Community Chat

[Marp]

Before destroying or withholding mail addressed to someone other than yourself please check 18 U.S.C. 83, particularly sections 1702, 1703 and 1705.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title18/html/USCODE-2009-title18-partI-chap83.htm

[Lila Belle]

Keeping something that you did not order is stealing imo.

[september]

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@Marp wrote:

Before destroying or withholding mail addressed to someone other than yourself please check 18 U.S.C. 83, particularly sections 1702, 1703 and 1705.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title18/html/USCODE-2009-title18-partI-chap83.htm

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If someone else has fraudulently used my address of 23  years....let them try and prosecute me for throwing out their mail.  I would hope our government has better things to do with their time and the taxpayer's money.  

[Scooby Doo]

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@september wrote:

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@Marp wrote:

Before destroying or withholding mail addressed to someone other than yourself please check 18 U.S.C. 83, particularly sections 1702, 1703 and 1705.

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title18/html/USCODE-2009-title18-partI-chap83.htm

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If someone else has fraudulently used my address of 23  years....let them try and prosecute me for throwing out their mail.  I would hope our government has better things to do with their time and the taxpayer's money.  

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Agree.  Who's going to  file charges?  A nonexistent person who supposedly lives at your address? 

I would look at the situation the other way around if I were suspicious.  Different name from those who live at your address could mean that you are using someone else identity but listing your address.

[missy1]

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@SundayMonday wrote:

I didn't keep the shoes either.  I hope you aren't acusing me of trying to steal them.  I knew enough about the rules of the po to know what the outcome would be.  The shoe situation was solved within a week.  The bigger problem was solved within about 2 weeks, when the postmaster went to the apt complex and told the office mgr about THEIR screwup.

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I didn't accuse you of anything. I would not have kept the shoes, and waited for an outcome (or even opened the box.). How if an outcome never came? I would just return them back to sender. (even if it happened many times) 

*This situation for me applies when the name is not mine, but has my address. (mail/packages) 

[Mothertrucker]

I bought my house 8 years ago, about a year after my mother died..My mother and I never shared an address..well not since high school!

Suddenly, about 3 years ago, I began receiving mail for my deceased mom, at MY address.....

weird how how long people must remain on mailing lists....

[Desertdi]

For a solid YEAR.........I was getting mail, furniture and appliance deliveries, someone "inspecting" my roof, etc.   Even Google listed a second person with a different name at MY address.  This person was living  at 0000 WEST Easy Street.      I am at the same number on EAST Easy Street.     Finally, it stopped.   I assume the owner realized he made a mistake when giving out his address.

[S Woods]

I have been through this same situation.  BEST solution:  Go to the USPS Website and send an email to the Postmaster.  State your complaint and insist that they contact you to resolve the problem.  I got FAST results, I was contacted by the USPS via email within the week!  I was called to insure the situation was resolved and even later to make sure it hadn't reoccurred. 

I wasted weeks/months trying to correct the problem locally and nothing was done.  I was inundated with mail, magazines and junk for someone who never lived here..UGH! 

Go to the top and get it fixed!

cheers...swoods