To ignore the parcel deliveries?

[BJsHair]

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

If you ignore they'll still knock for a few weeks/months, for one of my neighbours i just said no thankyou we dont get on, they dont knock (with hers) no more :)

We have a neighbour like this with teenage girls who order gazzilions of parcels as well as the mum and Dad. I’ve now stopped taking them in - I figured if you have to order online all the time either get a PO Box, use amazon locker or have them delivered to your work. The RM postie got a bit shirty with me as I was his go to neighbour but I firmly told him that it was getting ridiculous and it’s not just him that asks me. F*ck that

@Jigsawpuzzle wait... you lock yourself in and then don’t leave keys by front door? Hope you don’t have a fire this is terrible H&S wise

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If you don't get along with your neighbours, don't accept parcels for them. It would be far easier to just not answer the door. Your neighbour should be instructing the delivery service of a safe place to leave the parcel instead of relying on strangers to take in their parcels. Defo not cool....

I had a neighbours that ran a business from home as a sideline.

Parcels everyday, whilst she was out at work, pain in the arse and she shouted at me once when a card hadn’t been posted.

Going forward I just said “ sorry I can’t take her parcels, she’s unpleasant.”

@BJsHair Absolutely do NOT answer the door.

You do know don't you, that you don't have to answer the door OR take the parcels in?!

I don't take parcels in for ANYONE. Ever.

And I don't expect (or WANT) anyone to take mine in. At all!

Laughing so much at prison trousers

No to the parcels. Yes to the trousers.

Just say you can't accept any parcels as going away

Dude! Just say to the postie that you don’t speak to them and will no longer accept parcels for them. :)

My neighbour refused to accept any parcels for us despite us accepting the a parcel for her...
Then she didn't ask for it so after a week I left it on her doorstep. No thank yous!
I'm your position, I'd refuse if you don't get on with your neighbours and they're not grateful for your neighbourliness. Let them wind someone else up.

Though having seen trailers for "Sorry We Missed You" , a film about people working as contractors for delivery companies, I realised that when a parcel isn't signed for they sometimes don't get paid. If you take a parcel for a neighbour you are not just helping a neighbour you are also helping the delivery driver, who may be working at the sharp end of the gig economy. Could you have chat with your neighbour and find a solution between you? I can't comment on whether refusing to take the parcels would be unreasonable but taking them would certainly be kind and generous.

We had a similar experience with our neighbours who I suspect were a bit on the spectrum as they would not answer the door even when they were in, and would slip round within 10 minutes of getting a note. They got parcels most days (and we not) so we stopped answering the door when we were in, and that was that.

It happens to me when my neighbour isn't in and it doesn't bother me at all..and same when I'm not in they received mine unless they put it in my safe place. Now if it was several times a day every day then yes I would find that annoying but otherwise..what is the harm really???

I take parcels in for our neighbours even though they've been horrible to us. Mostly cos I'm a better person than them and because the parcel place is miles away and they don't have a car. Their daughter normally comes round for them anyway.

The OP did say they didn't get on with them, so coming to an arrangement with them wouldn't be that easy

I'd put a notice on my door saying, "I do not accept parcels/deliveries for 3rd parties"

After watching 'Sorry we missed you' I would take anyone's parcel. Everyone should watch this film.

We had the same think with a stinker of a neighbour who reported everything we did that she imagined was wrong...leaving the light on so we could see to walk up the very dark path and being deeply offended by our rotary drier, just to mention two of many examples. We stopped taking her parcels in and although really sorry for the postman, delivery guys etc, we refused to let them leave anything inside the shared entrance. Sounds nasty but she took the piss endlessly and gave the wide-eyed innocent look of 'What?!'...Grrr!

Step away from the door OP, whether you are wearing trousers or not

I take parcels in for my neighbours as I work from home and they don’t. It doesn’t put me out so why wouldn’t I?

I want some grey joggers prison trousers now.

@Happygirl79 never tell anyone you’re going away even if it’s not true - open invitation to have your house burgled