![]() FedEx didn’t respond to my request for comment, but here’s what the others had to say: ![]() So I reached out to Amazon, FedEx, UPS, and the Postal Service. I wondered if various carriers instruct their drivers to use package delivery boxes-or not. But I do know that drivers are under a lot of pressure to make deliveries as quickly and efficiently as possible-heck, there were even reports of Amazon drivers peeing in bottles earlier this year-so I don’t fault them for throwing the packages on my porch and moving on. ![]() Whether the delivery workers didn’t realize the boxes were there to collect packages, or didn’t want to spend the extra time needed to insert the packages instead of placing them a few feet away on the porch, I don’t know. (We do most of our shopping online.) Of all those packages, only three ended up in the boxes. Over the course of the three months I had these boxes on my front porch, my wife and I received dozens of packages. Some models also connect to the internet, allowing you to receive alerts when there is a package and lock or unlock the box’s secure compartment from your smartphone. They can even be bolted to your porch or weighed down with sand or weights. Postal Service drop box, with an opening at the top for couriers to deposit packages that fall into a secure compartment at the bottom. These boxes typically work just like a FedEx, UPS, or U.S. Recently, a third option for deterring porch pirates emerged: package delivery boxes. ![]() Amazon offers an in-garage delivery service, Amazon Key, but it’s a viable option only if you have a garage and do all your shopping on Amazon. Every holiday season we see news reports of porch pirates snatching packages off the stoops and thresholds of unsuspecting shoppers.Īnd not surprisingly, we’ve also seen new developments to deter these thieves: Video doorbells have emerged as a popular way to guard against package theft, but while the devices can record parcel predators in the act, they can’t actually stop them.
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