Taking in neighbour's parcels

[Reith]

I live in a friendly street. Some of us exchange Christmas cards, we take parcels in for each other etc.

Yesterday at about 10 am I reluctantly took in two parcels for the house opposite. Reluctant because this family never come to pick them up, and you end up going there about three times before you get an answer. (I watched the delivery man put a note through their door).

He works normal work hours, nothing unsociable. She is a SAHM to three primary school children. She walks them to and from school, past my house. She goes out in the car about once a day. Her car is parked outside my house. The oldest child is confident and old enough to pop across.

But why don't they come to collect?

Stick a note through their letterbox telling them you have parcels for them to collect
Lay low.....when they eventually come for them don’t answer the door

This is the third thread I've read in the last day about this issue. Just don't take the parcels in ffs. I used to for a neighbour until he became an atsehole and now I just refuse. The couriers are fine about it. No one is u set obligation to take in anyone else's parcels.

I may have mentioned it, but that's where I was at for a good while. Got fed up it and stopped taking parcels for that house.
But then I forgot how frustrating it was and it felt petty and now I've fallen for it again.

Leaving it on the doorstep, car bonnets etc is all well and good, but once you have signed for that parcelcyou become responsible for it. So if it's stolen from that doorstep it's on you.

The best way of dealing with it would be to return to sender, not known at this address. Contact Amazon via live chat, they will send you a QR code to scan and ship back (at their cost). Will involve you taking a trip to your local parcel shop but will adequately make the point.

Day 5 and DP is working from home. Just as he's on his knees begging for permission to take the parcels over, and I'm saying, "over my dead body..." there's a knock on the door. MrsN has come to collect the parcels, says that they never knew they were here as they never received a card and she only found out this morning when she rung up (presumably Prime).

Just don’t accept the parcel next time. And don’t take the parcel over. This is not a big deal.