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i'd like to move some place even more rural, such that i have similar problems. i was imagining installing something like one of the blue usps mailboxes at the

i'd like to move some place even more rural, such that i have similar problems. i was imagining installing something like one of the blue usps mailboxes at the end of the driveway. is it not a big enough problem to bother with something like that?

bombcar 4y ago
It's usually rare enough (winter only, certain days only) that it's not worth bothering; but if you really cared you could easily get a trash can in yellow or something https://www.uline.com/BL_445/Uline-Trash-Cans-with-Wheels https://www.uline.com/BL_445/Uline-Trash-Cans-with-Wheels My local UPS has no problem leaving things on the steps (nothing has ever gone missing) but FedEx always backs down my (shortish) driveway and tries to hide it behind a trash can. Even assuming the trash can above was somehow porch pirate secure, you're looking at 10.4 billion dollars to outfit each house with one, interestingly enough.
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  Even just a shield to make it not so visibly obvious that there’s package for the taking would cut risk by xx%. Sometimes a lot of easy and cheap solutions are better than a few expensive but closer to perfect solutions. At least what I like with the amazonization of society is that most packages are close to worthless to fence. That big Amazon box might just be toilet paper. The small one might just be hot sauce. That wasn’t a thing 20 years ago.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    Yeah, we have the dollar amount lost to porch piracy, it'd be interesting to see how much "value" comes out the other side. I suspect much of it is just ripped open and left; perhaps Amazon will start shipping low value items in clear boxes.
mc32 4y ago
Sounds like you'd like to live like Ivo: https://www.insider.com/man-living-in-utah-ghost-town-alone-2020-10 https://www.insider.com/man-living-in-utah-ghost-town-alone-... He has to hop into a plane to go pick up groceries.

bombcar 4y ago

It's usually rare enough (winter only, certain days only) that it's not worth bothering; but if you really cared you could easily get a trash can in yellow or something https://www.uline.com/BL_445/Uline-Trash-Cans-with-Wheels https://www.uline.com/BL_445/Uline-Trash-Cans-with-Wheels My local UPS has no problem leaving things on the steps (nothing has ever gone missing) but FedEx always backs down my (shortish) driveway and tries to hide it behind a trash can. Even assuming the trash can above was somehow porch pirate secure, you're looking at 10.4 billion dollars to outfit each house with one, interestingly enough.

Scoundreller 4y ago
Even just a shield to make it not so visibly obvious that there’s package for the taking would cut risk by xx%. Sometimes a lot of easy and cheap solutions are better than a few expensive but closer to perfect solutions. At least what I like with the amazonization of society is that most packages are close to worthless to fence. That big Amazon box might just be toilet paper. The small one might just be hot sauce. That wasn’t a thing 20 years ago.
- bombcar 4y ago
  Yeah, we have the dollar amount lost to porch piracy, it'd be interesting to see how much "value" comes out the other side. I suspect much of it is just ripped open and left; perhaps Amazon will start shipping low value items in clear boxes.

mc32 4y ago

Sounds like you'd like to live like Ivo: https://www.insider.com/man-living-in-utah-ghost-town-alone-2020-10 https://www.insider.com/man-living-in-utah-ghost-town-alone-... He has to hop into a plane to go pick up groceries.