Amazon Hub Guide: Pick up deliveries at a locker or counter to avoid package theft

• You can ship Amazon deliveries to Hub lockers and pick them up at your convenience. 
• You have 3 business days to pick an item up from a locker or 7 days to claim it from a counter. 
• No special signup or subscription is required — just choose the locker location.

The ubiquity of Amazon deliveries has spawned a drastic rise in porch pirates — criminals who steal deliveries right off your front steps.

And while home security systems like Ring doorbells can help mitigate the problem (or at least show you video of the theft after the fact) there are other ways to virtually eliminate porch theft. An Amazon Hub Locker, for example, is a safe and secure drop-off location hosted by local retailers.

Here's what you need to know to take advantage of them.