ᐅ Mailbox with or without a parcel box?

WilderSueden schrieb:

If you are home at the usual times → no need
If you are not home at the usual times → everything to the parcel locker

Parcel locker... well... the last time I spent an hour checking three parcel lockers because DHL seemed to randomly put my packages wherever there was space... or wherever the driver happened to be passing by. You just don’t know...

You always have to rely on the honesty of the delivery drivers anyway. Since signatures are generally no longer required, the driver can claim they left the package with a neighbor or placed it in the parcel locker.
I don’t see much difference compared to a parcel box. Especially considering that nowadays almost everyone has at least 25 cameras installed around their new build.

Usually, something like that isn’t really necessary. Normally, there are neighbors, a back entrance, or some other place where deliveries can be left. Parcel lockers work quite well here. What annoys me is when a package ends up at the branch office, because you have to wait in line for a long time and are dependent on their opening hours. We have packages left at the back entrance. Whether the courier rings the bell or not doesn’t really matter to me. Not ringing usually makes the delivery faster for the courier, so I set it like that with DHL, but ringing still happens quite often—in our case probably because otherwise they’d have to walk all the way around the house, and every second really counts for them. I don’t think these lockers are very secure, and usually only smaller packages fit in. They also take up space, look unattractive, and cost money. For me, it would only be an option if I had nowhere to leave packages, no neighbors, and the branch office and parcel lockers were far away.

Hello everyone,

Our entrance area is covered, there is a camera that records movements, and there is a designated spot at the front door for all delivery services to leave packages. It couldn’t be more convenient. There’s no need to go to a parcel locker. I wouldn’t need a parcel box either, as it probably wouldn’t fit most of the time.

Best regards

We often receive packages and don’t want the neighbors to have to accept them every time (they’ll get annoyed eventually).

We found an interesting parcel box with both a letter compartment and a parcel compartment.

The parcel box can hold packages with the following dimensions:

Maximum package size for DHL - Size M: W: 37.5 x H: 13.5 x D: 30 cm (W: 15 x H: 5.3 x D: 12 inches).

Is this sufficient, what would you say?

Can you possibly recommend a specific model that you are using or have experience with?

I would now claim that 80% of our packages are larger than the specified dimensions.

At the beginning, we also left our side entrance door from the garage open and had the parcel drop-off permission for that location. However, after a burglary in the neighborhood, we now keep the garage locked and have installed an electronic cylinder lock with a code and a chip. We set up a separate code for delivery drivers, which we included in the parcel drop-off permission. We briefly instructed our postal worker on a Saturday, and since then, it has worked smoothly. Other couriers sometimes leave packages under the covered terrace or in the cushion box if they have trouble with the lock.

Last year, we replaced our mailbox and briefly considered whether a parcel box might be useful. Looking at our packages, the mailboxes are too small for at least half of them. We often receive one order split into three packages from different distribution centers, which also cannot all fit inside. For these reasons, we quickly dismissed the idea.