Shipping options fro those who don't want items shipped to their house, etc

[Jon]

I was thinking about different options that some of us have. I may wiki this.

1. Ship it to where you live

If you have parents who don't know about your diaper buying, or roommates who may ask questions, etc, this may not be the best option for you. For someone like me who lives alone, this works perfectly well.

2. Ship it to where you live in discreet packaging [if offered]

Some companies offer this option. Many of you have reported mixed luck with this, and varying degrees of discreteness. All of the companies that offer this as an option make claims that they will send it out in a 100% safe manner. I guess it would be up to you and whether or not you trust the company to package your order that way.

3. Ship it to someone else who you can get it from later

I used to do this before I lived alone. I had them shipped to a friends house who knew about my DL side, and when they came, he would either bring them to me, or I would go and pick them up. I realize that this is an almost perfect arrangement and that not all of you could do that, but it's something to consider, especially if there's no way #1 or #2 would work for you.

4. Ship it to a local UPS store or FedEX store [select local pickup]

This option to me, makes the most sense if you don't want to receive the package at home. Even if the company does not offer the option online or on the phone, if you talk to the right people, you can set it up. The place I vacation in in FL has a UPS store, and I've had packages shipped there while I was on vacation. All I needed was my photo ID to pick up the package.


Anyone, feel free to help me expand on this. I'm trying to compile an easy comparison of options for those who may be trying to decide what's best for them, especially those looking to order for the first time.

 

[kevindhca]

One other option is to have your order sent to your local post office, and pick it up.

 

[Eclipse]

Lets make this a sticky so I do not have to see copious amounts of reaccuring "I can't order diapers!" threads. lol

Good job jonathan.

 

[Jon]

One other option is to have your order sent to your local post office, and pick it up.

I'll add that then, but please explain how it's done. What do you have to do in order to have things sent to the post office?

 

[Boyhood]

4. Ship it to a local UPS store or FedEX store [select local pickup]

This option to me, makes the most sense if you don't want to receive the package at home. Even if the company does not offer the option online or on the phone, if you talk to the right people, you can set it up. The place I vacation in in FL has a UPS store, and I've had packages shipped there while I was on vacation. All I needed was my photo ID to pick up the package.

This is an awesome option that I have used when I was in high school a couple years ago. UPS calls this "Hold for Pickup"

UPS: Hold for Pickup

 

[kevindhca]

Jonathon, It's called "General Delivery". Just address the package to your name, general delivery, at the post office address, your package will be held at the post office for 30 days.
Oh, and by the way the service is free.

 

[ballucanb]

Or you can have it sent to freind nearby, and pick up the package when you are in the area, I would be glad to do that for anyone here.

Or if you wanted the package to arrive on a certian date, like when there is no one else home, I would help you out gladly....B

 

[scarolina21]

This is an awesome option that I have used when I was in high school a couple years ago. UPS calls this "Hold for Pickup"

UPS: Hold for Pickup

For this option, do you have to be 18? And do you have to pay anything extra? B/c there is an UPS half a mile from my house and it could open up alot more options.

 

[Pojo]

This is an awesome option that I have used when I was in high school a couple years ago. UPS calls this "Hold for Pickup"

UPS: Hold for Pickup

Make sure that you either call them ahead, or make sure that the place you are ordering from will give the UPS store your phone number...I had a bad experience with ordering my footie pj's...I had it set to send to the store...And I assumed they were going to call...But I never got a call, so I went in asking, and they said they sent it back...So I had the place resend the package to the UPS store...This time I made sure to go the day the package arrived...They said they had just sent it back...I was pissed...The final time, I told the place to give me a tracking number, and I left my number with the UPS store...It finally worked, but it took so much longer than I would have liked

 

[Boyhood]

Make sure that you either call them ahead, or make sure that the place you are ordering from will give the UPS store your phone number...I had a bad experience with ordering my footie pj's...I had it set to send to the store...And I assumed they were going to call...But I never got a call, so I went in asking, and they said they sent it back...So I had the place resend the package to the UPS store...This time I made sure to go the day the package arrived...They said they had just sent it back...I was pissed...The final time, I told the place to give me a tracking number, and I left my number with the UPS store...It finally worked, but it took so much longer than I would have liked

Yeah, you really need to clear it with the person/company that is sending it out to ensure that they have your phone on the outside of the box, and also written "Hold for Pickup" and then just address it to the UPS Store.

