Money Moral Dilemma: Should I ask my neighbour to pay for the meat they spoiled?

Malthusian

Carrot007 said:

You also accept packages for people you know are in rather than telling this to the delivery person?

Why not? Sometimes people who are in are on the bog, or bathing a baby, or knee-deep in a game of blitz chess. And there's no need to throw the tournament or race out to answer the door with a sopping screaming baby because they know their helpful neighbour will take it in and they can collect it ten minutes later.

Although this thread is a very good example of why you should only do your neighbours favours if you trust them not to try and punish you for it.

meknowalot-51

The meat was delivered to a neighbour BEFORE the agreed delivery time,seems to me the delivery company are at fault.REFUND.

sjaeagle5

Amazing how many comments went off point.  This isn't about whether you're unhappy about taking in parcels for your neighbour if you think they're in or not.
The delivery wasn't made to the correct house and when it made it to it's proper destination, the item was 'damaged'.
Refund due I think.

74jax

sjaeagle5 said:

Amazing how many comments went off point.  This isn't about whether you're unhappy about taking in parcels for your neighbour if you think they're in or not.
The delivery wasn't made to the correct house and when it made it to it's proper destination, the item was 'damaged'.
Refund due I think.

However you too have gone off point?  The question was Should I ask my neighbour to cover some or all of the cost, not should I get a refund.

tain

Pollycat said:

tain said:
And even though it's clarified in the post - the delivery driver didn't knock at my door using either the knocker or the bell. They either didn't knock at all, or they tapped on the window, which I can't hear from my kitchen where I work - that's why we have a huge knocker and a bell.  

With respect, it isn't clarified in your post.

You said (via MSE):

MSE_Kelvin said:

I recently ordered around £40 worth of meat online. I was at home when it was due to be delivered, but received a text saying it had been left with my neighbour. I went over 10 minutes later, and they told me via their video doorbell that they'd gone out and wouldn't be back until late. I picked up the parcel the next day, and it turned out they'd left it on a radiator, despite it saying 'perishable goods' on it and containing ice packs, so I had to throw all the meat away. Should I ask my neighbour to cover some or all of the cost?

Nothing at all about not using the knocker or bell.

My bad - my original email to MSE was trimmed down and had this info removed. 

tain

Can people who think the neighbours are all lovely and full of favours answer me this: 

If a neighbour *chooses* to take a delivery in, and signs for it so they are responsible for it, and then smashes the package to pieces through accident or intent, is that just fine and dandy? 

When you signed for the delivery, and accepted legal responsibility for it, at what stage did you explain to the delivery driver that they were still responsible if anything untoward happened while it was in your home? 

elsien

However lovely my neighbours are, if I say I want the delivery to me and to no one else then that’s what I want. 

If you’ve not identified an alternative such as leaving with a neighbour then the courier company shouldn’t do it. 

NMB2

Absolutely not. I would be reclaiming from the delivery company, they obviously didn't deliver it properly as, like you said, you were at home at the time of attempted delivery!
I take in neighbours parcels for them all the time, but I never read the boxes, I just put it in the hall and forget about it until they come to get it. 
I think it would really ruin any neighbourly relationship you have. 

Pollycat

tain said:

Pollycat said:

tain said:
And even though it's clarified in the post - the delivery driver didn't knock at my door using either the knocker or the bell. They either didn't knock at all, or they tapped on the window, which I can't hear from my kitchen where I work - that's why we have a huge knocker and a bell.  

With respect, it isn't clarified in your post.

You said (via MSE):

MSE_Kelvin said:

I recently ordered around £40 worth of meat online. I was at home when it was due to be delivered, but received a text saying it had been left with my neighbour. I went over 10 minutes later, and they told me via their video doorbell that they'd gone out and wouldn't be back until late. I picked up the parcel the next day, and it turned out they'd left it on a radiator, despite it saying 'perishable goods' on it and containing ice packs, so I had to throw all the meat away. Should I ask my neighbour to cover some or all of the cost?

Nothing at all about not using the knocker or bell.

My bad - my original email to MSE was trimmed down and had this info removed. 

And that's why MMDs have such limited information.
Why didn't you just post the full information under your user name in the first place?

Pollycat

tain said:

Can people who think the neighbours are all lovely and full of favours answer me this: 

If a neighbour *chooses* to take a delivery in, and signs for it so they are responsible for it, and then smashes the package to pieces through accident or intent, is that just fine and dandy? 

When you signed for the delivery, and accepted legal responsibility for it, at what stage did you explain to the delivery driver that they were still responsible if anything untoward happened while it was in your home? 

Why don't you answer why the courier didn't leave it on your doorstep as you requested instead of delivering to your neighbour?