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Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by jki275 » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

lukev wrote: post #8

cphoover wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah... that's not the way the law works. I would love to see a thief try and bring that case... EDIT: NAL but... It's my understanding that the likelihood such a case is brought is small 1. Because it pretty much guarantees the alleged perpetrator will have charges brought against them and 2. Contributory negligence would make that case very hard to win. It is my understanding that yes there have been cases where suc…

Burglar traps are definitely not legal. Where are you getting your information?

Can you cite a law that says they're not legal?

Certainly if you caused someone harm using one it would be illegal in the sense that causing someone harm is illegal anyway, but a harmless trap like this one doesn't seem to me that it would be illegal. I'm not a lawyer though, so I'd be interested to see if there is some law I'm not aware of.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by VectorLock » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

cosmotron wrote: post #73

What are people's thoughts on if this is staged? Considering the views / subscriptions are the main motivation here, it might justify the expenses poured into this project – that is, it would be quite a waste if all that effort went into the build just to have no one actually take it off the porch. If actors were used, it would explain the lack of police involvement (it's easy to say, "police weren't interested" ). A…

It would be funny if this spawned a bunch of copy cats which then drives down the incidents of package theft because thiefs are paranoid of getting prank packages.

I bet somebody will soon start selling this as a product. And people will just send them to their friends instead of targeting package thiefs. "Pranked you bro!" Then there will be a bunch of backlash.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by aiven » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:23 PM UTC

Ajedi32 wrote: post #106

I'm really surprised at how many times he was able to recover and reuse that device before it was lost for good. It seems like during the last clip the stink spray failed to activate for some reason?

Yeah, spray failed and because of this last guy kept the package. Probably this is why it was the last video.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by alexandercrohde » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:24 PM UTC

ataturk wrote: post #43

I would like people to stop doing this childish nonsense. There is a guy who does "Operation Krampus" every year and brags about putting gifts out filled with cat shit. And people think he's so funny and cool. Thing is, he could be spending his time doing something uplifting and productive instead of being a low-life asshole himself. It's not funny, first of all. It's childish. It isn't in keeping with the spirit of…

Personally, I think this is a very effective deterrent in a system that no longer effectively punishes crime of $200 electronics. The only question in my mind is how to make it scale.

I think punishing bad behavior, even sporadically, is a moral good. It will in turn help people not do immoral things and make the world a better place.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by subcosmos » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:24 PM UTC

0898 wrote: post #96

I know I'm going to get downvoted for this, but glitter is a microplastic – I hope we'll see it being used less in the future.

So THATS why fish are so sparkly and shiny! Fabulous!

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by themoat » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

slig wrote: post #131

TheLoneAdmin wrote: post #117

Hmm, I'd be worried about retribution. Spread glitter in someone's car, they might come back and torch your house. Assuming they can remember where they grabbed the package from.

I'd be worried as well. Even if the criminals didn't remember where they got the package, now the video is going viral and it looks like the shows his home address on a map. Edit: as someone pointed out it's not his address. I just re-watched the video and it's written on the map that it's not actually his house address.

I cannot believe I know this...but the location on the map is actually the McCallister's house from Home Alone, in Illinois, Mark lives in California.

I looked it up a few months ago...and I recognized the google map as soon as it popped up on the video.

https://goo.gl/maps/1sytkJCxFqn

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by larkeith » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

technofiend wrote: post #39

Rainymood wrote: post #16

I'm honestly really shocked by how casually people seem to steal these parcels, like what the hell?

I'm amused by how outraged they are: how could they do this to me? seems to be a common reaction, when of course they did it to themselves.

I appreciated the last person's reaction: to check out the mechanism.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by nandou » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

kaivi wrote: post #101

cosmotron wrote: post #73

What are people's thoughts on if this is staged? Considering the views / subscriptions are the main motivation here, it might justify the expenses poured into this project – that is, it would be quite a waste if all that effort went into the build just to have no one actually take it off the porch. If actors were used, it would explain the lack of police involvement (it's easy to say, "police weren't interested" ). A…

I've had the same thought when I first saw it. Some suspicious things: thieves talking to themselves, that lady throwing the box into her own garbage bin, zero attempt at disassembly or closer inspection of the box, no police involved. Also GPS is just not that good for locating anything of that size in given circumstances, and it would not have worked in the parking garage. Too many things could have gone wrong here…

GPS is just there to give an approximation of the location. He has videos of where the box was thrown.. We even see the lady throw it in the garbage..

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by mcv » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

adrr wrote: post #159

mcv wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Given the police's complete inaction vigilantism was inevitable. This makes me wonder: who is responsible for the lost package? I would expect, if the deliverer can't prove they delivered the package (because they didn't get a signature), they're responsible for the loss and need to pay for the loss. The recipient certainly can't help that someone left a package outside. If the loss is for the recipient, then I can…

The delivery company sometimes takes pictures of the package left at the door. The customer is ultimately responsible for the package, not the shipper. It's the customer who files the police report.

It seems extraordinarily harsh to punish the recipient for the bad practices of the delivery service.

Is there any legal jurisprudence about this? It feels to me like the delivery service should be responsible.

Re: Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves

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Post by duiker101 » Tue, Dec 18, 2018, 4:25 PM UTC

t0mbstone wrote: post #145

cosmotron wrote: post #73

What are people's thoughts on if this is staged? Considering the views / subscriptions are the main motivation here, it might justify the expenses poured into this project – that is, it would be quite a waste if all that effort went into the build just to have no one actually take it off the porch. If actors were used, it would explain the lack of police involvement (it's easy to say, "police weren't interested" ). A…

I seriously doubt that andy sane person would glitter and stink bomb their own car.

I'm pretty sure I've seen people doing dumber things for little money. That said, I don't think it's staged.