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To ignore the parcel deliveries?

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BJsHair · 13/11/2019 14:10

Next door keeps getting parcels delivered when they’re not home to receive them. This means parcel man knocks on our door to leave them here. This means I have to stop eating my lunch, control the dogs (who are now going mental) answer the door in my prison trousers and then have parcels stuck all over my house.

We don’t even get on with these neighbours!!

AIBU to just stop answering the door unless I’m expecting something? It’s only going to get worse with Christmas coming up

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chaosmaker · 15/11/2019 17:11

I ddn't get on with neighbours and told the postman I would only accept parcels for one of my neighbours. So much easier and then didn't have to have the useless ones turning up on my door. Also asked that they didn't deliver my parcels to them either. Much preferred to pick them up from the sorting office myself :)

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user1485851222 · 15/11/2019 18:13

My postman knows if I am in, I will accept anyones parcels.. I don't deliver them, he puts card thru their door, so up to them to knock on my door to collect. I don't mind as I would appreciate my neighbours taking my items in. Better than having to go to delivery office to collect... no biggie in my world....

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Diddybags2 · 15/11/2019 18:14

Maybe she just got out of prison, has adopted 2 of the guard dogs that she bonded with during her incarceration and spends all her money on dog food so can't afford new trousers.

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Sarell1967 · 15/11/2019 19:53

YANBO. Just tell the delivery person to put it on their records that you dont take in for x, y and z. I had a lady who snubbed me in the street and would send her husband around a few days after delivery. In the end i thought sod it.

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Teddybear27 · 16/11/2019 08:50

You don't have to take a neighbour's parcel if you don't want to particularly if they haven't asked you just don't answer or say I'm going out for the rest of the day. The neighbours will soon get the message. Every day is a bit excessive especially if they can't return the favour.

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Havingtwinsat40 · 18/11/2019 12:43

We've taken a couple of parcels in nd my partner had to carry them to their door because they wouldn't come for them. They've turned into arseholes. Partying, banging on the walls etc so next time any come I'm telling them to ram them up their ass. Christmas or not!!

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nevermorelenore · 18/11/2019 13:36

I work from home and our old house had a big bay window so if you walked past you could see me at my desk. It meant I became the bloody drop off point for every Hermes, Yodel and Royal Mail delivery package on the street. If I didn’t answer the door, they’d bang on the window and scare the shit out of me. It’s so distracting to have to stop mid-sentence to get parcels and if I refused them the couriers would get really arsey. I know they’re poorly paid and fed up but come on!

When we moved to our new place I made sure I could put my desk somewhere hidden so I could safely ignore them. This Xmas my house won’t look like an amazon hub.

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vintanner · 18/01/2020 15:10

I am in the process of creating a notice for the door that says...

  • No junk mail
  • No charity bags
  • No menus
  • No flyers
  • No salespeople
  • No mail/parcels for other people


My husband is disabled and usually takes to his bed during the afternoon and doesn't need disturbing and we also have a dog but she suffers fits if she's been sleeping and made jump by the door.

The small sign we have on our door isn't doing the trick now, so maybe an A4 laminated one will.

We've got a package which had been sitting in the living room for four days now and no-one has been to collect and they are only 2 doors away, I've tried to deliver it to them but as they say, the lights were on but no-one was (apparently) home. It is even worse when not one of our neighbours will take anything in for us.

Trouble is when we open the door to take delivery of our things the guy usually has something for someone who isn't in and it's not his fault.
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