What can I do about mail sent my house that isnt mine

[TheSiege]

The lady that lived here before me had 15 kids (or somewhere close to that i swear) and none of them have the brains to change their address with non-important places like their bank or college. So i get a flood of their mail almost daily.

I'm going to give her a list of her kids names, and who is sending them mail (i.e. wells fargo, college, central bank) and a number for each that they can use to call and change their address, other then that, what can i do? throw it away?

i put return to sender on the mail but my mail man either ignores that or just thinks I didnt check my mail from the previous day and just adds more mail to it.

cliffs:
keep getting other peoples mail at my house
WTF can i do???

 

[miri]

sounds like a lazy postal employee

i always put "forward" on the letter and the the postal worker takes takes it

 

[Rowboat]

Fill out a mail forwarding form to have it sent to your neighbors house.

 

[PottedMeat]

Six Months? Throw that crap away. Sell it to spammers? If they don't care after 6 months about what happens to their mail, why should you?

 

[lupi]

When you find out, let me know.

(<<Still gets mail from 2 previous residents even after owning house for 6+ years.)

 

[smack Down]

Put deceased return to sender on all the mail you get.

Edit, Did you put up the flag to tell the postman that you have out going mail in the box?

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Go to the post office and ask?

Man people are lazy these days.

 

[db]

Draw a diagonal line through the name & address and put it back in the mailbox. PO will forward.

 

[BoomerD]

We've been in this house for over 8 years, and still get mail for the previous owners...(and he was a preacher...should be responsible enough to take care of having the mail forwarded...)

 

[imported_LoKe]

Conveniently leave it on the porch. During a hurricane.

 

[KMFJD]

garbage ftw

 

[bctbct]

Tape a note on your mailbox for the mailman to only leave mail with your name on it. Leave it there in case there is a sub.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

from usps.com

Despite our best efforts, occasionally mail is mis-delivered, or is delivered to an old location for an individual. If you are receiving mail for the previous resident and do not know their address, simply return the mail piece back to the mailstream (by leaving in a Collection Box® or other mail receptacle) with the notation "Not at this address" marked on the envelope.

If you do know the address of the previous resident mail can be forwarded (or reforwarded) in certain situations, depending on what the mail is:

* First-Class Mail® items
o The address (but not the name) may be changed and the mail reforwarded as often as necessary to reach the addressee.
1. Cross out any of the address necessary to be changed.
2. Write the correct address on the envelope.
o The name cannot be changed without a new envelope and new postage.
o NOTE: This does not apply to Post Office Box? mail. If you have questions about forwarding mail delivered to a PO Box, please contact your local Post Office?.
* Accountable Mail (i.e. - mail that requires a signature and/or payment of fees from the addressee or the addressee's agent before delivery is complete)
o Once delivered, Accountable mail cannot be hand forwarded.
o To forward the item, you must pay postage for the item to be mailed to the new address.
* Other Mail Classes
o Contact your local Post Office for more information on Forwarding other classes

Destroying mail that was not intended for you may be prohibited by US laws.

*
Willfully destroying mail is an act that may be punishable by the Federal Government.
*
If you have any questions about the legality of doing this, please contact your local law enforcement.

 

[GeekDrew]

Some postal carriers are awesome, and some are lazy slobs who don't deserve to breathe. I have two close friends that are part of the former group, that work with a lot of the latter group.

If your notes on the mail hasn't been sufficient, write a letter to your postmaster. You can find your post office's address on the USPS website, or if you're too lazy, just send it to "POSTMASTER, abcde-9998" where abcde is your zip code, and it should get to him or her. Postmasters are generally more responsible than postal carriers, and you have a better chance of it being taken care of that way. Generally, that is; not always, but usually.

Oh, and do indicate "Not at this address" or "No such recipient"; don't put deceased if that's not the case. I'd hate to be the person that gets a notice from the SSA that they are dead.

 

[silverpig]

Have it all forwarded to the next credit card company that sends you junk mail!