i think someone is taking packages from my front stoop

Has anyone had this problem??? Two UPS packages have been marked as "delivered" to us in the past month, and they were not here. However, I order online all the time, and most of the time, I receive the packages. UPS is "looking into it", but this makes me very upset. I would hope my neighbors wouldnt take my packages??? anyone have this experience?

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if the packages are marked as delivered online, they were definitely taken I can't believe people would do that, although I don't know why I am surprised.

I hope you get them back!

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My mother has had packages stolen from her doorsteps many times and she was told "we delivered it"..Also I had something delivered to someone's house by Fed Ex that was left in the middle of her driveway for ALL to see...It wasn't taken but I did call FedEx to complain

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Knock on a couple of neighbor's doors to ask, "By chance did you see packages outside my door? They were delivered according to UPS, but they were never here when I got home. I was just curious if maybe someone took them in due to bad weather or something." When they say no, ask if they've seen anyone going to your door or anything and end with "I really hope I don't have to call the police. I'd hate to think someone is stealing packages in the neighborhood."

It's probably NOT neighbors, but if it is, your packages might just reappear soon. At least you'll have your neighbors looking out for you and aware of what's going on.

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ugh... i hate that someone i live near would do that. what should i do? do you think i should talk to the neighbors? what an invasion.

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Posted by Kara

Knock on a couple of neighbor's doors to ask, "By chance did you see packages outside my door? They were delivered according to UPS, but they were never here when I got home. I was just curious if maybe someone took them in due to bad weather or something." When they say no, ask if they've seen anyone going to your door or anything and end with "I really hope I don't have to call the police. I'd hate to think someone is stealing packages in the neighborhood."

It's probably NOT neighbors, but if it is, your packages might just reappear soon. At least you'll have your neighbors looking out for you and aware of what's going on.

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Posted by Kara

Knock on a couple of neighbor's doors to ask, "By chance did you see packages outside my door? They were delivered according to UPS, but they were never here when I got home. I was just curious if maybe someone took them in due to bad weather or something." When they say no, ask if they've seen anyone going to your door or anything and end with "I really hope I don't have to call the police. I'd hate to think someone is stealing packages in the neighborhood."

It's probably NOT neighbors, but if it is, your packages might just reappear soon. At least you'll have your neighbors looking out for you and aware of what's going on.

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Our post office stopped leaving packages at our house because too many people were saying that the packages were being taken.

Its a pain in the azz to go to the post office and pick up the packages but more of a pain to have to report them stolen.

im sorry this happened. Maybe your neighbors picked up the package and is holding it for you

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Hopefully a neighbor has them waiting for you. Unfortunately though, Tis the season for it. And yes, there are low-lives who will steal packages left on door steps, it happened to a friend of mine. If you suspect theft, definitely report it to your local police precinct.

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think I read about this last year in the paper...kids actually go around neighborhoods during the day when people are at work. They called it doing their "christmas shopping"

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that stinks....UPS has always left me a note to tell me they tried to deliver and when they will be back.

I'd be pizzed if they left it out in public for anyone to come and take

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that stinks!!! i was gonna say... we've had stuff to be delivered and if nobody was home, UPS would leave us a note saying when they would be back or that we could pick it up at the UPS store at a certain tme....
i think there is a way to have your packages marked "signature required for delivery", so that they won't leave it at your house if no one is home to sign for it. maybe look into doing that for the future?? good luck!!

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that stinks if ppl are taking your packages!!

honestly--since i'm not home in the daytime--i have all packages shipped to my office so that i KNOW someone is around to sign for it.

i hope UPS can figure out what happened or that you can get the items reimbursed!

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I've never had any taken from my house but, when I lived in an apartment, things that were being marked as "delivered" were never received. If we weren't home, the packages were usually left at the management office so they either weren't delivered or just dumped in our apartment lobby.

The sender usually sent a replacement item/

I send most of my packages to my office (unless they are huge) because of that (I only lost one package but, my old roommate had a bunch that were lost).

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We actually had the opposite with FedEX last year or the year before. They said they delivered theater tickets to my home. They claimed they left it next to my mail box which is curbside and they never did. The tickets were for the secretary at school. I was dying. They even made the FedEx drive come back here and he told me I swear I left them at the mailbox. I screamed at him why would you leave it along the street. Anyways the tickets turned up a week later back at stubhub in LA. Go figure. So he obviously had so many deliveries going that he had NO IDEA W T F he was doing!

Keep calling but I learn from Fedex that have things sent to a place of business. They require signatures at a place of business but not residential.

Message edited 12/8/2007 12:37:31 PM.

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Posted by Tabitha

Posted by Kara

Knock on a couple of neighbor's doors to ask, "By chance did you see packages outside my door? They were delivered according to UPS, but they were never here when I got home. I was just curious if maybe someone took them in due to bad weather or something." When they say no, ask if they've seen anyone going to your door or anything and end with "I really hope I don't have to call the police. I'd hate to think someone is stealing packages in the neighborhood."

It's probably NOT neighbors, but if it is, your packages might just reappear soon. At least you'll have your neighbors looking out for you and aware of what's going on.

yeah, thats a good idea. ill see if i can get my husband to do the dirty work. in the meantime, i wonder what UPS is "looking into".....

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I'm sorry this happened. My husband won an (expensive) HD DVD player. When I came home, it was on my porch in its original box with huge block letters, "HD DVD" all over the box! Anyone could have taken it!