Poll: Accepting parcels for those pesky neighbours!

Do you accept parcel/goods for absent neighbours?

  • Yes, of course I do. I'm a great neighbour

    Votes: 203 91.0%

  • No I don't, I hide behind the letter box!

    Votes: 20 9.0%
  • Total voters
    223
I've taken in numerous things for the neighbours, and they would do the same for me. Not had any problems yet, probably due to not having any uber-destructive kids to smash the items.
 
D.P. said:
I would really like to know what the legal ramifications are for leaving a parcel on the back doorstep etc. I've had it happen several times which has worked out OK, but I know a friend who had a laptop delivered which was left in-front of his apartment door and was promptly stolen. Despite much effort he never got anything back and ended up going into a department store to pick up a new laptop, 1K down the drain.
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WTF? I wouldn't rest until I got a free replacement laptop or my money back.
 
hopeful_builder said:
With the particular company I work for, certain deliveries can only be made to the specific delivery address and recipient. Not next door, or anyone else. As is the case with many off our large customers, Apple for example have gone to the extent of having "no delivery to neighbor" all over the paperwork. For good reason of course ;)
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What depot and department are you in? Use the code if you don't want to post it here :p
 
Yes. Although its not common practice here that stuff is given to neighbours (they just take it back to the post office) I think it happened once. A neighbour was given my package. They rang and gave it to us. I would take theirs if it happened tbh.
 
Gunni Parker said:
I can see a new thread coming! Do you get on with your neighbours?
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I did actually have this issue come up. I had an arguement with a neighbour about my dog who I let out into the garden for 10 minutes and he was barking the entire time at the school kids that tease him. So it was around 3:30pm ish. Nothing to late and wasn't out there for hours.

neighbour came around and thumped on the door telling me to keep my dog in the house as she was sleeping. I myself had only been up a few hours from a night shift the previous night. After a heated discussion I ended by saying, "He is a dog, he barks, if you hear him meowing then come and tell me, otherwise go back to bed..."

Anyway, by accepting parcels for each other it gave us the opportunity to talk again and smooth things over. So it can be a good thing.

As for the OP. You can just reject the pacel, the courier won't put a letter through their door saying, I would have left it with your neighbour but he hates you. They will just get a failed delivery letter.
 
Im a delivery driver and find most people are happy enough to accept parcels if they get on with their neighbours. Sometimes people take the p though and I end up going the same house everyday when they know they will not be in, those type pick the parcels up from a local post office. No way im going to be banging on someone's door everyday when the stuff isnt even for them.

On a seperate note I am fully expecting a complaint about a delivery I made today. House was in a rural location and had a sign taped to the back door saying leave parcel in kitchen. There was also a sign stuck to a big cage beside the backdoor saying "WARNING GUARD DOG" but no dog was in the cage.

Turns out the dog was in the kitchen :) It looked like some king of angry bear when I opened the door and charged at me. I didnt have any choice but to put the parcel between me and the dog, I shoved him back and managed to get the door shut :D Ohh well, **** happens
 
I used to get loads of parcels delivered to home and an odd little old lady over the road used to take them in for me. I was always very grateful and she said she didn't mind at all. However I felt bad so I started having them delivered to a customers address to collect at another time but since I started doing that the little old lady won't even pass the time of day with me if I see her on the street. :(
 
My postman signs for my deliveries and opens my door and puts the parcel inside my house :D. It was a bit of a shock to hear the door open the first time, but I went to the top of the stairs and saw my parcel and then went back to bed for a bit.

I guess he does the same for other neighbours as well so don't really get many deliveries for other people.
 
Bit off topic but some old idiot had a rant at me today after i had knocked on his door yesterday and carded him saying that he was in and he doesn't even think i take the parcels and just card people.

Made me mad but i just had to say "ok, whatever" and walk away whistling to annoy him some more :) can't stand these idiots.
 
D.P. said:
I would really like to know what the legal ramifications are for leaving a parcel on the back doorstep etc. I've had it happen several times which has worked out OK, but I know a friend who had a laptop delivered which was left in-front of his apartment door and was promptly stolen. Despite much effort he never got anything back and ended up going into a department store to pick up a new laptop, 1K down the drain.
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He didnt try hard enough...

Whoever delivered the parcel has a contract to deliver it to the person at that address , not to the garden outside that address

Whoever sent the laptop should have been claiming compensation and sending another 100%

I worked for RM and would have lost my job over that... In sure other couriers are the same
 
I'm pleased I live in a nice area with nice people.

Nobody on my street really bats an eye lid at taking parcels in for each other, we usually take them round in the evening if they've not been to collect them or they bring them round if we haven't been to collect them.

Really don't understand the fuss of taking a parcel in or signing for something. The mind boggles.
 
I wouldn't around here because my neighbours think I am elitest scum for working for a living. They would collect it from me and claim they hadn't had it.

I've only once done it, but signed the pda as m.mouse
 
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