Residents on a cul-de-sac hit by Evri parcel mystery days before Christmas
21.12.2023 - 08:23
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Residents on a cul-de-sac were knocking on each other's doors and left confused after a number of Evri parcels failed to be delivered in Wythenshawe on Monday (December 18).
Parcels that were due to reach customers days before Christmas had been marked as delivered, but a number of disgruntled people in the area claimed they never actually received them. Instead, many appeared to have been sent the exact same photo as proof of delivery.
Evri, the courier, had initially said they were 'looking into' what happened to the parcels in a statement to the M.E.N, however later confirmed they had been 'scanned in error' and that they would be delivered on Wednesday (December 20).
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The mystery sparked confusion, particularly on social media, with swathes of people coming forward to report that they too had not received their parcels - but had received the same photo as proof of delivery.
Hayley Crossland, who had spent £100 on gifts for her child, said her other neighbours living in the Littlewood Road cul-de-sac had 'gone out looking' and knocking on each other's doors after receiving the same notification at the same time.
She said: "The same picture appears to have been sent to everyone at the same time. My order was £100 worth of goods and presents for my child. It was meant to come between 1pm and 8pm and then I just got a notification on the app saying it had been delivered with proof.
"The picture was just hatchlings or fabric of some kind. I knocked on my neighbours to see if someone has taken