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jaders
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I should take them up on that too! I order my neighbors dog meds there and he’s getting low…
Thanks for the info!
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I’d say I get other people’s letters and packages at least once a month. I and most of my neighbors will drop these off at the correct address but of course not everyone cares enough. I don’t even know how much mail I’ve likely lost over the years. Funnily enough, jury summons always seem to make it okWow. I stress enough over getting these items. Having to worry about incompetence on top would really suck! I don’t blame you for wanting to sign. I would to, for sure…
I'm not sure if it can be stacked with their usual 10% discount for orders over $100 or not, but if so it really would be a good deal. I'm trying to decide what I need to stock up on myself. My last order still hasn't made it to the USA yet. It's never taken this long before. I'm starting to worry that mine isn't going to show up this time either.
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Would be real nice if they actually carried some muscle relaxors besides tizanidine :\
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All this conversation about signing for IHP deliveries is irrelevant: The USPS Signature Confirmation is always an add-on service and it's only available for domestic shipments.
So, there's no way IHP (or most of our vendors) have the option of purchasing Signature Confirmation. If your mail carrier always used to ask you to sign, but they don't anymore; or they never used do, but now they suddenly do---it's all a total fluke. IHP has no means of purchashing Signature Confirmation because it's not a domestic shipment.
•Of course, if you live somewhere besides the US, obviously that's not going to apply. This is a USPS policy.
•If you're receiving a package that was shipped domestically (and I'm not going into how that might happen, but it sometimes can), then it might apply, but I highly doubt drug dealers are going to pony-up for Signature Confirmation.
•If the package was sent via private shipper....well....first of all, I'm sorry, that really sucks. (I ordered a birthday present for a friend off Amazon and it still hasn't arrived. Her birthday was two weeks ago. Apparently, her present is in the same warehouse somewhere with a bunch of IHP shipments. Amazon is the worst!)
Personally, I can't recall a private shipper ever asking me to sign, but maybe I've forgotten. Private shippers don't have the same rules as USPS, so it's theoretically possible a signature could be required if the vendor used a private shipper, but in my experience, vendors virtually never use private shippers and private shippers virtually never ask you to sign. Just my experience.
I won't link to the USPS website on here, for obvious reasons, but I'm looking at the page right now. It's easy to find on their website. The only way to guarantee that the mail carrier WILL obtain a recipient's signature if the shipper pays for Signature Confirmation and that's ONLY available if the package is sent and received within the United States. It's not cheap, and it's even more expensive to purchase Restricted Delivery, where, say, I ship something to Jaders and I don't just want any ol' signature, but I want to Jaders herself to sign that she got it.
I've had the pharmacy ship me prescriptions. (Legit, legal ones.) And even they didn't do Signature Confirmation, let alone Restriced Delivery.
All this talk about being asked to sign, or not being asked to sign, or a change in being asked to sign---it's all 100% irrelevant. This is why it pisses me off that IHP's website STILL claims that if you opt for tracking, you will be asked to sign, because IHP is not eligible to purchase USPS Signature Confirmation.
I, too, have had mail carriers ask me to sign for packages. Every time, when I ask, "Really? Who sent it that they want me to sign for it?" (Not an unreasonable question, since even legal documents are usually sent by Registered Mail, but they don't add Signature Confirmation, because they don't want to you be able to avoid it by simply refusing to sign for it.)
Every time----every single time----the mail carrier double-checks, realizes my signature is, in fact, not required, and just hands me the package. Doesn't happen a lot, but often enough that I understand why this forum would be concerned about signature requirements. But it's just a fluke. Maybe the carrier thinks it's required, or maybe they're new, or maybe they wanna cover their ass and prove they delivered it. Who knows?
But it's practically a law of the universe: Your signature is not really required. The carrier may sometimes ask. Some carriers may ask often. But you try asking them if it's actually necessary and 10-to-1, it will not be.
Most of us can stop worrying. It's not even a service available to non-domestic shippers, and most of our vendors are non-domestic. Hence, most of us can relax and go back to reading the ominous tea leaves in our tracking numbers.
