Blooming neighbours' parcels

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This is a first-world problem, I know. But if ordering online, couldn't you organise a time when you're in or send to a post office collection point. I'm happy to help normally, but this is getting on my nerves.
Neighbours seem to shop online a lot, but are never in, so then it all descends on me. Then they don't freaking well come and get it until I ask them. One time had three large boxes from Japan to trip over in hall.
Now have expensive printer. Any takers?

Another here to tell you just to please not accept them. We order on line a lot as it's often a wider selection at a better price. We're home 3/7 days, often 4/7. Whenever we have the option to tick the box to keep it at the post office or depot we do. Whenever there's an option to change the delivery day/time we do. I also specifically state not to bother my neighbours. And yet the packages always go to neighbours. My neighbours are v nice about it. I always apologise, explain the mistake and beg them not to accept anymore deliveries, they say they're happy to and the whole sorry state continues. I'm about to order a bunch of stuff for some work being done and am already dreading it.

Presumably there is no safe place to leave them?

Ours go in the garage.

I don't mind taking parcels in for neighbours at all. I can't see how opening your front door a couple of times is a problem. Equally I haven't given it a thought that anyone would mind taking my things in but now I'm wondering if my neighbours are quietely seething!!

The problem with online ordering is it's quite hard to arrange a date when you are in. When you order you get a date and think fine I am in that day, then on the morning you are not you get an email we are going to deliver your package today. It's never on the estimated day.

I take in my neighbours parcels they take in mine, the only time I object is when I have been working the night shift (although I shouldn't as the nightshift is when I do a lot of my online shopping)

Just don't answer the door!

My friend used to accept parcels for her neighbour who didn't even bother to come and ask if that was ok with her. Then the neighbour would come and collect it but would blank my friend otherwise. So my friend told the postman, who was holding in his hands another parcel for the neighbour, that she can't accept parcels anymore.

I don't mind doing it for my NDNs because we get on really well, both sides. But the snotty woman who moved in over the road kept getting massive parcels (MLM related ) sent to my house because she was busy. After several weeks of numerous and enormous boxes cluttering up my hall and not so much as a smile when she came to get them (literally stood there saying "you've got my stuff" like I'd nicked it!) I now refuse to take anything in for them.

I always tell them to leave it in the safe place which is a box with a pin. They don't always bother which annoys me because we had a neighbour complain nastily to us after they took in a parcel, we went round every time we knew they were in several times a day for a week before they answered the door; I wish they had just refused.

I've just moved house and took in a Next delivery for someone who lives 30 houses away. I did think it was a bit odd but I don't really mind. If I was doing it every day though it would get annoying I think.

There is one neighbour I'd never take for and two I'm not keen but when I do accept a parcel I ask the postman to write on the card in the hope the neighbour will come for it. One I don't like taking for as they expect me to take to them but I won't anymore. They need to get their arse in gear to come over and the other I don't like as she knocks then immediately peers on the door to see if I'm coming. After one second..

I take in parcels for any of the neighbours but it is usually because they have popped out for a couple of hours rather than being out all day.

A couple of the neighbours will knock and ask if I mind taking something in if they are going out and are expecting a delivery.

I remember our previous NDN knocking here one day with a parcel she had taken in for me (which I wasn't specifically expecting as it had been arranged by someone else and was outside of my control). I thanked her for taking it in and she replied "I'll just go and get the rest". There were 13 boxes in total clogging up her hallway. I was not impressed with that delivery driver thinking that was OK. I will stress I had NOT been informed of the delivery prior to it happening and was fuming on behalf of the nieghbour - who didn't see it as a problem at all - inspite of having 4 children running around her house!

I think people assuming it is OK to have parcels regularly delivered to other people's houses when they know they will be out are taking the p**s unless they have agreed a specific arrangement.

With ordering online often you don't get a delivery date or it comes earlier than indicated.

Don't understand why you had giant boxes in your hall op ? Just refuse to take them. Or put a note on your door saying you do not take parcels in for other houses.

