To Much Daily Junk Mail

[Michael G.]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

[retiredguy123]

It's the fault of the Postal Service for making it too cheap to send mail. Do you ever get junk mail from FedEx or UPS?

[Two Bills]

It's the fault of the Postal Service for making it too cheap to send mail. Do you ever get junk mail from FedEx or UPS?

Without junk mail, there would be no Postal Service!

[Mrprez]

Without junk mail, there would be no Postal Service!

What’s the downside?:popcorn:

[retiredguy123]

What’s the downside?:popcorn:
Exactly. I would like to cancel my account with the Postal Service. But, it is one of the few "services" that you cannot cancel.

[Velvet]

And I am getting the mail for the lady who owned our home previously who had passed away 7 years ago.

[Two Bills]

What’s the downside?:popcorn:

Quite a lot if you are a postal worker or pensioner I should imagine!

[retiredguy123]

Quite a lot if you are a postal worker or pensioner I should imagine!
Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Post office delivers more packages then any of the other delivery services ups is second

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Package delivery, prescription delivery, bills, health insurance statements, postcards from friends, wedding invitations, magazines I subscribe to - and I use the postal service to pay bills, write to friends.

In all, a useful service and dirt-cheap. Have you priced out the cost to send a letter via the cheapest FedEx option? Or send a response to a wedding invitation? How much do you think your Good Housekeeping subscription would cost if they had to send each month's edition via UPS?

I don't mind the junk mail. Sometimes it's actually entertaining. Usually I just throw it in the trash.

[golfing eagles]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

So, where do you live that you can pick up your mail at the end of your driveway????

[Michael G.]

Package delivery, prescription delivery, bills, health insurance statements, postcards from friends, wedding invitations, magazines I subscribe to - and I use the postal service to pay bills, write to friends.

In all, a useful service and dirt-cheap. Have you priced out the cost to send a letter via the cheapest FedEx option? Or send a response to a wedding invitation? How much do you think your Good Housekeeping subscription would cost if they had to send each month's edition via UPS?

I don't mind the junk mail. Sometimes it's actually entertaining. Usually I just throw it in the trash.

Have you ever heard of the internet??

Pay your bills by snail mail or go hi-tech.

Magazines? Who can afford them anymore, then ask yourself why they took
them out of waiting rooms??

One last advice:
When you send $$$$ through the mail by check, your reasonable until the receiver
cashes your check.
Pay on line with your credit card and it's instant.
Any money not received on the other end you can call your credit card company
to figure it out.

Happy 2021

[PugMom]

" Save this crap for the snow-birds ,"...........poor folks probably have enough where they are now, too. :)

[Toymeister]

I've been going to the free chicken dinners. Once you go, without buying, they don't send you any more invitations.

For credit card offers I mail back the pre-approval to them in their own prepaid envelope and they spread the word

My approach has cut down my mail.

[Michael G.]

I thought a couple times, bundle all junk mail for a month, mark it "Return to Sender".
Then maybe someone out there would get the hint.

[Stu from NYC]

I've been going to the free chicken dinners. Once you go, without buying, they don't send you any more invitations.

For credit card offers I mail back the pre-approval to them in their own prepaid envelope and they spread the word

My approach has cut down my mail.

The free dinner when it is at a good restaurant makes the junk mail less junky.

They do seem to keep inviting us though.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

The free dinner when it is at a good restaurant makes the junk mail less junky.

They do seem to keep inviting us though.

I've been considering going to one or two of these. Is the food any good?

Most of them are reverse mortgage scams and cremation services. I won't be needing a reverse mortgage - probably ever, and I'm Jewish - my people don't get cremated :)

So none of that stuff would apply to me. But hey - a couple hours listening to a salesman try and push something on me that I won't be getting, in exchange for a gourmet meal? I'm into that.

[Stu from NYC]

I've been considering going to one or two of these. Is the food any good?

Most of them are reverse mortgage scams and cremation services. I won't be needing a reverse mortgage - probably ever, and I'm Jewish - my people don't get cremated :)

So none of that stuff would apply to me. But hey - a couple hours listening to a salesman try and push something on me that I won't be getting, in exchange for a gourmet meal? I'm into that.

