Vancouver police are advising Boxing Day shoppers not to leave newly bought items in parked cars because they're easy prey for thieves.
Vancouver police spokesman Const. Howard Chow urges Boxing Day shoppers not leave newly purchased items visible in cars.
(CBC)
Const. Howard Chow said shoppers should arrange for stores to hold on to the items until they're ready to take them home.
"The difficult part is that people go shopping and they have nowhere to put all their goods," Chow said Monday.
"They've bought all this stuff and they have nowhere to put it, so they take it back to their cars. You and I know that, but guess what, so do the criminals."
Meanwhile, a Visa Canada gift-giving survey conducted in November suggests Boxing Day shoppers plan to spend 29 per cent less this year — $233 on average, versus last year's $328, for a total of $1.2 billion.
The survey by Omnitel between Nov. 1 and 7 selected a random national sample of 1,318 male and female respondents 18 years of age and older. They were interviewed via telephone.
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