We got robbed today !

Aunt Marg said:
ROFLMAO!

I can't believe the postal service would actually leave something like that on a home-owners doorstep without garnering a signature.

This thread is my laugh of the day! :ROFLMAO:
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I had to follow-up on this after thinking about it a bit more. It is stunning that they would be (are) that careless, but my own dealings with DHL and other delivery drivers have periodically been very unsatisfactory. When I was still working, I took delivery of lots of company shipments at my personal residence. Over and over again, DHL dropped off heavy boxes of expensive items on the sidewalk across the street where a disabled person lived. They didn't bother with the signature requirement. My complaints fell on deaf ears; they were in a hurry and they just didn't care. Writing letters didn't change anything either. I have had FEDEX deliver a package inside my neighbors garage where she didn't find it for 5 months. I have also had the postal service put important medications in the wrong mailbox where they baked in 90 plus heat for a week before my neighbor returned from vacation and found them. All my attempts to get this corrected were met with a form E-mail from the postal service telling me that they had been delivered. I had to throw them away.

Trust me, delivery service these days is not what it should be.
 

Pecos said:
I had to follow-up on this after thinking about it a bit more. It is stunning that they would be (are) that careless, but my own dealings with DHL and other delivery drivers have periodically been very unsatisfactory. When I was still working, I took delivery of lots of company shipments at my personal residence. Over and over again, DHL dropped off heavy boxes of expensive items on the sidewalk across the street where a disabled person lived. They didn't bother with the signature requirement. My complaints fell on deaf ears; they were in a hurry and they just didn't care. Writing letters didn't change anything either. I have had FEDEX deliver a package inside my neighbors garage where she didn't find it for 5 months. I have also had the postal service put important medications in the wrong mailbox where they baked in 90 plus heat for a week before my neighbor returned from vacation and found them. All my attempts to get this corrected were met with a form E-mail from the postal service telling me that they had been delivered. I had to throw them away.

Trust me, delivery service these days is not what it should be.
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Sounds like it really has become careless on their part, Pecos.

We, too, have received a few orders that were left on our front stoop when we weren't home, and thankfully we live in a good neighbourhood, but still.
 
jujube said:
'Tis the time of year for that, for sure. Bummer, Holly!
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your right Jujube.. and much as I'm seething about it, I have to be glad that we personally didn't lose out financially ourselves .. but still, .. it's bloody maddening as you can imagine. My main concern as I said earlier is as the police said to us tonight on the phone, these people are likely to return again and again when they find an easy target, so I want him caught before it's someone vulnerable he targets next
 
I lost a package from my porch a couple years ago, and ever since then I've tracked packages and then watched out for them when they are due to arrive. It does make you mad as all getout, though, that people go around doing this. It's hard enough getting the things you need during this pandemic, without having porch pirates make it even worse. Even now, I'm leery of having anything very expensive shipped to my home.
 
Pappy said:
Holly. If you have a ring door bell, you can add Neighbors icon for your neighborhood. That way you can paste his freaking face all over your area. You may be different over there, but it is a great tool to have.
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Well I hadn't heard of this @Pappy, until you mentioned it and I've spoken to hubs about it this morning, and he's going to do exactly what you suggested with the Neighbours Icon.. thanks very much for the suggestion
 
hollydolly said:
Well I hadn't heard of this @Pappy, until you mentioned it and I've spoken to hubs about it this morning, and he's going to do exactly what you suggested with the Neighbours Icon.. thanks very much for the suggestion
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Good. I wasn’t sure if it was available to you, but glad it is. It’s an additional way to keep you informed around your area.
 
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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As I understand it, in England, if you try any type of self-help or defense, you're liable to be punished more than the perp. :mad:
 
Costco and Amazon here in Canada just drop things off on the porch. In this neighborhood where everyone watches the comings and goings of everyone, there is little chance of someone pinching a package.
 
Unfortunately... Hubs has just informed me that he's just discovered that irritatingly the neighbourhood icon on the Video ring doorbell is NOT available in the UK...only in the USA... so we're unable to take your advice @Pappy , unfortunately , and share among fellow Ring users... :(

I'd be very interested to know why the manufacturers of Ring have made this distinction
 
@hollydolly OMG Holly. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
It's very maddening, and i think frightening.
What's next........invading your home........SCARY.
I think our pandemic has made it easier for the low life of thieves......sad.
Do whatever you need to do, to draw this to everyone's attention.
Happy you're both safe and your home wasn't invaded.
 
