HELP NEEDED recorded delivery problem

belfastgirl23

loopylass wrote: »

After sorting through the pile of paperwork christmas eve we noticed we had a letter for next door so posted it through the door and didnt think anymore about it

I'm confused too, if you posted it through their door then why didn't they get it?? And why would you pay him for something you delivered to him?

custardy

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

I'm confused too, if you posted it through their door then why didn't they get it?? And why would you pay him for something you delivered to him?

they posted them through after the concert

The_Next_Verse

carefullycautious wrote: »

Im also unclear. Where are the theatre tickets. Did you accidentally wrap them and give them away. Or were they never delivered?

From how I read it, the tickets were for a trip on the 22nd and the OP posted them through the door on the 24th? I think.

lizzywig

The problem is that the tickets were dated 22nd December and they posted them through the door on 24th December because the son had forgotten about the letter and it was only found on Christmas Eve.

I would have thought postie should always put a card through someone's door to say where the item is if it's not been delivered to named address. Not saying the neighbour is lying but did you see the date on the tickets? Just wondering....

Seanymph

I wouldn't have paid them.

If the tickets were the 22nd then they would have been chasing the company - the company can check the recorded delivery slips and the signatures are uploaded onto the computer.

The responsibility for ensuring that the parcel was received lies in my mind mostly with the neighbours who should have been chasing - and then with the postie who should have left a card saying where the parcel had been left.

I would blame my 13 year old in partly - but for the smallest part of the mix up.

k66yla

If the tickets had'nt arrived before concert date I would've been chasing up. If neighbour had done this then they would've realised that they had been signed for by the son.

Sambucus_Nigra

loopylass wrote: »

there should of been a card put through his door stating where his recorded delivery was as its down to the post office to make sure a recorded delivery should get from A to B
Can anyone shed any light on this and tell me who is in the wrong, we have already paid the neighbour as we felt so bad about it
thanks to anyone that can help

The postie - obviously. It's actually not up to you to hand deliver your neighbour's post - if the postie had put a card through the door they would have come round and picked it up themselves.

The neighbour should hand your money back, and claim through Royal Mail for the postie's short cuts.

loopylass

skintandscared wrote: »

Is there any reason why your son didn't just put the letter through your neighbour's letterbox?

Well we said that and he said he just put the pile of things in the basket cos thats what usually happens cos we put parcels/letters on the table so the things dont get lost and goes to correct ppl in/outside of household but because there was a basket on the table (big clear out before christmas) he just put it in there not thinking about the other junk mail /letters in the basket. I was busy and as soon as his friends called he shouted saying his going out etc and then forgot all about it
We always have taken parcels/letters in and never had a problem before because its usually me or another adult to sign for them
He knows now not to sign and i said to him if something needs to be signed for he asks the postman to wait until he gets an adult, but its not all about the money really im a bit annoyed that any age can sign for a parcel when the contents of a parcel is unknown

*Robin*

How annoying!

I work from home at the moment, and regularly get asked to sign for and take in packages for my neighbours. About half the time they are surprised when I take their parcel round in the evening, as no card has been put through their door. The courier companies are better at leaving a card than RM.

It's true they don't care who signs, though; on one occasion I was in the bathroom when the postman knocked. My seven year old grand-daughter opened the door, but perhaps luckily she only speaks Spanish so didn't understand what the Postie wanted when he thrust his electronic-signature-gizmo at her. I had a few hard words for him when she ran to fetch me, but he just shrugged and said he didn't have time to hang around.

loopylass

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

The postie - obviously. It's actually not up to you to hand deliver your neighbour's post - if the postie had put a card through the door they would have come round and picked it up themselves.

The neighbour should hand your money back, and claim through Royal Mail for the postie's short cuts.

I agree it was the postie taking short cuts as its there responsibility, the neighbours have rang but they are not getting anywhere