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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2020, 02:29:29 am »
i make sure that any deliveries go to my work so this doenst happen to me. Iam sorry but who knows what willhappen out there with the world as it is right now


I usually have done this in the past, but I have been working primarily from home over the past several months - so it made more sense to have all deliveries sent to my home address.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2020, 02:50:21 am »
we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
These guys are so brazen, you would not only need to be home but be sitting on the porch waiting for the delivery man (or woman) so you could take it inside as soon as it arrived.

OR you could have delivery notifications set up so that as soon as it is scanned as delivered you get a notification either via text or in the app of the delivery method. You can also go in to the fedex and ups app both and change the delivery date so if say you are going to be home Thursday but the package is suppose to come Wednesday you can change it to come Thursday when you are there. Most people don't live in a dungeon so when vehicles pull in to their drive they hear them. Not to mention the people who have cameras and would also be notified that someone had entered their property. All kinds of ways to know a package has arrived without sitting on the porch.


Thanks guys, this is all good advice and commentary in general, but very little of it applies to me in this case.



In this case, I was home when the delivery was made.


I was sitting in my bedroom, which is immediately on the other side of the front wall of my house - literally less than ten feet away from my front porch.


I have delivery notifications set up by text message and when I got the notification (at 1:49 p.m.) I immediately got up and went to the front door to pick up my package. Problem is that the notification didn't come through on my phone until almost four hours after the actual delivery at 10:04 a.m.


While I don't live in a dungeon - I do live on a very busy street with a lot of vehicular traffic. Our "driveway" is less than a single car length long that you cannot pull into and park - it is basically just the sidewalk apron in front of our garage door and most of the houses on our street just parallel park their cars on the street. We are a two car family and my wife gets the garage. So with all of the traffic going by - there is no open and obvious notice of a delivery coming to our door - unless the delivery person rings the doorbell.


Which brings me back full circle. I think that a doorbell camera is probably my only solution in this case. I have looked into them in the past, but hadn't wanted to spend the money for one. But if I want to continue getting deliveries at home, I may have to. The last time I seriously considered it was several years ago when there was an apparent shootout right outside my front door and the perps left several bullet casings and one live bullet in that same area where my package was recently stolen...


The GOOD news is that Amazon just came through and credited my account for the stolen package purchase last night.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #32 on: July 25, 2020, 04:10:12 pm »
Whenever we get packages in our area the drivers ring the bell and yell out Fed or UPS or whoever they are.  They have had a lot of porch pirates in our area.  Most of the neighbors have packages dropped at my house because with the work schedules we have, someone is always home during the day. 

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #33 on: July 26, 2020, 05:24:15 am »
Sorry to hear of your loss. Had not have anything missing off my porch but am retired and I make sure I am home when expecting a delivery.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #34 on: July 26, 2020, 10:24:18 am »
i dont like any one who steals from others.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #35 on: July 26, 2020, 10:33:04 am »
we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
These guys are so brazen, you would not only need to be home but be sitting on the porch waiting for the delivery man (or woman) so you could take it inside as soon as it arrived.

OR you could have delivery notifications set up so that as soon as it is scanned as delivered you get a notification either via text or in the app of the delivery method. You can also go in to the fedex and ups app both and change the delivery date so if say you are going to be home Thursday but the package is suppose to come Wednesday you can change it to come Thursday when you are there. Most people don't live in a dungeon so when vehicles pull in to their drive they hear them. Not to mention the people who have cameras and would also be notified that someone had entered their property. All kinds of ways to know a package has arrived without sitting on the porch.


Thanks guys, this is all good advice and commentary in general, but very little of it applies to me in this case.



In this case, I was home when the delivery was made.


I was sitting in my bedroom, which is immediately on the other side of the front wall of my house - literally less than ten feet away from my front porch.


I have delivery notifications set up by text message and when I got the notification (at 1:49 p.m.) I immediately got up and went to the front door to pick up my package. Problem is that the notification didn't come through on my phone until almost four hours after the actual delivery at 10:04 a.m.


While I don't live in a dungeon - I do live on a very busy street with a lot of vehicular traffic. Our "driveway" is less than a single car length long that you cannot pull into and park - it is basically just the sidewalk apron in front of our garage door and most of the houses on our street just parallel park their cars on the street. We are a two car family and my wife gets the garage. So with all of the traffic going by - there is no open and obvious notice of a delivery coming to our door - unless the delivery person rings the doorbell.


Which brings me back full circle. I think that a doorbell camera is probably my only solution in this case. I have looked into them in the past, but hadn't wanted to spend the money for one. But if I want to continue getting deliveries at home, I may have to. The last time I seriously considered it was several years ago when there was an apparent shootout right outside my front door and the perps left several bullet casings and one live bullet in that same area where my package was recently stolen...


The GOOD news is that Amazon just came through and credited my account for the stolen package purchase last night.

