Return to Sender - Returned to Me

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

I will sometimes get mail for people who have lived at the house that I am now currently occupying.

In the past two weeks, I have received mail for three different people.

One is a Christmas card, one is tax documents from the VA, and one is a medical bill.

On each I wrote in big letters, "RETURN TO SENDER - THIS PERSON DOES NOT LIVE HERE".

I dropped them off at a curbside mailbox.

I'll be dammed if they weren't returned to me.

I am trying to do the right thing, by getting the mail to the proper recipients.

I guess I am going to have to make a trip to the post office and hand them to a postal employee, telling them that these people don't live at that address anymore.

I have never heard of these people, nor do I know where they currently reside.

Hopefully the mail won't boomerang back to me again.

Sheesh!

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

Xivambala · ‎07-26-2019

@Anonymous032819 ---> I have the same thing happening to me in Florida. I have written "This person no longer at this address for 2 years" on the envelop and dropped the letter(s) at the post office boxes. I have one piece that has now been returned to me today for the 4th time.

I wonder if the postal workers can actually read! After the Holiday period I just may have to go and ask to speak to the Postmaster and file a complaint or look online at how to file a complaint. It is not up to me to destroy this mail. It's been 2 years since I purchased my condo and I still get mail for the prior owner of my condo. I have no idea if this person is alive, or where they are.

lovesrecess · ‎03-14-2010

The USPS is in such disarray, nothing surprises me. We have had horrible mail service for over a year and the holidays and COVID have just made things worse. I have had three pkgs dropped on my porch by someone who had them delivered to their house by mistake. I never saw the person, but they rang the doorbell and left a note on each one. Nice to have nice neighbors. My address was clearly marked on all pkgs. I have been getting the wrong mail and pkgs since Thanksgiving. The addresses have no resemblance to mine. Some are not e en in the same city as I am. So the burden is on me to go to the USPS and leave it there?

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@Anonymous032819 When we bought our house years ago we continued to get the previous owners mail for 25 years. One piece was about some Clorox stock she had...we got mail on that stock no matter what I did to let them know not to mail it to my address. After about 15 years of returning the mail I just stoped returning it and started throwing it away. Finally the mail stoped coming....going on 25 years of receiving it.

fthunt · ‎12-24-2010

@Anonymous032819 How long ago did they move from your address? I'd say - forget it - it's their problem Christmas card not important - VA should have some current records and a medical bill = I wouldn't worry about it.

Trash all 3 - - -

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

Sometimes I think they put a bar code on the very bottom of the envelope and that is how it finds it way back to you. Take a Sharpie and draw a thick line across the barcode lines and also your address.

I doubt you'll ever see that envelope again.

Venezia · ‎03-09-2010

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
I will sometimes get mail for people who have lived at the house that I am now currently occupying.

In the past two weeks, I have received mail for three different people.

One is a Christmas card, one is tax documents from the VA, and one is a medical bill.

On each I wrote in big letters, "RETURN TO SENDER - THIS PERSON DOES NOT LIVE HERE".

I dropped them off at a curbside mailbox.

I'll be dammed if they weren't returned to me.

I am trying to do the right thing, by getting the mail to the proper recipients.

I guess I am going to have to make a trip to the post office and hand them to a postal employee, telling them that these people don't live at that address anymore.

I have never heard of these people, nor do I know where they currently reside.

Hopefully the mail won't boomerang back to me again.

Sheesh!

@Anonymous032819 - I'm not sure how you know what's in these pieces of mail, but I would ignore the advice to "trash them".

It's a federal offense to open or destroy mail that is not addressed to you.

I think your decision to hand them to a postal employee is probably the best idea. Anything from the VA and a medical bill needs to be delivered or, failing that, returned. Even a Christmas card could be important. You don't know what else could be in it.

Another thing you could try is blocking out the "to" address. That way the post office would only have the return address to go by.

I know it might be frustrating but I'd treat it the way I'd want something meant for me to be treated. Plus, it's the law.

"" A little learning is a dangerous thing."-Alexander Pope

Wsmom · ‎03-09-2010

I placed an order at QVC and received my order, and then received another one a few days later. Never opened the box and took it to the PO to return it and followed their direction, to write return to sender, etc., on the package. Sure enough, it made it back to my house and our mailman caught it and sent it out again.

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

@Venezia wrote:
@Anonymous032819 wrote:
I will sometimes get mail for people who have lived at the house that I am now currently occupying.

In the past two weeks, I have received mail for three different people.

One is a Christmas card, one is tax documents from the VA, and one is a medical bill.

On each I wrote in big letters, "RETURN TO SENDER - THIS PERSON DOES NOT LIVE HERE".

I dropped them off at a curbside mailbox.

I'll be dammed if they weren't returned to me.

I am trying to do the right thing, by getting the mail to the proper recipients.

I guess I am going to have to make a trip to the post office and hand them to a postal employee, telling them that these people don't live at that address anymore.

I have never heard of these people, nor do I know where they currently reside.

Hopefully the mail won't boomerang back to me again.

Sheesh!
@Anonymous032819 - I'm not sure how you know what's in these pieces of mail, but I would ignore the advice to "trash them".

It's a federal offense to open or destroy mail that is not addressed to you.

I think your decision to hand them to a postal employee is probably the best idea. Anything from the VA and a medical bill needs to be delivered or, failing that, returned. Even a Christmas card could be important. You don't know what else could be in it.

Another thing you could try is blocking out the "to" address. That way the post office would only have the return address to go by.

I know it might be frustrating but I'd treat it the way I'd want something meant for me to be treated. Plus, it's the law.

@Venezia

How do I know what's inside of the envelopes?

It says on the envelope what's inside.

The VA one says "FOR YOUR TAX RECORDS ONLY. Important Tax Information Enclosed" .

The medical one, the return address part says ""******** Radiology Medical Group"

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

panda1234 · ‎04-27-2015

@Anonymous032819 Pieces of mail are not looked at by the human eye. If you notice there is a bar code on the bottom of the envelope front and/or back. Take a black sharpie and go over it and blackout your address also. Write return to sender and that should work.