Neighbour keeps sending parcels to our address

[trumpetdown]

They are annoying neighbours to say the least.. very subtle, but annoying.. how to stop Royal Mail delivering to us.. this happened before - they put our house number down on their packages until I contacted the company.. I don't wish to speak with them..

I could send back in post? Return to sender?

Can you deny they ever arrived. 'what parcel!?'

They'd soon stop them then.

There is proof when delivered.. by photo in our box outside so I could deny it.. it's a hassle as we constantly taking them round to drop off I leave outside.. they know exactly what they are doing..! No biggie I suppose but annoying..

Return to sender - that’ll stop them.

They can get things delivered to the post office if they’re out.

Don't take the parcels round, let it be up to your neighbours to collect them from you if they want them. Or return to sender as soon as you can.

I would leave their parcels on their doorstep. Not my issue if they go missing. They will learn in no time to order to their own adresse.

We would most likely not realise parcels weren't ours if adressed to us. Our grown up children away at university often order stuff to their home adress and we would just put weird parcels in a closet for them to fetch.

Probably best to speak to them if only to say “please don’t put my address on parcels delivered. If it still happens after 01/0/00 I will not accept them”. I am happy to taken things in if neighbours are out but that’s a stage too far. Most companies you can request to put at back door or behind bins or whatever.

Agree with PP, I would stop taking them round/deny I'd received them despite proof. Especially if they're being delivered to your storage box, anyone could have taken them.

I would also add a note to my door to say "not accepting parcels for Mr & Mrs Smith, please deliver directly to them at number 5"

I wouldn't be making it so convenient for them then.
Leave then on your doorstep, don't take them in and deliver them.
Or move them to your garden wall for collection.

If they keep doing it, I'd lock the box and leave the parcels out in the rain. They will soon stop.

I would speak to them once saying they are quoting the wrong number so can they stop, and see what they say

if it continues to happen I would not be taking them round, they can come and collect and when they do I would be telling them that moving forward you will simply be returning to the post office ‘not at this address return to sender’

I don't really want conflict with neighbours tbh things can sour quickly.. they've already shown some traits of this!! It makes things tricky!

I will Return to sender.. but again that means me taking it to the post office?

Worth noting, they are also friends with our local postie so they can make things difficult for us.. god I hate living in a village!!

Surely it's illegal to do that??

https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5156/~/ive-received-someone-elses-mail

Complain to Royal Mail

Worth noting, they are also friends with our local postie

^

God help you! Like postman pat

Stamp on everything that arrives maybe even run it over, pour water on it so it's fully soaked and steal anything that isn't signed for. Don't take any packages round just leave them to get soggy on the street/dump in neighbours front garden. Deny everything, say absolutely no idea what happened to it. Repeat for all parcels. If you're feeling really vindictive open the parcel very carefully and reseal with something horrible inside.

I view annoyingly entitled shit as an act of war and I'd be willing to absolutely burn that bridge but then whatever neighbour it's are like I know that I'm worse 😂

Yes, you will need to go to the post office to return. Same time make a complain that parcels with a wrong name is left at yours.

Your best bet is to be the 'confused' neighbour.
'Oh, didn't realise it was your parcel. It was addressed to me and it wasn't mine so I returned it'. Said and done x 10.

Or simply take down your box. I would be tempted to but it is annoying if you use it for your own parcels.

put a label outside saying only accepting deliveries for Trumpet, deliveries for neighbour not accepted.

don’t take them round, just leave them to go soggy and fall apart in poor weather. Hide your box when not expecting deliveries

You could try sending them a letter by registered mail outlining a list of charges for accepting their mail. E.g.: £10 per parcel plus £5 per day or part of day until collected (£15 minimum). £20 additional if parcel more than 72 linear inches or 10kg weight. Etc. Money due on collection of parcel. Cash only. Use of your address will be considered acceptance of these terms.

Don't answer the door?
If its letters, write not known at this address and put back into the post box.
Write to post office

It’s going to be tricky to avoid conflict compeltey if they are going to be arsey about you asserting yourselves.

Just whatever strategy works best for your circumstance but I would play up the confusion in any circumstance if you want to avoid conflict:

• Return to sender which you'll presumably only need to do once or twice before they stop sending them to you. "Oh, DH mustn't have recognized your name and taken it to the PO."
• Leave it outside in the open/ weather because you don't have time/ free arms to pick up parcels. "Oh, I've been really busy. It's not ours. I assumed you'd pick it up."
• Don't give it to them (either ever or just for 2 weeks). "Oh, I don't know if we got a parcel for you. Maybe we did. I'll have to ask DH/ have a search around the house."

Stop doing them the favour, you're encouraging it. Leave them out.

Remove the parcel box and for yourself, organise to pick up your parcels at the post office, friend’s or relative’s place or a workplace. Let the neighbour’s parcel be dropped off wherever they like, but it won’t be in your box! I would just leave the parcel in the rain, mud and whatever. Kick it to the curb eventually. What awful neighbours.

I think I can RTS by having Royal Mail collect from me at home so I don't need to trek around.

They did this before with Amazon and I called Amazon to put a stop to it.. now they doing it another way..

Weirdos!

Open the parcels that should annoy them. Just to check they are not having illegal stuff delivered to your address.