I take in parcels for neighbours either side of me and they do the same for me. All fine. I do refuse to take in parcels for house opposite though, she gets deliveries at least twice a day. I made the mistake of accepting one when we had just moved in. She didn't come across to get it. So I went over once Dh was home thinking maybe she didn't get a delivery note. She did get a note but expected me to deliver it to her and was very rude to me. So now I refuse to take in stuff for her.

Yabu

If it's a problem say "no" to the delivery.

It's impossible to specify a day for most deliveries let alone a time, some workplaces refuse to have personal parcels delivered.

When I order something it will say something like delivery 2-3 days and that's fine because those are the days DH is in. Then they'll arrive early or late and no-one is home.

I can't see that it is beyond the capability of any delivery company to specify an actual date and stick to it.

I always take in parcels for my neighbours. I don't mind at all, if I did I just wouldn't accept collection. I also just pop the parcels round if they don't come and collect them.

We order quite a lot of stuff on line, deliveries maybe once or twice a week. Even though we have a 'safe place' for leaving them, they kept being delivered to the neighbours, particularly on one side. When we collected the parcels (always politely and apologetically) the woman and her kids were nice about it but the dad, known in the street as Mr Grumpy, was a total dickhead about it, and obviously resented it furiously. I did suggest diplomatically to the woman that they started refusing delivery, as it obviously 'upset' her husband - but no 'she didn't mind' apparently. Except he obviously did!

The majority of stuff was from Amazon. Amazon had been informed of the safe place, and I had even started inserting DO NOT LEAVE WITH NEIGHBOURS as part of the address, but that only seem to work about half the time. In the end I put a sign on the door and this has finally worked! Not been a problem since Christmas.

I do think if you're not happy taking in parcels you should refuse delivery and gradually this will sink in with the delivery drivers. It's not obligatory to take them, and the neighbour won't even know, if that's what's worrying you. I wish my neighbours had done that, it's hardly rocket science. Or you could put your own sign up.

I take in parcels for my neighbours as they return the favour for me as well though saying where i live most people are out working during the day.
Ex NDN took the piss though when he started a business from home and the parcels where constant. It didn't help that he was an arse and i'd previously had problems with him playing with his kids on my drive when i wasn't at home. Caught him out one day coming home early

We specify a safe place. If it's a parcel that can't be left and so goes to neighbours they just pop it into our safe place and we do the same for them. Could you ask your neighbours if there's somewhere you could put the parcel?

I have no problems taking parcels for my neighbours and I hope they don't mind taking in mine
Its not always possible to specify a day for delivery
If I could, the I would do it for when I'm in
By I do work full time so its hard to be in during the day

To not collect is just rude. I'd either refuse to take them in or tell your neighbours you don't mind but appreciate they collect them as soon as they get in as they take up room and you don't want to be responsible for them.

I don't particularly like my neighbours but to be fair to them they have taken in loads of our parcels. The other day I had a knock at the door and asked if I would take in their parcel so I said yes. He then brought up 2 massive fridge sized parcels. I laughed and took them in then tripped over them all day. I would have been annoyed if not for the ones they had taken in for us.
Got back latish today and saw they had a delivery for us. Decided not to go round as it might be too late only for them to knock on my door half hour later. Maybe they thought I should have knocked when I was trying to be considerate. Different people have different views on what is reasonable I suppose.

The expensive baggage of printer is still in my hall two days later. Think they're away. Why order something so fragile, as the courier kept saying, if you know you're not going to be around for a few days? Pick it up at PC world or similar.
Only answered door cos I thought it was someone else. Next time will say no.
And I've fed their cat in the past.

I am lucky that my neighbours very kindly take in parcels for me and I do for them. However, the whole point of online shopping, for me, is that I have neither time nor inclination to trek round shops (and come away empty-handed or give up after 30 minutes).
The issues is that you often, or almost always, do not have the choice of courier/delivery agent and delivery times can be unpredictable. If I know roughly how long an item will take, I will try to arrange delivery to where I am (a hotel for example). If I am kept informed of an item's progress and get the option, I will either ask for it to be left in a designated place or to be delivered when I am at home. However, this is not always possible.
I usually give my kind neighbours a little present every now and again to show my appreciation (and try not to impose if I can help it).