Re:Amazon Order Missing? Thousands of Stolen Parcels Litter ...
by m463 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @04:33PM
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I've wondered about this trend.
Years and years ago in houston, people I knew got their cars stolen, sometimes gone, sometimes recovered without seats, wheels or similar parts.
This was so bad people would go to get used replacement parts and would sometimes be sold the stolen part back.
To the car insurance companies, this stuff was just a "cost of doing business"
For the amazon packages - people just call, report not delivered and get sent a new package.
I think some things - things "normal people" think of as serious - are just not crimes anymore.
I think property theft has become less and less of an issue as property has become plentiful and ubiquitous. Most people have so much stuff, missing stuff is just not that big a deal, especially when it can be trivially replaced.
Years and years ago in houston, people I knew got their cars stolen, sometimes gone, sometimes recovered without seats, wheels or similar parts.
This was so bad people would go to get used replacement parts and would sometimes be sold the stolen part back.
To the car insurance companies, this stuff was just a "cost of doing business"
For the amazon packages - people just call, report not delivered and get sent a new package.
I think some things - things "normal people" think of as serious - are just not crimes anymore.
I think property theft has become less and less of an issue as property has become plentiful and ubiquitous. Most people have so much stuff, missing stuff is just not that big a deal, especially when it can be trivially replaced.