RM Leaving items with Neighbour

[tbc]

I know this has probably been covered before but I'd like some info

Basically I have been working from home all week before christmas and for some reason my postman has decided to leave about 4 items each day with my neighbour

Now the neighbour is a professional and rents the property but I don't know him that well

Anyway he came to my door this morning boxing day with a pile of parcels which he said 'these were delivered a four days ago and I couldn't get you"

Which I fail to believe considering I was in and out all day at my car numerous times and also out in my garden.

I don;t know if he did it deliberately knowing that they were all christmas gifts but my main issue is as follows

I left the parcels i my hallway and after a few minutes noticed the smell of urines from them.

Now most of them were plastic but one which was cardboard was very damp and smelt of piss

Anyway my theory is that his cat/dog has done it's business on my mail and he;s left them for a few days to dry them out.

I therefore do not want them left with my neighbour and would prefer them to be left in my shed which was my nominated 'safe place' until RM started with this default leaving with neighbour nonsense.

Anyone know how I could go about getting my mail left at either the sorting office or my safe place

please help prevent me getting piss soaked mail in future

all help appreciated

[Taita]

At a (admittedly ridiculous) guess, you could maybe use a phone to establish comms with them?

Surely that would be a good start?! Or website maybe?!

[hidetheelephants]

Have you asked the postie to not do it? If that doesn't work, moan to the delivery manager, who works at the same place you go to collect undelivered stuff.

[Heartworm]

If you ask the sorting office there is a small sticker they can give out to put on the door to say that you would rather not bother the neighbours and return items to the sorting office.

[Baz Tench]

I believe you can 'opt out'. Either have a word with the postie or the sorting office.

I had a notification letter about this and I'm sure it gave you the option to have it taken back to the sorting office if you wasn't comfortable with it being left with a neighbour.

[anonymous-user]

Everything you need to know about it:

http://www.royalmail.com/delivery-to-neighbour

Your neighbor was probably expecting you to go and pick your mail up, they're supposed to leave you a card.

[anonymous-user]

charltjr said:

Everything you need to know about it:

http://www.royalmail.com/delivery-to-neighbour

Your neighbor was probably expecting you to go and pick your mail up, they're supposed to leave you a card.

This.

They leave a card to tell you where the post was left (they always have with us anyway).

[clockworks]

As above. It's bad form to wait for your neighbour to deliver the items to you.

If the postie didn't leave a card, take it up with RM

[SaudiJim]

tbc said:

Basically I have been working from home all week before christmas and for some reason my postman has decided to leave about 4 items each day with my neighbour

Anyway he came to my door this morning boxing day with a pile of parcels which he said 'these were delivered a four days ago and I couldn't get you"

Coincidence?

RM should leave a red slip with you to let you know that the mail is with your neighbour. Then I would say its your responsibility to collect it from him. If RM didn't do this i would be annoyed and complain. :-)

[tbc]

thanks for the advice

I have told the postie numerous times about my safe place but it seems to go in one ear and out the other

I think he's reluctant to because of the 'lets leave you mail with some stranger you have never met'

[mybrainhurts]

I have a different problem. My postie is a nice lad who's been leaving stuff with my nice neighbours for years.

For the last couple of months, I've stored a cupboard outside my front door, protected by a plastic car cover.

Postie now puts parcels between the wall and this cupboard, allowing said parcel to get wet, and pops a postcard through my letter box. Normally this would be ok-ish, but the last parcel had a value of £200.

Postie is a silly billy...I must have words.

[0a]

Complain to the neighbor - you require him to deliver it immediately to you when you arrive home.

[mybrainhurts]

0a said:

Complain to the neighbor - you require him to deliver it immediately to you when you arrive home.

...and slap him up to make sure he understands. Who the hell does he think he is..?

[philmots]

Yep.. I've always had a card but now it says its at house number x rather than the local office.

Luckily all my neighbours are a decent type!

[bimsb6]

It's a little bizarre leaving stuff with a neighbour when you are in ! Best to give the neighbour your mobile/ home phone number .