NDN accepting deliveries

[thefirstmrsdewinter]

How to you ask your NDN to stop taking in your deliveries?? I'm home most of the time anyway and there is an obvious safe place on the property; there's no need to leave anything with anyone else.

In the past NDN has accepted a parcel meant for us and:

• fucked off for the weekend less than an hour later.
• kept it for a month before telling us in passing, 'Oh gosh, I've had a parcel for you for quite a while, let me see if I can find it...'
• hidden it so their OH kept telling us 'No, we don't have your parcel.'

Surely you can just say no??

Instruct the company in the delivery notes to not leave with NDN? Probably the simplest way to avoid them altogether

Why would they be left with your neighbour if you are in?

You can apply for a special sticker www.royalmail.com/personal/receiving-mail/delivery-to-neighbour-opt-out/

Bubbles050 we've done that where possible (Amazon allow you to specify a 'safe place') but even when instructed they only do it about half the time.

SassitudeandSparkle an excellent question. Happened again this morning. Dh and I haven't left the house all day, doorbell works etc. It's a mystery. To be fair I was out yesterday afternoon for less than an hour and that's when the parcel was left with NDN, who must have had one foot out the door herself, seeing as she was going away for the weekend. So the item I would like to have had on Fri, and could have had redelivered or collected from depot this morning will not reach me until Tues.

catlady34 thanks! I will see if this deterrs them.

catlady34 oh, and Royal Mail are the only ones who seem capable of leaving something in the safe place. Couriers always leave parcels with a neighbour if they don't give them to us. Sometimes even when we're in.

Obviously they shouldn't hide it or forget about it but can't see it's their fault if they need to go out after your parcel is delivered to them!

biscoffbaby absolutely, I would not expect them to stay in. But why accept a parcel for someone else literally minutes before leaving for the weekend. In the hour I was gone the parcel had been delivered and they had left with no intention of returning until Mon.

Nothing wrong with saying no, sorry, I can't take that parcel, as in op. They could also email me, put a note through the door or put the parcel in the safe place.

Personally I would have refused the parcel if I was going away, but if I had taken it I'd let them know and arrange a way to get it to them.

Just ask them to say no to accepting parcels for you? Surely that's the simplest solution? Am I missing something?

If they hadn't have accepted your parcel before going away for a weekend, you wouldn't have got it till after the weekend anyway.

Believe me, as a neighbour to people I do like, it's a massive ball ache taking in their stuff. If you are in and don't hear the postie, it's up to you to get a better knocker/Bell. It's not your NDN's fault that your parcels are delivered to them,

ourkidmolly yeah, I will. I'm sure they think they're being helpful and was struggling to find a way to ask without offending but you're right, I just need to ask.

fieryginger can I ask if it's such a ballache why you don't just refuse the deliveries?

Couriers will always ask a neighbour - see if you can have 'do not leave with neighbour' on the parcel delivery instructions.

Just tell them it's causing problems for you as they seem to drop parcels off even when you're in?