This is a NYC problem not a Amazon Prime or USPS problem.
- Have your packages shipped to a friends work place or somewhere with a doorman. I use Amazon Prime in the city and do just that, it's great.
- You can rent a PO box that accepts packages at many mail-services type stores. Many of them have notification services too.
- Get a business address at a co-working space, a lot of times they will accept your business mail and packages.
- If you live over or next to a business, especially a bodega, you can sometimes convince them to let you ship packages to them. Just remember to buy something each time and keep up that rapport. :)
Otherwise there's just no good solution for shipping in NYC. :(
I got a UPS box to get all my personal/business mail. Works well. But I also live in an area where everyone has a car and not like how it is in NYC, so there's that...
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This is a NYC problem not a Amazon Prime or USPS problem.
- Have your packages shipped to a friends work place or somewhere with a doorman. I use Amazon Prime in the city and do just that, it's great.
- You can rent a PO box that accepts packages at many mail-services type stores. Many of them have notification services too.
- Get a business address at a co-working space, a lot of times they will accept your business mail and packages.
- If you live over or next to a business, especially a bodega, you can sometimes convince them to let you ship packages to them. Just remember to buy something each time and keep up that rapport. :)
Otherwise there's just no good solution for shipping in NYC. :(
I got a UPS box to get all my personal/business mail. Works well. But I also live in an area where everyone has a car and not like how it is in NYC, so there's that...
Read the rest of the article. Doesn't address his problem of getting the package back to his apt. He mentions lots of large heavy boxes.
I'm sure "over or next to a business" is a lot closer than the post office.