We’ve all been faced with a delivery man in a hurry who asks us to come down to pick up our package, when he’s supposed to come up to drop it off at our door. Here’s a trick that won’t leave them much choice: it works every time!
Many French people order items online and have their packages delivered to their homes. While some prefer relay points, others prefer home delivery. And generally, this service has an additional cost. Most of the time, delivery people manage to put the item in the mailbox, if it is not too bulky. Others drop off the package with a neighbor or worse, leave it in front of the customer’s door, in the hallway, at the risk of someone else picking it up. Another practice tends to multiply and exasperate consumers: delivery people in too much of a hurry, who ask the buyer to come down and collect the package that they are supposed to bring up and hand over in person, against a signature.
Also, when on the way, the delivery person generally contacts the recipient by telephone, in order to inform him of his arrival time, while ensuring that the person is present at home.This morning again, the delivery man called me to tell me that he was arriving in 20 minutes, and that I had to go downstairs to collect the package.“, explains Marine, who often faces this situation.
For their part, delivery people who do a series of errands and have to deliver on time no longer bother to go up, even when the item is heavy and bulky.And if you ask them to be delivered as scheduled in front of the door, they insist and make you understand that it is not possible, that they do not have time and that it does not suit them”, laments the young woman. Jessica, for her part, even received a delivery notice specifying that she was not at home during the delivery and that another delivery would be scheduled in the next few days. However, she was teleworking, patiently waiting for the delivery person and did not leave her home.
Faced with these situations, and if you are “lucky” enough to receive a call from the delivery person before he arrives, know that you do not have to go down to collect your package and that he must bring it to you. But to avoid any confrontation or tantrum on the phone, Marine, mother of a little Sasha, has found a solution, and it works every time. “When they insist that I come down, I simply tell them that it is impossible to leave the apartment because my baby is napping.“So they have no choice but to go up. When the package is heavy, saying you are pregnant and cannot carry it works too.”The delivery man always ends up bringing me the package, I sign the paper, and I usually see him running to take the elevator again.”.