To want my parcel - woman denying accepting it but I have a photo..

[BitOutOfPractice]

I ordered some stuff off sports direct (about £20 worth) and, because I haven’t ordered off there for a couple of years, stupidly got it sent to my old address which was stored on the web site. Yes I know it’s annoying and stupid so I don’t need that lecture.

So once I clocked on what had happened, I went round there to collect it - couple of days later. The woman who bought the house off me completely denies having received it, despite the courier’s photo showing it being accepted at the front door. I can see two sets of children’s feet at the door on the picture. I obviously recognise the doorstep - I lived there for nearly 20 years.

Please note, I did not shout or accuse, I was very polite, I said I was “puzzled” and that there must have been some sort of confusion but she was adamant she hadn’t had it. It was a shoe box sized parcel so not massive to store and not easy to lose either.

Do you clever lot have any idea if there’s anything I can do?

I half expected her to come to the door wearing my gym gear 😆

No, when I said it's her modus operandi I was saying being a lying, thieving cow is her m.o. - nobody has ever just all of a sudden stolen a parcel out of the blue and then calmly lied to their victim's face, with back up from the lying, thieving husband. Whether it's parcel theft or other types of theft and criminal activity, they have had plenty of practice at unethical behaviour and being unscrupulous people.

The calm, smug lying about it right to her victim's face is what sealed it for me.

She’s knicked your stuff Bit
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Nicked

What the actual?

I’ve been a witness before in much more serious cases than this. I don’t need to go to court to make my life more interesting or give myself a life experience.

What the actual?

I’ve been a witness before in much more serious cases than this. I don’t need to go to court to make my life more interesting or give myself a life experience. Thanks.

It was a lighthearted comment which I made. If I implied something which you do not like, then I am very sorry for it.

The fact is that this thread is very interesting, so it wouldn't just be the day in court you would dine out on, but the whole story which led up to it.

I am sorry if I insulted you. It was not my intention.

I think you absolutely do need to follow through and go to court!

What was the point of reporting and having an officer really put in time and effort on this otherwise? We hear so much about crime being ignored (as you yourself thought may happen), yet you've found someone who did take it seriously, did put in effort, so how will they feel about their wasted time and effort if you won't follow through now? That really is a waste of resources.

Your individual parcel may not have been worth much, but as many stories on here have shown you, this happens a lot. It must add up to millions each year. Unless some cases start to go to court, then nothing will change. A few cases followed through locally might be enough for people in your area to know that this will be seen seriously, as word does spread.

As for the woman, if the police have decided to prosecute and not just have a firm chat or give her a warning, then perhaps she either has form for other things, or she gave them enough attitude to piss them off before she confessed.

At the very least, go down to the station, have a chat and see what evidence they have that has made them decide to prosecute in this case. At the end of the day, they won't be putting her away for years, surely she's more likely to get some sort of community service order.

Eh? Why would I have reported it to the police if I were doing this sort of thing?

Any road, I’m going to ring the officer on Monday to talk it through.

Ahahah you’d have to be a pretty ineffective scammer wouldn’t you? Given that you a) reported incident to police, b) forgot to extract any money 😂

It’s the principle of it though, regardless of the cost. You went to collect your parcel with proof that it had been delivered and were told a big fat no! Someone is lying to you. Let’s hope it doesn’t need to go as far you being a witness, if the riddle is solved beforehand.

Good for you, OP. I do appreciate that court can be very stressful, and that this isn't exactly a high-value crime, but I agree with others that this might be either part of a bigger investigation or they're just tired of parcel crime and looking for someone to make an example of.
It wouldn't end up in court, but will just go as far as the police confronting her with your statement and given her a stern ticking-off. Which she deserves/has brought on herself.

Good for you, OP. I do appreciate that court can be very stressful, and that this isn't exactly a high-value crime, but I agree with others that this might be either part of a bigger investigation or they're just tired of parcel crime and looking for someone to make an example of.
It might well not end up in court, but just go as far as the police confronting her with your statement and giving her a stern ticking-off. Which she deserves/has brought on herself.

In a way I’m glad if it goes to court, though I suppose the officer asking if you’d be prepared to go to court doesn’t mean it will? You’d think at the point that the police visit her/visited her she’d apologise, say there had been a terrible mistake and hand the sandals over? Guess she’s maybe started wearing them by now?

Except for her being known both to the person who has stolen her parcel, and to the police to whom she has reported the theft: that's why I said I didn't see how it would work in this case. I assume scammers generally don't report themselves to the police.

As promised, an update. The police have closed the case because the delivery picture didn’t show the woman. Just the children. Got to give them credit, they tried their best.

Well, that's a shame. Hopefully it'll make her think twice about doing it again though.

So the answer is to get the kids to accept the parcels.

Have you told your courier? It might make them think twice before they hand it over. Some people send all sorts of things which children shouldn't see. Not much point in a law that says ;''over 14 only'' if it applies to an item in that package - other than weapons, that is.

I assume she did come to the door and take it - she came to the door about 5 seconds after the kids opened it to me - but that’s not what the photo shows so it’s no use.

Wonder if your persistence would make her think twice about doing it again.

People like her don't think twice about anything. .

What a pity. But hopefully the police being involved has put the wind up her and she won't steal anything else in the future.

Some people are just utterly shameless aren’t they?

This has happened to me too. Some
people have no shame.

a friend sent a present to me with the wrong door number. The woman at the address refused to agree she or her family had accepted the parcel. Despite a photo of her door and the parcel and some feet. She had a distinctive door mat and the door number was in the photo….. I have no idea how it could be denied but I lost that gift.

however
when it happened again I went round and said I would wait until she had consulted with her family. Or would ask my husband to come back later to check again in case her family were not home at the time…... I also reminded her that this had happened before and so would be a little weird if a second parcel disappeared.

somehow the second parcel was eventually found inside her house and brought out to me.

but required me to be up for the fight which is disappointing

however when I received a parcel intended for her I did not take it round to her like I would anyone else in our street.

oddly she never came asking for it either so I returned it to sender after a month. We were wfh so she could have popped round at a time to suit her.

on the other hand when we moved the new tenants of the house were so helpful when items got delivered there by mistake. Used to whatsapp us!!!!!

https://www.sendshit.co.uk/

Send her a shit 🤣

I've used this site before. It's legit and it comes from another country so very very unlikely that police would get involved 😅

I only know about this site because someone sent one to my sister 🤣

I’m curious what your sister did to deserve this? 😂