Reminder: How to Pre-Sign for Your Delivery of New Apple Products Tomorrow

[az431]

Is this really an article? What’s next, how to lift the toilet bowl lid?

 

[ignatius345]

Alternatively, wait like one more day to get it? In one year Apple will have somehow convinced you it’s outdated garbage anyway.

 

[ZipZap]

Even if you pre-sign, its up to the driver as to whether or not they will leave it. Drivers have 100% discretion.

 

[mgauss7]

If you have an iPhone 8, Apple Watch Series 3, or Apple TV 4K scheduled for delivery tomorrow, be aware that Apple requires its courier partners like UPS and FedEx to collect a signature upon delivery since they are valuable items.

Fortunately, if you won't be home during the day, Apple offers the option of printing, filling out, and affixing a pre-signed notice to your door, allowing the courier to leave the package without someone being there to sign for it.

How to Pre-Sign for Delivery

1. Open your shipment notification email from Apple.
   
   
   
   Click on the blue Pre-Sign for Delivery button.
   Click on the gray Pre-Sign for Delivery button on Apple's order status page.
   
   
   
   Check the "I accept the above terms and conditions" box and click the blue "Continue" button.
   
   
   
   Click the blue "Print this page" button on the Release Authorization page.
   
   
   
   Fill out the form with your complete address information and phone number.
   Indicate whether you would like the delivery at the front door, back door, or somewhere else.
   Print your first and last name, sign, and date the form.
   Affix the form somewhere near the designated place of delivery.

There is also the option to authorize delivery to a neighbor or building manager, but the person must be present to sign for the package. If you prefer this option, make sure to include the person's address on the form.

To ensure that packages are not stolen once the courier leaves, all deliveries are subject to the discretion of the driver. If a delivery is not completed, the driver will leave a door tag detailing the steps you can take to receive your package.

As a point of emphasis, be aware that your shiny new products could be stolen before you get home, and Apple would not be responsible. For this reason, delivery to a back door or other obscure location, or to a neighbor, is the best option.

If you opt not to pre-sign at all, and the package arrives while you are away from home, the driver may attempt delivery again later or, as mentioned, leave a door tag detailing the steps you can take to receive your package.

Article Link: Reminder: How to Pre-Sign for Your Delivery of New Apple Products Tomorrow

I can imagine people following the delivery truck and after they leave the package they steal all deliveries. Don't pre sign, you lose all your money! It will be redelivered the next working day for free!

 

[Strelok]

This is one of the times that I appreciate living in a city with one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

We still have neighbors who don't lock their doors. Since I have lived other places we still have an alarm system and keep our doors locked even when we are home, but I have done the pre-sign many times and don't really worry about my stuff being stolen.

That doesn’t mean it’s safe, just that people there are stupid. What’s the point of a door/lock if you aren’t even going to use it?

 

[Nunyabinez]

That doesn’t mean it’s safe, just that people there are stupid. What’s the point of a door/lock if you aren’t even going to use it?

Actually, that is exactly what it means. Do people in Chicago leave their doors unlocked? Why not? Because people get killed and robbed with regularity.

In my city, IN SPITE of the fact that people don't lock their doors, crime and violence is extremely low.

What would be stupid is not locking your doors in crime ridden places. Not locking your doors where no one is stealing is completely rational or at least benign.

As I said, I have lived in LA and Seattle and as a result am not as trusting as my neighbors, but I can certainly understand why they are not especially concerned.
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Is this really an article? What’s next, how to lift the toilet bowl lid?

Actually, I appreciated the reminder.

 

[shamino]

so people can steal your box

Depends on where you live. Where I am now, the package would be perfectly safe. In some other places I've lived, no way.

What's to stop the UPS driver from walking away with it?

What's to stop him from stealing everything he delivers? Most packages (including the hundreds of boxes from Amazon I get in a year) don't involve signatures, and I've never had one go missing.

(Well, one delivery went missing, but it was shipped via the Post Office, not UPS. Jump to whatever conclusion you like about that one.)

Correct me if I'm wrong but when you aren't home to sign the package they just leave and you can pick it up at their service centre or whatever it's called, right? If that's the case, I just think pre-signing is a bad idea, especially for a phone that goes up to (and above) $1k, you don't want them to leave it at your door just so you can use your device a day earlier.

Again, it depends on your circumstance. If you're living in a safe location where this isn't going to be a problem, it's no big deal.

And driving to a service center can be a real problem. It's often very far away and has very limited hours (forcing you to take a half day off from work) for customer pickup.

I too am having it delivered to work...

This is my preferred option for ordering expensive items. As long as your employer will allow it. Some companies (especially big ones) shunt all packages through their corporate mail room. It may take an extra day to get it, and management may get upset if they find out you're sending personal deliveries through the system.

On the other hand, at smaller companies/sites, where it's just someone in your local work group who receives everything, there is unlikely to be an issue.

... no reason why you shouldn't be able to pick the shipping address you want at the time of order (I don't have this problem placing online orders with any other companies).

When I switched my address in the past I did it 1-2 weeks in advance to be safe. I switch the address at both my carrier and the credit card I'll be paying with so they all match to be safe.

It all depends on the seller and the carrier.

When I ordered my iPhone 6 from Verizon (from one of their retail stores), I had the option to ship it to my home (billing) address, my work address or to the Verizon store for pickup.

Don't know what CC you're using, but I have multiple 'authorized addresses' on file with American Express so I can ship to multiple addresses as needed / convenient. As long as I use any one of those the transaction will get approved.

AmEx is very good about this sort of thing. Unfortunately, my current card (a Bank Of America Visa) isn't. The one time I switched my address for this purpose, they started sending all my bills to my work address. I had to phone their customer support people to get them to put it back - the changes would refuse to "stick" using the web interface. Yuck.

That doesn’t mean it’s safe, just that people there are stupid. What’s the point of a door/lock if you aren’t even going to use it?

People are stupid for not stealing packages off of people's front steps? Please tell me where you live so I make sure to never go there. I wouldn't want some of the local "smart" people to steal my car.

 

[Eorlas]

This is my preferred option for ordering expensive items. As long as your employer will allow it. Some companies (especially big ones) shunt all packages through their corporate mail room. It may take an extra day to get it, and management may get upset if they find out you're sending personal deliveries through the system.

I work for a small business with owners who are awesome and allow this. We're at work during not during the 9-5 and they know it's generally more convenient to get our packages here.