Not at all interested in reverse mortgages or getting burned up. We just go to the financial seminars when they are inviting us to a good restaurant.

Got to go to the Brazilian Steakhouse in Ocala, Arnold Palmer CC and several others. In a couple of weeks going to Marks Prime Steakhouse.

Some day might be interested in doing something with one of these firms. Who knows.

[Velvet]

The headache you get with the sales pitch just doesn’t make the meal worth while. I went to a timeshare dinner once. At the time I was considering buying timeshare as a possibility, but the more they pushed … anyways, I won’t do that again.

[mepoole]

Why push it off on snowbirds or snowflakes? We don’t want it!! We get away from it by having our mail forwarded back and forth from our northern address. Junk mail doesn’t follow us either way UNTIL our names and addresses are picked up here. Then - here it comes!

[Luggage]

Maybe it's those darn snowbirds sending you all this junk mail

[Eg_cruz]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds
Sometimes I think retirees forget that they used to work for a living.
Did you never advertise with your business(or the owner of the business) when you were working?
These companies are just trying to make a living and keep the doors open.
Remember……..” One mans Junk is an Others man Treasure.”

Try to keep in mind this companies have employees and families to take care of and they are just trying to keep the doors open.

[Eg_cruz]

I've been considering going to one or two of these. Is the food any good?

Most of them are reverse mortgage scams and cremation services. I won't be needing a reverse mortgage - probably ever, and I'm Jewish - my people don't get cremated :)

So none of that stuff would apply to me. But hey - a couple hours listening to a salesman try and push something on me that I won't be getting, in exchange for a gourmet meal? I'm into that.
Smh………

[Girlcopper]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house


Save this crap for the snow-birds
So? Throw it away. Its not that difficult

[Cassieb]

That junk mail provides jobs for mail carriers, advertisers, the producers of ink and paper, type setters, printers, salesmen, garbage men etc. and it does bring in some needed income to the business that are doing the advertising. Please don't let it upset you, just toss it out if you do not want it.

[Lynnesail]

And why do I, as a seasonal resident, deserve more junk mail?

[chenault55]

And I am getting the mail for the lady who owned our home previously who had passed away 7 years ago.

Just mark it not at this address or deceased and put it in the mail slot. Sometimes it takes a few times because so many companies buy lists. I did this for about a year. They will finally get it and waste their postage money on someone else. I get very little junk mail now. The only exception I can think of is when a name is on it but it also says or current resident, then you just have to recycle it.

[tallmanf]

I’m getting mail for 3 dead people. I tried to return to sender with deceased on it , but they keep coming,

[GOLFER54]

Junk mail is what keeps the USPS in business.

[LaneyBeckler]

And all the charities endlessly seeking more donations! You make a donation to a charity and they tell all the other charities about you by selling your name and address. "No good deed goes unpunished."

[Domenick]

Where is the push by environmentalist. How many trees can we save. It must contribute to global warming.

[noslices1]

Without the “junk mail”, the Post Office will go out of business.

[KRMACK55]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

The postal workers get a bonus for each piece they deliver. I asked them

[msilagy]

Friendliest hometown post

[Larchap49]

Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!

That are paid more than an RN saving lives and caring for Covid patients. (Not talking about Villages mail box stuffers but us postal workers)

[Windguy]

Exactly. I would like to cancel my account with the Postal Service. But, it is one of the few "services" that you cannot cancel.
If you really hate it so much and want it to go away, I don’t think anyone is holding a gun to your head to make you go down to the postal station to collect it. Just quit going there.

[Larchap49]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

Without all the junk mail what would the Villages burn to make our electricity

[Susan Phillips]

And I am getting the mail for the lady who owned our home previously who had passed away 7 years ago.

Return to sender with the notation “deceased 2014”. It works.

[Stu from NYC]

Our son who moved out to go to College 25 years ago still was getting junk mail 20 plus years later while we were still living in Va.

Somehow now that we live here he is getting his junk mail with our new address.

[Jeanette.U]

I signed up with DMAchoice.org in June. For $2 they supposedly take your name/address off junk mail lists for 10 years. I decided to try it for that amount. So far, I can’t say I’ve seen much difference. Oh well….

