How do you deal with package thieves that steal from your door?

[zenkai]

I was walking by the front window of my house and I saw a young woman who looked to be taking an angle towards my front door. She was kind of cute, skinny jeans, pony tail, and a pink tank top but that's not what my immediate concern was. I thought maybe I had received a package and she was going to try to snipe it.

So I open my front door and sure enough - she turns around towards the sidewalk. I'm sure she was looking to steal but what can I do? She didn't do anything. I looked down and saw what I assume she was coming for: A bag with Bed, Bath and Beyond clearly visible. The thing is, it wasn't anything from BB&B. It was cat shit.

I use old plastic bags to clean out the litter box and sometimes when I'm lazy I set them just outside the front door so I can grab them on my way out and to throw into the trash can that sits outside the garage.

So the rusty brain starts working. I have a bunch of old Amazon boxes sitting in my garage. I'm going to fill one with cat shit, stuff it with newspaper or something so it feels solid, and set it outside my front door. I'm also going to leave one sitting by my mailbox some random night.

Inside the box I'll neatly place a note on top of the poop that says "there you go, you thieving shithead"

I can't get in trouble for that, can I?

Open the door and tell her you have a package for her?

Or you can do what Tom Mabe did .

[Caaethil]

I was walking by the front window of my house and I saw a young woman who looked to be taking an angle towards my front door. She was kind of cute, skinny jeans, pony tail, and a pink tank top but that's not what my immediate concern was. I thought maybe I had received a package and she was going to try to snipe it.

So I open my front door and sure enough - she turns around towards the sidewalk. I'm sure she was looking to steal but what can I do? She didn't do anything. I looked down and saw what I assume she was coming for: A bag with Bed, Bath and Beyond clearly visible. The thing is, it wasn't anything from BB&B. It was cat shit.

I use old plastic bags to clean out the litter box and sometimes when I'm lazy I set them just outside the front door so I can grab them on my way out and to throw into the trash can that sits outside the garage.

So the rusty brain starts working. I have a bunch of old Amazon boxes sitting in my garage. I'm going to fill one with cat shit, stuff it with newspaper or something so it feels solid, and set it outside my front door. I'm also going to leave one sitting by my mailbox some random night.

Inside the box I'll neatly place a note on top of the poop that says "there you go, you thieving shithead"

I can't get in trouble for that, can I?

That's way too much effort, just let them steal the bags.

[Atrea]

I was walking by the front window of my house and I saw a young woman who looked to be taking an angle towards my front door. She was kind of cute, skinny jeans, pony tail, and a pink tank top but that's not what my immediate concern was. I thought maybe I had received a package and she was going to try to snipe it.

So I open my front door and sure enough - she turns around towards the sidewalk. I'm sure she was looking to steal but what can I do? She didn't do anything. I looked down and saw what I assume she was coming for: A bag with Bed, Bath and Beyond clearly visible. The thing is, it wasn't anything from BB&B. It was cat shit.

I use old plastic bags to clean out the litter box and sometimes when I'm lazy I set them just outside the front door so I can grab them on my way out and to throw into the trash can that sits outside the garage.

So the rusty brain starts working. I have a bunch of old Amazon boxes sitting in my garage. I'm going to fill one with cat shit, stuff it with newspaper or something so it feels solid, and set it outside my front door. I'm also going to leave one sitting by my mailbox some random night.

Inside the box I'll neatly place a note on top of the poop that says "there you go, you thieving shithead"

I can't get in trouble for that, can I?

This is a great work of artistic fiction.

The reality however, is that in Canada - where this poster has previously indicated he lives - the mail service (Canada Post) has a strict policy against leaving packages on your doorstep. Instead, what they will do, is bring the package back to a local post office, and leave a note on your door/in your mailbox on where/when the package can be picked up. Depending on the location, they may re-attempt delivery the following day.

So, nice story, but this didn't actually happen.

My answer to the query posed by the OP is straightforward, though: I don't do anything, because package thieves aren't a thing here.

[Hilhen7]

Next time open the door and ask her if she's the escort you ordered, while you have on a silk robe. She won't be stopping by anymore...

[jazen]

Yes surround your house with boxes of cat shit. That will teach the thieves.

This. Just this.

[Deleted]

They take a picture of the package on your porch.

So a delivery man could take a photo and pick up your package and drive away?

[Ettan]

Not an issue here, its virtually a gated community, with only one mainland connection. There used to be a ferry system into Oslo and the surrounding islands, but that has been shut down for many decades now.
I very much doubt that any of the neighbours would steal illegally (granted they might steal legally from the poor for a living).
Their workers could, but it would be rather hard as its constantly buzzeling with workers, cleaners, gardeners, au pairs ect.

