Getting someone else's mail.
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Moved into our new house in December and the people who used to live here left us a note to ask us to drop their mail off to them at their new address.
I assumed it would only be for a few days before they got a re-direction sorted out but now, over two months later we are still recieving all their mail.
I've stopped dropping it round but she turns up every couple of weeks to pick it up. She reckons she's informed people of her new address but I don't believe her.
I changed all my own addresses over ok.
I get the impression that where they have moved to is only temporary and they are probably trying to save money on a redirection but I'm getting a bit peed off with it now.
It's not just a couple of letters, it's about 2 or 3 every day, they get more than I do!
Have I got the right to bin their mail or put it back in the mail box marked "not known at this address"?
Don't like to be nasty about it, it's only a trivial matter, but I don't see why I should act as their free Post Office Box.
I assumed it would only be for a few days before they got a re-direction sorted out but now, over two months later we are still recieving all their mail.
I've stopped dropping it round but she turns up every couple of weeks to pick it up. She reckons she's informed people of her new address but I don't believe her.
I changed all my own addresses over ok.
I get the impression that where they have moved to is only temporary and they are probably trying to save money on a redirection but I'm getting a bit peed off with it now.
It's not just a couple of letters, it's about 2 or 3 every day, they get more than I do!
Have I got the right to bin their mail or put it back in the mail box marked "not known at this address"?
Don't like to be nasty about it, it's only a trivial matter, but I don't see why I should act as their free Post Office Box.
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That's the best thing you can do. Your postie will then 'kill off' the mail. It's postie speak for returning it to sender.
They'll soon get the message!
They probably don't want to pay the re-direction fee's with royal mail.
Just bin it or send it back.
Don't bin the mail as tempting as it might be.
I have repeatedly told her (well..twice at least) to notify everyone of her change of address and she just says she already has and has no idea why it's still coming to me!
I think I will start putting it back in the mail box.
Thanks.
You are within your rights to put "Not known, return to sender" on it..
:eek:
Will she have to pay extra postage on that? that might give her the kick up the backside she needs.
I really want her to change her address with her correspondants so that they stop sending it here.
Whatever I do i want her to be aware that I'm not putting up with it any more.
Like I said, I don't want to be nasty about it, she's a nice enough woman, just getting fed up with mail coming every day and her just assuming I'm ok to save it all up for her to save her a buck.
There are circumstances where redirected mail falls through the net but that is rare.
A lot of mail to me would suggest laziness.
Two months is plenty of time to sort her affairs out especially the important ones like tax.
I get mail for previous occupants and I have lived here for 7 years.
I would return to sender.
No, she definitely hasn't got a re direction. They send a letter to your old address (sometimes not displaying the new address, but they always do it for security reasons so I would know if she'd done that)
I have had a redirection set up from my old address since we moved and have even contacted some of the junk mail companies to have my name removed from their mailing lists to spare the new owners from an avalanche of junk mail like someone said earlier (not that they take much notice of course). All my correspondants now write to me at my new address.
She actually expects me to believe that she has changed her address with her correspondants (which is absolute rubbish) and that after two months they still haven't changed her details. I'm even getting mail from her doctors surgery and her kids schools!
She must be very trusting too.
I would just assume that if I did not re-direct my correspondence that I would miss out on important information which had been sent to me. I would never trust someone else to forward on my mail except the Post Office.
She might get a win on the premium bonds and I might accidently lose the letter or the cheque!
Good job I'm honest. :cool:
I must admit that had crossed my mind too.
I think I will put it all back in the post box tomorrow and when she comes for it I'll just tell her we haven't got any..
You've done all you can and been more than accommodating.
Just write "Not known at this address" across the mail and stick it in the post box then leave it to the post office to sort (sic).
Actually, that in itself is a good idea. If she has seriously tried to redirect the mail, then she'll either have to assume it's on her way to her place, or be confused that she has none and have to take it up with the PO. If she hasn't tried to redirect the mail she will be very surprised you have none for her...