Stealing wrongly delivered parcels

[jerryhill]

I have a situation where my address is very similar to another half a mile away..

 

I am 2 XXXXXXX Cottages, XXXXXXX Road - the other address is 2 XXXXXXX Road. My house is a bit hidden away and couriers, taxis etc all go straight to the other house instead of finding mine. In general this is fine, the postman and regulars know the difference.

 

However I have now had 2 examples where the owner of the other house has signed for packages for online deliveries, and then made no attempt to contact me. In both these instances I chased the vendor, who emailed through proof of signature, and I went round and knocked on his door. In both instances he has handed over the goods, but both times (a couple of years apart), when I questioned him as to why he didnt try and ring me, contact me, drop off the parcel that clearly wasnt for him, he just said " thats not his business". I dont think he is a bad person, but he is a chancer. In the first instance he signed his own name, in the second he tried to sign mine.

 

I have picked up 2 wrongly delivered items, in both instances they were clearly labelled to me, and in both instances, he had opened the package. I would not be at all surpised to find that other small items that I have forgotten about ordering have been delivered and he has retained....

 

Questions:

 

1. Should I contact the police, and get them to warn him as to future conduct, as what he is doing must be illegal?

2. Should I write him a letter, and encourage him to make more effort to contact me when a package gets wrongly delivered.

3. Can the post office/council do anything to clarify the addresses?

[BankFodder]

Contact the police

[davidm53]

i have a similar prob although its only happened once ,but my house has a name so i use that on the address as well as the number .

[Legislation]

Since the Fraud Act 2006 the proof of a dishonest attempt to deceive is enough to achieve a conviction and the forging of somebody else's signature is more than enough to count. It would already count as fraud by abuse of position, to fail to alert a courier to the fact that the address is obviously wrong.

 

The local council probably could do something to help; we have had the same sort of problem but it's an uphill struggle.

[stu007]

Hi

 

Please remember that the company that delivers the item is responsible and why didnt didnt any of these deliveries leave a note at your address telling you the parcel had been left at such and such address.

 

The company delivering the item is responsible for delivering it. If they have delivered it to a wrong address you need to take it up with that delivery company.

 

Also if you order online i would point out in the delivery instructions that you live at address and companies have being mistaken such and such address for yours and give a description of your location or even better a map.