CNBC: How Amazon Is Trying To Stop Package Theft

[NurseJackie]

Package theft is at an all-time high, with 1.7 million packages stolen or lost every day in the U.S. As Amazon drives more shopping online, Prime members say they receive on average 51 packages a year, and one in three Americans report having at least one package stolen, resulting in $25 million of lost goods and services every day. In response, Amazon has installed secure locker locations in 900 U.S. cities and now offers Amazon Key, which allows customers to give remote access to delivery drivers so they can leave packages inside the home, garage or car trunk. UPS, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service also offer a growing number of storefronts where packages can be picked up. Other solutions include video doorbells by companies like Google, start-ups experimenting with advanced package tracking, and lockboxes for individual homes.

[Phoenix61]

1. I miss the lock box at the last apartment where I lived.

Never worried about any mail being stolen.

[SouthernLiberal]

2. I rember seeing ads for a secure mailbox

A long time ago, I saw ads for a mailbox that had a place for mail, and a llarge storage area for packages. When either space was opened and then closed from the front (mail or packages in) The whole device locked up. When the owner unlock the back doors, and the closed them (mail or packages removed). The back locked and the front unlocked again.

It was still available when I bought this house, but the HOA prevented it's use

[Grokenstein]

3. Got myself one of those CleverMade lockboxes.

They're only fifty bucks, maybe even less, if you shop around. I rent an apartment, so screwing it down into the concrete wasn't an option, but I secured it to a big ol' wooden base which I could chain to an open-stairwell railing. I'm fortunate in that the usual neighborhood USPS delivery guy is actually enthusiastic about it! The ones who fill in on his days off are hit-and-miss. UPS wouldn't cooperate at all, so I don't use them; DHL is usually pretty good about the lockbox. I'm also fortunate to work a late shift, so if I don't have a choice in shipper or they dump my package downstairs by the gate I can pick it up fairly quickly. And fortunate again to have two sets of Amazon lockers nearby, because while some of their delivery personnel are good people, I had a couple of packages that the delivery person dumped in the stairwell and then photographed them there as proof of delivery.

The lockbox is not HUGE, but more than adequate for my needs.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Another reason to ditch Amazon, eBay

I like Walmart's pickup in store. Glad my shipping days are waning.

[Aussie105]

5. I had 2 laptops delivered.

Both required signature on delivery, but were just dropped at the front door.

What if one had been delivered to the wrong house, or someone snapped it up?

Since then bought a secure locking letter box. Letters, deliveries drop down to the bottom and can't be retrieved without the key.