Taking in neighbours parcels?

I don't think that you can be 100% certain that the delivery driver put a note through their door unless you saw him or he told you he was going to. Remember that they get given a very short time to deliver nowadays. My neighbour downstairs took a parcel in for me a while ago and I didn't get a note. Luckily she quite likes catching people for a chat so you watched for me.
I don't think twice in 6 months is that often particularly if they are fairly new to the house and will be getting new things. I would take that over but if it happens again either don't accept it (although I think that would be a shame as it goes a long way towards friendly neighbourhoods) or stick a note through their door yourself and see if they collect it. If they don't you know that they are treating you like a service and stop doing it.

If you don't want to accept any neighbours' parcels then refuse to do so and tell the deliverer why or just say to your neighbour that if they don't collect their goods as soon as they get home then you won't take any more in for them. You have a voice and it's not compulsory to accept anyone else's stuff! Companies like amazon let you state a safe place to leave things so the recipients will soon learn to make other arrangements if their parcels keep getting taken away.
I'm happy to take in parcels for neighbours and deliver them and they do the same for me but, if your neighbourhood is different, then stop doing it and stop complaining about it. If you can't change their habits, you can change yours.

My neighbours and I often take in parcels for each other, sometimes I take them to the, sometimes they collect them, and vice versa, small acts of kindness cost nothing, who knows what’s happening in their lives that stop them popping over the minute they get home

My neighbour often take in parcel for me. And vice versa, I normally get a text from company to say they have been delivered. occasionally I take in a parcel from a neighbour doors away, doesn't bother me it may be that I'm the only person in st that particular time it was delivered.

pixie1 - you say your neighbours are 'new' to the road, yet you've accepted a parcel for them twice in the last six months - so, they're not that 'new' are they? The ball is in your court - make a point when the parcel is eventually collected, of finding out something about them - are they young professional people out from early morning until late evening with not much time to themselves? If so, you can understand their behaviour and then decide whether you can accommodate it. And of course, you have the option to accept a parcel or not. A parcel can always go back to the depot.

No you are not being unreasonable of course the carrier may not have put a note through the door to say you have the parcel I'm afraid to say once theyve off loaded a parcel they dont care.
It is because of the hassle such as this I never take in parcelsthat are not mine as they are a responsability Ican do without

SpringyChicken

That had me laughing out loud. It sounds like a Fawlty Towers farce.
Really funny...'though not for numbers 10, 19 and the Panasonic shop.

We happily take in parcels for neighbours. Whether I take them round depends on whether I like the neighbours or not!

I take in deliveries for the village library and redeliver those. It is about a quarter of a mile away.

Oh yes ....wouldn't think twice about taking in neighbour's parcels, as they do mine ....no problem whatever ........just wait until you see they are home and don't make a special delivery ...only neighbourly really isn't it ! you never know when you may need them ..

We're happy to take in parcels for the many neighbours who are out at work - not every workplace will allow personal deliveries, and not everyone drives to work, so it can be difficult for them to transport any delivered-to-work parcels home.
We do draw the line, however, at taking in very large parcels as we have only a narrow hallway and they would be in our way. We also refuse parcels if they appear to be addressed to an unknown name. One household in particular (both of whom are out at work all day every day) regularly has deliveries for someone who doesn't even live at their house. Well that's fine, they can do as they please, but I really don't see why this non-neighbour's deliveries (often large, bulky parcels) should clutter up our house - why can't he have them delivered to his own neighbours?

I can't believe some of these posts! How unneighbourly to refuse parcels - or moan about the situation. When you go out to work - or just pop out - you don't necessarily know the exact time to the minute that your parcel will arrive - and you may not be able to get to a depot or a drop off shop either. There's enough hassle in life than worrying about taking in a neighbour's package. It's a way of helping and providing support which is more than likely to be reciprocated. For some reason this subject have left me rather hot under the collar - perhaps there's too much heat outside at the moment

if it's such an issue for you then don't take the parcel in twice in 6months is hardly an imposition !

Yes, I do it all the time. If they don't collect I will pop it over. Surely its swings and roundabouts? Plus of course part of being a good neighbor and twice in 6 months is not frequent surely?

We are four houses in a row and all take in parcels for each other. Delivery men don’t always put notes thru the door even when they say they will. We usually leave it a day and then phone or leave a note to say we have their parcel. You might need their help one day Pixie 1

Only the 2nd time in six months ?hardly back breaking to shove a note in their door your parcel is at no???.Tough if you are in the shower so don't revolve around them by a reschedule of your shower time. Why take in the parcels ?a responsible carrier will have a tracking number and leave a text or email to say when he is delivering.Royal mail do this as do many others. Only when you take in their parcels do you become responsible. No to the carrier is the answer next time.

I had a delivery just now and obviously took too long to get to the door, so the parcel was plonked behind my car, I think they no me too well.

I regularly take in parcels for my neighbours (2 or 3 times a week, sometimes more) but I have to admit that, although I see the delivery man put a card through their letterbox, they never come to collect and it's starting to annoy me as I feel they just expect me to run around for them. Another neighbour will ask in advance if I would mind taking a parcel in, then they always call to collect.

Kittylester Hope you are not serious .I would not recommend your method of liking a person before you will deliver a parcel that has been left with you but destined for someone else. Childish! and with consequences.

What I meant was that I take it round if I like the neighbour but let them come here if I don't! And it was a joke as indicated by the

What gets me is when I have taken in a parcel for my neighbour and then get the blame for not having got its to them when they got home ‘because that one was really important’. Never mind that I had to go out or anything.

Also when they left one morning before Royal Mail Special Delivery deadline of 1pm, blamed the Postie. He had delivered post to me and declined his usual chat as he ‘had to get a delivery to next door by 1 o’clock’. It was 12.45 at the time.

I could go on .......

We know what you meant kittylester

Marycat2 My very thoughts. Who in this day and age, with tracking, hasn't the means of receiving a text or email when a parcel will be delivered .Suppliers will or should ask for a 'where should we leave your parcel if you are not in.'It is up to us not our neighbours to shoulder the responsibility.







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You say they are fairly new neighbours, so have you asked them whether they want you to take in parcels for them?

If not, go across with the current parcel and ask them.

IMO you need to be a little careful here, as hanging onto a parcel addressed to someone else might just be misunderstood. You don't want to be accused of theft, after all.

It wouldn’t occur to me to wait for a neighbour to collect a parcel I’d taken in - I’d take it to them as soon as I saw they were in. I don’t really see the problem.
Except if it was a roll of carpet Chewbacca!