Posted on 12/02/2019 11:55:40 AM PST by karpov
“I wish that Amazon would partner with Walmart and put lockers in Walmarts, many of which are open 24 hours. Heck, Walmart could use them too for their ship-to-store items.”
our local walmart already has an automated locker robot for stuff you buy online that is shipped to the store. it’s like a giant 25 foot tall automat that delivers your package to a portal when you type in your order number at the keypad ...
re: “Well get ready New Yorkers, Andy’s going to release even more criminals (at least 900 of them) to walk your streets.”
TOO BAD these criminal can’t be “chipped” such that when they approach a door or a gate a buzzer or alarm goes off ... commit a crime, get convicted by a duly constituted jury in a trial, GET A CHIP.
Awesome story.
“over 90,000 packages a day...” Yeah, right. No way.
NYT: creating facts out of thin air.
Package thefts are a national problem. The best solution is to send it to a retired neighbor.
I have a roadside mailbox at my house and USPS puts the UPS/FexEx packages in the mailbox, or leaves them on a porch if too large for the mailbox.
Have never asked if they hold such packages at the PO for those with boxes there, but it would seem they should since they deliver them out on the RFD routes.
So how is this bin secured to the ground?
They steal my central air unit with a cage in concrete footings over it. While it’s running I might add.
I live right by the Zoo and Rhodes College.
Seems to me a chain and a bumper drag the whole shebang right off your porch and down the street?
“They steal my central air unit with a cage in concrete footings over it. While it’s running I might add.”
And you still want to live there?
“Seems to me a chain and a bumper drag the whole shebang right off your porch and down the street?”
Build a brick housing around it.
Thanks for the idea. I can make one in my fab shop. Use duckbill anchors to make it permanent thru a poured slab. The lid can be open with a latching link rod passing thru to inside the house so once it’s closed you have to release it from inside the house. Much less than $700. Square 1” high grade steel tubing, welded. Fiberglass sides.
You gave me some really good ideas. At least I can do something productive out of it. When I’m done I’ll put a doghouse door front on it to make it a fake dog house.
Kinda my own oasis. Owls, hawks, eagles, and old growth forest tracts nearby.
a little bit like service merchendise
Wow! You’ll stump the thieves! I hope you build it.
I understand. Home is home!
“a little bit like Service Merchandise”
Wow! You ARE old! ;-)
older than dust!
or as they say on the downeast coast.
He is so old he fahts dust.
To me, this comment illustrates a large part of the problem; no punishment for the crime of theft. I realize that the arrests for this might be few & far between, but how about making a real public example of those who ARE caught? There are things that could be done to accomplish this. I believe this might be a deterrent to others thinking of committing the same thefts.
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