Letters getting stolen? Or just paranoid

dekaspace

Ok the issue here is that I have a neighbour who has their brother and brothers wife and kids live in flat across road, and their cousin live in block of flats next door so each time they come round they leave the door on the latch(and give you abuse if you politely tell them its dodgy to leave it on the latch)

We live next to a high school so at lunch time get kids coming in smoking cigarettes and even doing the business in the corners of the inside entrance to flat. All the other tenants lock the door whenever they can and I have now and again gone downstairs to just check if its locked, can be every 30 minutes, every hour or every 2 hours and no matter what its always unlocked(since the family uses our garden as a communal area too for letting dogs mess and not clean up or to have bbqs)

Anyway for the most part my post is fine and as door is unlocked postie comes up to the flats and puts letters through our letterbox but noticed I had no mail yesterday or today despite it ariving between 8am-10am on average and pushing it 11am about once a week or so, I was woken by buzzer at 10.35 so rushed out of bed putting dressing gown on and by time I opened door and got downstairs under a minute had passed and I saw someone who doesnt live here(wearing a tracksuit which people may say is generalising) walk off from door and saw the postie at next flat just walking up to door and shove letters under the entrance.

I worry that the person knows the letters were just shoved under the door and either just walked in as it was unlocked or the same neighbours let anyone in who presses buzzer without checking who it is and the person knew this and took letters.

May seem strange to some people but never had letters not arrive for more than 1 day at a time in past(at was either a Tuesday or Wednesday before) and in the past had 2 small items go missing from Ebay(one was a boxset one was a cable) and just ordered a few cables from Ebay at the weekend 1st class that havent arrived so I am suspicious.

imho

Send your self a letter and see if it goes to you.

dekaspace

Not a bad idea however if it is turning up on a day when postie comes into the building and puts letters through my box then it would be a waste.

Mallotum_X

I'd be putting something to whoever manages the block that the door is being left on the latch and is insecure. Perhaps get a number of the residents to sign a letter so you dont get singled out. Highlight the risk of damage/vandalism etc from the school kids

Wanton

Same neighbours? https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5034908

dekaspace

Wanton wrote: »

Same neighbours? https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5034908

Yep, made sure I missed out the fact they were foreign for obvious reasons

passion_flower

It seems it really affects you living in that area, is moving an option?

Ms_Chocaholic

I think you can arrange with Royal Mail to collect your post from the sorting office. Would that be an option for you?

martindow

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

I think you can arrange with Royal Mail to collect your post from the sorting office. Would that be an option for you?

Details here

http://www.royalmail.com/personal/receiving-mail/keepsafe