Cool, new thread! :)
Anyway you were saying:
"No, they told me I'd have to go to the UPS or Post Office to get the packages."
Yeah, that's what I meant by the delivery guy leaving a stickie: he leaves a Post-It note notifying you that the package has arrived at the post office and you can come and pick it up.
Cutting back on Amazon purchases does sound like a good idea, though--in theory of course. "I agree with you--in theory. In theory, Communism works--*in theory*!" (Homer J. Simpson)
Saved ya from the first new thread thread-kill.