Aw, I love you guys.
And I do understand, truly, I do. I've told you guys about getting a knock on the door from my mail carrier when I know my order is out for delivery. My heart stops. My blood runs cold. I break out in a sweat. Every worst case scenario begins running through my mind.
Just remember: 99.9% of the time, that is nothing more than the beating of its hideous heart. Because we know what's in that package. Just remember: Nobody else does. Don't discuss self-treatment with anyone IRL, and it's highly unlikely that anyone ever will know.
So, there's no way IHP (or most of our vendors) have the option of purchasing Signature Confirmation. If your mail carrier always used to ask you to sign, but they don't anymore; or they never used do, but now they suddenly do---it's all a total fluke. IHP has no means of purchashing Signature Confirmation because it's not a domestic shipment.
•Of course, if you live somewhere besides the US, obviously that's not going to apply. This is a USPS policy.
•If you're receiving a package that was shipped domestically (and I'm not going into how that might happen, but it sometimes can), then it might apply, but I highly doubt drug dealers are going to pony-up for Signature Confirmation.
•If the package was sent via private shipper....well....first of all, I'm sorry, that really sucks. (I ordered a birthday present for a friend off Amazon and it still hasn't arrived. Her birthday was two weeks ago. Apparently, her present is in the same warehouse somewhere with a bunch of IHP shipments. Amazon is the worst!)
Personally, I can't recall a private shipper ever asking me to sign, but maybe I've forgotten. Private shippers don't have the same rules as USPS, so it's theoretically possible a signature could be required if the vendor used a private shipper, but in my experience, vendors virtually never use private shippers and private shippers virtually never ask you to sign. Just my experience.
I won't link to the USPS website on here, for obvious reasons, but I'm looking at the page right now. It's easy to find on their website. The only way to guarantee that the mail carrier WILL obtain a recipient's signature if the shipper pays for Signature Confirmation and that's ONLY available if the package is sent and received within the United States. It's not cheap, and it's even more expensive to purchase Restricted Delivery, where, say, I ship something to Jaders and I don't just want any ol' signature, but I want to Jaders herself to sign that she got it.
I've had the pharmacy ship me prescriptions. (Legit, legal ones.) And even they didn't do Signature Confirmation, let alone Restriced Delivery.
All this talk about being asked to sign, or not being asked to sign, or a change in being asked to sign---it's all 100% irrelevant. This is why it pisses me off that IHP's website STILL claims that if you opt for tracking, you will be asked to sign, because IHP is not eligible to purchase USPS Signature Confirmation.
I, too, have had mail carriers ask me to sign for packages. Every time, when I ask, "Really? Who sent it that they want me to sign for it?" (Not an unreasonable question, since even legal documents are usually sent by Registered Mail, but they don't add Signature Confirmation, because they don't want to you be able to avoid it by simply refusing to sign for it.)
Every time----every single time----the mail carrier double-checks, realizes my signature is, in fact, not required, and just hands me the package. Doesn't happen a lot, but often enough that I understand why this forum would be concerned about signature requirements. But it's just a fluke. Maybe the carrier thinks it's required, or maybe they're new, or maybe they wanna cover their ass and prove they delivered it. Who knows?
But it's practically a law of the universe: Your signature is not really required. The carrier may sometimes ask. Some carriers may ask often. But you try asking them if it's actually necessary and 10-to-1, it will not be.
Most of us can stop worrying. It's not even a service available to non-domestic shippers, and most of our vendors are non-domestic. Hence, most of us can relax and go back to reading the ominous tea leaves in our tracking numbers.
Aw, I love you guys.
And I do understand, truly, I do. I've told you guys about getting a knock on the door from my mail carrier when I know my order is out for delivery. My heart stops. My blood runs cold. I break out in a sweat. Every worst case scenario begins running through my mind.Just remember: 99.9% of the time, that is nothing more than the beating of its hideous heart. Because we know what's in that package. Just remember: Nobody else does. Don't discuss self-treatment with anyone IRL, and it's highly unlikely that anyone ever will know.
