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Speaker 1: Eve Day. That's what it's weird to say, it's the
Speaker 1: day of Christmas Eve. It's the day. It's the day
Speaker 1: before Christmas. That's a whole lot easier to say. And
Speaker 1: I've got here a new study that came out this
Speaker 1: year about packaged theft during the holiday shipping rush, and
Speaker 1: that is something that's really sad. I see sadly people
Speaker 1: all the time saying, Hey, somebody stole this off my porch.
Speaker 1: Porch pirates don't do that. That's not nice. Well, where
Speaker 1: do South Dakota rank in the entire country. We're not
Speaker 1: the worst, but we're also not the best. A new
Speaker 1: study nationwide from Lobardo Holmes found that South Dakota ranks
Speaker 1: number seven in the country for package theft hotspots. Ninety
Speaker 1: five percent of Americans, by the way, we'll have a
Speaker 1: package delivered this holiday season, nearly have forty eight percent
Speaker 1: have had a package stolen. Have you ever had that happen?
Speaker 1: I've had packages delivered to the wrong address. We've moved
Speaker 1: a few times, and then you know, somehow it got
Speaker 1: sent to the wrong address. But I don't know that
Speaker 1: I've ever had one stolen. Shoppers will spend on average
Speaker 1: five hundred and eighty six dollars for an online purchases,
Speaker 1: not one purchase, but all of their purchases, making theft
Speaker 1: especially costly during the holidays. The average stolen package is
Speaker 1: worth up to two hundred and four dollars, hitting budgets
Speaker 1: that are already being strained by inflation. So again, I
Speaker 1: can see this is a sad thing that happens. Glad
Speaker 1: to know we're not the worst place in the nation.
Speaker 1: But are you wondering who is? I'm kind of wondering
Speaker 1: who is? Good news, I've got that entire list here,
Speaker 1: and it might surprise you to know the number one place.
Speaker 1: So let's start at number fifty. The place where package
Speaker 1: theft happens the least is Florida, And I wonder if
Speaker 1: that has to do with maybe it be an older
Speaker 1: population and maybe they don't shop online as much. Do
Speaker 1: you think that's what it is? I don't know what
Speaker 1: it is. Texas is number forty nine. California is forty
Speaker 1: eight on the list. These are the places where packages
Speaker 1: are shopped are stolen off porches the least, so I
Speaker 1: told you already. Number seven was South Dakota. We're number
Speaker 1: seven on the list. Number six is Alaska, number five.
Speaker 1: It's even worse in Rhode Island. Yeah, tiny little royal island.
Speaker 1: The one that surprises me here is as we get
Speaker 1: to the top, Wyoming is number four. Really, Wyoming, Delaware
Speaker 1: is number three. Number two, our neighbors to the north,
Speaker 1: North Dakota, Yeah, number two. These are Google searches over
Speaker 1: the last twelve months related to stolen packages per capita.
Speaker 1: So there are more people checking into hey, somebody stole
Speaker 1: my package in North Dakota. And then the number one
Speaker 1: hotspot is Vermont. That is the state where they're searching
Speaker 1: the most for packages being stolen. I've got this entire list,
Speaker 1: all of the stuff. I shared it on our social
Speaker 1: media yesterday if you want to see it. It's sad.
Speaker 1: Don't steal packages and hopefully you get all your stuff.
Speaker 1: And here's a great way to make sure you get
Speaker 1: your stuff. Walk into a store or hand them money,
Speaker 1: they'll hand you items and then you take it home. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how cool is that. That's a smart way to do it.
Speaker 1: If you're still looking for a last minute gift idea.
Speaker 1: We're not going to be in the office today selling them,
Speaker 1: but we do have some Big Sue coupon books that
Speaker 1: we are selling as a fundraiser for the Seux Falls fireworks.
Speaker 1: You could still buy them though today at Get and
Speaker 1: Go locations in the Seux Falls area and at Lewis
Speaker 1: Drug locations in the Seux Falls area. And the cool
Speaker 1: thing is, no one's going to steal that package off
Speaker 1: your porch, well unless you leave it land on the porch,
Speaker 1: then maybe they will. But you can get all of
Speaker 1: those details if you or you can get no you
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Speaker 1: right now at Get and Go in Soux Falls or
Speaker 1: at Lewis Drug in Soux Falls. Thank you for listening
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