Post Packet left on driveway

All Amazon deliveries are tracked.

I have found for expensive items, they do require a passcode.

If they leave your package on a doorstep or elsewhere Amazon will send you a photo of where they left it, as proof of delivery.

I would take it as proof of delivery.

But not proof of receipt.

The courier business has been racing towards the bottom for quite some time.

It appears that businesses are prepared to accept that their customers will get a poor service as long as charges are kept low.

Drivers are increasingly under pressure to make more drops per day to keep viable.

But it wasn't taken by anyone except you.

Gets package without issue -

‘Any ideas where I stand?’ Says the OP

I mean, come on…

The antics above described about delivery companies, apply to most of them. I have seen and experienced big corporate delivery companies, sub contracted sole operators and even An Post leaving packages in bins and bushes, throwing items over a boundary wall, not ringing doorbells, claiming delivery by text, sending photo proof that shows nothing etc etc etc - all of the aspects highlighted above could apply to any of the delivery companies.

While it is true that the purchaser has no rights to challenge the delivery agency as they have not contracted the service, it is very frustrating and stressful to be waiting on and wondering about lost packages, never mind then having to then deal with the sender to persuade them that the package is lost.

The consumer needs some protection in this scenario as it is not as simple as shopping around to find a supplier that uses your preferred delivery agent - even if you do have any degree of choice, they all cut corners, because they can. There needs to be consumer protection legislation introduced to define what an acceptable standard of delivery is.

I have seen terms and conditions on delivery contracts that states that if delivery is not possible, it will be tried again on another day, or the item will be returned to a depot for collection, and yet, items have been dropped and left, or put in bins and bushes etc. Some sales corporation half the world away is not going to care about your item as much as you do, so there needs to be a degree of local consumer protection where there is a nationally enforced definition of what is acceptable and reasonable when it comes to concluding a delivery. It is crazy to think that a package might make it safely all the way around the world, to be lost or damaged within metres of the delivery destination, simply for lack of effort in contacting or alerting the end customer.

The various consumer associations and applicable government agencies need to step up on this wild west aspect of delivery, before consumer confidence in online commercial activity is damaged further.

Seems they still exist.

https://www.anpost.com/Post-Parcels/Receiving/Parcel-Lockers

You can find out more about Parcel Lockers by contacting Customer Services here or at 353 (1) 705 7600 between 9am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

But I noticed the Parcel Lockers in my local Lidl car part were short lived as they have been taken away. So no idea if the system is still running?

This happened to me a month back, had it delivered to Strabane oohpod, image from royal mail had the package on a random checkout, went to all the shops in the surrounding area the next day, no one had seen it, and royal mail said there was nothing they could do.