Agree with this. Amazon/UPS/Fedex drivers have schedules and are under pressure. While it's great if they find somewhere to hide your package, it's not really their job to do so unless you have an established place for your deliveries. example: "Inside the recycle trolley on side of house." There are Amazon Lockers you can have your items shipped to. I've had mine shipped to work (not all workplaces allow this). You can ask a retired neighbor to receive packages if they're willing. Bottom line: People are asking for items to be hidden because of the rise in package theft - so address THAT with a secure plan, don't whine about the drivers.

and in america, you don't often get the choice of who and/or when delivers them. Even you can do as you say and be home, yet many times delivery drivers still don't bother to ring the door bell or even knock and then still claim they missed you (had this happen 99% of the time when I lived with my parents). So no, in America, it really doesn't matter when you order.

At my previous house we could see our local (Post Office) sorting office from our front door, although the paths made it a 1 minute walk. On more than one occasion we opened the front door to a postal worker filling in a sorry-we-missed-you form because they hadn't bothered to actually bring the package. We could collect it "at our convenience" between 2pm and 3pm on certain work days of the week. Useless. (As a side note, we don't have this issue in our new house, a mile down the road. Our current postie is brilliant.)

Gareth Graham Good response!

Exactly, most can give you a time down to the hour so either arrange for someone to be there or have it redirected. There are plenty of Amazon lockers around where these smaller items could have been left, if you give them no other choice what do you expect?

You can't always be sure when packages arrive. And it totally depends on where you live how this is handled. In The Netherlands, they try once (or sometimes a second time) and then take it to the package point. I think that is very reasonable in an urban environment. And many of these pictures seem to not be somewhere rural. I don't get it with leaving packages at doorsteps like this...

Agreed. The drivers I've seen are always busting their tails to get packages delivered as fast as possible. They do a great job. I did like the prickle tree one. :)