Here we go again!! Parcels aagh!!!

Bogof_Babe

Could you get a lock for the bin to prevent future problems?

I'd be complaining to the deliverer - for one thing it is crass stupidity to leave a parcel in a "bin" - the clue is in the name. Tell them to come and get it, and that it will be in the bin where they left it, unless the bin has been emptied in the meantime! If the parcel has been covered with your recycling in the meantime, that's tough and their problem not yours.

Annabee

wealdroam wrote: »

Yes, it is yours after a matter of time... but it's a bit longer than a few weeks.

The owner has up to six years to claim their goods and during that time you have a duty to look after them properly.

Six years! Where are you getting that information from? Also, I don't see why the OP has any 'duty'. He didn't ask for this and understandably wants nothing to do with his neighbour.

Annabee

As the parcel was left in the recycling bin with no note through the door, I would think it has not technically been 'delivered'. You didn't see it, did you OP?

DevCoder

Annabee wrote: »

Six years! Where are you getting that information from? Also, I don't see why the OP has any 'duty'. He didn't ask for this and understandably wants nothing to do with his neighbour.

Umm the law?

The OP also then does have a duty of care to the goods and *must* make reasonable attempts to contact the owner (in this case a neighbour, hardly difficult). There must be at least two registered letters sent detailing the goods and how they can be retrieved. The OP can then sell the goods after a "reasonable" time of these two letter but must hold funds for 6 years.

That's if the OP decides to take the goods into their custody.

Even if the goods were viewed as unsolicited then the OP would need to contact the trader (amazon) to inform them of this.

Nice morals to the point of advocating theft some people have.

wealdroam

krisdorey wrote: »

The OP can then sell the goods after a "reasonable" time of these two letter but must hold funds for 6 years.

Just to clarify what Krisdorey says... during that six years the proceeds for any sale of the goods can be claimed by the owner and must be paid to the owner less any costs of selling the goods.

Sounds like a bit more trouble than it's worth to me.

Annabee

krisdorey wrote: »

Umm the law?

The OP also then does have a duty of care to the goods and *must* make reasonable attempts to contact the owner (in this case a neighbour, hardly difficult). There must be at least two registered letters sent detailing the goods and how they can be retrieved. The OP can then sell the goods after a "reasonable" time of these two letter but must hold funds for 6 years.

That's if the OP decides to take the goods into their custody.

Even if the goods were viewed as unsolicited then the OP would need to contact the trader (amazon) to inform them of this.

Nice morals to the point of advocating theft some people have.

I am not advocating s/he keeps them, just dumps them, FGS! Have you read what his/her neighbour did? For a normal neighbour, yes you should do the decent thing and alert them to the existence of the parcel, but this neighbour has used threatening behaviour/harassment against the OP in the past, so why should he/she go to ANY effort on their behalf? I certainly wouldn't.

DevCoder

The phrases two wrongs don't make a right and turn the other cheek spring to mind.

What the neighbour has done in the past (and we only have one half of the story) doesn't merit theft as some people are advocating. If you're not feeling good natured then just leave it where it is but don't steal it.

Annabee

Well just leave it where it is (or put it out on the pavement), exactly.

Of course we only have the OP's 'side of the story' such is the nature of online forums, you have to take on trust what people say about their own situation.

zaax

The Sale of Goods Act states in Section 20, subsection 4 :

In a case where the buyer deals as consumer or, in Scotland, where there is a consumer contract in which the buyer is a consumer, subsections (1) to (3) above must be ignored and the goods remain at the seller’s risk until they are delivered to the consumer.

fluffnutter

I suspect it's something the neighbour needs for Christmas, i.e. a present from someone. Hang on to it until the new year then leave it on his doorstep.