We got robbed today !

hollydolly

hollydolly

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We were out , having lunch with my daughter, and my husband noticed on his phone that a delivery driver had left an expensive box of wine on our doorstep.

The wine wasn't wrapped in anything concealing the contents, just a box containing the name of the wine company.... but the stupid driver left it on the doorstep in full visibility for everyone..despite knowing no-one was home. By the time my o/h saw the footage of the delivery , the driver had already left so we couldn't call him and tell him not to leave it there.

By the time we got home.. the wine had been stolen from the doorstep.:mad:. ironically and annoyingly we were just 5 minutes from home, and driving through a storm so we didn't hear the ring doorbell phone alert that someone was at the door.. (the Thief)..

When we got indoors we were able to view the footage of the thief, a scrawny , dirty looking POS , who had a rucksack on his back which looked full and potentially stuff stolen from elsewhere

We've reported the theft to the delivery company, and to the company who are clients of my husband who supply the wine every Christmas as a thank you gift to him..(unfortunately they never tell us when or we would have been here to accept it) .. we've alerted the police who have asked for the footage of the video to be sent to them, but unfortunately I doubt anything will be done..

However more annoyingly for me, is that I will now become paranoid about watching out for this guy.. everywhere and anywhere... become a curtain twitcher... it will drive me insane trying to find this guy... so I'm going to print out stills from the theft on the video and the face of the guy..we got a good clear side view.. , and I'm going to put them through letterboxes and attach to poles in the neighbourhood

I cannot stand a thief... !!!:mad:
 

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So annoying! I've never had any package stolen, but whenever I'm expecting something, I get e-mail alerts of the day & approximate time of delivery & I frequently check. But, of course we can't always be home to watch for it constantly.
Is there an alternate delivery option in your area, where things can be left at a specific location with security?
 

win231 said:
So annoying! I've never had any package stolen, but whenever I'm expecting something, I get e-mail alerts of the day & approximate time of delivery & I frequently check. But, of course we can't always be home to watch for it constantly.
Is there an alternate delivery option in your area, where things can be left at a specific location with security?
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We always do that too... but we weren't expecting this delivery today you see... the company sends the wine every year but it can come any time during December, they never tell us when they've sent it, and always in the past we've just been lucky that one of us has been home when it's been delivered.
if we'd been expecting it, we'd have either waited home for it, or let the company know a safe place they could leave it
 
hollydolly said:
We were out , having lunch with my daughter, and my husband noticed on his phone that a delivery driver had left an expensive box of wine on our doorstep.

The wine wasn't wrapped in anything concealing the contents, just a box containing the name of the wine company.... but the stupid driver left it on the doorstep in full visibility for everyone..despite knowing no-one was home. By the time my o/h saw the footage of the delivery , the driver had already left so we couldn't call him and tell him not to leave it there.

By the time we got home.. the wine had been stolen from the doorstep.:mad:. ironically and annoyingly we were just 5 minutes from home, and driving through a storm so we didn't hear the ring doorbell phone alert that someone was at the door.. (the Thief)..

When we got indoors we were able to view the footage of the thief, a scrawny , dirty looking POS , who had a rucksack on his back which looked full and potentially stuff stolen from elsewhere

We've reported the theft to the delivery company, and to the company who are clients of my husband who supply the wine every Christmas as a thank you gift to him..(unfortunately they never tell us when or we would have been here to accept it) .. we've alerted the police who have asked for the footage of the video to be sent to them, but unfortunately I doubt anything will be done..

However more annoyingly for me, is that I will now become paranoid about watching out for this guy.. everywhere and anywhere... become a curtain twitcher... it will drive me insane trying to find this guy... so I'm going to print out stills from the theft on the video and the face of the guy..we got a good clear side view.. , and I'm going to put them through letterboxes and attach to poles in the neighbourhood

I cannot stand a thief... !!!:mad:
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Hang that picture on your porch too! Make it as large as you can and hang it where that guy and other porch pirates can see it. Delivery guys will see it too and maybe be more careful where they leave your packages.
 
Very sad news!

Hopefully, this is an isolated incident and not the start of a trend in your area.

It may be better that you were not at home. It could have been much worse if you or your husband had confronted the porch pirate.

Do any of these guys look like the man in your photo?

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How annoying, Holly. And being robbed, even of a minor item, makes you feel as if you've been violated. Of course, this was the fault of the delivery company, and if they have to replace enough stolen packages, maybe they will change their policy.

Strangely, in this country I don't think that could happen. When an alcoholic beverage is being delivered, someone age 21 or over has to be there to sign for it.
 
Sunny said:
How annoying, Holly. And being robbed, even of a minor item, makes you feel as if you've been violated. Of course, this was the fault of the delivery company, and if they have to replace enough stolen packages, maybe they will change their policy.

Strangely, in this country I don't think that could happen. When an alcoholic beverage is being delivered, someone age 21 or over has to be there to sign for it.
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yes it's odd that anyone over 18 ( our age requirement for alcohol consumption) isn't required to be there to sign for the alcohol... .not being pedantic but this wasn't a minor item either, it was very expensive wine...

I'm trying to not be as mad as I would be if we'd bought it ourselves.. but as @RadishRose . so rightly described them, I just am furious at the pond scum just for being that exact thing..scum!!
 
You are right in feeling the way you do about this worthless excuse for a human. I hope they catch him.

When this kind of thing happened to me, I tend to be pissed off for quite awhile, and I lose trust in my fellow humans.

A few months ago, I was talking to a police officer about this kind of thing and he voiced the opinion that porch thieves are not typically people who are hungry or concerned about their own family. They are simply opportunistic thieves who often carry a grudge against people who they see as better off than they are. People who need food tend to shoplift food from stores that they believe will not suffer because of insurance coverage.

I would like to hear the opinion of 911 since he has probably made his own observations.
 
Sorry to hear that Holly. We've been lucky and never had anything stolen from our front step, and we've been ordering a lot of things for delivery since the coronavirus. I haven't heard any neighbors complain either over the years. We don't have any security cameras, but if I'm expecting something I do keep watch for it to be delivered. I just ordered printer ink from Walmart yesterday, and it arrived today, seems once a year I have to buy more ink, although we rarely even use the printer.
 
I remember seeing on the news a car stopping by a house. On the porch were some delivered boxes. The driver, a woman, gives instructions to her passenger, probably her own kid, a young girl, who then leaves the car, grabs the stuff off the porch, runs back to the car and it drives off. UGH.
 
The company that gives the wine will likely be arranging for the delivery company to send delivery text messages from now on.

As upsetting as your loss was, my initial thought was that someone broke into your house. I’m sure glad it wasn’t that.

These delivery companies should have to have dash cam on the front & back of their vehicles. Many crooks follow the trucks.
 
Jules said:
The company that gives the wine will likely be arranging for the delivery company to send delivery text messages from now on.

As upsetting as your loss was, my initial thought was that someone broke into your house. I’m sure glad it wasn’t that.

These delivery companies should have to have dash cam on the front & back of their vehicles. Many crooks follow the trucks.
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when we called my husbands' client who sent the wine, they said that last year there was 2 thefts from doorsteps, where the delivery company DHL had left the wine... and complaints were made to them then.. so they obviously are not concerned otherwise they would have made changes by now
 
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