Did you change my post? I did not change any of my text to red. Something else you may not know but with UPS and Fedex both you can add delivery instructions to your package if you set up an account with them. It does not cost anything to set up the account.  You can specify please ring the bell.  Or to put in a specific place.  Esp if you have problems with people stealing.  My street is a dead end street and it is a distance from the road to my house.  I would def look in to the door bell camera.  But before I accused somebody of stealing I would also look at the delivery driver.  They can scan it saying they delivered it and not even have got out of the truck. You have dishonest people every where.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #36 on: July 26, 2020, 04:49:18 pm »

Did you change my post? I did not change any of my text to red.


I just was responding to several comments from different users in a single post, so I decided to highlight in red the quoted parts that I was responding to. So I didn't change anything, but the red text color. I thought it would be easier to see what I was specifically responding to rather than cutting individual snippet/segments out of the original context.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #37 on: July 26, 2020, 10:35:56 pm »
Has anyone ever had to deal with porch pirates? I see stories on the news all the time, but never had an issue until just recently. An Amazon package was stolen from our front porch yesterday sometime between 10:00 and 1:00. We don't have one of those video/security doorbells, but I am seriously considering getting one now.


It was only a $7.50 plastic bowl, thankfully, but it is the principle of the thing. I am a little upset with the post office because I was home at the time it was apparently delivered, but the carrier never rang the doorbell or knocked. The tracking number says that it was delivered at 10:04 a.m. and my wife got the mail around lunchtime.


For whatever reason, there was a delay between the time it was delivered and the time I got my pop-up text notice that is automatically set up with Amazon. I got a text alert at 1:49 p.m. that the item was delivered. So I immediately upon getting the text message went out front to grab and inspect my new bowl - only to find nothing there!


When I went to the post office about an hour ago, after doing some checking in back, the employee told me that the item was delivered as indicated and that they have a GPS signal in their tracking device that pinpoints the exact location of where an item was left - so they can tell if it was delivered to a back door or left with a neighbor, etc.


Really steamed right now! I'm not sure if I will be able to get a replacement or a refund or nothing, but I am going through the steps posted on Amazon to see. Thankfully, the birthday gift for my wife, which was part of the same order, was shipped and received separately a few days ago.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #38 on: July 27, 2020, 07:22:50 am »

Did you change my post? I did not change any of my text to red.


I just was responding to several comments from different users in a single post, so I decided to highlight in red the quoted parts that I was responding to. So I didn't change anything, but the red text color. I thought it would be easier to see what I was specifically responding to rather than cutting individual snippet/segments out of the original context.

Oh ok.  I did not think anything I done could have changed my text to red here and there. But you never know.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #39 on: July 29, 2020, 01:41:50 am »
If you have the room on your propperty you should consider getting a box you can bolt down in the ground that is  big enough for most packages that you can litterally give a copy of the key to fed ex or ups for deliverys based off of theft in the area so you keep your stuff safe and nothing happens. This way if someone tries to steal from you they wont  most likely. Most thiefs will want to get in and out in general and most likely not mess with something they have to try to break to get open

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #40 on: July 29, 2020, 06:25:14 am »
If you have the room on your propperty you should consider getting a box you can bolt down in the ground that is  big enough for most packages that you can litterally give a copy of the key to fed ex or ups for deliverys based off of theft in the area so you keep your stuff safe and nothing happens. This way if someone tries to steal from you they wont  most likely. Most thiefs will want to get in and out in general and most likely not mess with something they have to try to break to get open

What is the deal with the over use of the word "literally" lately?  smh

You can't give the delivery drivers a key. And they would not take it nor fool with it.  If you are that scared of packages being stolen you need to pick it up at the hub. First off you do not have the same delivery driver every day. We have subs and fill ins all the time. And the drivers do not have time to try to keep up with your key. Or multiple keys if several people want to do this. 

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #41 on: July 30, 2020, 11:51:54 pm »
Normally stuff like this is mostly talked about around holiday time. Since covid happen and still going on that's picked up. Its kinda messed up to because the thief's are getting braver by stealing packages while some are actually home. Which is a scary scenerio actually walking out while someones doing it

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #42 on: July 30, 2020, 11:58:34 pm »
I feel for you! A lot mail/packages get stolen.

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #43 on: July 31, 2020, 11:23:41 pm »
Hate when this stuff happens you order something its delivered just for someone to steal it. I love it when some people fight back video it and turn those thiefs in or just get a good gag out of them. If you look on youtube you could find like a glitter bomb for  porch pirate who thinks he or shes getting something of worth but when they open the box all they get is a face full of glitter. Seriously for a second people should invest in cameras that record that way if you are stollen from you can turn in the person. Id plaster that stuff all over every website that shows mostly for your area where you live that you can so everyone can know these people are crooked thiefs and see it for first hand. Most of the people caught doing this are mostly local to the towns or city they are in so someone has to know them if they see them on camera

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Re: Porch Pirates
« Reply #44 on: August 01, 2020, 06:07:02 am »
No, haven't seen it yet. But agree that delivery boxes are everywhere now on people's porches.

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