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Neighbours parcel still here after 6 days

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TheTealBee · 15/03/2025 11:48

AIBU we have relatively new neighbours, a young couple who both work full time. They seem pleasant, we pass the time of day with then when we see them. The problem is they get a lot of parcels delivered, on average twice a week which we take in for them which is not a problem but they don't come and get them! We used to take them round to them or he would come and get them. I am getting a bit fed up with this and don't think I should have to deliver to them. We now have a parcel sitting in our hall that has been there for 6 days. I checked with the delivery driver he had told them the parcel was with us and it is from Amazon and I know they will have been notified where it is. I don't want to cause any problems and we did tell him last time we had a huge parcel for 5 days! What should we do?

OP posts:
Fintoo · 15/03/2025 11:50

Leave it outside their door and don’t accept any more parcels for them.

I had to stop taking in parcels for neighbours because of this shit.

MrsSkylerWhite · 15/03/2025 11:52

Put it in a plastic bag and leave it on their doorstep.

GinToBegin · 15/03/2025 11:52

Stop taking parcels for them. You are not a storage facility or there for their convenience. Of course they’re pleasant, you're a huge convenience for them. CFs.

OchonAgusOchonOh · 15/03/2025 11:53

Where I.live, the norm is that whoever gets the parcel drops it to the intended recipient. Maybe that's what they're used to and they feel they might be disturbing you if they called round randomly?

Drop them a text and ask them to collect. Or just tell them to call round to collect whenever they get the notification in the future.

Beamur · 15/03/2025 11:55

Is the problem they don't collect them promptly, but you don't mind accepting the parcel?
Just tell them next time you see them. If they can't collect promptly they could use a collection point or locker instead.

Fluffyholeysocks · 15/03/2025 11:55

Stop accepting their parcels or make collecting them as inconvenient as possible for them.

worrisomeasset · 15/03/2025 11:57

You say they seem pleasant, so why not have a friendly non-confrontational chat with them about it?

Mrsttcno1 · 15/03/2025 11:57

We had a neighbour like this and I finally put my foot down and stopped accepting their parcels after we had their garden furniture delivery sat in our kitchen for 12 days

loadalaundry · 15/03/2025 11:57

Do they definitely know? A parcel for me was left with a neighbour but I found out via street whatsapp. The sorry you were out card was left with next door instead of me.

I had a parcel left in my porch over Christmas. I took it in and realised it wasn't for me, my address but not my name. A few days later a neighbour knocked on the door looking for it, he had to match up the photo he was sent as confirmation of delivery to a front door/porch. The shop had printed the wrong address.

softlyfallsthesnow · 15/03/2025 11:58

Fintoo · 15/03/2025 11:50

Leave it outside their door and don’t accept any more parcels for them.

I had to stop taking in parcels for neighbours because of this shit.

Put it outside your door and put a note through theirs to:
1 Collect it from there
2 Stop redirecting parcels to you. (Because that's why you keep getting them)
3 You won't be taking in their parcels as of now. Sorry smiley face.

NuffSaidSam · 15/03/2025 11:58

They may think they're disturbing you by calling for it, so waiting for you to deliver at a convenient time.

If that doesn't work for you, stop taking the parcels in.

If it can work for you, I'd carry on taking the parcels in because it's neighbourly and you never know when you might need a good neighbour. My mum had a similar situation with her neighbours, but she didn't mind and took in the parcels. She was paid back ten-fold when she fell and broke her arm. They were exceptionally good to her on the day it happened and for six weeks afterwards while she recovered. Not everyone is a CF out to get that what they can, despite what Mumsnet says.

Letstheriveranswer · 15/03/2025 12:00

If you are happy to take parcels as long as they collect promptly, then nicely tell them that and say to please call round as soon as possible after it's been delivered

But if they are getting a lot of parcels delivered and you prefer not, tell them that your schedule has changed and you'll be out a lot, and point out how they can select a parcel locker and it's free delivery then even if you aren't on Prime.

The delivery parcel locker option isn't very easy to spot on the Amazon site, but it's there and once you've selected it, it becomes the default location.

If that doesn't work, just refuse the parcels, the driver is unlikely to say to them that you were in and refused it.

