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

[Dualipa]

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?

how many follolwers does she have my dsis does this(advertises for others) and she has 6k

dont know how well it translates into sales

We always put parcels either on the coffee table or if it's small enough il put something he has ordered on his computer chair.
Similar with letters.

Why would someone in the house put something they know another person is waiting for in a random unlikely to be noticed place? It doesn't make sense.

@withlotsoflove

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.

I will sometimes give something a few days or a week past when I thunk it should come to turn up before I contact the seller or company as I don't want them having to potentially get ready to send another or arrange refund only for it to turn up late.

Whatever the actual motivation - I have to admit this is exactly what members of my household would have done. I've found items shoved into shoes before now and they definitely don't take the heat of appliances into account before turning them on or putting things on top (seriously, don't ask how I know this because it involved the perpetrators being oblivious to the smell of molten, dripping plastic for >30mins).

a woman contacted me on Instagram and asked if I wanted her to review my items and she'd post them on her page

Side note but did she ask for the items for free? I hate receiving “send me X for free and I’ll post it on my social media” DMs.

Yes, I’d believe her. It happens.

But, be careful as there are a lot of scammers out there, so always get proof of postage.

She was a chancer from the off.
The brass neck to ask for something for free so they can then put it on their Instagram.

Why would someone in the house put something they know another person is waiting for in a random unlikely to be noticed place? It doesn't make sense.

They put in down somewhere they think obvious which isn't or other household members move things or put other things over top of them. Why the don't remember having done any of that until it is completely clear they did - they forgot .

@12309845653ghydrvj

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?

Can tell you don't sell online.

She was a chancer from the off.

I have say in this case asking for free goods in first place I'd more much more inclined to think this than a more normal buying selling transaction.

Sorry OP but you need to wise-up to people like her. Unless she has over a million followers she's a chancer. She doesn't does she - she'll have a few hundred at most...

It's rarely worth giving stuff to so called influencers.

Better to say buy it and I'll give you a code. If X number of people buy my item quoting that code then I'll refund you.

If they are that confident of their importance then that'll be a good deal for them and they'll be very happy to do it. Right? 😂

No.

Get on some of the online seller facebook groups and you will see sellers posting with these stories a lot. The groups are good support and useful.

I would accept her word and certainly not challenge her on it further - but make damned sure I never sent anything to her address unsigned for in future.

I would giver her the benefit of the doubt - it could happen in this house!

My rules are that if I sell and they collect or I deliver in person - it's cash.

If they pay by paypal, then they have to have the item posted.

this is because one of the latest scams is to pay by Paypal, the person collects the item and then tells Paypal it hasn't been delivered and Paypal refunds them because of course you can't prove delivery. I have seen a few warnings about this so I am sticking to it too.

I think its very possible she's telling the truth. The amount of times my parcel has gone to a neighbour and when I knock on they dont have a clue and they shout to their partner 'did we get a parcel for no x, where is it' etc

Could be true, or she could be a chancer but you caught her out by hand-delivering it and sending her a pic of her own front door.

Either way I wouldn't bother with her again, and I doubt you'll get much from her "review" of your product either!

I don't understand why she'd bother to lie.
I could see DH denying all knowledge. Then when faced with a photo of the front door and being told he must have taken it in, to suddenly remember he did pick it up after all.

I guess it could happen. I buy quite a bit from eBay and there have been a couple of occasions when items haven't been delivered.

It could certainly happen here, but I'd have checked with the rest of the household once you'd said it had been hand-delivered.

She didn't chase you up for it, and maybe when you were messaging hubby wasn't home and she had a quick look but found nothing. I like to think I'd give her the benefit of the doubt.

sounds a bit dodgy but may has possibly happened. I have my own shops, I constantly get messages of chancers offering to rep for me, I have discovered they rarely bring sales in or actually stick to the terms given. Anyway although it could of happened i don't hand deliver items or allow pick ups for real customers unless it is someone i know, if they open a case for non delivery you haven't a leg to stand on.

Possible...but unlikely

I wouldn’t believe her either

If she'd paid for it I'd be inclined to believe her.

But free items for a review? She was planning on a second set too until you mentioned you'd hand delivered.