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the driver contacted me and met me at outside a local restaurant.

Was the communication via call or text?

I heard missing item has quite high success rate with Amazon.

Correct, the EB/missing Item method has a very high success rate.

Which one do you reckon I should go for?

Under the circumstances, both methods are equally effective.

The nature of the DNA tends to trigger an Investigation, with the possibility of a PR. The missing Item method avoids the latter - despite Amazon sometimes requesting a report due to being naive and mismanaging the claim.