To dispose of neighbour's parcel

[Petmalex]

I have a parcel that I took in for my neighbour as they were out during delivery. This was 3 weeks ago! This isn't the first time it's taken them ages to collect their parcel. Once before it took them 10 days to collect it and they didn't even say thank you. The delivery driver said that their neighbours to the other side won't take their parcels in because they don't take theirs. I know they're in because I see them going in and out of their house and their car leaves and returns. So either, they haven't got the memo that I have their parcel, they have forgotten about it, or they just cannot be arsed and are waiting for me to go over with it. They've never been very friendly with me as I have tried with them so I'm less inclined to do the latter. Plus, I have a chip on my shoulder with them as back when we 'clapped for carers/NHS' at 8pm on a Thursday night, I was always putting my baby down to sleep or in the middle of some kind of baby stress and not in the position to come to my front door and clap. My opinion on this is for another time but needless to say, I don't deem someone less religious for not going to church every Sunday. Anyway, I am pretty sure they were the ones who put a note through my door saying could I come and clap for carers which I was furious about but I have no proof! So back to the matter in hand, what would you do with this package and how long do I have to keep it for before I either throw it in the bin (or return to sender obvs)?

What a weirdo. Just give them their parcel. It won't kill you.

OP doesn't even know that they were the ones who put the note through the door.

Hopefully there's something on the parcel to identify the sender. Contact them and tell them to come and pick it up.

(That's what I did when I'd taken in a neighbours parcel and they didn't answer the door for 3 weeks).

Honestly, threads like this are so bloody depressing. WTF OP? Just put the bloody thing on their doorstep.

Open it and pop a card through their door saying thanks for the (whatever it is)

I don't understand people.

I only take in parcels if I'm happy to make sure they get to the intended recipient - which usually means I pop it over as soon as I'm aware they are in. I'm very aware that delivery people don't always give accurate information, if they pass on info at all, about where they have delivered the item to.

I really don't understand these threads. Don't take the parcel in, if that's how you feel.

Why would you even say this. Not nice.

If you can see they are in, just take the parcel round and knock on the door, say here's your parcel

and don't take any more in for them - check carefully next time

Stop accepting them, leave that one at front door

Please don't dispose of it. Many many times i've had a neighbour knock with a parcel of mine and I was completely unaware it had gone to their house (no calling card/pic/details etc.). This is across a whole host of companies too - amazon hermes, royal mail etc.

Royal Mail had air pods down as delivered to my house when it hadn't and I ended up with a replacement pair being sent from apple. Few days later my neighbour knocked "do you know this was with us?" Nope no idea and thank you so much!

Amazon delivered something of a lesser value "to neighbour". That's the only info I had. Knocked on 6 doors - no one had a clue. Turned out to be someone waaaaay down the road and I only found out because they knocked with it.

Hermes - similar to amazon but with picture proof... of a black front step. 95% houses in our road have black steps. I was clueless.

Chip on your shoulder or not, just knock and say this is yours. If they don't answer do as a PP said and leave it on their doorstep and post a note in their letterbox.

I'm amazed that you believed the delivery guy, to be honest. I mean, they're massively busy so why would he remember accurately that he'd informed the neighbours? And if you asked him, of course he said he'd emailed them. He's hardly going to say "ooops...I forgot"

You don't know for certain that the neighbours know you have it, nor do you know that they put the clapping note through your door. But you're passive aggressively punishing them anyway.

That's just nuts.

So the driver just said ‘can you take this in for your neighbour’ and you just said ‘sure’ instead of ‘which one?’ Ok. Drama over nothing really, just throw it over the fence

If you haven't dealt with it by now, put it into a plastic bag (weather protection), write a note, pop the note through their letter box, leave their parcel on their doorstep,ring their doorbell and leave.

The Mirror must be desperate for news!

www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/ive-neighbours-parcel-3-weeks-27203594

Have they got a back garden?

weathers good, wang it over the fence and forget about it

I can't believe you've kept it for 3 weeks and not gone round! I would assume they'd not gotten their notification (and if they get half as many emails as me, easily missed).

Just take it round, how have you got the energy to post about it yet can't take it over when you see your neighbour entering or leaving their house . And then bring in all sorts of irrelevant information about all clapping for carers and religion. Some people lead very strange lives.

Deliver the damn parcel and stop being such a drama llama

This happened to us a couple of months ago. Photo taken delivery person put note in door in front of me. I got fed up rang their ring doorbell and left it on their doorstep. Car was in drive they were in and package stayed there overnight still. They r strange people. Won't be collecting anymore packages. Don't even like them no idea why I collected it anyway.

Wouldn’t it be funny if the old lady was the author of the clap for carers note? Just deliver the bloody parcel and grow up.

You are now responsible for the parcel and they have proof. So in theory you keeping it is now theft, as you know its not yours.
Deliver the parcel and get over your hump tgat you wouldn't for 1 evening a week show solidarity with the keywords and nhs

You sound like a nightmare citizen tbh.

@Petmalex heads up you’ve made the tabloids.
I need to start including fucking random swear words in all my posts again for future proofing anything I post if I have an issue like this!

Just get it back to them in any way possible and don’t accept any more. Angst and stress over, for now and the future!

That won't make any difference.

Stop taking parcels in