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So I received a parcel on Monday that I did not order - contacted the company who said it was for someone else but got delivered to me by mistake because we have the same postcode. I have the name of the other person who it is for but she could be anywhere in one of the other buildings on the estate. How long do I leave it before I claim the parcel as mine? It contains 5 bottles of cider and 1kg of pork crackling!
Can't be too hard to find their address if you have a name and postcode.
1kg of pork scratchings? I'd need more than 5 pints of cider to wash that down..
Please tell me the pork scratchings are all in one bag.. Pics?!
If you have kids get them to do some 'fun' detective work. Also it doesn't belong to you just because it was delivered incorrectly, especially when you know it's not for you so you could be 'done'. The sender will probably just let you keep it in the end and send another. Hopefully to you again!
There is, or certainly was, a little shop in Giltbrook near Nottingham where the pork scratchings were in a sack of flour sized sack behind the counter, and scooped out, weighed and bagged as required. Yum.
It contains 5 bottles of cider and 1kg of pork crackling!
I think you should make the effort to trace the intended owner - not out of any sense of honest conduct or chivalry - but because this is obviously someone you need to have in your life!
It's not up to you to trace the owner, and if you passed them on to the wrong person the supplier might have a case against you. Tell the supplier [u]in writing[/u] that they have 14 days to collect them (this should be at no cost or inconvenience to you) or you'll regard them as yours. Provided you have evidence that you tried to get them to take them back, you're legal. IANAL but this advice is as found on several consumer websites.
Can't be too hard to find their address if you have a name and postcode.
Unfortunately it is a business postcode - the estate has 7 buildings with about 15 different companies - finding A. Jones in one of them may take a bit of time.
I may call the company again today - they may say keep it in which case I have had a number of offers to take the cider off my hands from the 20-somethings in my team.
You've done all you are legally obilged to do. I'd leave it, not your problem. I had the same thing happen to me but as the person was only 2 mins away I dropped it off to them. The address was not mine even in the slightest bizzarly