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My Neighbour's Mail
Since I have retired and am at home for most of the days, my neighbour who lives across the road has been sending her bulky mail/parcels to my address.
It is now getting infuriating and has been going on since summer and she orders a lot from amazon.
My question is, her name is on the parcels but my address, am I legally entitled to give her mail to her. We have a couple of parcels here at the moment and my husband is determined to give them to her after xmas.
There is no mistake regarding house numbers as our houses have names.
What would you do???
It is now getting infuriating and has been going on since summer and she orders a lot from amazon.
My question is, her name is on the parcels but my address, am I legally entitled to give her mail to her. We have a couple of parcels here at the moment and my husband is determined to give them to her after xmas.
There is no mistake regarding house numbers as our houses have names.
What would you do???
Answers
PS if you retain the items that you have until after christmas, apart from it being possibly illegal, you have the hassle of keeping the parcels safe and secure and reimbursing her for contents should they become lost or damaged.
16:08 Thu 17th Dec 2015
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// It stands to reason that if she didn't hand over the parcels it would amount to theft.//
how long were you a p'liceman ?
it may stand to reason but not up to the Theft Act 1968
- no intention permanently to deprive - ergo
she could of course hand them over later ....
dalaying is not covered - that is only during transmission and this lot would be deemed to be delivered ... honestly I have been there
and the police now are NOT as helpful as divebuddy
how long were you a p'liceman ?
it may stand to reason but not up to the Theft Act 1968
- no intention permanently to deprive - ergo
she could of course hand them over later ....
dalaying is not covered - that is only during transmission and this lot would be deemed to be delivered ... honestly I have been there
and the police now are NOT as helpful as divebuddy
I take in parcels for both my neighbours who work, but I offered to do so. A friend gets parcels for him, but using my address. That I am happy with as he can't be home when they try and deliver. I just let him know there is something and he comes and picks it up.
In your case Sharon, this lady is taking liberties using your address. I would make sure she knows that you will not take any more in for her.
In your case Sharon, this lady is taking liberties using your address. I would make sure she knows that you will not take any more in for her.
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In my humble opinion.
I do not think that there is any threat of prison or being accused of wilfully holding on to parcels, given that the neighbour in question put the address of SharonA on the parcels. This is a clear intent that she wants the post delivered to this address and must be a different situation to that of a neighbour accepting post that has a different address listed on it.
If you did decide to continue to accept parcels, this neighbour knows that she has addressed them to your property and I would have thought it must be her responsibility to pick them up from you, without you having to go to the trouble of taking them over to her.
If this was me, I would simply put a note through the door informing her that in future it is her responsibility to with you for delivery and to pick up all future parcels that have been delivered to your house with her name on them.
Happy Christmas all!
Sue
I do not think that there is any threat of prison or being accused of wilfully holding on to parcels, given that the neighbour in question put the address of SharonA on the parcels. This is a clear intent that she wants the post delivered to this address and must be a different situation to that of a neighbour accepting post that has a different address listed on it.
If you did decide to continue to accept parcels, this neighbour knows that she has addressed them to your property and I would have thought it must be her responsibility to pick them up from you, without you having to go to the trouble of taking them over to her.
If this was me, I would simply put a note through the door informing her that in future it is her responsibility to with you for delivery and to pick up all future parcels that have been delivered to your house with her name on them.
Happy Christmas all!
Sue
simply refuse to take the parcels! if you accept them and the don't give them to her, that is theft. but i refuse to take one of my neighbour's parrcels, while the other's is fine. i don't accept post for anyone i don't know, end of. you have been making a rod for your own back by allowing her to do it!