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Interesting info! I actually ordered an OTC med from AllDayChemist in October that somehow got lost and so they reshipped it using EMS but warned me it would require a signature - and it did. It never has occurred to me to ask the USPS why tho. It's too bad - we used to have a lady mail carrier who we were actually pretty good friends with. She would leave anything that required a signature even if we weren't home as we had a slip "on file," according to her. I'd like to pick her brain about this whole thing with signing international packages.All this conversation about signing for IHP deliveries is irrelevant: The USPS Signature Confirmation is always an add-on service and it's only available for domestic shipments.
So, there's no way IHP (or most of our vendors) have the option of purchasing Signature Confirmation. If your mail carrier always used to ask you to sign, but they don't anymore; or they never used do, but now they suddenly do---it's all a total fluke. IHP has no means of purchashing Signature Confirmation because it's not a domestic shipment.
•Of course, if you live somewhere besides the US, obviously that's not going to apply. This is a USPS policy.
•If you're receiving a package that was shipped domestically (and I'm not going into how that might happen, but it sometimes can), then it might apply, but I highly doubt drug dealers are going to pony-up for Signature Confirmation.
•If the package was sent via private shipper....well....first of all, I'm sorry, that really sucks. (I ordered a birthday present for a friend off Amazon and it still hasn't arrived. Her birthday was two weeks ago. Apparently, her present is in the same warehouse somewhere with a bunch of IHP shipments. Amazon is the worst!)
Personally, I can't recall a private shipper ever asking me to sign, but maybe I've forgotten. Private shippers don't have the same rules as USPS, so it's theoretically possible a signature could be required if the vendor used a private shipper, but in my experience, vendors virtually never use private shippers and private shippers virtually never ask you to sign. Just my experience.
I won't link to the USPS website on here, for obvious reasons, but I'm looking at the page right now. It's easy to find on their website. The only way to guarantee that the mail carrier WILL obtain a recipient's signature if the shipper pays for Signature Confirmation and that's ONLY available if the package is sent and received within the United States. It's not cheap, and it's even more expensive to purchase Restricted Delivery, where, say, I ship something to Jaders and I don't just want any ol' signature, but I want to Jaders herself to sign that she got it.
I've had the pharmacy ship me prescriptions. (Legit, legal ones.) And even they didn't do Signature Confirmation, let alone Restriced Delivery.
All this talk about being asked to sign, or not being asked to sign, or a change in being asked to sign---it's all 100% irrelevant. This is why it pisses me off that IHP's website STILL claims that if you opt for tracking, you will be asked to sign, because IHP is not eligible to purchase USPS Signature Confirmation.
I, too, have had mail carriers ask me to sign for packages. Every time, when I ask, "Really? Who sent it that they want me to sign for it?" (Not an unreasonable question, since even legal documents are usually sent by Registered Mail, but they don't add Signature Confirmation, because they don't want to you be able to avoid it by simply refusing to sign for it.)
Every time----every single time----the mail carrier double-checks, realizes my signature is, in fact, not required, and just hands me the package. Doesn't happen a lot, but often enough that I understand why this forum would be concerned about signature requirements. But it's just a fluke. Maybe the carrier thinks it's required, or maybe they're new, or maybe they wanna cover their ass and prove they delivered it. Who knows?
But it's practically a law of the universe: Your signature is not really required. The carrier may sometimes ask. Some carriers may ask often. But you try asking them if it's actually necessary and 10-to-1, it will not be.
Most of us can stop worrying. It's not even a service available to non-domestic shippers, and most of our vendors are non-domestic. Hence, most of us can relax and go back to reading the ominous tea leaves in our tracking numbers.
Aw, I love you guys.
Just remember: 99.9% of the time, that is nothing more than the beating of its hideous heart. Because we know what's in that package. Just remember: Nobody else does. Don't discuss self-treatment with anyone IRL, and it's highly unlikely that anyone ever will know.
