Very bizarre delivery through my mailbox

Ames

Wish the mysterious deliveries I got last year had been cash instead of 300 jiffy bags!

luvpenguins

Mankysteve wrote: »

Drug money. Possibly wrong house meant for a dodgy neighbor either that or one of your sons is dealing(half joking there). Personally I'd report to the police don't want your local dealer coming around to collect

You've given me food for thought there Mankeysteve. The eldest has been known to enjoy a smoke, although he's been told never to bring any to my house. I just can't see denying all knowledge of it though, he could have just said one of his mates owed it.

If the local dealer comes around I can always set the dog on him. All 8 inches tall and 8lbs of him :j

jackyann

This is what I would do (based on how well I know my neighbours, what local PCSO is like and other intangible factors that may be very different from your situation)

I would tell my sons that I intended to do the following (it just gives them a chance to tell you anything they know about in the neighbourhood even if it isn't anything to do with them))

I would approach the local PCSO, inform them and ask their advice. I've always found them useful & sensible.
If they are aware of drug dealing or other problems around you, it may be useful information.
I would (unless advised otherwise) hang on to the money, in a plastic bag tucked away somewhere. I would be concerned that Furgitude & Manky Steve have got it partly right, and that someone may be seriously p*$$ed off.

buglawton

Check for any pairs of trainers hanging between nearby telegraph poles.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

luvpenguins wrote: »

You've given me food for thought there Mankeysteve. The eldest has been known to enjoy a smoke, although he's been told never to bring any to my house. I just can't see denying all knowledge of it though, he could have just said one of his mates owed it.

If the local dealer comes around I can always set the dog on him. All 8 inches tall and 8lbs of him :j

Is that what people mean when they refer to a Smalltime Dealer?

Augustus_the_Strong

Haven't you seen any of those films, where Billy Bob Thornton or someone finds a crashed plane with a stash of money and thinks, ooh good, I'll keep this? And then is surprised when gangsters come on his tail and it all goes horribly wrong?
I'd say take it to the police station. If your sons are drug dealers it will serve them right.

Slinky

I work from home and some of my customers pay cash to save on banking fees when they've been paid in cash. One just shoves it through the letterbox in an envelope with 'From Lesley' on the outside. My neighbour finds this very disconcerting on the odd occasion it's happened whilst I'm on holiday and she's looking after my cat.

Maybe somebody got the wrong house, although it's a bit odd there's nothing with it to identify who it came from if it's legitimate.

picklekin

I think this would be a good topic in its own right "things weirdly put through my door".

I once had two VHS cassettes with films recorded off TV on them. One of the was Prophecy, the other one was Sleep With Me. Creepy huh?


On topic, I'd be grilling your sons again too!

heartbreak_star

Pickle, that would be a great thread!

I had a Jammy Dodger in an envelope once.

HBS x

ljonski

tbh a few years ago when the local football team were not doing very well, the Chairman got pushed throgh his letterbox certain things that cannot even be mentioned in public!