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Message:: [QUOTE="ronnie58, post: 2991457, member: 90698"]More than ever, when awaiting delivery of a valuable parcel, it's best to use tracking numbers and try to have someone at home to receive.  USPS now has the Informed Delivery option, whereby the mail and packages that are arriving today are photographed and images sent to your email.  So you know exactly what will be in the box on a given day.  Often with USPS only the notification is left, but for coin deliveries under $250 I've had 6x9 padded mailers sit out in the box longer than was ideal.     And one major caveat about UPS:   There are thieves who follow their trucks around.   I once received a $700 parts order in two large cartons, which the delivery person knew to hide in the back yard, and when I returned 45 minutes after the delivery they were gone.  Vendor only agreed to knock $100 off the replacement and UPS claimed no liability.   So in my experience these days you have to do all you can to minimize the time between delivery and taking things inside.[/QUOTE]