I did have one bad experience as well with this, being it was local, one of my mom's friends worked at the UPS Store and got my package and called me through the number on the box during school about 4 times, and left messages to let me know that I could pick it up, and I never called them back, because I wanted to pick it up the day after, and that was a BAD IDEA because she called my fucking HOME PHONE while I was in school to tell my mother that I had a package sitting at the UPS Store and it needs to be picked up. I was terrified when my mom told me that she knew about the package needing to be picked up. On the spot, I pulled a bullshit story that pretty much said, "Yeah, I had complications with the seller that had to ship more than one package to our city, and instead told me I can pick it up at the UPS Store" and that worked perfectly. I then continued over to grab the package and I kept it in my trunk and it was a pretty big box, and my key changer has a trunk open button that I accidently hit in my pocket while my car was parked at my house, so my parents said to me, "Your car trunk door is open" I was like OH SH!T!!!! Just if anything could have gone wrong, it did. My dad then asked me what the package was, and I said, "Oh, just something for Crista" (A girl I met in High School), and he seemed suspicious but he didn't ask me any further questions, thank God.

For this option, do you have to be 18? And do you have to pay anything extra? B/c there is an UPS half a mile from my house and it could open up alot more options.

No, you don't have to be 18, but you need an ID with a face on it. (School ID's work).

 

[Pojo]

No, you don't have to be 18, but you need an ID with a face on it. (School ID's work).

I didn't need an ID...But I did have to pay a $5 fee thing

 

[mizzycub]

A good post. Pity it won't work for me. It isn't ordering something in - I know that my local pharmacy would probably do that for me. My problem is sneaking something past my parents who almost never go out. Unless I can fit it in my school bag then there is no point me even bothering, and even then it's risky. I have considered ordering into somewhere then picking it up, but when I thought it through, that isn't the biggest problem I have.

Still, if you can get it past your parents once you have it, this is a great post on how to do it.

 

[Boyhood]

I think you can fit whatever you buy in your school bag. Just an hour ago, I received my very first Abenas and I use a school bag for my diaperbag, and it fit 12 diapers no problem. You can manage to pick it up at the UPS Store, just open the box, transfer your diapers to your pack, and throw the box in a public trash.

I didn't need an ID...But I did have to pay a $5 fee thing

Interesting, I just had to go in and in my case I didn't have to show my ID because the person knew me, and they scanned the box and let me take it free of charge.

 

[010Daniel010]

General Delivery ftw...

 

[Jon]

I hope some of you get something out of this thread/wiki article, because I suspect that there are quite a few of you who now may be able to buy diapers online in cases where you wouldn't be able to otherwise. The UPS store and US mail "General Delivery" seem perfect for anyone who can't have things shipped to them. It becomes just as convenient as driving [or biking if you don't have a vehicle] to the store, which most of us can do [or "get away with" ].

~Jonathan

 

[Mitsukuni]

Ooh, thankyou Jonathan~ I've been needing something like this
Now, just to figure the best option C:
--DeiDei

 

[Jon]

Ooh, thankyou Jonathan~ I've been needing something like this
Now, just to figure the best option C:
--DeiDei

I'm glad!!!! I just wish I had known about it when I still lived with my parents... That would have made things a lot more convenient.

 

[Pojo]

I have a great excuse if you order from somewhere, and it goes to your house...Just say it's a Christmas present, so your parents can't see what's inside

 

[Serendiapity]

You can open a PO box. Goes in with option 4, but you never actually said it. Good thread.

 

[Jon]

You can open a PO box. Goes in with option 4, but you never actually said it. Good thread.

A lot of companies will not ship to PO though.