Signature for a parcel

AnRothar

Just curious arising from a post here

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121391196/#Comment_121391196

If a parcel is addressed to A Person at An Address.

But the door is opened by B Person at An Address.

And B person signs for the parcel.

Is this seemed acceptable as delivery or can only A Person sign for the parcel?

28064212

What does "acceptable" mean? Acceptable to who?

If A paid to receive a parcel sent by S, and they never receive it, they may have the option of claiming a refund from S. If S paid C (their courier service) to deliver a parcel to A, and A never gets it, S may have the option of claiming from C. If C delivered to B instead of A, they might have the option of chasing up B to retrieve the parcel.

Any of these parties may deem it an acceptable risk to allow B to sign instead of A, S and C might deem the possibility of issuing refunds preferable to the costs involved in verifying personal delivery. A might deem the potential loss of the delivery preferable to staying home all day every day to wait for deliveries.

The right to claim is going to depend on what each person actually paid for, and what can be proven. There is no general answer to this question

AnRothar

Thanks for the prompt reply.

I always found some of the comments in the courier forums interesting

Suppose I sent a registered parcel to Mrs A.

The parcel was signed for by Mr. A.

Would this be deemed acceptable as proof of delivery in the event of a dispute?

28064212

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121393955#Comment_121393955

The whole point of my previous post was that it's a big, fat "it depends". Ok, lets say you sent a registered parcel to Mrs A. Using who? The terms for a registered parcel sent via UPS are not the same as when sent via An Post, nor are they the same as when sent via DHL, Fastway, DPD, etc. Also, couriers will have different levels of security depending on which options you choose. For a start, do they guarantee a delivery to a person or to an address?

Lets say it's delivered to Mr A and not passed on to Mrs A, and Mrs A says to you "Dude, where's my car parcel?". You contact the courier, and for the sake of this discussion, you're in the right, your contract with the courier stated they would deliver to Mrs A. They say, yep, our screwup - here's the €25 that your registered post was insured for. Or you actually went ahead and paid for the really expensive insurance, and they refuse to pay up, so you take them to court. And then they call Mr A to the stand who testifies that, in fact, he did give Mrs A the package.

There's literally dozens of combinations of scenarios that could play out depending on the exact detail involved. There is no general answer to this question

gipi

Since courier companies don't appear to ask for signatures any more, isn't the whole question moot?!

greasepalm

Or they drop off item as delivered as very few times they need my initials as received.