San Francisco

The status of the residance doesn't matter depending on the porch pirates/mules and the area. There are so many package thieves in my area, anything remotely coordinated would get lost in the noise. The local police don't have the resources to dig much, so that is another "perk".

You ain't wrong though and there are dozens of ways to do the same thing smarter. I just called out one of many flavors that might remotely apply. (To your point, I used to order pot seeds the same way you described in a state where growing the marijuana was extremely illegal. There was an empty house a couple of blocks down I could use for that stuff.)