How to deter a mailbox thief
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| 1 | ppl are constantly raiding our mailbox - it has been locked and the attempts to break into it are continual - today another lock was ripped off as well as my next door neighbours - we have cameras up our driveway but it’s too far away too see anything - I want to do something to the letterbox or lock so if someone attempts to open it again they’ll get a surprise - any ideas? (Like spikes on the lock?) Or do u think that might not be a good idea? I don’t want to p155 them off and then have them retaliate “as they know where I live” lol crackle_puff - 2021-06-04 00:14:00 |
| 2 | Guard dog. megan109 - 2021-06-04 04:35:00 |
| 3 | Discuss the problem with your local postie and see if you can move the box to a more suitable place toyboy3 - 2021-06-04 08:11:00 |
| 4 | crackle_puff wrote: social housing all round you? gabbysnana - 2021-06-04 08:28:00 |
| 5 | rat trap in the box? captaingraham - 2021-06-04 08:40:00 |
| 6 | Plastic snake, with a note, its a real one next time. kenw1 - 2021-06-04 08:45:00 |
| 7 | Report the thefts to the Post Office. Edited by hazelnut2 at 9:05 am, Fri 4 Jun hazelnut2 - 2021-06-04 08:58:00 |
| 8 | Advise Police, ask postie for advice, move to a PO box if necessary, make sure you have ATLs that cover leaving parcels in a safer place closer to the house. Couple of good ideas here here it tucks the parcels out of sight Get a sturdy lock and to stop people cutting it with bolt cutters you slot washers along the hasp so that they cannot find a place to push the cutters through. Some ideas in this thread Edited by shanreagh at 9:59 am, Fri 4 Jun shanreagh - 2021-06-04 09:57:00 |
| 9 | When there was a lot of crime in our street I put two cameras in my letterbox. I got a lot of excellent pictures. trade4us2 - 2021-06-04 11:06:00 |
| 10 | Thanks for the advice I’m going to add a mousetrap hehe crackle_puff - 2021-06-04 15:33:00 |
| 11 | get rid of it and buy a po box instead kittylittle - 2021-06-04 16:30:00 |
| 12 | Get a po box and fill yours with dog poo carter19 - 2021-06-04 17:52:00 |
| 13 | Die pack in a parcel aoc1 - 2021-06-04 20:28:00 |
| 14 | carter19 wrote:
People poo is much more offensive,.. lovelurking - 2021-06-04 20:33:00 |
| 15 | You can buy instant glue Gel.Put it thick around the lock etc,a surface skin will form but it will be wet underneath.When somebody touches it they get it on the fingers and will stick to any surface. When I did that a few years ago there was skin left behind and it was never touched again androth2 - 2021-06-04 21:24:00 |
| 16 | captaingraham wrote:
A real rat would deter me more if I was involved in pinching mail. kacy5 - 2021-06-05 01:06:00 |
| 17 | How about a big hairy tarantula. captaingraham - 2021-06-05 09:10:00 |
| 18 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4T_LlK1VE4 smyrnia - 2021-06-05 10:04:00 |
| 19 | smyrnia wrote:
38 million views! trade4us2 - 2021-06-05 13:54:00 |
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| 21 | This message was deleted. kittycatkin - 2021-06-05 14:15:00 |
| 22 | crackle_puff wrote: If it will fit a Possum trap would be more effective if not the largest RAT Trap.. gazzat22 - 2021-06-05 14:42:00 |
| 23 | Hook it up to a mains electric fence unit, usually deters them pretty well. mrcat1 - 2021-06-05 18:16:00 |
| 24 | mrcat1 wrote: But what about the poor postie? !! You'll never get any mail! Edited by hazelnut2 at 1:48 pm, Sun 6 Jun hazelnut2 - 2021-06-06 13:46:00 |
| 25 | hazelnut2 wrote: yep and you could also face up to 5 years in prison as setting a mantrap is a crime. sparkychap - 2021-06-06 14:04:00 |
| 26 | sparkychap wrote:
What if it gets a female? smallwoods - 2021-06-06 15:07:00 |
| 27 | smallwoods wrote: that’s fine, especially as a mantrap can be female anyway: “mantrap - a woman who is purported to be dangerously seductive or who schemes in her amours; femme fatale.“ Bit like seaqueen, I guess. Edited by sparkychap at 3:23 pm, Sun 6 Jun sparkychap - 2021-06-06 15:23:00 |
| 28 | Put a CCTV sticker near it. trogedon - 2021-06-06 15:24:00 |
| 29 | sparkychap wrote:
