Important documents delivered to some other flat... but no idea who

[Lysander]

We had some important documents delivered to us BUT we don't know where they are!

They were apparently confirmed delivered on the 31st March and they were signed for... but not by us.

Look at this:



What the hell does that even say? It looks like someone lazily wrote "signed" as in "sind"... no idea what that is. It's not another language, as far as I can see.

Royal Mail say "it was delivered" so they're not being helpful. What do we do, go around every flat in the block?

 

[Lysander]

That says cv-19

What does that mean? COVID 19?

 

[Lysander]

Yes, posties are not taking signatures to prevent contact so there's no signature recorded, only CV19

Great. That makes it even worse. How the hell do we find out where this is?

 

[Lysander]

Ring RM, I believe they have started recording GPS co-ordinates on special deliveries (was it a special delivery?)

They show CGP coords. Yes, it's the same block but a different part of it by the looks of things.

 

[Lysander]

Go on knock on doors? Put a note up on the front door. Jees, this ain’t hard.

Putting a note on all the blocks' front doors is a good idea. Thanks, I hadn't actually thought of that. It's hard to get inside them since there are multiple buildings in this development with different locks. But we can put notices on them. Also we have a block FB group and I've posted in that.

 

[Lysander]

CV19 seems the most likely explanation, but it could say bins? Is there a safe place near your bins?

Well, I suppose it does look a bit like "bins".

Delivered to: bins... I hope not.

 

[Lysander]

If it was delivered on the 31st why hasn't a neighbour brought it round yet? Surely they would have seen a different flat number on it.
You neighbours are probably *****

It's one of those developments where people keep themselves to themselves mainly. People hardly say hi to you in the corridor or they do so awkwardly. It's not helpful. I mean, it was delivered six days ago and they haven't passed it on, which means it's either sitting in someone's mailbox or the recipients have just been too lazy to bring it over.

 

[Lysander]

Give your neighbours a special delivery of your own...

Sad that it took so long for this meme to come along

The management company have just emailed everyone in the development. I imagine no-one will ring our bell, but I would hope that it will turn up in our mailbox in the next 24 hours.

 

[Lysander]

Can you get another copy sent out?

Well erm it's our original marriage certificate...

 

[Lysander]

We are going to the police about this. Somebody has those documents [original marriage cert + driving license] and is not returning them. It's been a week now since they were "confirmed" delivered. This is now an identity theft concern.

We have posted notes on all the the block doors, put flyers through peoples' letterboxes [with permission from the management company] posted in the block FB group, the management company has even sent an email to all residents. Nothing.

 

[Lysander]

Probably returned to sender, have you asked the sender?

May as well try this too, thanks. Though I would have thought they would have contacted us by now if that were the case.

 

[Lysander]

the police will do nothing

We'll see. It's theft.

Apparently they haven't been RTS'd either.

 

[Lysander]

go down your local sorting office and get them to find out who was delivering that day and where he put it.

Thought about this but how would be remember? He must have delivered hundreds, if not thousands of letters since then.

 

[Lysander]

This is what the GPS coords from the delivery gave:



Any reason why it was scanned outside the block? For reference there is quite a walk from the road there to the block doors. Did they scan it while standing outside on the grass or on the way back to the van?

EDIT: our door would be in the bottom right of this pic. So quite a way from that red marker.

Try local addresses with same number as you, but different flat block and/or road.

Thank you, doing this too

 

[Lysander]

The GPS pin for my RM deliveries points to directly outside my house.

As above, @beachBOYken I think it is accurate. I think that's the exact position it was scanned. So either walking to or away from our block. Most likely the latter.

 

[Lysander]

'theft', lol. this is not theft, the police will not be interested. The paranoia is huge in this forum. something goes missing in the post or by courier and people assume it has been stolen. with the volume these companies handle every day, things go mossing by mistake, it happens. the chances of it being actively stolen are about the same as me getting stranded on a desert island woth nothing but the entire top 0.5% of onlyfans to keep me company.

I just called the police and they agreed that it's theft and have opened a case.

 

[Lysander]

Theft? Could the postman have not just delivered it to the wrong address?

It was a week ago that it was delivered. Those documents [drivers license + marriage cert] could very easily be used for identity theft.

And yes it could be behind the bins but they thought it was enough of a concern for them to open a case on it.

 

[Lysander]

A week ago? Ah I assumed it was recent as in yesterday.

In that case then my thoughts earlier of someone posting it through your letterbox is unlikely.

Yes indeed, it was confirmed as delivered at 10.40am on the 31st March.

 

[Lysander]

Did you ever manage to speak to your regular postman to ask them?

My wife asked them yesterday and the response was just "dunno m8". Next stop DOs. I mean, it was a week ago now, I wouldn't expect the postman to remember now.

 

[Lysander]

Very insightful response lol

Well hopefully you get this sorted. I know how stressful these things can be, especially when next to no one is able to offer any actual help.

Thank you very much. It's somewhere [hopefully not under a bush]. And now that the police have opened a case they will communicate with Royal Mail about it. RM will have to try to provide some answers about exactly where it went. What is the point of "tracked" delivery if the item gets lost?