# When is it OK to Steech an Amazon Package? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250 "2021-06-14T15:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/62 "2021-06-16T17:23:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t know if this is country-wide, but sometimes when our package is delivered, we get a text with a photo of it sitting on the porch. If it is delivered by Amazon, I get an email with the pic. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/63 "2021-06-16T19:58:34Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > If the address on the actual package doesn’t exist then it’s likely the original orderer fat fingered it It’s much more likely that it’s some kind of brushing scam. Your address is part of your account; you don’t enter it every time you order something. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/64 "2021-06-16T20:12:42Z")
@OldOlds One of the things I do for a fantasy roleplaying site is create a fictional language for one of the races. “Steech” is now “steal” in that language, and “steechen” is “stealing”. Congratulations. _clicks pen_ “YOU JUST MADE THE LIST!” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/65 "2021-06-16T20:12:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I don’t know if this is country-wide, but sometimes when our package is delivered, we get a text with a photo of it sitting on the porch. Yeah. I have a desktop computer at my kitchen “desk,” which is about 5 feet from my front door. Sometimes, I get Amazon packages, and I don’t know they’re there until I see the email. Although I mostly hear the plops. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/66 "2021-06-16T20:21:52Z")
I’m honored. And according to the original usage, past-tense is “Steeched.” As in, “I steeched it” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/67 "2021-06-16T20:46:33Z")
Cool. According to the rules of the language, though, the past-tense suffix is “-ca”, so “stole” becomes “steechca”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/68 "2021-06-16T21:07:10Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > One of the things I do for a fantasy roleplaying site is create a fictional language for one of the races. Anything I can do to help? I’ve had fun creating partial languages for some collaborative fiction threads here on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/69 "2021-06-16T21:38:48Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The carrier was a guy in a blue van (or even a car) that dumped it on your porch and ran. How you going to give it to him? Amazon isn’t the US mail, they don’t come buy daily to see if you left them anything. My amazon guy comes back quite often. You never order anything from them? It is simple, when you do, they will give you shipping into and then tracking info. On the day it is supposed to arrive, leave on your porch with a LARGE note. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/70 "2021-06-16T21:56:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > My amazon guy comes back quite often. You never order anything from them? Big city. Never the same guy twice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/71 "2021-06-16T22:15:39Z")
That does not matter, it only has to be the same _carrier_, not the same _deliveryperso_n. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/72 "2021-06-16T22:17:16Z")
I could PM you what I’ve got so far. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/73 "2021-06-16T22:19:11Z")
Sure, I’ll take a look when I get a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/74 "2021-06-16T22:50:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > That does not matter, it only has to be the same _carrier_ , not the same _deliveryperso_ n. Oh, I see! I also see the OP that says the carrier never came to pick them up for return. Which is why this thread exists. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/75 "2021-06-16T22:51:04Z")
But did they put a large note, and wait until the next delivery date? ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/76 "2021-06-17T11:18:13Z")
No note. Around here, lately it’s been almost 100% Amazon delivery vans. As mentioned, I found the person. But, while I am sympathetic to that person, abandoning stuff on my property (Amazon) is Not OK. The fact that Amazon can’t be bothered to come get it makes it litter, AFAIAC. And we pay for trash by volume, so there’s even an expense to me. Also, as someone pointed out, there are large numbers on my front door. If they couldn’t deliver to the stated number, there had to be a decision that “oh well, the neighbor will figure it out.” Well, sure. When you pay me to do your job. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/77 "2021-11-19T23:19:31Z")
My turn to Steech a package! Came home to find a crockpot on my doorstep. It’s addressed to Not Me 1504 My street Myzip+four, Other City, Co Yes, with the zip and city reversed. I do live at 1504 My Street. A bit of searching found the Not Me lives at 15504 My Street, Other City. Clearly her package. A link or two down on the results page turned up some phone numbers. The one associated with Not Me is disconnected, but the one for Not Me’s grandson at the same address worked. He said that their crockpot did recently break, and he’d talk to her and find out if she ordered one. Well yeah, she did order one, just was off a digit on the address, which caused it to arrive at the wrong location. I haven’t heard back in a few days. They’re 15 miles away, so not that far. If I was going to be in that area I’d just dump it on their porch and make it not my problem. It is, however, just far enough that I don’t want to take 45 minutes out of my weekend to fix somebody else’s mistake. I’d probably drop it off if they even had a good sob story. How long do I have to keep this? It’s less than a week, so obviously “longer”, but what happens when it’s January and I still have this unopened box in my front hall? I already have a perfectly functional crockpot, so I’m not coveting it. If I hear back, and they say Amazon sent a replacement, so I can keep it, then I’d probably upgrade my old crockpot, but if I’d wanted one with the features of the new one, I’d have bought it years ago. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/78 "2021-11-19T23:30:15Z")
You just tell the postman or email amazon and they pick it up. Or mark “not at this address” put the correct address, and drop it at a UPS store or the USPS. Under no circumstance, other than getting a “” go ahead and keep it" email from the seller or them- can you keep it. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/79 "2021-11-19T23:50:47Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > email amazon and they pick it up There is no marking on the box to indicate it is from Amazon or any kind of return address. I did not see who dropped it off. When I said “Amazon” that was just an example, but it could have been Target, Kroger, InstaCart, or anybody else that directly delivers in the manufacturer’s packaging. USPS, UPS, FedEx won’t care, it’s not their package, or at least the package does not contain any of their recognizable tracking numbers. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Under no circumstance, other than getting a “” go ahead and keep it" email from the seller or them- can you keep it. So if I never hear back, then what do I do? I can’t keep it, but I can’t get rid of it either? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/80 "2021-11-19T23:57:29Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > So if I never hear back, then what do I do? I can’t keep it, but I can’t get rid of it either? Schrödinger’s Crock. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250/81 "2021-11-20T00:06:51Z")
There must be a postmark. Or call them again. If you drop at USPS, then it is out of your hands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250.md?page=5)