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Royal Mail or CEX delivered to wrong address

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  • Les79
    Les79 Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    custardy wrote: »
    Is it theft if someone sends a parcel addressed to your house?

    Aren't parcels usually addressed to a PERSON rather than a house?
  • Fosterdog
    Fosterdog Posts: 4,948 Forumite
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    Les79 wrote: »
    Aren't parcels usually addressed to a PERSON rather than a house?

    They are almost certainly addressed to an address
  • Les79
    Les79 Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    Fosterdog wrote: »
    They are almost certainly addressed to an address

    I am, admittedly, thinking more about ALL letters and the odd parcel I have received, but is the first line of a parcel not the name of the recipient these days?
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    Les79 wrote: »
    Aren't parcels usually addressed to a PERSON rather than a house?

    RM deliver to addresses though. Collection requires ID for security but the core of the model is to addresses.
  • NutWorld
    NutWorld Posts: 57 Forumite
    Fosterdog wrote: »
    custardy wrote: »
    RM dont have CCTV covering callers.

    My local one does

    So does ours :)
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