[Johnny555]

Aside from the obvious use of monitoring my door while I'm away, it's also useful to knowing when a package is delivered unexpectedly when I'm away from home so I can ask a friend or family member to pick it up so it's not sitting on my front porch for a week or two.

[ta999999171]

> package is delivered unexpectedly

I...huh? How?

Are you a darknet dropshipper? (Nothing wrong with that, just can't imagine what carrier doesn't give you a tracking number that you can get alerts on delivery/check status of.)

[Johnny555]

Family sometimes send me packages unannounced, not all shippers (especially international) give real-time tracking numbers, not everyone in our household keeps perfect track of their inbound shipments, and sometimes delivery agents just make a mistake - one time I came home from work to a big screen TV on my porch. It was supposed to go to neighbor, but that's something I wouldn't want on my porch for a week - even if I don't care if it's stolen, it's like a big "No one is home here!" sign.

[scarejunba]

All those Chinese products with free shipping were like that. They'd show up one day randomly. Also, I buy most of my stuff online so there's always something in flight. Books, toothpaste, whatever.

[systemtest]

I use 17track for that. It's an app that I drop all my AliExpress/Amazon/eBay tracking codes in and I will get a push notification that the package has been delivered. Don't need a camera monitoring my neighbours front door for that.

[sliken]

Heh, so never had a friend or family ship you something?

[JohnFen]

Not without them telling me in advance, no.

[sethammons]

We order a lot online. I can't even count how many times we get notified of a delivery via the app, but it is nowhere. A day or three later is when it actually shows up on our door. When we've complained, we've been told to wait a day or three. Sometimes the notification comes in a day late too. So a door camera helps us know when to look out for a delivery for realzies. Oh, and if a neighbor drops by while we are out, we can chat real quick over the door camera.

[umvi]

I'm guessing you don't buy stuff off of AliExpress much? Sometimes the shipping window is like 1 month or bigger, you just never know when it will finally reach your house.