Community Chat

[monicakm]

@Jo1313 

We're not in the woods but we are in the country.  I just saw this again today with an Amazon driver...before a delivery person gets out of their van, my dogs are going bananas.  The Doodle starts it because the Dingo can't hear too well but he starts barking because she is.  The delivery person acts afraid to get too close to the door.  Do they think the dogs are going to open the door to attack them??

[monicakm]

Both exterior doors have doorbell cameras and there are 4 exterior cams.  The area isn't crime ridden, I just like tech.

[monicakm]

@SilleeMee 

I've had two pkgs on the front porch for hours.  Guess I'll go them now.  Thanks for the reminder.

[icezeus]

Fortunately no. I have lived in my house for 21 years and have never had a package stolen. However,  I used to have the Ring App, and I was surprised by just how many packages were being taken in the area, especially around this time of year. 

[haddon9]

No, thank goodness!  Never hear of this happeneing in my neighbohood.

[Carmie]

I have only had one thing stolen from my porch.  It was a shelf for a refrigerator.

When we called the repairman for the fridge, he noticed that a shelf was cracked, so he ordered us a new one and said it would be delivered to our door.

About a week later, it came in a really large 3 by 3 ft box and we discovered he ordered the incorrect shelf.  I called and was told a new one would be sent out ASAP.

I was told to put the incorrect one back in the box and they gave me an address to put on the box.  They sent me an email and advised me when to put the box out for pick up.  I called and said I was not comfortable doing this, but was told to do it anyway.

So on the day of pick up.  I put the box on the porch and went in to take a shower.  When I checked afterward, the box was gone so I thought it was picked up.

Two days later UPS knocked on our door at night and said they were here for the pick up.

So it appears someone stole the box.  A few days after that,  I found  the address label in our yard.  The repair company was not too happy, but I only did as I was told.

Other than that, nothing else has ever been stolen.  We pick up the packages almost immediately when delivered and if we aren't home, I call my neighbor who will get the packages for us. We have a security camera.

[Goldengate8361]

No; not in my neighborhood.

[LuvmyLab]

Many years ago I was actually on my computer tracking packages and it said they had been delivered.  I went down to the front porch but found nothing. I immediately knew someone had stolen my packages. Luckily, the vendors resent me the products so I was not out anything. After that, we got a UPS store mailbox and have all our mail and packages delivered there. Porch pirates will no longer be taking my packages!

[Jaynah]

My next door neighbor had 2 packages stolen on the same day, she told me catfood from Chewy, and a pair of size 5 red shoes. 

Then two doors up from her, a package was stolen, from a man who owns that

house, I don't know what was in the box. He did havea  Ring doorbell, and got

a clear picture of the porch pirate, the guy did not disguise himself, no mask, no sunglasses, etc. . Nothing ever came of it, no one recognized 

him. I think they come from far away neighborhoods when they steal. 

[Jaynah]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

Not by us. We have a camera that's focused on our front walkway and DH gets an alert whenever someone comes to the door.  

Have you seen the videos where the homeowner leaves a boobytrapped package on the porch and it explodes paint all over the thief?  It serves them right.  

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Our local cops here said don't do that, the perp knows where you live

and will come and get revenge.