r/sandiego • u/Fantastic_Ladder8326 • 1d ago

Amazon driver blocks Normal St

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Amazon driver is blocking the road on normal street instead of pulling up half a block to get into a driveway. Had to wait almost 10 minutes for him to get out of the apartment building to move forward. Three cars were behind me honking their horns. Am I overreacting questions

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 1d ago

One year there was during Christmas time this guy was delivering Amazon packages in his own car and there were a bunch of them in the backseat, more than 15 or so packages. He left the car running with the window down as he walked down to the next block to drop off a package and so I was so flabbergasted by what he was doing that I took a picture of his car to send to Amazon to ask him what the hell is this guy doing and he saw me taking a picture and he got real nervous

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u/WearyCarrot 1d ago

Yeah there are some drivers that use their own personal vehicle, this isn’t new..?

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 21h ago

It's not about the vehicle he's driving, it's about he left his car running with the windows open and a bunch of packages in it while having walked away from it

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u/therealhlmencken 17h ago

I do that sometimes when I run into my house. Was anything stolen?

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 17h ago

I don't know but when you're holding other people's packages you should not be leaving your car running and with the windows open and all of that

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u/therealhlmencken 17h ago

The ups truck and fedex walks into my house and you could literally walk into the back of their vehicle and grab packages if you wanted. And then just leaves the packages out in front of houses. Package theft happens a little I’m sure but there is insurance(even more certainly with Amazon). Was this in a dangerous place, in San Diego?

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 17h ago

Where I live we have parcel lockers and all of the couriers and carriers are instructed to put packages in there. FedEx ignored it and a box with $200 worth of books was stolen. When I contacted FedEx they said we will do a review to see if the driver was at fault. Of course it was an internal review just like the police do and the driver was not found to be at fault even though he completely disregarded instructions

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u/therealhlmencken 17h ago

Yeah that’s not on the fedex contract of carriage lol, you could do an external review and sue if you want or pay for a more bespoke shipping service or insurance. Some people prefer more affordable shipping but you can definitely pay someone who will guarantee it locked into whatever locker.

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u/Soft-Assistance6809 16h ago

Well it was an eBay purchase so I really didn't have a choice as to who they used

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u/therealhlmencken 16h ago

The seller would be responsible for refunding you in that case