Honestly, I don't mind signing tho. It's only for non-controlled or even OTC stuff that I get asked for it. The upper echelon IOP vendors certainly wouldn't dream of asking, imho...
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How long did you wait to contact ADC for the reship? Interestingly, I also have order from Oct 16. Shipped on Oct 26th and has only shown "accepted" in tracking ever since. I had understood one needs to wait 30 business days to ask for reship.Interesting info! I actually ordered an OTC med from AllDayChemist in October that somehow got lost and so they reshipped it using EMS but warned me it would require a signature - and it did. It never has occurred to me to ask the USPS why tho. It's too bad - we used to have a lady mail carrier who we were actually pretty good friends with. She would leave anything that required a signature even if we weren't home as we had a slip "on file," according to her. I'd like to pick her brain about this whole thing with signing international packages.All this conversation about signing for IHP deliveries is irrelevant: The USPS Signature Confirmation is always an add-on service and it's only available for domestic shipments.
So, there's no way IHP (or most of our vendors) have the option of purchasing Signature Confirmation. If your mail carrier always used to ask you to sign, but they don't anymore; or they never used do, but now they suddenly do---it's all a total fluke. IHP has no means of purchashing Signature Confirmation because it's not a domestic shipment.
•Of course, if you live somewhere besides the US, obviously that's not going to apply. This is a USPS policy.
•If you're receiving a package that was shipped domestically (and I'm not going into how that might happen, but it sometimes can), then it might apply, but I highly doubt drug dealers are going to pony-up for Signature Confirmation.
•If the package was sent via private shipper....well....first of all, I'm sorry, that really sucks. (I ordered a birthday present for a friend off Amazon and it still hasn't arrived. Her birthday was two weeks ago. Apparently, her present is in the same warehouse somewhere with a bunch of IHP shipments. Amazon is the worst!)
Personally, I can't recall a private shipper ever asking me to sign, but maybe I've forgotten. Private shippers don't have the same rules as USPS, so it's theoretically possible a signature could be required if the vendor used a private shipper, but in my experience, vendors virtually never use private shippers and private shippers virtually never ask you to sign. Just my experience.
I won't link to the USPS website on here, for obvious reasons, but I'm looking at the page right now. It's easy to find on their website. The only way to guarantee that the mail carrier WILL obtain a recipient's signature if the shipper pays for Signature Confirmation and that's ONLY available if the package is sent and received within the United States. It's not cheap, and it's even more expensive to purchase Restricted Delivery, where, say, I ship something to Jaders and I don't just want any ol' signature, but I want to Jaders herself to sign that she got it.
I've had the pharmacy ship me prescriptions. (Legit, legal ones.) And even they didn't do Signature Confirmation, let alone Restriced Delivery.
All this talk about being asked to sign, or not being asked to sign, or a change in being asked to sign---it's all 100% irrelevant. This is why it pisses me off that IHP's website STILL claims that if you opt for tracking, you will be asked to sign, because IHP is not eligible to purchase USPS Signature Confirmation.
I, too, have had mail carriers ask me to sign for packages. Every time, when I ask, "Really? Who sent it that they want me to sign for it?" (Not an unreasonable question, since even legal documents are usually sent by Registered Mail, but they don't add Signature Confirmation, because they don't want to you be able to avoid it by simply refusing to sign for it.)
Every time----every single time----the mail carrier double-checks, realizes my signature is, in fact, not required, and just hands me the package. Doesn't happen a lot, but often enough that I understand why this forum would be concerned about signature requirements. But it's just a fluke. Maybe the carrier thinks it's required, or maybe they're new, or maybe they wanna cover their ass and prove they delivered it. Who knows?
But it's practically a law of the universe: Your signature is not really required. The carrier may sometimes ask. Some carriers may ask often. But you try asking them if it's actually necessary and 10-to-1, it will not be.
Most of us can stop worrying. It's not even a service available to non-domestic shippers, and most of our vendors are non-domestic. Hence, most of us can relax and go back to reading the ominous tea leaves in our tracking numbers.
