

I absolutely HATE FedEx pipi_k Feb 2015 #8

The sender can request "Signature Required" begin_within Feb 2015 #10

sure, but dolphinsandtuna Feb 2015 #11

Actually one of the items I just bought pipi_k Feb 2015 #12

The signature is an electronic thing, begin_within Mar 2015 #15

We must be buying from the same company. PADemD Mar 2015 #16

We used to have the SAME problem---drivers who couldn't or wouldn't read the difference mnhtnbb Mar 2015 #19

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