[OhioBuckeye]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

So what are you trying to say, what’s the solution?

[retiredguy123]

If you really hate it so much and want it to go away, I don’t think anyone is holding a gun to your head to make you go down to the postal station to collect it. Just quit going there.
It wouldn't work. I don't go there often, but you can't quit going because you may receive an "official" letter that you must respond to, such as a letter from the IRS, a jury summons, or a court order. I think people should be able to cancel their postal account, and all mail would be returned to the sender, notifying them that the recipient no longer has a Postal Service account. That would greatly reduce the junk mail problem.

[psych2002]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds
There’s an app for that. US PS mobile it will show you what’s in your mailbox each day and save you a trip

[DAVES]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

Imagine how lucky we are. This is a big problem? Truly simple solution, pick up your mail every two or three days and toss the junk.

[fcgiii]

There's a trash can less than 20 feet from the mail box.

[MollyJo]

And I am getting the mail for the lady who owned our home previously who had passed away 7 years ago.

RTS No Such Addressee
I return this mail into USPS mail boxes. Job security 🤣

[Dana1963]

That are paid more than an RN saving lives and caring for Covid patients. (Not talking about Villages mail box stuffers but us postal workers)
You are a WEALTH OF MISINFORMATION!

[DAVES]

Return to sender with the notation “deceased 2014”. It works.

I've done similar things. However, bulk mail does not get returned to sender. Does it work? We never know. Somethings just cure themselves.

[Dana1963]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds
Wait till the snowbirds return and take all the T times then you'll have something to complain about.
I'll be returning around Nov 15

[Two Bills]

The postal workers get a bonus for each piece they deliver. I asked them

Nope!

[rogerk]

The junk mail covers most of the Post Office’s costs. Small price to pay for the convenience of daily, including Saturday, delivery. Be careful what you wish for.

[JanetMM]

The postal workers get a bonus for each piece they deliver. I asked them

And for every 1,000 pieces they get a toaster!

Talk about 1st world problems! Thank goodness we all live where we do. How would we handle real problems that 1/2 the world does? I include myself. I am spoiled and I know it. I will handle these inconveniences and remind myself that they ARE inconveniences and really not problems. But sometimes I do forget, so remind me when I do. 😁

[DAVES]

Where is the push by environmentalist. How many trees can we save. It must contribute to global warming.

I have the same thought about TAX FORMS.

The truth, THE REALITY, other than fine quality paper, most paper is made from wood pulp. It comes from trees that are actually farm raised. Same is true for most construction lumber.

I am a bit of a tree hugger BUT, the environmentalists, seem to be totally blind to the paper they use, the fuel they burn and the forest fires in Calif are a miracle. They do not produce CO2, or any smoke etc. Heck those trees do not as all other plants do, capture CO2 and release oxygen.

[retiredguy123]

I have the same thought about TAX FORMS.

The truth, THE REALITY, other than fine quality paper, most paper is made from wood pulp. It comes from trees that are actually farm raised. Same is true for most construction lumber.

I am a bit of a tree hugger BUT, the environmentalists, seem to be totally blind to the paper they use, the fuel they burn and the forest fires in Calif are a miracle. They do not produce CO2, or any smoke etc. Heck those trees do not as all other plants do, capture CO2 and release oxygen.
I think the major affect on the environment is the fuel and transportation of the junk mail to deliver it to people around the country, and then the fuel and transportation to pick it up and disposed of it. What a waste!

[Stu from NYC]

There's a trash can less than 20 feet from the mail box.

Then the mail center police would complain that people are putting too much trash in those cans and should carry it home to put it in your trash.

Believe it or not have seen several threads on this.

[retiredguy123]

You are a WEALTH OF MISINFORMATION!
Are you saying that Federal employee postal workers don't make more money than RNs? Maybe not in direct salary, but, when you consider the pay and benefits, I think the postal workers make more money. Almost every Federal career job is worth well over $100K per year in pay and benefits.

[toniandjosef@aol.com]

Those are tax dollars! Our tax dollars and yet we get absolutely no say and how those tax dollars are spent salaries etc.

