They’re doing this in neighborhoods with high theft rates. You’ll need to either be home or pass that info to the concierge in a doorman building. Started a little while back. Amazons not even the first to do this.

This is going to become more common. Customers are becoming price sensitive thanks to the economy so they can’t just incorporate the cost of all the theft into the sale price. Something has to give.

Or order elsewhere. But I think most delivery services will be rolling out similar features in the very near future.