Wrongly delivered mail. What do you do with it?
By mobyfriend
@mobyfriend (1017)
Netherlands
February 24, 2007 8:40am CST
What do you do with a letter that has been delivered to your adress but is not for you? I always try to trace the person on the adress and dleiver it in person if the person lives in my neighbourhood. But I've heard a story that someone just throws the mail in the garbage. This something I don't understand. The letter might be important like a doctor's appointment being rescheduled.
What do you do with mail that has not been delivered correctly?
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6 responses
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
29 Mar 07
If the person lives in the area, I will deliver it to them. If they don't, I will take it to the post office for them to do. A lot of times the post office puts wrong boxes into my PO box. I always return it.
@michelledarcy (5220)
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24 Feb 07
If I get mail for the old owners of this house I tend to just throw it away. I should really return it to sender but I would be doing about 3 letters a day and most of it is only junk mail anyway.
@mobyfriend (1017)
• Netherlands
25 Feb 07
Oh yes junkmail I throw away too. The occupant of my house gets mail from a watchcompany. I mailed them that this person is not leaving there anymore for the past 16 years but they keep on delivering the junkmail.
@ganwn071 (1116)
• Singapore
1 Apr 07
I live in an apartment and the letter are delivered into letter box that are line up at the 1st floor, and if the worngly delivered letter in within my apartment, I will try to find the address and slot it into the correct address.
And if it is deleivered to the correct address but wrong addressee, I will cross it out and return to the post box and return to sender.
@dlkuku (1935)
• United States
1 Apr 07
I write return to sender on it, adress unknown, and put it back in my mailbox the next day for the mailman to take.
I lived here for a year, and for the first six months, I recieved a lot of mail for the previous owners. I kept doing that and now I only get their mail occasionally. It is not my responsibility to find them and deliver them.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
1 Apr 07
i just write "wrong adress"on it and stick it back out of the mailbox.our carrier will take it and re-deliver it.i don't deliver it personally because you get accused of stealing mail sometimes if you do around here.
