alt Hacker NewsYou have no idea how common parcel theft is, do you?
> going door to door between cornfields with a mile between houses
That's not the type of situation most people live in.
>don't assume everyone lives the same life as you
Likewise.
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nvme0n1p1 • today at 4:19 PM
https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/documents/repo...
> Overall, total estimated annual losses range from a low of $5.2 billion in 2023 to $16 billion in 2024
> In 2024, the U.S. ecommerce market reached an estimated $1.22 trillion in revenue
So... between 0.4% and 1.3% of packages by value are affected, concentrated in specific geographic areas. A narrow segment of society highly affected, complaining often and making the issue seem wider than it is. The rest of us living our lives as normal.
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Is it your contention that most people in the country constantly deal with drug addicts stealing their packages? Because it's not true.