As previous posters have pointed out, so much of this depends on the humanistic aspect of the service industries; attitudes of clerks, delivery drivers, the acumen of small business owners, etc. Some years ago a USPS mailman left a fully restored BHE 16 gauge on my brother's doorstep in the dead of winter in the standard cardboard box the Del Gregos used for shipping guns. As usual it was shipped registered mail, required signatures every time it changed hands and upon delivery, but the mailman left it in full view of the street, no plastic bag in case of rain, or other precautions taken to ensure it would not be damaged or stolen. It was discovered after dark when he got home from work; I often think of what could have occured had a "porch pirate" seen it.
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