1. USPS:没有签名就没有“签收证明”1. USPS: No Signature, No “Proof of Delivery”
绝大多数 USPS 包裹,没有签名,也没有照片。普通 First-Class、Priority 和 Ground 包裹的“Delivered”状态,只是快递员在手持终端上的一次扫描,附带一组 GPS 坐标。USPS 官方声称这些坐标可以精确到 6 英尺(约 1.8 米)半径内,能定位到包裹放在前门、后门还是侧廊,但没有收件人签名,也没有送达照片。Most USPS packages have no signature and no photo. For ordinary First-Class, Priority, and Ground parcels, “Delivered” is just a scan the carrier makes on a handheld device, with a set of GPS coordinates attached. USPS says those coordinates are accurate to within 6 feet (about 1.8 meters), which can show whether the package was left at the front door, the back door, or the side porch. What it cannot show is a recipient signature or a photo of the delivery.
想要真正意义上的签收证明,你需要购买签名服务。Signature Confirmation(签收确认)是最基础的选项,线上购买约 $3.95,柜台购买约 $4.95,快递员会当场索取收件人签名,并在系统中留存,费率以 USPS 官方页面为准。Restricted Delivery 则更进一步,限定只有指定收件人或其授权人才能签收。如果包裹价值高、需要成年人亲自签收,Adult Signature Required 约 $9.70。以上是 2025 年的费率,实际以 USPS 官网当日报价为准。If you want an actual signature record, you pay for it. Signature Confirmation is the base option, about $3.95 online or $4.95 at the counter. The carrier asks the recipient to sign on the spot and keeps the signature in the system, per the USPS official page. Restricted Delivery goes a step further: only the named recipient or their authorized designee can sign. For high-value parcels that must be handed to an adult in person, Adult Signature Required runs about $9.70. Those are 2025 rates, and the USPS website's current quote wins on any given day.
这里要特别提醒:USPS 的 Informed Delivery(知情投递)经常被误当成签收证明。它每天给你发一封含邮件照片预览的邮件,但那是“邮件即将到达”的预告,不是“已经签收”的证据,在纠纷里没有任何效力。One common mix-up is worth flagging: Informed Delivery gets mistaken for proof of delivery all the time. It emails you a preview photo of your mail each day, but that is a “your mail is coming” notice, not a “signed for and delivered” record, and it carries no weight in a dispute.
没有签名、没有照片,意味着 USPS 的 POD 只有一行扫描时间和一组坐标,这正是纠纷高发的根源。Reddit 上有过一个典型帖子:买家坚称包裹从未送达,卖家调取 GPS 记录后发现,快递员早上 7:41 就扫描了“已送达”,但下午 1 点才出现在收货地址楼下,而且系统里的签名是快递员自己代签的。坐标与时间对不上,虚假扫描当场现形。No signature, no photo, means a USPS POD is a scan timestamp plus a set of coordinates. That is exactly why disputes pile up here. There is a classic Reddit thread: the buyer swore the package never arrived, and the seller pulled the GPS record to find the carrier had scanned “Delivered” at 7:41 AM but only showed up at the building at 1 PM, and the signature in the system was the carrier's own. The coordinates and the timestamps did not line up, and the fake scan fell apart on the spot.





