Canada Post Worker Stole Packages in Winnipeg

[nostalgicaftertaste]

Came across this article today:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-post-theft-mail-carrier-packages-winnipeg-1.5990584

A Canada Post carrier left a trail of theft between January and February of this year. They certainly were busy, amassing roughly $10,000 of stolen property over the course of a month. But that was just the surface, as a home search unearthed even more packages.

Might be worth cross-checking your records for any INRs received around that time for orders sent to the affected region.

Cases like this do emerge from time to time. Still crazy.

[reallynicestamps]

These are man bites dog stories of course.

Usually further investigation shows a mental health issue rather than criminal intent.

To me, that the worker still had packages at home still in original packaging.

"The stolen merchandise included electronics, makeup and clothing still in their original mailing packages, police said."

definitely suggests a nervous breakdown

Thank you for the heads up.

Sellers who use tracking may find they are re-billing refunded customers.

This should be possible through the original Paypal payment, which includes the buyer's email somewhere.

Or even just printing out an invoice and mailing it to the buyer.... oh, wait.

Rebilling is about 50% effective.  Which is better than zero.

[marnotom!]

Considering that this appears to be limited to a single neighbourhood in Winnipeg over a relatively short span of time, I don’t think there is going to be a plethora of eBay buyers or sellers affected by this.

[senatorsmith]

this is horrible

[femmefan1946]

The usual way it goes is that the carrier (and this does seem to be a carrier, not a terminal worker), can't complete her day's deliveries for some reason.

So she takes the stuff home and plans to deliver the next day.

And then the next day is even busier, so she takes some more stuff home.

And then the next day.....

Next thing she knows, the second bedroom is up to the roof with undelivered packages, there are complaints with the local postmaster, police reports for "porch pirates", and the cops come knocking.

The one consistent part is that the parcels are not "stolen" or fenced. Sometimes they are in the second bedroom, sometimes chucked in a ditch. But there has been no attempt to turn them into cash.