[Stu from NYC]

I’m getting mail for 3 dead people. I tried to return to sender with deceased on it , but they keep coming,

Do they still vote?:)

[Michael G.]

The irony of this all, company's pay big bucks to mail these junk mailings and write it off as a advertising expense.

[Carlsondm]

What you need is a junk mail pelletizer and a pellet grill.

[Bogie Shooter]

Wait till the snowbirds return and take all the T times then you'll have something to complain about.
I'll be returning around Nov 15

Welcome back, in case I miss you in November.:)

[inda50]

Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!

They work hard and preform a valuable service. I am not one , but the few I have known, none are wealthy. and the work is hard. They are underpaid in my opinion.

[manaboutown]

I receive only a trivial amount of junk mail anymore. Some of it is addressed to an aunt who passed away in 1994 as I was the executor of her estate. She contributed small amounts to many different charities so especially around the end of the year I receive mail addressed to her, yes also political tracts and requests for donations. It amazes me that they tracked my moves!

What I used to do for entertainment years ago was stuff postage paid envelopes from advertiser A with material from advertiser B and mail the envelopes. It became a hobby and the amount of junk mail I received dropped precipitously within a short period of time.

Years ago I read a newspaper article on a local who found a use for junk mail and encouraged advertisers to send it to him. I do not know how he did that. He compressed it somehow and burned it in a wood stove to heat his house in the winter. lol

[Velvet]

And for every 1,000 pieces they get a toaster!

Talk about 1st world problems! Thank goodness we all live where we do. How would we handle real problems that 1/2 the world does? I include myself. I am spoiled and I know it. I will handle these inconveniences and remind myself that they ARE inconveniences and really not problems. But sometimes I do forget, so remind me when I do. 😁

Please remember, we ARE the first world, of course we have first world problems. ;)

[Topspinmo]

Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!

We should be glad one service that hasn’t shipped jobs overseas. The people that has to sort and deliver mail are hard working and the deserve descent wage. But, like all government jobs all the money and benefits goes to management which adds nothing to value or daily service. In most cases they are they are the hindrance.

[MrFlorida]

I prefer junk mail over bills.

[Stu from NYC]

I receive only a trivial amount of junk mail anymore. Some of it is addressed to an aunt who passed away in 1994 as I was the executor of her estate. She contributed small amounts to many different charities so especially around the end of the year I receive mail addressed to her, yes also political tracts and requests for donations. It amazes me that they tracked my moves!

What I used to do for entertainment years ago was stuff postage paid envelopes from advertiser A with material from advertiser B and mail the envelopes. It became a hobby and the amount of junk mail I received dropped precipitously within a short period of time.

Years ago I read a newspaper article on a local who found a use for junk mail and encouraged advertisers to send it to him. I do not know how he did that. He compressed it somehow and burned it in a wood stove to heat his house in the winter. lol

It is amazing that very often when you make a donation to a particular charity you get almost weekly requests for more donations.

Not to mention that they often sell your name to other charities.

[davem4616]

seems like every charity that we've ever given money sends us requests for more money every month...which we ignore, as we
now only give to one charity that has the least amount of overhead....

I just toss everything else....but would love to get off their mailing lists

[Stu from NYC]

seems like every charity that we've ever given money sends us requests for more money every month...which we ignore, as we
now only give to one charity that has the least amount of overhead....

I just toss everything else....but would love to get off their mailing lists

Even more annoying is when they start sending you "free gifts" that you have no use for and do not want.

[EdFNJ]

I thought a couple times, bundle all junk mail for a month, mark it "Return to Sender".
Then maybe someone out there would get the hint.
Won't work ... only first class mail or mail marked (and paid for) "address update requested" will get returned. The rest goes in the trash by the USPS.

[EdFNJ]

Package delivery, prescription delivery, bills, health insurance statements, postcards from friends, wedding invitations, magazines I subscribe to - and I use the postal service to pay bills, write to friends.

In all, a useful service and dirt-cheap. Have you priced out the cost to send a letter via the cheapest FedEx option? Or send a response to a wedding invitation? How much do you think your Good Housekeeping subscription would cost if they had to send each month's edition via UPS?

