Former owners mail

[fatgirlswims]

The previous owner keep getting parcels delivered my house. She moved out 4 months ago she got a three month Royal Mail redirection.

Yesterday it was an Amazon one. I reported to Amazon and they said to donate or dispose of the item. I don’t want to keep messaging her about these parcels to arrange delivery and I can’t forward them as they aren’t Royal Mail and I am not willing to pay.

it appears Amazon have been in with her touch and she has messaged me and asked me to forward it or deliver it to her friend a five minute drive away.

I don’t want to do this as I am simply too busy and too unwell.

how can I reply? I’m happy for her friend to collect it from our porch. Is this reasonable.

Very reasonable.

"Hi CF, that's not possible - you'll need to make arrangements to collect it. I'm available on this time and day (offer two options). If it isn't collected by x date I'll dispose of it."

All she needs to do is go onto her Amazon account and change her address on that. Takes 30 seconds. Plus she should have noticed the default address was her old (ie your current) address when she placed that order.

Personally I think your approach is entirely reasonable. Not updating the address on Amazon is ridiculous for someone who has so much stuff delivered. I once forgot to update my address on eBay, which I use infrequently, and accidentally had an order delivered to my old address. It didn’t occur to me to do anything other than arrange to collect it myself!

Don’t accept them?

That is really cheeky asking you to take it to her friend.

I would respond that she has 48hours to collect the items at a mutually convenient time or you will be disposing of them.

Tell her that you will not be accepting any more parcels and if any arrive you will be rejecting them.

If any post arrives just write on it not known at this address or no longer at this address and put it back in a postbox next time you pass one, no need to pay anything.

She could always pay for a postal label from royal mail and the postman will collect and bring the label with them if you are willing to be there to give the parcel to the postman - but you would have to say it is a one off only and will not be an ongoing arrangement.

Thanks I will do that.

I think she is a CF too!

I didn't accept these they were left when we were out.

'Your parcel is on my doorstep for your 5 minute away friend to collect, change your address on Amazon, nothing more is to be sent to this address' Then stick a note on the door saying NO PACKAGES FOR CF SHE DOESN'T LIVE HERE' so her friend can tell her about it. Ignore her completely after that. Bin anything else that comes for her.

I just put “I will leave it in the porch for friend to collect” strange how the simplest messages can convey the most meaning.

the value is probably £2- some cheap household products.