I am not a fucking parcel holding service!!!!!

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IKIABU ... Have posted about this before - but last time was potentially understandable... We were getting calls via our intercom (it is linked to our mobiles not handsets in the home) for our neighbour - We are 105 and they are 105A. OK fine. Easy done.

Now it appears we are the ONLY people from the whole block of 30 apartments to be arsed to give our mobile number over. So I now get calls for every fucker.

Yesterday I get a call "Hi it's Amazon. No 100 isn't in" Whoopy do. Few days previous "Can you let me in - I have a parcel for 79" Repeat ad infinitude times per week.

I am fed up of being called for everyone!
I wouldn't mind but we have a fucking consierge that's the between 8 and 1 and a foyer in which parcels CAN be left. Clearly the parcels do not need to be signed for... if 100, or 79 or anyone isn't in they aren't going to get a signature... leave the bloody thing in the foyer!

Lost my shit after Mr Amazon yesterday and have put this notice above the intercom in the foyer...

Had it read what I wanted it to ACTUALLY say it would also say something like "To obtain your parcel back, I want a handling fee or I'll throw the thing in the fucking bin you lazy arse!"

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH. Just sheer laziness and a fucking pain in the arse

Hang on - you said “only person arsed to give our mobile number over”...

Give it over to who?

To the intercom service I assume. Good note op :)

Tell them your mobile number changed. Give them a fake number and let them call that one

How can you give your number over to an intercom service?

When someone presses the intercom it comes through to her mob I assume. As opposed to a box on the wall.

I like that! Lol

I can understand taking parcels for next door. I’ve also had an occasional one from the row over and likewise they for me, and we swop. But no way would I be taking them for a building that size!
You’ve said you have consierge which makes it even more strange!

Where is your mobile number left that everyone has it? I don't get it? Or do they try every door bell on the intercom until someone picks up?

@GinDaddy The management company who input it onto the system so it calls when my house number is pressed.

When someone presses the intercom it comes through to her mob I assume.

Yes... the intercom rings my mobile. Great for when I am out and a parcel can just be left on my doormat. Pain in the arse when you become a parcel minding service for the whole block.

Just don't do it.

If it's a delivery..then tell the driver that you only take in your own parcels....so ask if it's for you...if not, tell them you don't take in parcels for other people. Job done.

Where is your mobile number left that everyone has it? I don't get it? Or do they try every door bell on the intercom until someone picks up?

They dial 105... it is linked to my mobile.

Clearly the courier then tries every number possible... As they tell me which number is not in, after dialing 105.

@formerbabe Tried that. One courier then rang me back asking me to please let him in instead. I'm not letting someone in who I don't know, and can't see. Hence why we have a security door.

People always knock on my door for next door (who are in just can’t be arsed to answer their door). I just say I’m not taking it (the company delivering get the arse but next door never pick it up from us)
If someone calls and says they have a package for so and so just hang up

@Hugglessnuggles Yep. I had one delivery person say they needed a signature... fine take it to the consierge - then tells me no sorry they can't do that. It's the next sodding building fgs!

Take the parcel. Keep it. They'll learn

It’s not as if you can ignore answering it either can you, as you don’t know who it is.

I think your note may do the trick!

I have said to DH if it continues, i'll obligingly take the parcel and keep whatever it is (or bin it).

I have the number saved (the intercom has a mobile number) as Intercom but can hardly ignore it incase we have a delivery for something. DH is always ordering bits and bats and unlike me, can't have them delivered to work.

Just hang up unless it's for you.

I don't think your note will do the trick at all. How are the other people to know what you are on about? They won't know you are the only number registered (how do you even know that?) I would just assume someone was having a rant about something that was nothing to do with me.

I'd also be assuming it was the concierge letting my parcels in!

@LadyandGent I've done this for the past 3 months... and it continues.

@shpoot Have sent a copy of my note to the managment company - I get on quite well with the lady who deals with our site and have also asked that they write out - AGAIN - asking people to provide them with mobile numbers to be put into the intercom system. This will be the 5th letter of such request in 6 months.

How annoying!
However if your neighbours don't or can't get the call to their mobile the couriers will continue to try to contact others in the block I guess.

I get stuff delivered to my DHs work: he know's it's for me because I double barrel the surname so his parcels say J Smith and mine say J Smith-Jones, for example. Maybe get him to do that if your work will allow it so you can get the mobile link taken off the intercom?

knows. no idea where the mad apostrophe came from!

Get the intercom company to remove your mobile number from the service?

I might do that @GahWhatever but I'm also of the mind that why should i... then when we have people come round, they can't get in because the intercom doesn't ring us...

@ClarabellaCTL see above re visitors...