As holidays approach, firms fight back against porch piracy
T
he thief who plucked the package from Kate Brozek’s front porch in Jamaica Plain did not exactly win the lottery. The pilfered parcel contained a $35 jumpsuit ordered from the online consignment store poshmark.com.
Over in East Boston, scoundrels swiped a pair of $60 shoes from Joanne Pomodoro’s porch. And in West Roxbury, someone snatched an auto part delivered to Victor DiModica’s doorstep.
“I still can’t believe someone had the nerve to just walk right up, take the package, and walk away,” DiModica said.
Porch piracy has become so common — and such an annoyance — that retailers, the Postal Service, and other carriers are deploying an array of high- and low-tech countermeasures to protect packages.
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