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Am I being unreasonable to expect someone not to sign for a package that isn't theirs?

25 replies

Sallystyle · 29/12/2013 13:15

I messed up when buying DD an Xmas present. In the drop down box I accidentally selected my old address without realising. I only noticed today when I logged on to see why it hadn't arrived.

Totally my fault of course.

However, it was signed for under my name.

I can't help be a bit pissed that he/she didn't tell the delivery person that they aren't Mrs mylastname and signed for it anyway.

So what would you do if you got a package delivered to you in someone else's name? would you just sign it and hope it is something you can use or would you be honest with the delivery person so it can go to it's rightful owner?

This has happened to me before and I would never dream of keeping something that wasn't for me.

Nothing I can do about it now except delete my old address so it doesn't happen again and buy it again for her birthday.

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CheckedPjs · 29/12/2013 13:17

I'd say something, i do with all my post that's not mine.

However I've known of people to sign for it, open it and if it's not something they want/need ring the company and say they didn't realise and it's not theirs

30SecondsToVenus · 29/12/2013 13:18

Is there any way you could go to your old address and get it?

Or you could speak to the company you bought it from and tell them your mistake and see if they can resend it. You are actually not allowed to open someone else's mail (as far as I'm aware) so the people who have got it should still have it unopened.

Lilicat1013 · 29/12/2013 13:18

Did they notice? I tend to order a load of things online and sign without noticing at times.

I got an Amazon parcel that should have been for someone else. They didn't live locally enough to drop it round so I contacted and returned it to them, they told me the person would be sent a replacement of what they had ordered. Hopefully that is what will happen in your case.

ReluctantBeing · 29/12/2013 13:18

Can you go around there?

FluffyJumper · 29/12/2013 13:20

I would assume they has accepted it assuming that I would be around to collect it.

TheDoctrineOfSanta · 29/12/2013 13:21

Another one who might sign without looking at the label, especially this time if year when lots of parcels are arriving as presents.

80sdrummer · 29/12/2013 13:21

I work from home so am often in the middle of something when someone knocks, so wouldn't think to check that a parcel was addressed to a member of our household, I'd just sign and then get back to work and then ponder what to do later.

Birdsgottafly · 29/12/2013 13:22

I have been able to sign for stuff, even after saying that I am not the person it is addressed to, but I always handed the stuff over (the parents if the former tennent live next door).

Is the address far? Have you no way of getting in touch.

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Sallystyle · 29/12/2013 13:22

I have emailed them and waiting to hear back. I ordered it from ToysRus in October so it doesn't seem likely that they contacted them as I haven't heard anything.

I could easily go round there but I am bit of a whimp Hmm

I hope that toysrus can deal with it for me.

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Prettykitty111 · 29/12/2013 13:23

I would ask the company to see the signature and then tell them its not mine. I once got a whole tesco shop delivered to the wrong address. Thankfully the person there was nice and said I didn't live there anymore so I got the refund. I've never taken other people's parcels unless the neighbours have asked in advance as my old next door neighbour used to hide from the postman so we would sign for it then she would phone the company and tell them we didn't give it to her (once collected from us) so she could get another/refund. We had several nasty letters from catalogue companies before we twigged what she was doing!

80sdrummer · 29/12/2013 13:23

Could it be that the person at your old house was out so the driver asked a neighbour to sign for it?

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Sallystyle · 29/12/2013 13:24

Ahh I just thought of something.

I could contact my old neighbour on FB and ask them to ask for me as I know they are reasonably friendly.

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Mintyy · 29/12/2013 13:27

Why can't you ask for yourself? Don't make it your old neighbour's problem! How old are you fgs?

LucyLasticBand · 29/12/2013 13:29

pehraps they didnt even sgn it,
or perhaps they too received so many parcels they signed in error.

LucyLasticBand · 29/12/2013 13:30

you ordered in october? Shock

just go to their house?

RandyRudolf · 29/12/2013 13:30

I'd be round there like a shot. Maybe they've realised the mistake but don't have any way of contacting you? Did you give them a forwarding address?

ClutchingPearls · 29/12/2013 13:33

Around Christmas I would sign and hope they turn up for it. I would rather it sat here with them knowing where it is, than be sent back and the person not be able to get it before Christmas.

Or they may have bulk signed and didn't realise.

The only way you'll find out is to go and ask.

Rachelicious · 29/12/2013 13:37

Contact toys r us you have proof of purchase on your bank statement

Caitlin17 · 29/12/2013 13:39

There is every possibility it was signed by the delivery person not the new occupants. I frequently come home to find things like concert tickets which required to be signed for have been delivered anyway by the postman signing.

Part of what I do at work involves sending certain correspondence which can only be properly sent by recorded delivery or one other method recognised by the courts and we are aware the delivery people frequently just sign them.

womblesofwestminster · 29/12/2013 13:43

Just go to their house and stop being a pussy.

Caitlin17 · 29/12/2013 13:43

Sorry OP but ToysRus have done exactly what you asked them to do. What on earth are you expecting them to do now?

lollilou · 29/12/2013 14:52

My dh signed for something by mistake(It was my birthday and we were expecting a parcel) I must admit we were naughty and had a peek at what was in the parcel, a huge bottle of JD and a birthday card! We didn't know what to do with it but wanted to re-unite it with the recipient. Luckily the next day the guy came round for it so we gladly handed it over. He did ask why we had signed for it though which made us feel [Embarrassed]
I would pop round to your old house can't hurt to ask, they may have put it in a corner. If they deny all knowledge you're no worse off.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 29/12/2013 15:00

I probably would have signed for it - I did 90% of my Christmas shopping online & was often given the little electronic pad thing to sign before the parcel was handed over.

I would have probably opened it without reading the name too! But now I would have it sitting waiting for the actual recipient to come and collect it. All parcels are traceable nowadays, so I would assume that someone would be round for it eventually!

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Sallystyle · 29/12/2013 15:11

I am not expecting toysrus to do anything Caitlin. I am hoping they might have the package or something, but I am not expecting anything from them.

Yes they did have my forwarding address, don't know if they still have it though obviously. They know how to contact me through a mutual friend as well but I can see why they would just wait for me to contact them.

I will go round there. I have a hard few and busy days ahead so I will do it next weekend. I am a bit nervous going back to that area due to being anywhere near the people that made me flee that street in the first place but I will go round.

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IneedAsockamnesty · 29/12/2013 15:17

Chances are they didn't sign it and the delivery person did.

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