Somebody in my apartment block is stealing my post. Should I notify the guards?

Or take a lead from another thread on here, put an air tag in a package and see where it goes.

(Disclaimer, I never even heard of air tags before that thread, so not entirely sure how they work)

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You can't get the guards out when your house gets robbed.

They're not coming for your post box.

Play the long game on it OP.

Firstly as said earlier, set em up by sending yourself a letter but have a camera hidden somewhere so you can see who's knicking yer post.

Once established, begin sending yourself progressively more and more threatening letters, and let em take them. You know the ones like " I know what you did" using letters cut out of a newspaper or whatever. Go whole hog on it "I have your secret son/daughter/goldfish here, you have 10 days to hand over 10,000 quid or elss i hand them over to the Russian". Randomly meet them in hall, be sure to be upset. Ask them for a loan here n there.

See can you hit a nerve on their moral compass at all.

If not, move out without telling anyone (as in other tenents) or leaving a forward address. Put the shyts up them. They may run to the police and declare you missing.

And how they did know you were being harassed? Because they stole your mail.

Boom.

Cuff em boys.

Yes you should. It's a crime.

For all the US get wrong interfering and tampering with another persons mail is a federal crime and will get you jail time. Over here you'll likely have nothing done. Set up a camera and the Gardai will probably tell you they can't look at footage cos GDPR........

Maybe get it sent to your work address or a family member if possible.

I recently bought something online. Said I wouldn't be available to accept delivery so an option was to have it be left at a neighbours. Came home and it was sitting on the front step. Then got an email from the couriers saying it was delivered and signed for. By me. Bi-location is a handy skill. And they even spelt my name wrong in the email saying who it was signed by.

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so someone is picking your lock? or has a key that matches your lock?

if you're 100% certain its someone up to no good then you need to contact the landlord or property management

from the top of a cabinet?? well that's got to be a Courier other than a regular Postman, a Postman will always leave a note saying collect at local P.O.

a Postman will always leave a note saying collect at local P.O.

Or it could be a new postman or a careless postman who finds it easier to just abandon the parcel rather than make out a slip for it. There is no way of knowing whether it is a courier or a resident or anyone else.

don't be ratting on people to the garda sort it out yourself

Don’t be ratting on thieves?

What sort of parallel world do you live in?

That's the way it should happen alright.

At my office address, I once had a package worth €1000 left in a re-cycle bin in our front yard - the An Post non delivery docket pushed through the letterbox told us where it was. Luckily, the bin wasn't due to be collected until the next day, but for all the postman knew, it could have been tipped into the truck between the time he left it, and when the office opened.

Another time, an An Post non delivery note was left sticking out of a wall mounted ash try in our open backyard car park, saying a package for us was left with a nearby business. When I went to collect it, it wasn't even addressed to us. There was also no need to leave it anywhere as the office was occupied particularly early that day and the delivery could have been completed directly (postman would have then been made aware that it was not for us).

I reported both events to the local sorting office and like myself, they were baffled .... but it hasn't happened since. Non deliveries are now always returned to the sorting office with a note posted in our letterbox to advise when we can collect then. The OP should contact the sorting office and insist that non deliverable items are returned to the office for later customer collection.

If it is courier deliveries involved, then I have no idea what you could do, except maybe designate a specific nearby hedge that they could lash it in to. Courier deliveries don't seem to have any obligation to make sure that packages actually get to the addressed person. They are the Ryanair of parcel logistics..... dropping them off somewhere in the general location of the addressed building is close enough - no need alert the addressee that their parcel has arrived, they will trip over it whenever they go outside. I have seen couriers leave parcels on doorsteps, in bins and in bushes, without even attempting to knock on the door and hand the parcel over.

In the case posted, the Gardai will have very little interest, or ability to take action. Setting up hidden cameras in lobby space may not be legal and I doubt you would be able to use any footage gathered as evidence ... without putting signs up to say they are there and registering yourself as a data controller and observing the associated privacy requirements.

It's one of the people who lives there, post is delivered around 9am , maybe 9.30pm. Apartments have locked front doors, there's not random people going to the mailbox. All the apartments I see have auto lock doors, you close the door it's locked. You can see videos on YouTube of delivery workers literally throwing box's at a front door, or leaving them them in. A bin, if they get no answer, eg American delivery guys, I don't think any post office workers here are robbing parcels. That's bullshit.

That person is checking the hall everyday to see if there's anything he can steal. Probably a male. I think some weirdos, think anyone who talks to a garda is a rat , eg you deal with your own problems, or maybe he thinks he's living in the 80s.ands he's a big love, hate fan.

Either try and catch the thief or else set up new delivery options.

There's not random people walking around the mailbox around 9am

When you do find the culprits, blast them with piss.

What's stupid about it?

Really ? You need it explained ? Your comment "Don't be ratting on thieves" . . . . . . . and you don't think that's stupid advice ? Off you go to the Gangland thread.

Stupid advice to report a crime?

Think you need to have a look at yourself if that’s what you think.

Its a shared responsibility of the resident and the OMC for sure to take reasonable measures to protect life and property, but there is no legal obligation on the OMC to guarantee against crime or somehow underwrite loss as a result of it, especially if the perpetrator is living within the development and so has access to keys, security access codes, common areas etc.

Your home and property is insured by the occupier taking out a policy, not by the OMC and that tells you all you need to know.

When it comes to criminal matters, or even simple property damage, my Agent hands over any evidence we do have to the Guards, on the OK of the Directors. After that, its between the Guards and the complainant to resolve.

The potential 'evidence' that such a sting operation would produce would almost certainly not be admissible legally and may get you in trouble over privacy and data control issues. What about all the other people that you might catch on film going about their business? They have a defined and protected right to privacy. The management company of the premises could not allow a tenant to record and store video footage from common areas in their building.

Seriously, the simple and direct solution to this problem is with An Post .... they should be told not to leave behind any items that can not be delivered securely and arrange for collection at the sorting office. That is literally what the system was set up for. In fact, them leaving post in an open access situation may be in breech of their own postal security policy, in the first place. As with my previous examples of issues with deliveries, I think delivery standards have slipped for An Post in recent years ... maybe caused by the race to the bottom competition of independent couriers.

No need for Sherlock Holmes, Magnum PI, or The Enforcer tactics in this case, just tell the post office to stop throwing the mail about the place if it can not fit in the designated box. Personally, I would call to the local sorting office, have a word with them and hand over a letter documenting my request and asking for a response.