The mysterious tale of the couple who keep receiving free Amazon packages â and want it to stop
Kelly Gallivan
It was October.  Kelly Gallivan   68  remembers seeing the Amazon box addressed to  her  husband sitting outside their Acton  Massachusetts  house.  She  brought it inside  opened it and unwrapped the "techy gizmo stuff."
"What did you order this for?"  she  remembers asking  her  70-year-old husband.
But  Mike Gallivan  hadn't ordered them. It was easy for the couple to forget about the puzzling package - until many others started arriving.
More than 20 boxes have been sent to the house  all addressed to  Mike Gallivan   none containing the sender's name or invoices or receipts. The gadgets have started piling in a corner of their house: Phone chargers  USB cords  an outdoor TV plastic cover  a computer vacuum cleaner  a humidifier powered by a USB  a Bluetooth speaker  tent lamps  high-intensity flashlights  a rechargeable dog collar. The most recent one came last Thursday   Kelly Gallivan  said.
"At first it was kind of weird. Then kind of funny. Then kind of creepy  " Kelly Gallivan  said. "We don't want this stuff. Some of it's trash  some it's pretty good stuff. But we just don't want this stuff and its just an uncomfortable feeling that we keep getting these things."
The Gallivans aren't sure how much longer they'll keep receiving the packages. Some items have been well-received - Mike Gallivan said he plans to use the high-intensity flashlight and a pair of Bluetooth headphones. Other gadgets  like a "little gizmo you put around your cellphone that lights up the area when you want to take your selfie " Kelly Gallivan said  will likely be donated.
It was October.   [TGT]    68  remembers seeing the Amazon box addressed to   [TGT]   husband sitting outside their Acton  Massachusetts  house.  She  brought it inside  opened it and unwrapped the "techy gizmo stuff."
"What did you order this for?"  she  remembers asking  her  70-year-old husband.
But   [TGT] hadn't ordered them. It was easy for the couple to forget about the puzzling package - until many others started arriving.
More than 20 boxes have been sent to the house  all addressed to   [TGT]    none containing the sender's name or invoices or receipts. The gadgets have started piling in a corner of their house: Phone chargers  USB cords  an outdoor TV plastic cover  a computer vacuum cleaner  a humidifier powered by a USB  a Bluetooth speaker  tent lamps  high-intensity flashlights  a rechargeable dog collar. The most recent one came last Thursday    [TGT] said.
"At first it was kind of weird. Then kind of funny. Then kind of creepy  "  [TGT] said. "We don't want this stuff. Some of it's trash  some it's pretty good stuff. But we just don't want this stuff and its just an uncomfortable feeling that we keep getting these things."
The Gallivans aren't sure how much longer they'll keep receiving the packages. Some items have been  [TGT]  said  [TGT]  plans to use the high-intensity flashlight and a pair of Bluetooth headphones. Other gadgets  like a "little gizmo you put around your cellphone that lights up the area when you want to take your selfie  [TGT]  said  will likely be donated.