I don't mind the junk mail. Sometimes it's actually entertaining. Usually I just throw it in the trash.
You still send checks by mail? I bought 200 checks well over 10 years ago (still has previous banks before Wells Fargo name on them with same account number) and still have over 180 left. I get ZERO bills (except from Sumter Tax which are also online) in the mail. Virtually EVERYTHING is done online for MANY years. We go to mailbox maybe once every 10 or so days to clean it out unless I ordered from Amazon but even they use their own truck now. If we don't clean it out the postal folks get mad at us. :) I wish they knew already that I don't want to be cremated and that Leroy, who lived here before he died 4 years ago, is pushing up daisies somewhere!! :D


Bottom line though is that without junkmail we'd never get the 1 or 2 letters a year we get because USPS would be out of business.

[DaleDivine]

They work hard and preform a valuable service. I am not one , but the few I have known, none are wealthy. and the work is hard. They are underpaid in my opinion.

I agree whole heartedly...
:bigbow::bigbow:

[Girlcopper]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds
Thats what trash cans are for. Easy solution. And why would you try and shove it off on snowbirds?

[SacDQ]

The digital foot print that we create is mined and the information is sold. The results is all the junk mail we receive on a daily basis. It was always bad but has increased exponential since COVID has us all shopping on the internet.

[birdiebill]

It is so easy to just take the mail home and throw the junk mail in my trash can as I go from the garage into the house. There is no additional charge for trash if you put your junk mail in your own trash for twice a week pick-up.

[Windguy]

It wouldn't work. I don't go there often, but you can't quit going because you may receive an "official" letter that you must respond to, such as a letter from the IRS, a jury summons, or a court order. I think people should be able to cancel their postal account, and all mail would be returned to the sender, notifying them that the recipient no longer has a Postal Service account. That would greatly reduce the junk mail problem.
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand your point. If you cancel your USPS account to get rid of junk mail, how will you still get “official” letters?

Much of the junk mail is presorted, so it requires little effort for the USPS to deliver it to you, so it helps subsidize the “official” mail. Without it, it would cost a lot more to mail a letter. If you want most of the junk mail to stop, we all need to get together and stop responding to it. Quit attending the free dinners. Quit clipping coupons out of the flyers. Businesses would stop doing it because they would not get enough business to pay for the junk mail fees.

So, it’s really our fault.

[Cassieb]

[QUOTE=KRMACK55;2000420]The postal workers get a bonus for each piece they deliver. I asked them[/QUOTE Postal employees DO NOT get a bonus for each piece they deliver.

[MandoMan]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

Most of my junk mail comes either from AAA trying to sell me insurance scams of various sorts or or AARP, which I believe sells the names and addresses of members to a variety of businesses. If you buy something online from a store, there’s a good chance you will start getting their catalogs in the mail, and some of those stores also sell you out to other stores that sell similar information. After a few years without your making a purchase, they will stop sending the catalogs. Make one buy and you are back on the list. Usually these catalogs have a number in them you can call to be removed from the list.

The U.S. Post Office has raised the price for shipping bulk mail a lot in the past twenty years. It forced a lot of printers and stores out of business. We’re it not for that, you would receive a lot more junk mail.

[Bay Kid]

Recycle! Better than constant phone scam calls.

[retiredguy123]

I’m sorry, but I don’t understand your point. If you cancel your USPS account to get rid of junk mail, how will you still get “official” letters?

Much of the junk mail is presorted, so it requires little effort for the USPS to deliver it to you, so it helps subsidize the “official” mail. Without it, it would cost a lot more to mail a letter. If you want most of the junk mail to stop, we all need to get together and stop responding to it. Quit attending the free dinners. Quit clipping coupons out of the flyers. Businesses would stop doing it because they would not get enough business to pay for the junk mail fees.

So, it’s really our fault.
I agree that it is our fault that junk mail works. But, I don't agree that junk mail subsidies official mail. The cost to send junk mail is subsidized by the taxpayers. That is why all junk mail is sent using the USPS, and not by "for profit" companies, like UPS and FedEx. The junk mail cost is less then the actual cost to the USPS, so no one can compete with them.

