How do we eliminate porch piracy in the USA?

[Buzz Rules]

How do we eliminate porch piracy in the USA?

You Tube has some ideas apparently...

I'm not an attorney but for those that are, doesn't doing these kinds of stunts open the home owners for some kind of lawsuits as well?

 

[kdonnel]

We make the consumer responsible for the last mile delivery.

Packages get delivered to a secure location, you get notification that your package is ready for pickup, and you perform the last mile of delivery by getting the package yourself.

It would be inconvenient for most and for others make online shopping an impossibility.

Like credit card fraud, a line is drawn by the retailers in the market as to how much fraud is acceptable. When the cost of replacing stolen packages crosses that line, the retailers will make changes.

 

[Genie+]

We make the consumer responsible for the last mile delivery.

Packages get delivered to a secure location, you get notification that your package is ready for pickup, and you perform the last mile of delivery by getting the package yourself.

It would be inconvenient for most and for others make online shopping an impossibility.

Like credit card fraud, a line is drawn by the retailers in the market as to how much fraud is acceptable. When the cost of replacing stolen packages crosses that line, the retailers will make changes.

This is kind of what the Amazon Lockers do for people who have risky porches or delivery circumstances.

 

[_19disnA]

I think the video is a humorous attempt at solving this problem. Am not a lawyer, but can recall a number of years ago when someone had their remote cabin in the woods setup to fire a gun at anyone who attempted to break in and that was determined to be illegal.

Many online companies will require you to sign for certain high value/high theft items and not just leave them at your door. To prevent minors from ordering alcohol online, that is also something that requires an adult to sign for the delivery.

 

[Cadiewampus]

Shoot the next one you see on your porch

 

[kdonnel]

This is kind of what the Amazon Lockers do for people who have risky porches or delivery circumstances.

Yeah.

My son recently moved and while helping him move in we walked through the mail "room" starting on Friday and ending on Tuesday. I was amazed at how many packages I saw on Friday that were still there on Tuesday.

Room is in quotes because while there is an actual package room, most packages were just tossed in the hallway in front of the mail boxes rather than carried to the package room. Everyone coming from the parking goes through this hallway. I thought it was strange that the package room which was less than 10 feet away was not used.

I guess that was a good sign that the packages are not stolen but mentioned to him he might want to use a nearby Amazon locker, at least for expensive items.

 

[dcassetta]

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