Sussex readers share their courier delivery horror stories

By The Newsroom
Published 25th Sep 2018, 13:00 BST
Updated 25th Sep 2018, 19:38 BST
Sophie Lofts' package was left under a car, which ran it over as it drove away SUS-180925-121605001Sophie Lofts' package was left under a car, which ran it over as it drove away SUS-180925-121605001
Sophie Lofts' package was left under a car, which ran it over as it drove away SUS-180925-121605001
A story in last week's Littlehampton Gazette about a courier leaving a parcel in a black rubbish bin, which was then emptied, has struck a chord with readers on social media.

Posts on several Facebook pages prompted dozens of comments with similar horror stories from across Arun, Worthing and Adur.

You can find the original story here: Arundel woman loses parcel after delivery into her black rubbish binTales range from disregarded delivery instructions to phantom porches and a surprising number of parcels being hurled over fences and through front doors.

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Shelley Mair, from Littlehampton, said she always asks couriers to leave packages with neighbours if she is not at home.

She said: “I have had parcels ‘left in the porch’, but I have no porch, and they’ve been left on the doorstep. I once had a parcel left in my recycling bin even though it was down the end of my driveway, clearly meaning it was bin day.

“Safe to say the bin men got a nice gift that day or maybe it was just crushed.”

Shelley is not alone. Sophie Lofts from Durrington said she came home from work to find her parcel had been left in the middle of the car park.