My Neighbour's Mail

[-SharonA-]

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???

[-SharonA-]

Forgot to mention, that we have spoken to her about it and that we don't like it.

[Baldric]

//her name is on the parcels///

Refuse to accept them, no-one here with that name, sorry!

[jackthehat]

Tell her that as from December 31st you will no longer be prepared to accept anything with her name on and that you will seek to make sure anything with her name on it is returned from whence it came.

[cassa333]

If you have to answer the door to accept the parcel either don't answer the door r point to her house and tell them to deliver it to there.

[Bazile]

How did this start in the first place - did you agree in the beginning to take in some parcels for her as a one off - which has now got out of hand ?

[Retrochic]

Put a note on your door 'xxx does not live here please do not leave mail' Also why not just catch the postman and tell him? I can't imagine anyone just putting someone elses address on a parcel - did you agree at one time she could do this?

[VHG]

If she does not stop doing it then tell her you have not received the parcels.

Let her have all the hassle of chasing the company and finding out where they are.

Then as you husband says, wait till after Xmas when you have quite a few parcels, and then give them to her in one go.

Then tell her in future you will not accept any more parcels.

[Bazile]

No one has answered the actual question .

//..am I legally entitled to give her mail to her. //

Well your'e not legally allowed to keep it - so given that you accepted it from the courier in the first place , then give it to her ; and tell her to ensure that the advices the sender of her correct address , as in future you will not be accepting her parcels on her behalf

[Retrochic]

jordyboy -the postman is obliged to deliver -but you are perfectly within your rights to refuse delivery. The parcel is then sent back to the sorting office with the reason why delivery was refused, and sent back to the sender.

[Khandro]

I would give her the parcels and say that Amazon have got her address wrong and will she please see that they change it.

[Robinia]

I agree with Bazile, I'd hand over any parcels but say I wouldn't be accepting delivery of any more.
I take in parcels for the neighbours but it isn't a regular occurence and I agreed in the first place.

[-SharonA-]

Baz, I never agreed. She works all day and once or twice I have held a parcel for her with her name and correct address on. And delivered it to her when she got home from work.
There was never any agreement with this as an ongoing thing.

[-SharonA-]

I am inclined to go with VHG suggestion. Let her have the hassle of finding out where her xmas presents have gone. Then I will point out any more parcels or mail I will not be accepting.

[whiskeryron]

Not known at this address. Send 'em back marked return to sender.

[woofgang]

I would go and see her, give her the parcels that you hold and tell her that you are no longer prepared to take in parcels for her and from that point will refuse to accept any more from the postman or courier. You should also make clear that she should not be using your address for any purpose whatsoever and that you DO NOT give her permission to do so. If you want to be really snotty, then hand deliver to her a letter stating the above.

[woofgang]

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.