Wrongly delivered parcel

dshart

I think if you are concerned about the value of it and the chance of it going missing then you should take it to the police station and hand it in as lost and found. That way it is off your hands and even if the police refuse to take it you have more evidence that you took reasonable steps to protect it.

StuieUK34

and then ask the police to track down the sender and the original delivery address ?????????????
YOU THINK I PAY MY TAXes so cops can do that ?

I had the same happen a couple of weeks ago, got NO decent answers, just the same as this (skim reading, others pointing out its now your job to play courier and waste your time and money on playing logistics).. All i was querying was: Does after so many days the goods become mine if not collected, or can i charge storage (just questions)...
I noticed 1 person on here said you can charge storage.....

End of the day, you got no labels on the box to say where it comes from, going to, who delivered..... others say you are NOT allowed to opent the box to see the contents (which in turn could show a delivery report), catch 22..........
I got no advise (mine was a mis-print, and i found the parcels delivered to me where for a neighbour a few doors down, to which i found out myself) on what to do..........
but check the law on claiming goods by default if not collected after X many days....

timbstoke

StuieUK34 wrote: »

and then ask the police to track down the sender and the original delivery address ?????????????
YOU THINK I PAY MY TAXes so cops can do that ?

Why would they do that? They'd treat it exactly the same as any other lost property which is handed in. They wouldn't make any effort to find the owner, but if they were reported missing, they'd be able to make the link better than the OP could. It also frees up the OP to get on with running a business, and if the owner comes chasing, they have a simple response.

And yes, that's pretty much exactly what you pay your taxes for.

ShaneUK

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

One word incorrect

Good point - thanks for the correction Shaun.

unholyangel

You didnt answer the question about whether the phones are all the same make or network.

If they are, its probably likely they've been shipped from the network/manufacturer.

@StuieUK34........you got plenty of decent answers.....you just didnt like the answers you were being given! Perhaps you're taking information from else where but no one here has said NOT to open the box. Quite the opposite in fact.

Goods sent in error are thus not unsolicited, but remain the property of the sender.

If you want to sell the goods you must take reasonable steps to trace the original owner if they, or their whereabouts, is unknown. This depends on the circumstances, but might include placing advertisements in local newspapers, notices on local community notice boards or contacting a trade association if the owner has a business.
If you have taken reasonable steps to trace the owner, but have not been successful, you can sell the goods. It is worth keeping a note of what you did to trace the owner.
If you trace the original owner, you must send two written notices to the owner before you sell the goods.
You must give the owner of the goods, a first written notice personally or by post stating:
-that the owner is responsible for collecting the goods
-the details of the goods and where they are
-your name and address
-how much money is owed, if any, for the goods when the notice is sent, for example, the cost of the repair or reasonable storage charges.

You must send the owner of the goods, by recorded delivery or registered post, a second written notice stating:
-you intend to sell the goods if they are not collected by a date given in the notice
-the details of the goods and where they are
-your name and address
-how much money is owed, if any, for the goods, when the notice is sent.

If the owner does not collect the goods by the date given in the notice, and you are sure that the goods belong to the person who has been sent the notices, then you may:
-keep the goods
-sell the goods
-get rid of the goods.

If you are the person selling the goods, you must be able to show the original owner that the sale was handled properly to get a fair price for the goods. Apart from the expenses of selling the goods, for example, storage charges or auction fees, the original owner must be given the money from the sale if their address is known. If the goods had been left for repair and were then not collected, the cost of the repair work can also be deducted. If not, the money must be kept for the original owner. However, after six years the owner cannot claim, or sue, for the money.


However stuie does make a good point for the delivery note. OP, take the phones out of the shipping box, you may find the delivery note/invoice in between the phones. Most boxes (even if sent from business to business) will have this unless its 1 carton out of several.