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To ask my neighbour not to put our address on parcels?

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MummytoCSJH · 10/04/2019 20:11

I've seen many a post about this topic. I just don't know how to tell my neighbour not to do this! My partner accepted the parcel from Amazon before looking at the name as I wasn't in and he was working from home, but this has happened before and I resolved not to accept them again if they're at our address but not for us. My partner works full time (sometimes from home but not regularly) and I'm at university full time and work part time so I'm not sure why she expects us to be in more than her? I don't want an argument or falling out as we don't have any other major issues with her, other than the odd cheeky request, but frankly its a pain to be taking in her parcels then chasing her up to get them. They're not signed for either so she could easily claim we stole them! How to I tell her to stop (kindly)?

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IWannaSeeHowItEnds · 11/04/2019 21:17

I'd contact Amazon and tell them you think your neighbour might be using your address for fraudulent purposes.

You can't go through life worrying about offending people who clearly don't give a sit about offending you. In future check everything delivered and refuse to accept anything not addressed to you. Return to sender anything that just gets left on your doorstep. She'll learn.
And when she eventually turns up to get this parcel, tell her she's being a cheeky bitch and not to do it again.

londonrach · 11/04/2019 21:40

Sounds good plan op. Be busy for a week if you can

whitehalleve · 11/04/2019 21:42

You just have to refuse it every time. They'll soon give up

RedRiverShore · 12/04/2019 08:24

It sounds like she has added your address as an alternative delivery address like you would a work one and then when she is not going to be in chooses that address rather than her own.

Bahhhhhumbug · 14/04/2019 10:18

Another thing in case it's not been mentioned is check your credit file that she's not ended up inadvertently creating a financial association with you by using same address. I was once made a financial associate of a tenant because l got something delivered here for her. They can't give an address a bad credit record these days as others have said but they do sometimes wrongly create a link between co habitees (even though she's not one obv.).
Has she got her parcel yet?

Nanny0gg · 14/04/2019 10:45

Or she's just clicked on the Find your Address list and clicked the wrong house.

I have been known to do that in error

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 14/04/2019 10:51

I’d contact Amazon too as suggested before. Cheeky cow.

Bethiboo40 · 14/04/2019 11:29

I used to have a similar problem but the other way around. I am extremely conscious not to be a CF to any of my neighbours as know a few work shifts and would be mortified if they thought I was consciously being CF, especially with Royal Mail and would always leave a note not to leave with any neighbours on delivery instructions. I got a sticker from them that goes in the window saying to return all unanswered deliveries to their collection depot, it also means they won't bother asking me to take anything in for neighbours either. I use Amazon lockers mostly but some items are not eligible to be delivered there. I get pissed off when I have stated DO NOT LEAVE WITH ANY NEIGHBOURS but the numb fuck drivers do anyway and I have to go and inconvenience poor buggers again.

BlackCatSleeping · 14/04/2019 11:36

Look, you've been polite. I think you need to be a bit rude now.

When she comes over to pick her up tell her that this is the last time she uses your address and if it happens again, you're throwing it in the bin. Make sure she knows you are being serious and follow through.

littledrummergirl · 14/04/2019 11:47

As I tell my dc, if someone is rude to you then you don't have to be polite back. They have been rude. You need to reassert your boundaries.

MummytoCSJH · 14/04/2019 17:52

She's been round for an unrelated matter - I lost my cat last week but found her that day and yesterday she brought my cat round whilst drunk saying she found it in her garden - and didn't even mention it. As a different poster said you have to manually add a new address and select it on Amazon, so she hasn't just selected the wrong address by accident, if it was a one off I would even let her use that excuse but it's not the first time she's done it. I wonder if she's seen this thread Hmm

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BlackCatSleeping · 15/04/2019 00:56

Did you actually say something to her about it?

jesusishot · 15/04/2019 01:08

open the parcels, keep or return the contents, deny all knowledge if she calls round. she'll soon make alternative arrangements.

SpinneyHill · 15/04/2019 01:11

Start charging her. Fiver a time, if she doesn't pay you keep it

AgentJohnson · 15/04/2019 08:21

Do not accept the parcels and disengage, life’s to short to spend this amount of time on this.

PlatypusLeague · 15/04/2019 08:47

Definitely tell Amazon. Let them know that this person does not live at your address, and is causing a nuisance.

fourcanaries · 15/04/2019 08:54

Open them and keep them and throw away the packing! Block her on Facebook so she can't message you

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