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Woman claims to not have received a parcel we hand delivered! What would you make of this?

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Dualipa · 20/08/2020 12:26

I have my own little business in which I make items to sell, a woman contacted me on Instagram and asked if I wanted her to review my items and she'd post them on her page (free advertising) so I thought I'd give it a go.
Turns out she only lived a few miles away so DH hand delivered the parcel through her letterbox.

A few days pass and I didn't hear anything so I messaged her and she said she'd not received anything 🤔
Instantly I thought I'd perhaps given DH the wrong address so he drove back to double check which house he had posted them too and took a photo to send me.

A few messages back and forth and this woman still claiming to not have received them but 3 minutes after I send a photo of her front door confirming where DH had posted she said that her DH had popped it on the microwave and it had fallen behind it and he hadn't told her.

Would you believe her?

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Climbingallthetrees · 20/08/2020 12:28

No it’s obvious she’s making that up.

McTav · 20/08/2020 12:29

It's the kind of thing my DH would do, to be honest. But I'd ask him before denying it twice (might deny the first time without thinking about it).

Dreamscomingtrue · 20/08/2020 12:30

No I wouldn’t believe it, sounds like she was trying it on to get another one, of whatever it was? Most people would leave a parcel in the hall or in a visible place. Microwaves often have a hot air vent on the top or side, what if it has been chocolates?

NothingIsGoing2GetBetterItsNot · 20/08/2020 12:34

This is definitely the sort of thing my OH would do and has done tbh! I regularly stumble across packages he's intercepted whilst I am out/at work just stashed somewhere random.. Hmm

It's not completely unfeasible!

Roswellconspiracy · 20/08/2020 12:36

She would have asked the dh if he took a parcel before even contacting you.

Shes trying it on

Greenbks · 20/08/2020 12:40

My DH would do something like this (often has) and I’ve asked him but he swears blind nothing has come even though he’s stashed it away. I’d give her the benefit of the doubt.

Quaagars · 20/08/2020 12:45

Yeah, funny how she only suddenly "found it" after sending a pic of the front door.
I'd definitely be Hmm

Zaphodsotherhead · 20/08/2020 12:48

I had a parcel that they'd posted through an open window. It had fallen down behind a radiator and table and I'd complained twice about non-delivery before I found it!

Maybe give her the benefit of the doubt on this occasion, but be aware of her 'tendencies towards chaos' in future?

ladyslattern · 20/08/2020 12:52

This could so easily happen in my house that so would give her the benefit of the doubt. What would be the point in lying? It's not as if she'd get a refund for a complimentary item

DontDribbleOnTheCarpet · 20/08/2020 12:53

It could happen I suppose. But from 15 years experience in online retail I have found that people who contact you asking for free stuff in return for reviews are rarely worth engaging with.

If you don't get a review at all, there isn't much you can do about it, and if you pressure her at all she might just write a very bad review. Did you check how much traffic she has to her blog/site/page?

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 20/08/2020 12:56

Ultimately, whether she's telling porkies or not. She admits shes got it now so is she going to post about it?

BlingLoving · 20/08/2020 12:58

I can actually believe this. Because I can totally imagine asking DH if he's seen a parcel. Him saying no. Then eventually, when I get proof that the parcel DID arrive, and a more hardcore search is done.... finding the parcel that Dh would have put away or lost.

However, in that situation, I'd be so embarrassed and mortified, the seller would be getting a huge emailed apology from me.

Malaya · 20/08/2020 13:00

Dh has done this several times, especially during lockdown as I’ve been ordered a lot more online than I usually would. He ordered something on eBay at the same time I did and when it came, he put it in his toolbox without checking. I spent 3 days going back and forth with the seller, who insisted they’d sent it. It’s only when dh actually item turned up he realised he’d put mine in his toolbox. He drives me mad 😤

LadyOfTheImprovisedBath · 20/08/2020 13:00

I've had other people in the house take in parcels and forget and when asked deny having done so till you find the thing and suddenly they remember.

I had to fairly recently contact a firm to ask where something was and was told it had been delivered a week earlier. Still no-one in the house knew anything as I knew it was in the house did a search and it was found. Did worry the firm was worried I was trying it on - but I was just asking them where it was not for a replacement.

Nosebogey · 20/08/2020 13:01

I reckon she was having you on. Already beggy enough to ask for a free one to review, it wouldn’t be a big leap to try and scam a second one. Instagram culture eh!

Redcups64 · 20/08/2020 13:05

Never hand deliver! Always by courier or post so you have proof. I allow collections from my home too, but only because I have a security camera so they are on that collecting. I would never deliver.

Pobblebonk · 20/08/2020 13:08

I don't think I'd waste any more time on it, given that the problem has been rectified. But I'd make a note not to hand-deliver stuff in future.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 20/08/2020 13:09

@NothingIsGoing2GetBetterItsNot

This is definitely the sort of thing my OH would do and has done tbh! I regularly stumble across packages he's intercepted whilst I am out/at work just stashed somewhere random.. Hmm

It's not completely unfeasible!

Same here - but before denying I'd received it I would have asked every member of the family if they'd noticed a small parcel, because yes, things like this do happen. Stuff gets picked off the doormat in case it is trodden on etc, and put down and can be forgotten.

But I'd be wary about sending this particular woman anything else, because TBH I wouldn't believe her.

jessstan2 · 20/08/2020 13:10

Give her the benefit of the doubt. It's the sort of thing I would do. At least now you know she has it. Always get a photo at time of delivery.

ShellieEllie · 20/08/2020 13:10

I've had similar to this happen even though they'd actually signed for the parcel!

SunshineCake · 20/08/2020 13:18

Why would you want a random person to review your stuff? People who are influenced by influencers are embarrassing. I'm nearly fifty, why would I want a twenty year old with little real life experience to dictate what I do, buy, wear, think.

MegaClutterSlut · 20/08/2020 13:25

Nope, wouldn't believe her one bit tbh

unlikelytobe · 20/08/2020 13:27

Yeah, I'd be sceptical about that but it is possible. I hope she apologised to you. I suppose if you want her to review positively you need to keep her sweet but I would be cautious about giving items of value (?) to complete strangers to review. Is she big on SM or something?

12309845653ghydrvj · 20/08/2020 13:38

Wow people are really suspicious! She probably looked, didn’t see it, when you confirmed it had definitely gone through the door she looked more, probably asked husband in exasperation, he said “oh yeah sorry chucked it on microwave” and she finds it down the side. Surely happens all the time in most houses?

withlotsoflove · 20/08/2020 13:38

It’s annoying. I’ve just had a buyer contact me yesterday ( 2 weeks after l marked her perfume as dispatched) to say it hadn’t arrived!
I’m suspicious.

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