To leave my “neighbour’s” parcel outside their front door?

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DPD left a late, heavy parcel with me today for someone several doors down. I don’t know this person. I was a bit feeble in saying no, next time I will be more assertive. He was very forceful, shoved the box inside my door as he was speaking to me so it was already in my house when I realised it wasn’t actually for me. I told him I am going away for two weeks from tomorrow. He said he’d write that on the note then he pretty much jogged away, then ran back and took a photo of my front door.

I KNOW I should have refused it. I know.

Anyway, that was this morning and they still haven’t been for it and I’m leaving at 8am tomorrow. I don’t want it sitting here for two weeks and have them annoyed that they couldn’t get it from me. Equally I engaging in a game of pass the parcel with another neighbour - I am newish here too and don’t know anyone well enough to do that with. Plus it’s a very heavy item of garden machinery and I don’t want to try lugging it down the road on my own.

So do I just shove it outside and leave it on my front step for them to collect in their own time? Maybe with a note through their door saying what I’m doing?

Yes, I know. I will never accept again. Only for next door. They are bastards about forcing you into it though aren’t they?

Ask your new friendly neighbour to watch the house for you and to get the mail in!

Regrettably, this is one of the reasons why I flat out, will NOT take parcels in for people. You take them in, then the fuckers don't come round for them and expect you to deliver to them!!!

I don't give a flying fuck if people think I am anti social, unfriendly, unreasonable etc etc etc..... I will not take packages in, not even for people who I get on with. When I see a delivery van near my house and attempting to deliver to a neighbour, I hide and won't answer the door. I won't take them in, and that is my right.

Similarly, I don't expect people to take stuff in for me, and in actual fact, I don't WANT them to. I am OK with going to the depot to get it if it needs to be signed for. (Though most of the time, they just leave it in my garage if I am not in, or I get it delivered to Argos or Morrisons...)

I have had a few awkward and unpleasant experiences in the past due to taking in packages for people (which I won't go into,) and I never take them in now.

Not helping you sorry @2upmanydown

If I were you I would just try and take it to the neighbour tomorrow, otherwise it will play on your mind for the whole 2 weeks.

We had a garden hoe delivered about 3 years ago...and in spite of many attempts to give it to our now ex-neighbours, notes in their door, calling the company etc..they never ever came to take their hoe.

I took in a parcel for a neighbour three weeks ago. It's now in my garage. I'd concluded he's never in, after ringing his doorbell several days in a row, then I realised his doorbell isn't actually working. It's a flat with a communal entrance so I have no way of attracting his attention.

I had deliver guy come and say he has a parcel for neighbours across the road who are cf. I said no I am not accepting it. He said cf said it very important and it drop at my house cos he was in work!!! CFs across the road never asked if I would/could take parcel for them. I told deliver driver that it was Not my problem...that important get it delivered to your job!! Cf came over that night banging on door 10pm for parcel. I said I don't a have a parcel for you and he was you're always at home, I needed that parcel. I told them to deliver it to your house... Again... Not my problem and closed the door. Hasn't come near me since so it worked out good!!!! 🤣

@Firesuit the person obviously thinks the item would have be delivered to someone in another flat.

I would write a note giving them 7 days to collect the item before you return it, put it in an envelope addressed to the parcel owner and slide it under the communal door.

After 7 days contact the sender. Depending what it is you may be able to legally keep it.

Good job he's collected it , that large heavy box wasn't a lawnmower, it was a tiny, evil demonic ghoul , all hunched up waiting for the lights to go out then he'd claw his way out and skin you alive...............................................................

OK< so now you know not to take parcels
And I know not to watch any scary fillums (as Father Ted would say)

I took in a parcel for a neighbour three weeks ago. It's now in my garage. I'd concluded he's never in, after ringing his doorbell several days in a row, then I realised his doorbell isn't actually working. It's a flat with a communal entrance so I have no way of attracting his attention

Can you shove a big note under the main door : Hello number 47, come and collect your parcel please (I think its your new doorbell ) within the next x days or I'm having it picked up.
Thanks Fire

We did actually have a new doorbell delivered , NDN took it in, because we didn't hear the door .

@70isaLimitNotaTarget if I was a thieving scum bag who lived in a different flat I would pretend I was the parcel owner hence why I suggested using an envelope addressed to the parcel owner.

Btw similar happened to my neighbour they dumped a parcel at a random address on the road. Luckily the man who got it didn't want children's stuff so she managed to locate it.

Ah but Random Bloke Awaiting Parcel would have a delivery slip/card from the courier

So the DPD driver who knew you were going away for two weeks didn’t even leave the neighbour a card - that’s ridiculous.

I wouldn't count on him having a delivery slip, and even if he did it might be blank. I've had those before-'your parcel is at...' with no idea where, and not even our address on it.

Don't get me started about delivery notes. Earlier this year we spent a fraught few days trying to track down 4 wardrobe doors that had been left with one of our neighbours. No notification that delivery was due, no card through the door and the guy couldn't remember which house had taken them in. He thought "he maybe gave them to the woman across the street". Luckily I know most of my neighbours and they eventually turned up in the bloke next door's garage.