I used to post leaflets for my dad’s business when I was a teenager to earn some money. I remember going up to a door with a note in the window saying “do NOT deliver parcels to number xx if we’re not in” (can’t remember the actual number). I was so curious to know the history lol
I’ve never had them pay attention to this; I set to avoid my chatty neighbour (I don’t have 20 minutes to spare on idle chatter) but each time they still leave it with them
I need this at work to avoid people.
is avoid all an option? I hope so lol
Most of the delivery guys around my area know there’s a particular house just to not deliver to. Any packages for them are left on the porch. Any of the missed packages for neighbours will go 2 or 3 doors down instead.
I mean, this seems pointless, Yodel are only going to throw your fragile goods over the fence anyway.
Yeah, I used to put the folks two doors up as ‘avoid’. Would rather not interact with the husband who thinks it’s acceptable to make threats to his wife while standing in the street (and her being upstairs).
Thankfully he seems to have gone, so now I say not to deliver to the house next door that’s unoccupied.
I reckon it’s since that guy nicked his neighbours McDonalds.
Is that for the parcel or just a warning to the driver?
Yeah, last time they delivered to me, they avoided our neigbour by about a mile. Sent a nice photo of some random doorstep though, and map link to a completely different street.
DPD has this. Annoying that they only allow you to put one address in. I get limiting it, or people would probably be putting their whole street in. But just one?
I’ve put down the one I absolutely do not want my parcels going to, but I can think of a couple more I wouldn’t trust.
This is bullshit though. I downloaded the app specifically to use this feature and they left it with the neighbour I asked them not to…the only time I have requested this and the only time they have done it
Back before the lockdowns lead to more people working from home, my dad and his wife were the only retired people in their little block of houses so inevitably they ended up with loads of people’s parcels. In the end they had to put a sign up to say they wouldn’t accept them for other people as they’d end up with piles of stuff.
Incredibly British
I wish there was an option when ordering items online that says avoid shipping with Yodel.
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One of the few good things yodel does
I just wish they didn’t avoid my own address too
I used to post leaflets for my dad’s business when I was a teenager to earn some money. I remember going up to a door with a note in the window saying “do NOT deliver parcels to number xx if we’re not in” (can’t remember the actual number). I was so curious to know the history lol
I’ve never had them pay attention to this; I set to avoid my chatty neighbour (I don’t have 20 minutes to spare on idle chatter) but each time they still leave it with them
I need this at work to avoid people.
is avoid all an option? I hope so lol
Most of the delivery guys around my area know there’s a particular house just to not deliver to. Any packages for them are left on the porch. Any of the missed packages for neighbours will go 2 or 3 doors down instead.
I mean, this seems pointless, Yodel are only going to throw your fragile goods over the fence anyway.
Yeah, I used to put the folks two doors up as ‘avoid’. Would rather not interact with the husband who thinks it’s acceptable to make threats to his wife while standing in the street (and her being upstairs).
Thankfully he seems to have gone, so now I say not to deliver to the house next door that’s unoccupied.
I reckon it’s since that guy nicked his neighbours McDonalds.
Is that for the parcel or just a warning to the driver?
Yeah, last time they delivered to me, they avoided our neigbour by about a mile. Sent a nice photo of some random doorstep though, and map link to a completely different street.
DPD has this. Annoying that they only allow you to put one address in. I get limiting it, or people would probably be putting their whole street in. But just one?
I’ve put down the one I absolutely do not want my parcels going to, but I can think of a couple more I wouldn’t trust.
This is bullshit though. I downloaded the app specifically to use this feature and they left it with the neighbour I asked them not to…the only time I have requested this and the only time they have done it
Back before the lockdowns lead to more people working from home, my dad and his wife were the only retired people in their little block of houses so inevitably they ended up with loads of people’s parcels. In the end they had to put a sign up to say they wouldn’t accept them for other people as they’d end up with piles of stuff.
Incredibly British
I wish there was an option when ordering items online that says avoid shipping with Yodel.