My other point is that people should be allowed to cancel their USPS account entirely. So, if the IRS or a court sends you an "official" letter, the letter would be returned to them, stating that the person does not have a USPS account. Then, they would need to resend the letter using FedEx or UPS, which is how they should send official letters anyway, and not intermingled with junk mail. But, by the current law, if the IRS sends you a letter using the USPS, you are legally deemed to have received the letter. I know people who threw away their stimulus debt card because they thought it was junk mail.

[Footer]

We signed up for a free service with the post office that emails us a picture of the mail that will be delivered each day. If there is no good mail we don't make a trip to the mailbox.

[boblexsue]

Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!


The " Junk Mail " actually pays for most of the employes salaries.
The P.O. is a non-profit unlike Fed Ex, UPS etc.

[boblexsue]

I agree that it is our fault that junk mail works. But, I don't agree that junk mail subsidies official mail. The cost to send junk mail is subsidized by the taxpayers. That is why all junk mail is sent using the USPS, and not by "for profit" companies, like UPS and FedEx. The junk mail cost is less then the actual cost to the USPS, so no one can compete with them.

My other point is that people should be allowed to cancel their USPS account entirely. So, if the IRS or a court sends you an "official" letter, the letter would be returned to them, stating that the person does not have a USPS account. Then, they would need to resend the letter using FedEx or UPS, which is how they should send official letters anyway, and not intermingled with junk mail. But, by the current law, if the IRS sends you a letter using the USPS, you are legally deemed to have received the letter. I know people who threw away their stimulus debt card because they thought it was junk mail.

Fed Ex etc do not want the burden of having to deliver mail to every
address in America like the PO does. Though there are many problems
with the way it is run it is still an amazing feat what they accomplish every day. What's the big deal with throwing out a few pieces of mail ? For God's sake you are retired !

[OhioBuckeye]

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds
I’m afraid this is going to be the norm now! My junk mail never comes home.

[Velvet]

Fed Ex etc do not want the burden of having to deliver mail to every
address in America like the PO does. Though there are many problems
with the way it is run it is still an amazing feat what they accomplish every day. What's the big deal with throwing out a few pieces of mail ? For God's sake you are retired !

So if we are retired it’s ok for people to give us extra work? They decide how I should spend my time? I usually take anything with my name on it to shred, the rest never make it home. Once in a blue moon I get something I do read. Lately I’ve been getting these threatening letters about my car, how I must extend my warranty or else! They have all the info on my car… wonder how that happened?

[Stu from NYC]

We signed up for a free service with the post office that emails us a picture of the mail that will be delivered each day. If there is no good mail we don't make a trip to the mailbox.

You ever notice that about 10% of the time the email never comes? I do believe that after some number of days they stop putting new mail into the slot.

[Villageswimmer]

There's a trash can less than 20 feet from the mail box.

Shhhh. Some on this board et very upset if you throw trash in the trash cans.

[Velvet]

Shhhh. Some on this board et very upset if you throw trash in the trash cans.

Surely you jest?

[Stu from NYC]

Surely you jest?

There was a thread on this some months ago and amazingly some people decided they were the mail police (or perhaps the trash police) and we should not throw our unwanted trash in the trash cans by the mail boxes. We are supposed to take it home and put it with our trash.

Hard to believe isnt it.

[OhioBuckeye]

Shhhh. Some on this board et very upset if you throw trash in the trash cans.

You know most of the junk mail has mailing address as RESIDENT. Sometimes I just put it in the outgoing mail & let the P.O. figure out what to do with it! May not be nice but it’s not nice for them to give you their advertisements either.

[Michael G.]

Question:
Who here sheds their junk mail and store receipts?
Your address is on all junk mail and who wants your name and address in the wrong hands.

[Villageswimmer]

Question:
Who here sheds their junk mail and store receipts?
Your address is on all junk mail and who wants your name and address in the wrong hands.

That and more is easily accessed on the internet or even the phone book.

[Velvet]

Question:
Who here sheds their junk mail and store receipts?
Your address is on all junk mail and who wants your name and address in the wrong hands.

I do, but only the part that has my name on it. Receipt don’t seem to have enough information on them.

As for the mail trash police they are welcome to take my trash. I have no time for such nonsense. Just because some promoter got a hold of my address doesn’t make it my problem.