11 March 2023 , 19:00
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Online shopping can be really handy when you don't have time to nip to the shops to get something new, but it also does come with a few risks of its own.
Often parcels can go missing or get lost before they are delivered and if you're not home then there's always a chance someone might pinch your order if it's not left in a secure location.
One woman has recently shared how she believes her neighbour might be 'stealing' her parcels after some of them started to disappear - despite the delivery company saying they'd dropped them off.
The unnamed mum claims she asked her next-door neighbour about the parcels and he denied taking them - but then she caught him in the supermarket wearing something she'd ordered.
The couriers say they delivered the parcels to her neighbour (stock photo) (Getty Images/Tetra images RF)Taking to Netmums, the baffled woman told how she was unsure what to do next.
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She wrote: "Think my neighbour has stolen my parcels.
"So we have a bit of a strange man living next door, keeps himself to himself quiet, doesn't seem to have many visitors.
"Sometimes he takes in parcels for us and us for him. Recently we have had several parcels go missing-they have been delivered but not to us, a couple of times it said that they were delivered to him but when I went and knocked but he said the parcels weren't there."
She went on to say that she was given a refund and offered a replacement for the missing items and thought no more of it, until she bumped into her neighbour in the shop.
People urged her to get a doorbell camera to keep an eye on her orders (stock photo) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)"I was in the supermarket and he was two in front of me in the queue and he's wearing a jumper identical to one that went missing!!
"I'm now really paranoid because one of the parcels that went missing was knickers for me-has he nicked my knickers??!
"Do I confront him about the jumper?"
Fellow parents were quick to share advice for the woman, with some urging her to change the delivery location for parcels and some suggesting she send the man a prank in order to judge his reaction.
One person said: "We get parcels daily, all of them say where it's been delivered to with a picture or they have to sign for it to say they have taken it in. You can also request items not to be left with certain neighbours and to arrange redelivery or a safe place instead. I wouldn't be confronting anyone over a jumper unless you had solid proof and would have put things in place to not have deliveries left with him the first time something went missing."
Another replied: "Get yourself on textapotato.com and send him a message via a delicious snack or embarrassing parcel. Make him paranoid and he might stop. Too much of a coincidence to be a missing parcel. Failing that get yourself a ring doorbell."
'My hubby wants to name our baby after his mum but her beliefs are too extreme'
Someone else agreed about the doorbell camera, adding: "I'd log into your accounts and have your parcel delivery details updated - just for your peace of mind. And, get yourself a ring doorbell so you can see if he's picking up your parcels or not, then you can say to him that you saw that he kindly collected the parcels for you and you've come to get them, etc."
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.