bloody cheek to send me a "we tried to deliver but you were out" type email
I can go one better - had a delivery of a small bottle of fine whisky (unfortunately with the words "whisky club" on the packaging..).
Got a "your package has been delivered" message, complete with a (time-stamped) picture of said package on the doorstep. But, two minutes later, when I went out to look, no package and, thanks to the doorbell cam, I knew no-one else had been near the doorway.
One complaint to the supplier and one slightly abusive complaint to the courier (Evri of course!). Two hours later, the door cam alerted me that someone was at the door (no doorbell ring of course) - went out and the package had mysteriously reappeared (and there was a hastily disappearing delivery driver)..
I suspect that Evri had got in touch with the courier (in a plain white Fiesta car!) and said in no uncertain terms to deliver the package or else. Needless to say, when I told the supplier that it had (finally) been delivered I suggested that they might want to look for a different delivery partner..
I suspect that he got very few deliveries after that and/or got the boot.