Rant on shipping

Jstpssng · Jul 22, 2021

^^^^^
Hopefully they do that AFTER the bins are emptied.

goeduck · Jul 22, 2021

Around here anything on those bins is considered outgoing trash and free for the taking. I do not use curbside service but lots of people who have too much to fit inside a dumpster pile things on top.

buckeyefarmer · Jul 22, 2021

My son has had 2 packages not show up that UPS claims they delivered. He’s works from home, so is seldom away. Maybe porch pirates . So far he’s out a few hundred.

Frankenkubota · Jul 23, 2021

buckeyefarmer said:
My son has had 2 packages not show up that UPS claims they delivered. He’s works from home, so is seldom away. Maybe porch pirates . So far he’s out a few hundred.

so he's out the $ for the product that was never delivered?

Seems to be an interesting legal question.

Jstpssng · Jul 23, 2021

Frankenkubota said:
so he's out the $ for the product that was never delivered?

Seems to be an interesting legal question.

That's common. Apparently once they drop a package off you own it. Some vendors will come good on it though.

mrmikey · Jul 23, 2021

I don't think I posted this here before, my apologies if I have.
This is what I put up with, either don't give a rats a$$, another 15 ft is too far to walk or can't read English, last is what gets my vote. To add insult to injury, this is the pic I get from Intellicom saying the parcel has been delivered. Las time they walked back down the steps, thru a gate and put the package at the other door......Mike

PILOON · Jul 23, 2021

Jstpssng said:
^^^^^
Hopefully they do that AFTER the bins are emptied.

Unfortunately not and we have a 3 bin system so the odds are that any day there is a bin by the road.
Making it worst you can't see the bins from the house as we have long drives.
The upside is that practice of porch theft is not a practice around here yet.

BUT stealing catalytic convertors is very common.
LEO's don't even want to make reports anymore either and in many cases replacement is running in the $1000. plus range. (diesel powered RV's)
Any overnight parking (like a hospital) is a prime target.
Friend has an RV storage facility that has been hit frequently.
Heck even outdoor in front of your house is a targeted area now.

Camera surveillance is next to useless as perps all wear face masks and hoodies and their vehicles usually bear stolen plates. (or illegibly muddied)
With battery sawsalls theft is about one minute per convertor.

goeduck · Jul 23, 2021

I still am amazed that is not shut down at the scrap end where these guys take the converters.

Doofy · Jul 23, 2021

goeduck said:
I still am amazed that is not shut down at the scrap end where these guys take the converters.

Agreed. If there were no market for stolen converters, they would move on to something else. Up here, they will drill a hole in your gas tank to fill a jug and just let the rest run out on the ground. Nothing worse than thieves!

newbury · Jul 23, 2021

mrmikey said:
I don't think I posted this here before, my apologies if I have.
This is what I put up with, either don't give a rats a$$, another 15 ft is too far to walk or can't read English, last is what gets my vote. To add insult to injury, this is the pic I get from Intellicom saying the parcel has been delivered. Las time they walked back down the steps, thru a gate and put the package at the other door......Mike

Why do you suppose they would read the sign?
Some of my deliveries just get close enough to throw the package at the door, 15 feet or so.