Leaving packages isnt normally done by the normal postal or -delivery services either.
It only really occurs occasionally (store delivery services or special delivery). Baths/furniture/pianos/building materials; very large windows ect.


But more ot, I would setup security.
You can also issue an electronic door opening mecanism and send an electronic key with limited access in advance to the people/company you want to deliver stuff to you.
(Only opens the door between set hours, or only works on a spesific date).

[Rooflesstoofless]

Most people in the US lack character and moral fiber and will fuck another person over as soon as they think they can get away with it.

[yetgdhfgh]

So you hide the package so noone can see it but then leave a note that would tell the thief exactly where to find it. Brilliant!!

In England we have letterboxes on the doors that we put the slip into and it goes straight into your house so unless the thief actually breaks into your house then they aint gonna see the slip. Brilliant huh?

[pionock]

Didn't someone on YouTube have this problem and they rigged up some fake packages to have blank shotgun shells go off when the thieves tried to steal it? I'm on mobile, bit hard to find at the moment, if someone wouldn't mind hooking a brother up.

[Allybeboba]

Are you ever going to start reading your own fucking sources?

Being held liable and “prison time”(in your words) are two different things my friend.

Cheers

[petej0]

Most people in the US lack character and moral fiber and will fuck another person over as soon as they think they can get away with it.

I think most Americans lack integrity, which explains our politicians.

[Shadee]

don't forget to shoot them while they're trespassing

I would just do this.

[Allybeboba]

Didn't someone on YouTube have this problem and they rigged up some fake packages to have blank shotgun shells go off when the thieves tried to steal it? I'm on mobile, bit hard to find at the moment, if someone wouldn't mind hooking a brother up.

I linked that article. A particular poster here thinks they should have “prison time” for it. Kek...
It made national news. It had hilarious results. That person was “catching” multiple people on a daily basis with it if I remember correctly.

Cheers

[Moadar]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...age-thief.html


I remember this lady being on the news before they caught her. Her facebook accounts were suitably hilarious at one point as well.

[God Save The King]

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I installed a package drop for my family a few years ago. They're not horribly expensive, and rather secure. You can also get a wall mounted one, so packages are dropped from the outside, but land on the inside.

Doesn't work for massive packages, but it is good enough for the normal stuff you'd order.

[Deleted]

I clearly don't endorse the following type of activity, Yorkshire farming folk for ya. While I was growing up a friends grandad had a problem with his neighbour nicking large quantities of logs, grandad decided that half a pound of bullseye in a drilled out log would be suitable justice. No-one was injured in the incident but the neighbour did spend a long time trying to get the black off his living room walls.

[cuafpr]

haha i like the concept of leaving boxes of shit for them... That said as others seems to have pointed out one guy invited a box that fires a blank shotgun shell, pretty sure he sells the kits not but has a back log of orders if i recall the story correctly. Other ideas are video door bells and visiable cameras (even if fake) to deter people from doing it. I get a TON of stuff via mail so I've been lucky so far. high value items i do send to the local UPS store though or work from home those days but i'm lucky to be in a position that can do that.

semi-funny story, i once had a box delivered to me, which wasn't mine but was to my address. I was like uh ok... and kept washing my truck. A bit later a nice looking woman walks up, smiles and being a little flirty. The box was hers but she had put the wrong address down as she had just moved in down the street (wrong house number). I laughed and gave her the box sadly she had a husband lol. Pretty sure she came alone for the looks/flirt factor but i wouldn't have kept the package anyways regardless though.


edit:
so this is a thing https://www.thepackageguard.com/ though seems meh at best...


or what I've thought about is getting/building a shed and using the amazon remove lock or some other remote lock service for UPS /USPS to place packages in, that way the get placed in a secure / dry location without giving anyone access to my house.

[belfpala]

That's nice, I schedule my deliveries for days where I can be home when they deliver. Not all that difficult if you can work from home.

That's great for you. I get called in to fix problems at any hour of any day, and the problems I fix are often not of the kind I can fix from home.

So, therefore, I get most of my things delivered to my workplace.

[Talsar]

You assume the delivery driver will always follow those instructions. I have a common entrance way in the place I’m at now, and I’ve asked the mailman to bring the packages inside. Nope. He still leaves them outside in the elements and for people to see.

Oh that's lame. I assumed because I have things delivered all the time and I've never had them fail to follow the instructions before, but I should have considered it as a possibility.