What to do with mail

[Herr Kutz]

I dropped a load of mail off at the post office this past weekend and told them the addressees no longer live at the address. I come home on Monday and the mail is back in my mailbox. I'm tired of having it in my mailbox. At what point can it be pitched if the post office keeps delivering it back to me?

 

[RLGL]

You could be nice and try to find the forwarding address or ......and toss it

 

[Herr Kutz]

That's the post office's job, not mine.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Did you speak to the supervisor at the post office?

 

[sdifox]

http://m.wikihow.com/Return-to-Sender

 

[BoomerD]

Write on the envelope: RTS-NFA

 

[IronWing]

Pee on it and throw it in a drop box.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Open it just to say you've been a bad boy and committed a federal offense.

Or just look through them and hope someone sent a christmas card with a $50 bill.

 

[pcgeek11]

Return to sender once. After that it goes in the trash.

 

[Newbian]

Wood stove loves to eat some junk mail like this.

If you returned it once like that then it's free game for anything in the future for that person.

 

[who?]

If the postage says standard mail and the mailer didn't endorse it with any service requested it's just trash to be recycled. If it's first class the forwarding time may be expired. How long has it been since those people lived there?

 

[who?]

If it's addressed to a name or current resident, YOU are the current resident and therefore it is your mail.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Return to sender should work.

If it's all destined to the same person you could try to find out where they live and drop it off. When I moved into my house the previous owner was an older widow that had moved to an old age home so I'd just go drop her mail there which was usually Christmas cards. I don't recall how I found this out though, maybe through the realtor. That was kinda above and beyond though, but figured that for an old lady, I'd do it. She past away several years ago though. I was actually kinda sad, and did not even know her. It was practically becoming a Christmas tradition to go drop her cards off and it was just several blocks from my place anyway so not really a big deal.

 

[Humpy]

Did you speak to the supervisor at the post office?

Haha!

It was probably the supervisor who decided to troll the OP in the first place by sending it all back to his mailbox.

I'm sure they all had a bit of a giggle over it.

 

[Murloc]

maybe the clerk just didn't want to deal with it and did this on purpose.

Still, if your name is not on it, it's not your problem.

 

[nakedfrog]

I know someone with this problem, they've been at the address for two years and still get mail for the previous resident, despite writing various combinations of things on the envelopes. Finally just looked up the person on Facebook and said "Hey, if you want these W2s, give me your forwarding address."
Obviously the previous resident can't be the brightest bulb...

 

[ISAslot]

I'd get tons of mail from previous residents. I would write return to sender or trash. I got so much I invested in a return to sender stamp. Haven't got any unwanted mail since. Probably because I want to use my stamp.

 

[sdifox]

I'd get tons of mail from previous residents. I would write return to sender or trash. I got so much I invested in a return to sender stamp. Haven't got any unwanted mail since. Probably because I want to use my stamp.

Stamp it on ad mail

 

[TwiceOver]

Black sharpie out your address and "Return to sender". That way they can't send it back to you. I also write "No such resident" so the sender knows why it came back and will maybe update their system.

I haven't had any mail like this in a few years, so it must work eventually.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Write "Not at this address" on each envelope, take it to the PO counter, and hand it to a postal employee with an air of mild exasperation.

There's a university just across the road from where I work. Every year, inevitably, some college student mistakenly enters the wrong PO box number and their mail comes to us. I drive past the place every day, so often I'll stop in and leave the mail item at the campus PO desk. Not my bag, granted, just out of courtesy. Occasionally, I carry it down a couple blocks to the PO, and point out to the person at the desk that the mail is obviously intended for the university. I even correct the address on the envelope with a pen.