Postal Question (Was this acceptable of the mail carrier?)

[Midnight12]

I've only done that when I couldn't fit them in safely. Stuff one never knew.

Lexia, by doing that your getting real close to tampering with mail.

I never opened the evelope, only held it up the the light. The paper inside was thick enough I could not see anything, just the size of what was in there. I swear I did not attempt to read what was in it or open it or look at anything else beyond to determine if it was a letter. Will cease from doing so as I really try to adhere to not opening other's mail without permission. I still feel bad about the whole thing.

[Wendygurl]

If the mail carrier wrote the number on the mail with a question mark it is because they were unsure because either the number did not exist or the name was no good so they went with the more reasonable answer which may have been your home.

No one should write on the mail except for the mail carrier and then it is for code purposes or clarification. If the person no longer lives at the address and it does not say current resident then just put a post-it or something on it.

We get loads of mail and sometimes we are unable to keep up with everyone moving in and out. New people have an even harder time since they may not know anyone.

[blas]

I don't mean to steal the thread, but ever since August/September, once or twice a month I keep getting mail for a guy who I'm assuming once lived here. The first two or three times I got the letters (it's from a business downtown) there was a ? mark handwritten by the guy's name and my address.

I admit that a couple of times I did write "Does not live here" "Wrong address" and "Return to sender", but I still kept getting mail for this guy from that same place even after that, but not more ?s written on the letters.

I don't even know what to do anymore. Since late October or November, I just put the letters into the outgoing mailbox, because writing on them did no good. I never get the same ones back again, but they just keep sending them to me over and over again.

I know it's illegal to mess with the mail, so I don't want to open it or anything, but I don't even know what the hell to do or who to call or what to do about it. Once or twice a month I still get stuff for this guy. Back in October, after I'd written on the letters, I got 3 in a row the next time around, that's why I stopped writing on them, I figured it was retaliation. My best bet right now is they want money from this dude. Funny thing is, I've lived here for almost 4 years, never had mail for this guy before, and before me, two girls lived here for a year or two, so this guy must have been before them, or maybe even further back than that. At earliest, he probably lived here in 04 or 05!

Seems like this place downtown is adament that this guy lives here, and the postal service never did anything about the ones I wrote on or all the ones I've just put back into the mailbox.

[Mytical]

Google the companies name, find a phone number. Call the company, be firm and let them know to stop sending the mail..that is my only suggestion.

[blas]

I wrote them an e-mail. If that wasn't enough, then I'll probably get another letter within a few weeks, because it's usually just once or twice a month that they send me something.

I googled the business, they lease storage units and apartments. So I'm positive now it's a bill for something he rented and they want their money. But seriousy, several months now of sending notices or bills and no response other than getting your letters back? Wouldn't they be calling him threatening collections or lawsuits? In the e-mail, I gave them the property management company's name and phone number, so they could call and see if there were records of where he moved after here.

Pardon the threadjack, I am just going to hope that that worked.

[Wendygurl]

I keep getting mail for a guy who I'm assuming once lived here

blas you may find that it is an advertisement or something and that it is a random name that the system uses. Is it first class mail? I get loads of those in the mail I am delivering and it may be the same name at multiple addresses. Just a thought?