I guess this is as close to my field of expertise as it gets these days
The most obvious solution, as suggested above, is to bribe someone to hang around in the flat for a few days.

What you could try, and most sellers should be okay with this, is to organise your own courier, who will collect the bed on a specified date from the seller and deliver on a specified date to you. You could ask them for a reduction in the price as you'd be paying for your own delivery. If they refuse, they're cunts anyway and you don't want their stinking bedframe.

Otherwise, you could get them to let you know the tracking number for the courier they use, and phone them (the courier) direct. They'd be able to give you a fairly good idea of what date the delivery would be.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 21 Nov 2011, 13:14, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Where would someone who lives in a rough part of London find someone to hang around outside their flat and watch when they're in or not?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 13:25, Reply)

I might try this.
Phone in the courier that is. I'll see how flexible work are about me taking off for half a day at some point this week.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Mon 21 Nov 2011, 13:32, Reply)