Aw, I love you guys.
Just remember: 99.9% of the time, that is nothing more than the beating of its hideous heart. Because we know what's in that package. Just remember: Nobody else does. Don't discuss self-treatment with anyone IRL, and it's highly unlikely that anyone ever will know.
Honestly, I don't mind signing tho. It's only for non-controlled or even OTC stuff that I get asked for it. The upper echelon IOP vendors certainly wouldn't dream of asking, imho...
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That’s exactly what mine did. But it was oct 9th. I think I waited three weeks but when it never moves at all I think they’ll reship no questions asked. Something must’ve happened. They’re easy to work with. They just resent it ems and I got it Friday. Had to sign tho but it’s an otc med so I don’t care.How long did you wait to contact ADC for the reship? Interestingly, I also have order from Oct 16. Shipped on Oct 26th and has only shown "accepted" in tracking ever since. I had understood one needs to wait 30 business days to ask for reship.Interesting info! I actually ordered an OTC med from AllDayChemist in October that somehow got lost and so they reshipped it using EMS but warned me it would require a signature - and it did. It never has occurred to me to ask the USPS why tho. It's too bad - we used to have a lady mail carrier who we were actually pretty good friends with. She would leave anything that required a signature even if we weren't home as we had a slip "on file," according to her. I'd like to pick her brain about this whole thing with signing international packages.All this conversation about signing for IHP deliveries is irrelevant: The USPS Signature Confirmation is always an add-on service and it's only available for domestic shipments.
So, there's no way IHP (or most of our vendors) have the option of purchasing Signature Confirmation. If your mail carrier always used to ask you to sign, but they don't anymore; or they never used do, but now they suddenly do---it's all a total fluke. IHP has no means of purchashing Signature Confirmation because it's not a domestic shipment.
•Of course, if you live somewhere besides the US, obviously that's not going to apply. This is a USPS policy.
•If you're receiving a package that was shipped domestically (and I'm not going into how that might happen, but it sometimes can), then it might apply, but I highly doubt drug dealers are going to pony-up for Signature Confirmation.
•If the package was sent via private shipper....well....first of all, I'm sorry, that really sucks. (I ordered a birthday present for a friend off Amazon and it still hasn't arrived. Her birthday was two weeks ago. Apparently, her present is in the same warehouse somewhere with a bunch of IHP shipments. Amazon is the worst!)
Personally, I can't recall a private shipper ever asking me to sign, but maybe I've forgotten. Private shippers don't have the same rules as USPS, so it's theoretically possible a signature could be required if the vendor used a private shipper, but in my experience, vendors virtually never use private shippers and private shippers virtually never ask you to sign. Just my experience.
I won't link to the USPS website on here, for obvious reasons, but I'm looking at the page right now. It's easy to find on their website. The only way to guarantee that the mail carrier WILL obtain a recipient's signature if the shipper pays for Signature Confirmation and that's ONLY available if the package is sent and received within the United States. It's not cheap, and it's even more expensive to purchase Restricted Delivery, where, say, I ship something to Jaders and I don't just want any ol' signature, but I want to Jaders herself to sign that she got it.
I've had the pharmacy ship me prescriptions. (Legit, legal ones.) And even they didn't do Signature Confirmation, let alone Restriced Delivery.
All this talk about being asked to sign, or not being asked to sign, or a change in being asked to sign---it's all 100% irrelevant. This is why it pisses me off that IHP's website STILL claims that if you opt for tracking, you will be asked to sign, because IHP is not eligible to purchase USPS Signature Confirmation.
I, too, have had mail carriers ask me to sign for packages. Every time, when I ask, "Really? Who sent it that they want me to sign for it?" (Not an unreasonable question, since even legal documents are usually sent by Registered Mail, but they don't add Signature Confirmation, because they don't want to you be able to avoid it by simply refusing to sign for it.)
