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by mayank 4766 days ago
There is an important point that is being missed, which is the main reason I haven't used Shopping Express:

Google Shopping Express: schedule a window for delivery, during which you have to be at home.

Amazon Prime: I pick it up at my convenience from my mailbox.

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I've been using Shopping Express for a while now, and can say that's definitely not true. Many of my deliveries have arrived while I'm at work.

When you place an order, there's a checkbox to indicate whether you want to require a signature, and a blank field for delivery instructions. It's up to you: if you don't request a signature, they'll happily leave your order wherever you ask them to.

(UPS/FedEx, on the other hand, will just leave a delivery note on my door. Depending on how risk-averse the sender and driver are feeling that day, I can sometimes leave a signature for the next delivery attempt.)

This makes it ideal for cities like NYC, where most people do not have doormen to receive packages and thus need to be home to sign for them. Being able to schedule a window for delivery would be most useful, rather than having to be home when the mailman comes.