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Bad Guy BEWARE SHIPPING DHL...

John E Dove said:
Sorry Mr. Velardi but in my experience none of the carriers, USPS excepted, observes the "signature required" even 10% of the time.
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Wow, that sucks (does that mean they're signing the package for you?). I personally wait for my live reptiles seating in front of my house waiting for the UPS/Fedex driver, can't take any chances. Or I also leave them a HUGE note at the door saying to ring the bell several times (both drivers know me, it helps)
 
Carriers/drivers just tend to ignore the signature required rule or there is a bypass in their TOS allowing delivery without signatures.
As for waiting for the trucks, I am always out in the drive when live animals arrive, lol, I start pacing when I get the notice they shipped. The last time I agreed to DHL shipping, of a trio of snakes, I watched as the truck drove past the house then chased him down the next day when friends I had alerted called me and said the truck was in town. Luckily the snakes survived because it was in the 60 degree temp range that night but I had to literally block his truck with mine to stop him and get the box.
 
Any update on this poor lizard?

My company uses DHL to ship internationally and has never had an issue. When I was considering shipping my ebay items internationally, they recommended I go with DHL, or USPS International - who has proven to us to be very unreliable.

When it comes to domestic shipping, DHL is horrible, and like the above said, you do have to chase them down sometimes to get packages. Both times I ordered a laptop from Dell, it was left on the front steps, even though it said signature required. I must say, I have had even worse experience with FedEx, as well as USPS. FedEx will constantly be "out for delivery" then end up at a different warehouse. My USPS person will leave slips in the mailbox, as he is too lazy to walk to the door. I've been outside before - in the driveway - and he just stuck a slip in the car. I guess every shipping carrier has their downfalls (UPS destroys 9/10 packages I have shipped by them).
 
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