Page 6 | To think postmen etc should not be allowed to deliver parcels to neighbours without explicit permission

WallaceinAnderland · 13/03/2026 22:56

You don't have to accept any delivery that is not for you. If it's post, just return to sender. If it's parcels, just put them out on the kerb.

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Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:56

Viviennemary · 13/03/2026 22:48

The alternative is return it to the sorting office for collection. Thats a lot more inconvenient for everybody IMHO.

Agree!

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Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:55

Jgdknbdokn · 13/03/2026 22:53

I don’t particularly want to go round to the neighbours to collect a parcel, but there are plenty of alternatives. Specify a safe delivery place / get a parcel box / have it delivered to a shop or locker.

If you aren’t home and you don’t want it delivered to the neighbours, then you need to make suitable alternative arrangements. It’s not the posties fault.

It is - they just pleased themselves and dumped it somewhere random.

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pizzaHeart · 13/03/2026 22:55

Zingy123 · 13/03/2026 22:21

If people were in when we tried to deliver we wouldn't need to.

A female postie.

We try our best but it’s not always possible. Royal mail only notify about the day of delivery, without a time slot, so you have to sit at home the whole day and sometimes they still deliver on the next day. At least it’s my experience.
At my previous address the delivery always happened at school pick up time so I practically had no chances.
I try to order to a pick up location whenever possible but it’s not always an option.

Jgdknbdokn · 13/03/2026 22:53

I don’t particularly want to go round to the neighbours to collect a parcel, but there are plenty of alternatives. Specify a safe delivery place / get a parcel box / have it delivered to a shop or locker.

If you aren’t home and you don’t want it delivered to the neighbours, then you need to make suitable alternative arrangements. It’s not the posties fault.

Pikachu150 · 13/03/2026 22:49

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:45

My safe place is my front step. Some delivery people ignore this. I think it should be a criminal offence to deliver private correspondence to the wrong address without explicit instruments to do so.

As it is I've had to resort to a thumbs down review

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Interesting that your front step is safe but your neighbour's aren't to be trusted. Aren't you worried that they or some random will steal the parcel from your doorstep?

Viviennemary · 13/03/2026 22:48

The alternative is return it to the sorting office for collection. Thats a lot more inconvenient for everybody IMHO.

Pikachu150 · 13/03/2026 22:47

You need a safe space, direct it to a locker or be in.

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Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:45

Happyholidays78 · 13/03/2026 22:43

I'm sure you can just nominate a safe place? I've done this for Royal mail & DPD successfully & I work from home but I don't want to be distracted.

My safe place is my front step. Some delivery people ignore this. I think it should be a criminal offence to deliver private correspondence to the wrong address without explicit instruments to do so.

As it is I've had to resort to a thumbs down review

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Happyholidays78 · 13/03/2026 22:43

I'm sure you can just nominate a safe place? I've done this for Royal mail & DPD successfully & I work from home but I don't want to be distracted.

notmuchtoit · 13/03/2026 22:42

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:41

Exactly... Now we know it's moronic to knock on a stranger's door!

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Are you drunk?

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Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:41

2026Y · 13/03/2026 22:30

there were probably just as many sex offenders in 1952, they probably just weren’t on a register.

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Exactly... Now we know it's moronic to knock on a stranger's door!

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ValidPistachio · 13/03/2026 22:40

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:24

Clearly you live in 1952

A lot of people live next to someone on the sex offenders register these days

"Hiya Wayne I think you've got my parcel?"

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Who is Wayne?

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Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:39

Zingy123 · 13/03/2026 22:27

It costs a fortune to keep redelivering each time. If no safe place is specified we try the neighbours.

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Everyone else does the step this person is a pain in the arse

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50Balesofgrey · 13/03/2026 22:34

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:22

if I were in whenever you were delivering I would be unemployed and unable to buy the things to be delivered

Do not leave my private shit with randoms and don't ask me to take the private shit or randoms

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Where do you want it delivering then when you're out?

buttery8 · 13/03/2026 22:32

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:13

it's insane in 2026 this isn't a country village in a miss marple

Hilarious and omg yes, drives me nuts, just leave it behind my bin! There’s lots of places on my drive it can be hidden and then they leave it with a neighbour 😩

BatchCookBabe · 13/03/2026 22:31

@Thegoofylife that's a shitty thing to have happened.

It was nothing to do with 'the postman' though.

Ponderingwindow · 13/03/2026 22:31

ours just leaves them on our porch. When we lived somewhere this wasn’t safe, we used a service that could accept all kinds of deliveries. It made life so much easier.

Thegoofylife · 13/03/2026 22:30

We were mightily pissed off earlier in the week. Ordered from Wickes delivery Wednesday - in all day and no bloody delivery and marked as delivered. Phoned them Thursday took a bloody hour to get through to them on the phone and they said delivered to number x - this is a shitty Neighbour that we have had loads of issues with. DH went round and sure enough they had them in their porch but ffs neither wickes or the delivery people (looking at you DHL) or the neighbour actually told us, what a fucking joke.
Did thank the neighbour but they are bloody arses and we really don’t want stuff left with them. They often go on holiday, away etc and indeed have gone away today so if we hadn’t of phoned yesterday we would still be without it.
no card, no text and we asked for it NOT to be left with a neighbour,

what a waste of our time. Fuming.

2026Y · 13/03/2026 22:30

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:24

Clearly you live in 1952

A lot of people live next to someone on the sex offenders register these days

"Hiya Wayne I think you've got my parcel?"

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there were probably just as many sex offenders in 1952, they probably just weren’t on a register.

VisitingInkMonitor · 13/03/2026 22:29

So you never have a parcel that goes to your neighbour OP?

Luckily I do live in a village which is like 1950s Miss Marple (minus the murders) and I will gladly take in a parcel for my neighbours - all of whom I know by name. Horrifying I know.

BatchCookBabe · 13/03/2026 22:28

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:24

Clearly you live in 1952

A lot of people live next to someone on the sex offenders register these days

"Hiya Wayne I think you've got my parcel?"

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WTF?

Good grief @Czerwonitz sort yourself a drop off point/safe space. YABU!

Zingy123 · 13/03/2026 22:27

Czerwonitz · 13/03/2026 22:22

if I were in whenever you were delivering I would be unemployed and unable to buy the things to be delivered

Do not leave my private shit with randoms and don't ask me to take the private shit or randoms

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It costs a fortune to keep redelivering each time. If no safe place is specified we try the neighbours.

notmuchtoit · 13/03/2026 22:26

What?

You think your neighbours are wanking over your Amazon delivery?

BlonderThanYou · 13/03/2026 22:24

My postman is a star and can do no wrong, he does everything very thoughtfully and conscientiously