Can't see me fitting the wife in the mail box! Got say, I pity the fool who opens that Pandora's box! Edited by smallwoods at 5:30 pm, Sun 6 Jun smallwoods - 2021-06-06 17:29:00 |
| 30 | i had one steal load of my mail then he cam back for more so i pretending not to be home got him ! he called cops on me lol i was not very nice lol Edited by magesticgems at 6:23 am, Mon 7 Jun magesticgems - 2021-06-07 06:22:00 |
| 31 | get po box !!!!! nz gone to dogs! magesticgems - 2021-06-07 06:25:00 |
| 32 | trogedon wrote: CCTV is no deterrent. Even high res video can’t identify someone with a hoody, cap and head down. sparkychap - 2021-06-07 07:53:00 |
| 33 | Battery operated wireless burglar alarm with motion sensor inside mailbox but do warn the postie lol. Search on TM there are many types that should work for your application. Edited by gamefisher at 10:16 am, Mon 7 Jun gamefisher - 2021-06-07 10:15:00 |
| 34 | sparkychap wrote:
So, hide the camera at chest height, facing slightly upwards. trade4us2 - 2021-06-07 12:11:00 |
| 35 | kittycatkin wrote: yep-they will pinch a whole mailbox next. I sympathise with OP, but the PO box seems to be your only solution. Traps are illegal, stink bombs will make your mail stink, cameras will give you pretty images, but not necessarily end up in arrests. If you have a valuable parcel coming in, maybe using your friend's address for you would do the trick? evoalg - 2021-06-07 12:33:00 |
| 36 | sparkychap wrote: just say "person trap" to avoid the wokes LOL having said that, most thefts and other crimes ARE committed by men(blame that chromosome!) all while they have higher salaries, greedy bastards evoalg - 2021-06-07 12:36:00 |
| 37 | kittylittle wrote:
Most couriers won't deliver to a PO Box - and you don't buy them - you pay about $180/year for them - not cheap lissie - 2021-06-07 13:27:00 |
| 38 | shanreagh wrote:
Tha'ts a very cool idea - we don't have a theft problem - but the letter box won't last much longer and this is a clever design for parcels - keeps them dry too lissie - 2021-06-07 13:28:00 |
| 39 | evoalg wrote: No need, I'm quite comfortable with quoting the legislation when referring to "man", "he" and "landlords". And most men do get higher salaries than equivalent females, but its generally the majority of the unemployed that commit these petty crimes. sparkychap - 2021-06-07 13:47:00 |
| 40 | sparkychap wrote: I bet the value of stolen goods are also higher for male criminals than their female counterparts, cos males are just better evoalg - 2021-06-07 17:27:00 |
| 41 | trade4us2 wrote:
Do pushbikes have rego? smallwoods - 2021-06-07 18:44:00 |
| 42 | The member deleted this message. kittycatkin - 2021-06-07 19:26:00 |
| 43 | This message was deleted. kittycatkin - 2021-06-07 19:30:00 |
| 44 | Get a recording of a barking dog and stick it near your box with a sensor so the barking recording will be activated if people come near your letterbox megan109 - 2021-06-07 19:39:00 |
| 45 | Get an ultra-secret shrink ray and reduce a squad of rapid vampires to about 6 inches high. Pop them in the box and Wallah! sparkychap - 2021-06-07 19:46:00 |
| 46 | sparkychap wrote: apollo11 - 2021-06-07 19:55:00 |
| 47 | apollo11 wrote: No, I said zombies, not Republicans. sparkychap - 2021-06-07 19:58:00 |
| 48 | sparkychap wrote:
If you got French speaking ones they may even say 'Voila' shanreagh - 2021-06-07 20:01:00 |
| 49 | shanreagh wrote: if they did, they’d be guttered. sparkychap - 2021-06-07 20:11:00 |
| 50 | We had stuff going missing from our letter box. We have had exterior cameras forever. So we printed out a picture of the thief and stuck several along our front fence. A lovely big but slightly anxious bloke knocked on the door and told me he knew the guy in the pictures. He didn’t know his name but knew which room the guy lived in at the boarding house up the road. The darling went to see the boarding house manager and said “if you’ve got theft going on, it could be this bloke”. Next thing was a whole lot of guys coming and looking at the pictures and laughing uproariously princess52 - 2021-06-08 20:33:00 |