GoldStar2 · 15/03/2025 12:02

You shouldn’t have to take it round to them. Next time you see them mention you have their parcel.
Stop taking any more parcels for them. You don’t need to tell them this, just refuse when the delivery driver calls.

thecherryfox · 15/03/2025 12:07

Sometimes delivery drivers state the parcel is delivered but state it’s delivered to your address- they don’t put that it was delivered to a neighbour or what neighbour. Maybe they’re trying to chase it up with the delivery company? I live in a flat and one of the houses had a parcel delivered in our communal reception by mistake. It was there for about a week when I messaged them (we have an ‘estate’ group chat) to say that it’s here. And that’s exactly what happened, the delivery companies didn’t tell them where it was delivered to- so it wasn’t their fault they didn’t collect. I would just go and give it to them

Justsayit123 · 15/03/2025 12:17

I bet they do t realise you have it. Didn’t think Amazon left cards

BatchCookBabe · 15/03/2025 12:22

Fintoo · 15/03/2025 11:50

Leave it outside their door and don’t accept any more parcels for them.

I had to stop taking in parcels for neighbours because of this shit.

This. ^ I never EVER take parcels in for ANYone. Just no.

I have been stung in the past (by a new-ish neighbour 3 doors down, around 10 years ago.) They pretended I hadn't given them the package I took in for them, (and it was an item worth around £450!) I wish I had got them to sign for it, or photographed them taking it or something.

I had a really stressful few months trying to prove I hadn't stolen their item, visits from police - and someone from the company who sent it. Police asked to have a look around my house. They had no warrant, but I still let them, as I knew I was innocent, and had given the package to these neighbours!

And these people wouldn't answer the door on the 5 times I went to their house. (Over 2 weeks or so.) On the 5th time, they called the police and said I was harassing them!

I moved house 3-4 months after this happened, and never heard from anyone again. No police - or anyone from the company who sent the item. So I don't know how it panned out.........

So yeah, I will NOT take packages in for anyone now. AND I don't want anyone to take mine in either. Get a safe space allocated, (like me,) or collect it from a collection point at a shop or store in town.

WellsAndThistles · 15/03/2025 12:27

Stop taking in parcels for them, I had to stop doing it for my neighbour as they would regularly pop round as late as 11pm to collect it and at one point, I was left with a huge box of some flat pack Ikea furniture taking up half my hall while they were sunning themselves in the Carribean for a fortnight! CF's.....

Diningtableornot · 15/03/2025 12:32

It may not be the couple's fault. I'm always getting parcels mis-delivered and having to roam the neighbourhood looking for a particular type of porch door or mat; they don't always say where the delivery has gone.
You could introduce the subject in a friendly way next time you see the couple, maybe ask if they realised there's been a parcel in your hall for several days and you've been waiting for them to collect it. If they don't start collecting promptly after that, you can always refuse to take delivery in future.

Josiezu · 15/03/2025 12:38

They might have come several times when you weren’t in.
Often if an Amazon parcel is delivered elsewhere it’s not an accurate description for me, usually not the house number!

Bagpuss2022 · 15/03/2025 12:44

Stop taking them in they are taking the piss,
I was the same as you didn’t mind and still do for other neighbours but the piss taker neighbour put her name on Amazon but our address!

Okdaisy · 15/03/2025 12:45

I'd move house

AgnesX · 15/03/2025 12:47

OchonAgusOchonOh · 15/03/2025 11:53

Where I.live, the norm is that whoever gets the parcel drops it to the intended recipient. Maybe that's what they're used to and they feel they might be disturbing you if they called round randomly?

Drop them a text and ask them to collect. Or just tell them to call round to collect whenever they get the notification in the future.

With us, it's the other way round. The parcel owner comes and collects. It's only good manners especially as someone has (usually) done you a favour.

AlisonDonut · 15/03/2025 12:47

Wait til you see a light on and take it round there?

TenderChicken · 15/03/2025 12:50

Just stop talking them in. You don't have to!

SparklyGlitterballs · 15/03/2025 12:52

They're taking liberties OP. If they both work then they should have their Amazon parcels delivered to a locker, or to their work. That's what I used to do. You can state that the delivery address is a business and delivery can only be between set hours.

Either that or they get one of those screw down drop boxes for their front garden. They don't seem bothered about annoying you, so don't give too much thought to upsetting them by setting boundaries.

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