I see a lot of people asking about using a drop, and the general consensus is to ship directly to your own house. I'm overly paranoid so I prefer to use a drop. Before we get started, please keep in mind that the best OPSEC is OPSEC that meets your own individual needs. This method is tedious, and probably a too much trouble for most people, but if you're like me and super paranoid and willing to invest some time, you can find an awesome drop.
Locate a drop that meets these needs:
Easily accessible. You can easily drive up to the drop, quickly access the mail box, and get out of there. Avoid one-way streets, neighborhoods with speed bumps, and the ghetto (your pack will get stolen)
Checks their mail in the evening or afternoon. This usually means finding a house where working adults live. They go to work before 9:00 AM, and don't return until 5:00 - 6:00. Look for a house with no cars parked outside (owners are hopefully at work).
Gets their mail early in the day. The idea here is that the mail is normally delivered in the morning, giving you 5-6 hours to get your pack from their mailbox before they return home.
Step 1 Case out a few places. Find a few mailboxes you can access. I prefer ones in residential neighborhoods that allow me to drive directly up to the mailbox, check it, and drive away without having to get out of the car. When you find them, note the address and find some more. Make a list of 4-5 addresses. Preferably they are all on different mail routes with different mail men.
Step 2 Drive to all of these houses one morning, and put the mailbox flag up. Just drive up, reach out the window, and hit the mail flag.
Step 3 Drive back past the houses a few hours after, and see which ones have the flag down. This indicates that the mailman has already been to the mailbox, allowing you to have a general idea of what time the mail was delivered.
Step 4 When you find one with the flag down after a few hours, put it back up and make a note of what time it was down.
9:15 Drive past mailbox, put up the flag
11:00 Drive past mailbox, notice flag is down. Check to see if mail has been delivered. Put flag back up
6:00 Drive past and see if flag is back down, indicating that the home owner has checked his mail and put the flag back down (because they see it up, think its weird, put it back down)
Step 5 After doing this to a few houses, you should have at least 2-3 that get their mail early, and don't check it until the evenings. Drive back past, take a look at their mail, and remember their full name.
Step 6 Order to the house with a fake first name, real last name. I know this is a shitty thing to do. Someone at the house could get arrested because of you. The police could very likely get called if some guy checks his mail early and finds a bunch of xanax. And your vendor could get fucked if someone else gets the pack.
Step 7 Place your order, ship to the drop, and check the mail on the day you're expecting it to arrive. If you order from reputable vendors this shouldn't be too hard as you know the time it takes for packs to arrive.
This is a well written post OP, but I think it's a terrible idea. It involves alot of work and includes many variables that could ultimately end in tradgedy. This plan needs to be scratched. I hope you aren't currently using this tactic yourself.