The Parcel

I am usually happy to take parcels for my neighbors, but these days I have two rules. 1) there is one particular neighbor I won't take a parcel for since they take days to collect for no good reason, and 2) I don't take anything large enough to make my narrow hallway congested. In your case, OP, I'd refuse future parcels for that particular neighbor.

Who delivered it? Is there a return address? I'd ring them up and return it to sender!

It is very good of you to take the parcel in.
Don’t let your imagination conjure up too many feelings. They may have gone away for a short while and left the lights and tv on timers.
Maybe check with other neighbours...they may know something, or may be able to take the parcel in for you.
I’m sure it will sort and they aren’t being ignorant or rude.

We have a young neighbour who regularly waits a week before collecting parcels. I think the tenants must leave a note for the next newcomer in next door property because all the tenants have used us in the same way. One chap got so cheeky we had to go to the letting agent to get it stopped. One Christmas whilst having our house rebuilt he had a bicycle, a large screen TV and live fish delivered ?

Yes, shove it in your spare bedroom and forget it.

I agree with Willow. Put it somewhere out of the way and await them collecting it.

Namnanny I am indeed.
I often used to go walkabout when I needed to go bush and get away by myself, or more accurately, from society.

Now housebound a lot of the time, it takes all my strength of will not to go womba. .

I'd stick it somewhere out of the way and ignore it - if they want it they'll come for it eventually. I often take parcels in for both sets of neighbours who always come round the same night for it - equally they'll take mine in if I'm out. It's very inconvenient of yours not to collect but as has been said they may well be away - have you seen their car on a night?

I would be charging them a storage fee! ??

Chewy, you will just have to camp on their doorstep and wait for them to come in or go out! I hope you are well wrapped up!

Yes, I think so callgirl1. And the name on the parcel is a British name.

Are they British, Chewbacca? I ask because we have a lot of E.European neighbours who rarely answer the door to anyone knocking. Some people, presumably friends of theirs,make a call on their mobiles, and the door is then opened.

I had young neighbours who regularly failed to pick up parcels from me. They didn't bother to answer their door either. I did put a note through once - still no response. In the end I just refused to take in any parcels for them.

Some delivery drivers round here seem to be so rushed that they scarcely give you time to answer the door before they dump the parcel to the side of the front door and rush off. Sometimes it's not even the right front door!

It's a pity that driver didn't do that with your neighbours' parcel.

All you can do is put another note through the door and say if it isn't collected by a certain date you will phone the firm and arrange to get it returned - and leave it outside.

The parcel isn't heavy but it is quite large and is sat in my hallway just waiting to handover. They don't have a porch, so that's out. I can't leave it somewhere safe round the back of the house because they've got big locked gates at the side (I checked them yesterday).

I've got a lockable shed I could put it in but it's not terribly dry in there and I'd hate for whatever is in the parcel to get damp and spoiled. I'm around more tomorrow so will keep an eye out for them leaving or returning. curtain twitcher.

Bradfordlass ..now I use that phrase loosely (went walkabout) to mean 'time on my own', or an un arranged touring holiday!

Are you using it in the appropriate (Aboriginal) sense?

Just piqued my interest to see it written down

Chewbacca … It is odd they pay no heed to your notes
Our neighbours are very quick to knock on our door to see if a parcel has been left!

Also don't forget they can track the deliveries themselves, so they should know where the parcel is and when it was delivered!!

Is the parcel very inconvenient at your place?
If not, for goodness sake stop worrying and just put it aside; they've probably gone away for Christmas.

When I used to go away, my neighbour would nip in at 6am on her way to work and pull my curtains back and on her way home pull them closed and put a light on in the bathroom. I was often away 3 weeks if I went walkabout.

Many good reasons to be a good neighbour and hold onto the parcel graciously.

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It's their problem not yours. You've done everything you can. If you have a garage or cupboard you can store it in then do so until they can be arsed to come and collect the parcel!

Our DS has neighbours like that, in the end he refused taking in any more parcels.
He said if they couldn't be bothered to cross the road to get them, then enough was enough!

Just hope the next uncollected delivery ? is wine ?

Do they have a phone number, try ringing them
Is there a shed or porch or safe place you could leave the parcel if not hang on to till after the weekend see if they are away then if no difference maybe contact the couriers
I d guess they are away too

We have neighbours, who wouldn't come to pick up their parcels, despite knowing we had them. They would sit tight for days and hope we would bring them to them.
Not a word of thanks and much younger and fitter than us, so we stopped taking them in.

It does sound like they are away and have TV, lights, curtains, operated on remote.

Scribbles already said that.

Maybe they are away and the lights and tv are anti-burglary things. Tuck the parcel away somewhere and wait a week or so.