 Thankfully it's November and Appalachian Wireless is offering the Samsung GS8 or the GS8 Plus for $100 off the regular price with two-year agreement. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless at East Kentucky Network Company. Christmas trees are going up all around the region and this shopping has begun. It's the most wonderful time of the year until someone steals your packages from your front porch. They're called porch pirates, thieves who steal packages after they've been delivered but before you get home and the Pikeville Police Department is offering a few tips to avoid becoming a victim. You know, you can have it shipped somewhere else. You can have it shipped to your work or to a relatives house, to your neighbor's house. There are several reasons for that. If you're going to be gone for any length of time, you don't want your merchandise being left on a porch or your doorstep for any period of time. Between now and Christmas, more than 20 million Americans will have packages stolen and our region isn't immune to the problem. Officer Baseton says most companies give you the option of being notified the minute your package has been delivered. You can have email notifications that when your product has been delivered, you'll get a notification from your email that your product has arrived at your house or wherever you had it shipped. Also make sure your car doors stay locked even when you're home because officers say it will surprise you how quickly a thief can hit an entire neighborhood. 99 out of 100 times somebody will lift your car handle to see if your car is unlocked as opposed to breaking your window to get in your vehicle to steal your items because they don't want to be noticed. They don't want to be seen or heard. They want to go through as many vehicles as they can to get as much stuff as they can. So if you spent some of the six and a half billion dollars that was spent on Cyber Monday, make sure you take these extra steps to ensure you get your package. In Pikeville, I'm Shannon Deskins, EKB News.