Ulverscroft Road Royal Mail parcel mix up

[yummumbums]

I was in the shower when my doorbell rang yesterday and I realised I wouldn?t get to the door in time to answer it. When I can down there was a card through the door saying a parcel had been left with a neighbour across the road for me. Unfortunately when I went over there they had a parcel for their direct neighbour but not for myself. If you happened to take in a parcel from Royal Mail on Wednesday 10th of October on the Whateley rd end of Ulverscroft rd could you please come round with a parcel as I don?t know what house it?s actually at! If all else fails and you have a parcel that is not being collected please return to Royal Mail who will hopefully then redeliver!

I was actually really happy that I didn?t have to return to the nightmare that is the highshore road sorting office to collect a parcel but now I don?t know if I will ever find my parcel! I?ve had loads of mail missing over the last months and interestingly mail delivered for completely different roads which I then redeliver myself!

Here?s hoping the service improves!

[JohnL]

I normally take around ones left with me to be honest rather than waiting for the person who got the card (or didn't get it).

[singalto]

JohnL, I now take parcels in for various neighbours and, like you, take them round. A great way of meeting the neighbours!

[Sue]

yummumbums Wrote:

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> I was in the shower when my doorbell rang

> yesterday and I realised I wouldn?t get to the

> door in time to answer it. When I can down there

> was a card through the door saying a parcel had

> been left with a neighbour across the road for me.

> Unfortunately when I went over there they had a

> parcel for their direct neighbour but not for

> myself.

Given the present chaos with the mail, is it possible that the postie tried to deliver a parcel, then left a card at your house, that was actually meant for another house? Maybe the parcel wasn't for your house at all?

Otherwise, maybe you could call/drop a note through various neighbours' doors, maybe giving your phone number, to see if they have got your parcel? Not everybody in East Dulwich reads this forum, or is even aware of it, amazing though that may sound!

[singalto]

Sue, I, too, wondered whether the card had been left at the wrong address rather than the parcel..