shipping wine to a residential address?
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Anonymous
| Has anyone ever shipped wine to a residence, like single family home or townhouse, in DC? We used to all the time when we lived in a condo with a front desk, but haven't done it since moving. If it arrives during the week, do you just end up going to the FEDEX store or whatever to pick it up and sign for it? I suppose this is something I'll figure out sooner than later, anyhow, as Christmas is coming and I'm not sure what to do about online shopping, since I'm not sure I trust my Amazon orders sitting on the front steps all day, either. |
Anonymous
| Ship it to your office. Anyone can sign for it. |
Anonymous
Alas, neither of us can do that - we both work for Uncle Sam in secure buildings. |
Anonymous
| You have to sign for it, so they won't just leave it. Plus, I wouldn't want it sitting out in the cold or worry about theft. That being said, can you easily get to a facility to pick it up if it can't be delivered? I would see if you could send it to a friend or neighbor who can sign for it. |
Anonymous
| You have to be there to sign for it. I ship hundreds of bottles to myself every year, so I sucked it up and got a box at a UPS store to accept the boxes because it was too much of a pain to go to the warehouse so frequently. |
Anonymous
| Every jurisdiction is different, DC best of the three around here. I ship to my office but one problem with having to sign for it at home, if you miss the delivery, you can spend a significant amount of time trying to track the package down. |
Anonymous
| We ship it to our townhouse. FEDEX will try to drop off three times. If no one is home after the third try we have to pick it up from the Fedex store. We both work so are rarely home for it but sometimes the delivery guy will catch us at home on a Sat. |
Anonymous
| I ship it to home, but then as soon as I have the tracking number switch it to pick up at Kinko's. |