German friends, I need you help to understand parcels pickup points

[benoitb]

I'm French and will be in Berlin in 2 weeks for a business trade-show. I'll be staying in an hotel that is not staffed and where I cannot receive parcels as I won't be present during the day.

I'd like to purchase some items online in Germany: some electronics for solar panel systems. I'm confused with how to get items delivered to a pickup point.
It's quite simple in France but seems more involved in Germany. I tried registering to DHL but it doesn't work as I'm a foreigner with a foreign phone number it seems.

Is there an easy way to get a parcel delivered in a pickup location in Berlin for a foreigner ?

These are the items I'd like to purchase:
https://shop.allianceapps.io/products/opendtu-fusion-community-edition

Hoymiles HMS-1600-4T Wechselrichter Drosseln auf 600W/800W

Finden Sie Ihren passenden Hoymiles Mikro-Wechselrichter für Ihre Balkon-PV-Anlage, mit DTU-WLite-S zur vollen Kontrolle Ihrer PV-Anlage, und der Möglichkeit, 600W oder 800W zu drosseln!

miniminipower.com

 

[Askarus]

Believe in German bureaucracy and accept that you'd need some German citizen to take the parcel for you.

 

[benoitb]

Believe in German bureaucracy and accept that you'd need some German citizen to take the parcel for you.

Thanks for the clear answer I found a shop were I can pick up from their location in the north-west of Berlin. I'll loose some time to travel there but it seems like the only reasonable solution.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

Probably.
Must be some special shop. ?

 

[benoitb]

Hoymiles HMS-1600-4T | 1600 Wechselrichter / drosselbar

Der HMS-1600-4T ist ein moderner 1600W-Mikrowechselrichter, der perfekt mit 4 Solarmodulen eingesetzt werden kann. Dabei liefert der HMS-1600 bis zu 1600W Leistung und kann mit Modulen von 320Wp bis 540Wp optimal arbeiten. Optional kann der Hoymiles HMS-1600 für Balkonkraftwerke gedrosselt...

balkonkraftwerk-express.de

I understood that I can go there from Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:00 and should buy 48h in advance to be sure.

 

[Djoga'Ro]

Ah ok, you're talking about a merchant. Thought, it's about a shipping intermediate or something and that if they're few and far - like you'd have to travel all over Berlin - it must be rather special.

 

[emilio]

Two comments:
- Depending on the delivery service, many offering a delivery to their OWN pickup shops. Example: Hermes or GLS or UPS have own shops (often as a part of a different Lotto, BAckery/whatever'), so you should check the parcel service this shop is offering and check where the next pikcup location is.
- Delivery to a store normally keeps your package only for 7 days then they will return it (should be no issue for you, just wanted to mention it )