Parcel Paranoia

[tequilamckngbrd.livejournal.com]

This morning the Lasership guy dropped off a parcel on Simpson Ave (where I live) and placed it between the swinging outer door and the security door without ringing the doorbell. I didn't get to see the Lasership courier by the time I got to the door.

I picked it up 15-30 seconds later and went back inside (I live on the ground level), then 5-10 seconds later I hear someone walk up the steps, open the swinging door, and that's when I saw approximately a 5'6" asian (possibly Korean, I'm Korean, and my gut feeling was that he was Korean in his late 30's to early 40's), but it could have been a mexican guy. He was wearing a ballcap (possibly blue color).

He walked back down the steps to his mini-van (beige color? Non-new or very old model with license plate 311LV or something like that) and drove away before I could get my camera. It seems like he's following  parcel trucks and stealing parcels on quiet neighborhoods.

I reported it to the Somerville PD, just thought the community should know.

P.S. Recent comments suggest the same person could have been the courier.
P.P.S. It probably was the courier.
P.P.P.S. My UPS package that arrived is now missing.
P.P.P.P.S. A neighbor delivered my missing UPS package (delivered to wrong house, I guess).

Comments

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

You may also want to call the delivery company to tell them they are being trailed. If they're not having anyone sign for the packages, the delivery company may be held responsible and have to pay for the merchandise. It's in their interest to follow up on your report.

[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

Creepy!! Thanks for posting. Lasership just dropped off when I was home yesterday.

[ron_newman]

This is the first I've heard of 'Lasership' -- are they a brand-new competitor to UPS and FedEx?

[lonelyholiday.livejournal.com]

Wow, I just googled Lasership because, like Ron, I hadn't heard of them (and a large portion of my own job is shipping and receiving!).

Came up with this thread:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/store-forum/574590-amazon-sent-lasership-what-hell.html
Which says that they are (sometimes?) delivered by un-uniformed couriers in un-branded regular cars... Which answers a question we had here recently, where there was a minivan outside our office with the back FULL of Amazon boxes. My coworkers and I were wondering if he was just a super-loyal Amazon customer or what; seemed too odd that he would be making deliveries in a plain minivan. But I guess not!

Funny.

[tequilamckngbrd.livejournal.com]

Sigh. It looks like my UPS package got stolen. It was delivered to my front porch at 3:04PM when I stepped out for an hour, and it's nowhere to be found.