S Turner wrote:
>> Whew! I am expecting a package and being at the end of a longgggg
>> lane the UPS and Fed-X people usually just leave it at our front
>> gate.
>
> Front gate? Gates vary but the type with long lanes?
> One does not go past a closed gate without an invite. At best, rude.
>
> Here, Fed Ex needed to be told where to leave packages, and to leave them
> and UPS I guess has known the area and just leaves 'em like the USPS people
> do.
> STurner
> Ohio, USA
We have friends with a long lane to their house that is gated at the
road. They put in a box made of steel for UPS and Fedex to deposit
packages. Then they wired it to light up a bulb at their shop when the
box was opened. Works for them.