With the holiday season now upon us, this means that many people will now be taking the step of ordering their holiday gifts for friends and family members online rather than taking the step of heading out to stores to try to find whatever it is that they may be looking for. The main reason for this could be because an online retailer could be offering a much better deal. Unfortunately, this also means that when a package gets delivered to a home, there’s also the chance that someone could end up stealing it as well if it’s left unattended for too long.
Thankfully, there are many different tips that you can make note of in order to prevent a package from getting stolen from your porch during the holiday season in order to ensure that you’re able to get it to its intended recipient.
Here are three ways in which you can prevent package thefts during the holiday season.
*One useful tip to help prevent a package theft is to consider having it delivered to the home of a trusted friend or relative that you know will be home at the time of the delivery. This will help to ensure that your package will be safe and that you also will be able to pick it up at your own convenience without having to worry about it getting stolen by a thief.
*Another useful tip to consider making note of is to request that your package getting delivered has signature confirmation upon delivery. What this means is that whenever a package is delivered, whoever it is being delivered to must then sign for it in order to confirm that it has actually been delivered to them. In the event that no one is home at the time of the delivery, the package will not be delivered, and instead, another attempt will be made at another time.
*If there is a “Ship to Store” option available for your specific delivery, consider taking advantage of this rather than having your package delivered to your home. For instance, Amazon offers a special “locker” option, which enables customers to pick up packages from a more secure location rather than having packages delivered to their homes, which helps to further prevent potential thefts.
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