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Thread ID: 117904	2011-05-10 06:05:00	Mail problem (not email)	DeSade (984)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1201035	2011-05-10 06:05:00	So we live in a rented house have done for over a year and we are getting all sorts of mail that does not belong to us. We have tried return to sender they keep coming Writing to the post office they keep coming No idea who these people are or where they are so cannot contact them. Any ideas?	DeSade (984)
1201036	2011-05-10 07:47:00	Readers digest??	Gobe1 (6290)
1201037	2011-05-10 07:53:00	We had something similar - SWMBO went back to the post office 3 times with a large pile of letters each time all addressed to the previous owners - dumped them on the counter stating the people dont live here any more :mad: In the end after two years, we now just bin anything that arrives. If the people cant be bothered changing address then tough on them.	wainuitech (129)
1201038	2011-05-10 08:09:00	Usually if you get mail from someone like the bank and you return it to sender you get action. Apparently they tag their file that they have moved and have not changed their address. Next time they come in they are asked what their new address is? Maybe your landlord could shed some light.	Bobh (5192)
1201039	2011-05-10 08:19:00	I think binning is probably the best idea.	DeSade (984)
1201040	2011-05-10 09:11:00	Steam them open and act on the ones that say "Please come and collect your Lotto/Bonus Bonds/etc winnings!"	coldot (6847)
1201041	2011-05-10 11:30:00	I think binning is probably the best idea. This might be ok for junk mail, but I rather think that for personally addressed envelopes it could quite possibly be illegal. It might classify as "destroying mail" or "interfering with mail" and the finger would point directly at the current residents. Is it too much trouble to write "Return to Sender" if there is a return address, or "Gone, no forwarding address"? or to take it to the local post office and ask them to act on it? Methinks we would hear screams of outrage if the boot was on the other foot and your mail was being dumped! Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
1201042	2011-05-10 12:06:00	This might be ok for junk mail, but I rather think that for personally addressed envelopes it could quite possibly be illegal. It might classify as "destroying mail" or "interfering with mail" and the finger would point directly at the current residents. Is it too much trouble to write "Return to Sender" if there is a return address, or "Gone, no forwarding address"? or to take it to the local post office and ask them to act on it? Methinks we would hear screams of outrage if the boot was on the other foot and your mail was being dumped! Cheers Billy 8-{) x 2 Mostly the official type is sorted out fairly quickly. A "gone no forwarding address" or "return to sender" will suffice. If it is obviously junk mail then I don't think anyone would care if it was placed in "file 13".	Marnie (4574)
1201043	2011-05-10 12:47:00	I have returned to sender on everything from junk to IRD mail It is still coming, at least 3 -4 pieces from each agency so far, banks, IRD to name a couple. Sick of it.	DeSade (984)
1201044	2011-05-10 20:35:00	The people we bought the house from had not lived in it for 9 months, we have now been here for 7. We still get their mail. I now throw it in the rubbish.	pctek (84)
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