Mailbox Or P.o. Box?

I can't remember the last time I had to sign for anything from the mail, UPS, FED-X or anyplace. I really got ticked off not long ago when I intercepted a FED-X delivery person at my door that said here are those coins you ordered from the Mint. I get packages all the time ane they are just left on my front door steps. If raining, they usually have the decency to place inside the storm door. I've had pacages worth a lot of money just laying there.
Not sure why nothing is ever done about this either. On TV some time ago there was an arrest made of people following UPS drivers and picking up the packages they just left on front porches. Some time ago I called to complain and was rudely told to switch to another carrier.
As to your situation I strongly suggest a post office box. Always better to be safe than sorry.

Just carl I have had deliveries from both the US (UPS) and Canadian (FedEx) mints and I have never had a conversation with any delivery person about what's in the delivery. Until you mentioned this I would have never guessed that the delivery person knew what's in the shipment.

This almost sounds like a serious breach of delivery protocol by the agent. Shipments from both mints bear no indication that the shipments contain coins or that they come from the mint. I think that that delivery agent was way to nosy and should have been reported for snooping.

The shipments from the US mints are arranged by PBGS and the one from the Canadian mint are arranged by a similiar plain shipper that does not have the name of the RCN on the shipping container.

Your delivery person was way to inquisitive. I will admit that sometimes the UPS personell are rude and arrogant as you indicate. One time a UPS driver drove a piece of our mechanized equipment off the dock and tried to drive off but was intercepted by our dock personell and the UPS office personnel tried to maintain that it was not their problem that we should have had better safeguards in place that would prevent their personnel from using our equipment. The company had to threaten them with the loss of a national contract worth millions from its multiple locations before they would accept liability.

edit: When the US mint ships a package out with a value of over $1500 someone has to sign for it. This is what the mint requires when they send out a high valued item (usually something that involves gold).

i use a P.O.Box its more Comforting to me that and I live in a rough area so keeping $20 to $50 coins ripe for the taking in my yard scares me...thank god my dog protects the packages a skiddish courier droops off..

barryg,
FedEx packages will get to my P.O.Box through them passing off to USPS. I know you can have packages sent to a local FedEx store for pickup. And mentioned above, you can get a "mailbox" at a UPS location (and FedEx I think) to have deliveries sent there.

My mailman almost always hands me my packages. Get to know your mailman, most are really cool guys/girls.