to think that if you are a couple who both work long hours every day, you should have parcels delivered to your work address rather than home and rely on neighbours constantly taking in parcels!

[Mintyy]

Well?

My neighbours are lovely. We all take in parcels for each other, so it wouldn't be a problem here.

Not all workplaces allow this.

I assume you are the neighbour - you are allowed to say "no" to the people delivering if you like.

My old neighbours done this 2/3 times a week I stopped taking them in as they would knock the door very loudly late at night and wake ds.

YANBU stop taking them in and tell the delivery company not to come to your door again unless for you.

YANBU! We do this 90% of the time with the exception that some companies will only post to the billing address. In that case I check with my neighbour that it's ok.

Not allowed at my work place.

Why do you take them? DH and I work long hours and we get stuff delivered to our house because otherwise we'd have to lug it 100 miles home from work.

But then I never expect my parcels to be at my neighbours - I expect to get a card through the door and to be able to pick it up from the sorting office myself on Saturday.

Why don't you just say no to the postie?

Suggest neighbours get one of those 'safe place' things.

It's not very practical having to lug heavy parcels home on the bus.

Plus my neighbours don't mind. We all take parcels in for each other, It's not a big deal.

although they'd probably get it delivered and you would have to sign for it

I get that it's annoying, but YABU because a) not all workplaces will let you do that and b) they're not necessarily relying on you - they're relying on having to shlep to the PO on Saturday morning to collect stuff, or at least that's what I always plan on having to do - if my neighbours take stuff in instead then it's a pleasant surprise.

Worra - these particular neighbours are not lovely at all, but that isn't really clouding my judgement. Besides, they can't reciprocate because they are never there!

But there has to be an alternative? What about those shops that have lockers?

Or the delivery company should put a card through the door.

Not allowed at my workplace.

DH and I are allowed to have work deliveries and so we do, but not everyone has that option.

However, I also use click and collect in store wherever possible (saves on paying postage too!) and am happy to have a card come in and then collect from our sorting office. My neighbours are lovely, but they've earned their retirement and shouldn't be running a depot for us.

Yes 100%. Even if you do get a slightly narky email telling you to come and pick your personal item up from the post room.

Just refuse to take the delivery if you don't want to. It's not like they'd even know you'd refused.

Not everyone works somewhere with a post room though.

Wouldn't be possible for DH or me. Even if our workplaces allowed it, it would be very difficult to manage the packages on the commute home.

We always give the delivery company the option of leaving them in a safe place though.

The whole parcel delivery thing can be tricky. Not home during the day. Can't receive deliveries at work. I'm a big fan of click and collect, and I read that's the way it's going now.

Surely you just say no?

I work from home so it's no longer an issue but previously it was a big problem because we had gates that meant a delivery driver couldn't get near to the house and my workplace didn't allow me to receive deliveries there.

Or the delivery company should put a card through the door.

That's what they will do, if you say "no I will not take the delivery".

When you say constantly? What do you mean?

Another vote for "my workplace doesn't allow it."

We always put a safe place alternative on the delivery instructions if possible. Some companies won't take it and insist on a signature. And we occasionally return the favour, when DCs are at home in school holidays and a neighbour's out shopping.

Dh and I both work full time. We have a small box thing with a waterproof lid that is outside by the front door. We ask for parcels to be left there.

Our neighbours are fine, but we often have a few packages a week ( in the midst of Christmas shopping) and don't want to stretch good neighbourliness!

If you don't want to just don't answer the door! Or say you can't accept as you are going away or just say no.

You don't need to provide an excuse

Don't blame you either. Once in a while is fine but not all the time

Yes, Trills, but by that time I've got up from my desk where I'm working and gone down two flights of stairs to answer the door. My point is that people are ordering things for home delivery knowing that they are not going to be at home! Make other arrangements, lazy people.