Hold at Walgreens

I've had a very agreeable experience with having boxes held at my local Walgreens. The worst that has happened is that I've had to wait for a bit for an employee to show up at the photo/shipping counter. I've had packages held probably 20 times now.

It's safe. Go for it.

 

Ya I will second the love of walgreens for shipping stuff. Never had a box held there but I've never had a problem using them for shipping stuff and at various times the local walgreens has been more reliable (for reasons unknown) than going directly to fedex or usps as far as getting things out in a timely manner and without damage.

 

There's a thread somewhere that details many users' poor experience with Walgreens with respect to FedEx, but I couldn't find it. IIRC, the majority of the issues were due to packages not being picked up on time, therefore your trade partner not receiving your box on time. Sometimes by a day other times by several days. Which we all know, sometimes is not a big deal, and sometimes is. This happened to me my one and only time dropping a package off at Walgreens, so I've vowed to never do that again unless absolutely necessary. I can't comment on having them hold packages though. Just my 2 cents.

 

This has happened to me. I dropped a box, which ended up in some dark corner, and was not actually picked up until I called them repeatedly to find it.

However - this was actually the fault of the Fedex guy. He moved my box somewhere in their pick-up area... and then neglected to take it with him. So, no fault of Walgreens.

I'd still recommend them for holding your boxes. Never had an issue there. And leaving boxes has been flawless at the Walgreens near me - never going back to the one location where the snafu occurred though.

 

I think it was buried in a semi-related thread and was a tangent to the original conversation.

The convenience was the reason I used them on this particular day. It's good to know about the holding box option sounding successful for many. I might consider it in a pinch for sure.

 

Same. I had a box coming to me that was dropped off at a Walgreens and the tracking number didn't show any activity for days. I freaked out a little. Normally wouldn't be too big of a deal but this was the first time I had ever experienced this and the box had a BAA in it. Eventually it all made it safe and sound.

 

Did you move to cali recently? I swear your tag used to say...Michigan? Or someplace in the Midwest.

Or am I batshit crazy?

 

Haha just changed it to California today. Moved back to the home state, post college graduation. You may still be batshit crazy though

 

Says the guy who likes black metal. Just an assumption based on your display image though... FWIW this is coming from the guy who was listening to Feeble Screams From Forests Unknown while mowing his lawn the other day. So WTF do I know?