Every time----every single time----the mail carrier double-checks, realizes my signature is, in fact, not required, and just hands me the package. Doesn't happen a lot, but often enough that I understand why this forum would be concerned about signature requirements. But it's just a fluke. Maybe the carrier thinks it's required, or maybe they're new, or maybe they wanna cover their ass and prove they delivered it. Who knows?
But it's practically a law of the universe: Your signature is not really required. The carrier may sometimes ask. Some carriers may ask often. But you try asking them if it's actually necessary and 10-to-1, it will not be.
Most of us can stop worrying. It's not even a service available to non-domestic shippers, and most of our vendors are non-domestic. Hence, most of us can relax and go back to reading the ominous tea leaves in our tracking numbers.
Aw, I love you guys.
Just remember: 99.9% of the time, that is nothing more than the beating of its hideous heart. Because we know what's in that package. Just remember: Nobody else does. Don't discuss self-treatment with anyone IRL, and it's highly unlikely that anyone ever will know.
Honestly, I don't mind signing tho. It's only for non-controlled or even OTC stuff that I get asked for it. The upper echelon IOP vendors certainly wouldn't dream of asking, imho...
You can certainly contact them now since it’s been three weeks? I would.
You are correct in that they're not using Signature Confirmation, but the USPS does in most cases classify these packages as "Registered Mail"- which can require a signature. Usually when you track these packages you will see that Indicator under "Services" on the USPS site, or at least in my experience the two vendors I most often rely on do this and their packages are listed as "Registered Mail", which typically does require a signature for the USPS to release. My guess is this is part of the relationship between the shippers and the USPS.
On a happier note my package finally did arrive from this vendor yesterday- exactly 1 month to the day that I placed my order back in October.
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I don't want to link to the USPS' website on here, but it's super-easy to find on their website. Just be sure to go to the official USPS website, because Google's AI summary is flat-out wrong. Probably because "Registered Mail" and "Registered Mail Restricted Delivery" appear on the same page of the USPS website. AI is just scraping data off that page and mistakenly merging the information. Because it's a bot; it can't parse out the details.
(I hate Google AI for this reason. So simple....so tempting....and so, so inaccurate. I just got burned by Google AI on a totally unrelated question, because I believed their AI summary, and it turned out to be wrong.)
Restricted Delivery is an add-on service to Registered Mail---i.e., you have to send something via Registered Mail if you want to add-on Restricted Delivery, which not only requires a signature, but it can only be delivered with the signature of the identified recipient. They won't deliver to whoever happens to answer the door. You have to actually produce your photo ID to accept a Registered Mail Restricted Delivery package.
Registered Mail is available to international customers, but (without the add-on) it doesn't require a signature for delivery. One of my vendors (non-domestic) always ships Registered Mail International. I don't have to sign for it.
Seriously. I'm looking at the Registered Mail page of USPS' website right now, just to be sure I'm not perpetuating misinformation. I quote: "The recipient's signature is not required."
Registered Mail is popular because it offers more protection (it's processed manually and kept separate from regular first class mail for extra security). It's commonly used for things like legal documents. So, if you consider just the sheer volume of Registered Mail being sent every day, delivery would grind to a halt if somebody had to sign for every item sent via Registered Mail.
Here's my most recent experience with IHP:
I ordered in mid-October and my order was shipped 14 days later. Nine days later, the package was in my mailbox. So, most of the wait was due to waiting for IHP to receive the check from my bank and then waiting for the check to clear.
I ordered in mid-October and my order was shipped 14 days later. Nine days later, the package was in my mailbox. So, most of the wait was due to waiting for IHP to receive the check from my bank and then waiting for the check to clear.
Thank-you! Do you get those very often? AFAIK, they have never, ever sent me any kind of coupon code. If they did, the email was probably mistaken for spam and blocked or deleted before it ever got to me.
That's the first time I can ever recall getting one from them, but I will pay closer attention in the future and post if any others ever come in.
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Damn. I'm going to have to try that one. I need to order anyway... Thanks!!
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I ordered my dog meds last night. Got a very good savings amount due to that coupon, so thanks a lot!!
Yes, I got that one too.