MickaC said:
@hollydolly OMG Holly. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
It's very maddening, and i think frightening.
What's next........invading your home........SCARY.
I think our pandemic has made it easier for the low life of thieves......sad.
Do whatever you need to do, to draw this to everyone's attention.
Happy you're both safe and your home wasn't invaded.
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thanks Micka... :giggle: this is precisely what's put the wind up me..the thought if they could do this in broad daylight with a ring doorbell in full view.. what next ?...in the dark, home invasion etc ? .. I have to calm down and realise that this is happening all too often and they are opportunist thieves.. (I hope).. and we do have a lot of security lights and alarms on out buildings etc.. but I was burgled while I slept some years ago when my daughter was young and she and I were in bed, and I know a doorstep theft is not the same as being burgled as we were back then but it's brought back all the memories flooding back from then.. and caused me to be more upset than this deserves I think.

Hubs is now putting more security in place ( just for my peace of mind) ..right while I'm typing this..
 
hollydolly said:
thanks Micka... :giggle: this is precisely what's put the wind up me..the thought if they could do this in broad daylight with a ring doorbell in full view.. what next ?...in the dark, home invasion etc ? .. I have to calm down and realise that this is happening all too often and they are opportunist thieves.. (I hope).. and we do have a lot of security lights and alarms on out buildings etc.. but I was burgled while I slept some years ago when my daughter was young and she and I were in bed, and I know a doorstep theft is not the same as being burgled as we were back then but it's brought back all the memories flooding back from then.. and caused me to be more upset than this deserves I think.

Hubs is now putting more security in place ( just for my peace of mind) ..right while I'm typing this..
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I've been burgled, and it is a very disconcerting feeling to know some stranger/s have been in your personal space, going through your belongings.

To have someone in your home while sleeping .. I understand why this has affected you the way it has.

You have a good hubby, Hols.
 
hollydolly said:
Unfortunately... Hubs has just informed me that he's just discovered that irritatingly the neighbourhood icon on the Video ring doorbell is NOT available in the UK...only in the USA... so we're unable to take your advice @Pappy , unfortunately , and share among fellow Ring users... :(

I'd be very interested to know why the manufacturers of Ring have made this distinction
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So would I.....bummer.
 
With “Contactless Delivery” they don’t require a signature now. If I happen to make it to the door prior to them leaving, some take a photo.

Only half the time is there a knock or ring of the bell. The motion sets off the notice to my or DH’s phone so we find the parcel. So far living on a dead end quiet street has been good.

@hollydolly, did your thief have a mask on? Some are getting smarter.
 
Jules said:
With “Contactless Delivery” they don’t require a signature now. If I happen to make it to the door prior to them leaving, some take a photo.

Only half the time is there a knock or ring of the bell. The motion sets off the notice to my or DH’s phone so we find the parcel. So far living on a dead end quiet street has been good.

@hollydolly, did your thief have a mask on? Some are getting smarter.
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Even if the thief didn't have a mask on, I'll bet he had one heck of a smirk on! :giggle:
 
hollydolly said:
Unfortunately... Hubs has just informed me that he's just discovered that irritatingly the neighbourhood icon on the Video ring doorbell is NOT available in the UK...only in the USA... so we're unable to take your advice @Pappy , unfortunately , and share among fellow Ring users... :(

I'd be very interested to know why the manufacturers of Ring have made this distinction
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I have a Ring system, but not the video doorbell, since nobody can get anywhere near the front door. What is the "neighbourhood icon" and what does that do?
 
That would be a bit traumatic to have a porch pirate. I've watched some YouTube videos, and the pirates do seem like very low class people. Not like the appealing tykes stealing things in Dickens' novels.
My experience with package deliveries has been all over the place, lots of times nicely tucked out of sight with a photo sent to me, but other times delivered into a neighbor's garage and not noticed for weeks, once in a wheelbarrow in the barn (I imagine they were trying to keep it from being rained on), once in the deep grass behind the mailbox where by the time I noticed it the cardboard was icky and a bunch of rolly-poly bugs had moved into the cardboard. The worst "delivery" was just a note left on my door that the package required a signature - I had been home! They must have knocked very quietly! Then it was delivered a few days later and just left in front of the garage and strangely NOT requiring a signature.
I think it will be good when Amazon starts prescription services because then instead of prescriptions sitting in a hot/freezing mailbox for hours, probably delivery could be made to an Amazon pickup box at the Whole Foods store.
 
Nathan said:
I have a Ring system, but not the video doorbell, since nobody can get anywhere near the front door. What is the "neighbourhood icon" and what does that do?
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well I don't know @Nathan because our Ring Video doorbell doesn't do it. @Pappy said that in the USA, the neighbourhood icon allows you to share the face of the criminal with others who also have the Ring Video doorbell system
 

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