"Return to Sender" mail

[CURLYSANDY]

Morning all - Bought in May and still receiving former owners mail. I started writing "Return to Sender" on the mail and posting the mail in our Village central mailbox, but mail was then returned to me in my mailbox?? Does "Return to Sender" mail have to be mailed from a US post office please? Thanks (Dont want to trash the mail, as it will never stop).

[MikeVillages]

1. I crossed off the address on the envelope and added "Return to sender". USPS will only return/forward first class mail. So I throw out non first class mail in the trash at the postal station.
2. The neighbors were in contact with the previous owner. They contacted them to do a change of address.

[asianthree]

11+ plus years mail from previous owner..return to sender..
After 4 years I started writing deceased. Didn’t work. Same amount of mail from the same companies for all 11 years. Did think more than once to use her timeshare :pepper2:

[Stu from NYC]

11+ plus years mail from previous owner..return to sender..
After 4 years I started writing deceased. Didn’t work. Same amount of mail from the same companies for all 11 years. Did think more than once to use her timeshare :pepper2:

5 years still getting her junk mail. It will never stop

[fdpaq0580]

I wonder if you could sue the USPS for harassment?
Now. If you did, and won, they would probably pay their fine in stamps.

[retiredguy123]

Morning all - Bought in May and still receiving former owners mail. I started writing "Return to Sender" on the mail and posting the mail in our Village central mailbox, but mail was then returned to me in my mailbox?? Does "Return to Sender" mail have to be mailed from a US post office please? Thanks (Dont want to trash the mail, as it will never stop).
My postal station has a special slot labeled for mail that does not belong to you. There is another place for outgoing mail. I just put the mail in that slot and don't write anything on it. It never gets returned to me, but if it did, I would complain to the people in the mail station. If you put it in that slot, you are telling the postal employees that it is not your mail.

[vintageogauge]

We did a change of address but it only works half the time, the new owners of our home still receive mail without the forwarding address sticker on it and it was supposed to be for 6 months and only 4 have passed.

[villagetinker]

5 years still getting her junk mail. It will never stop

I am still getting mail for my deceased wife (2006), and it has been increasing. It appears the advertisers are sharing databases. Interesting point she NEVER lived in FL, but is getting mail here!

[Diverdave]

You mentioned that after about 8 months you still get mail for the previous owner...

We bought our home in 2018, and still get mail for the previous owner.

We have mailed the items to the previous owner (a very nice lady), sent notes to the post office, talked to the folks at the post office service desk. Still get her mail, but not as much.

Wishing you better luck than we have had.

[Jerry F2]

Morning all - Bought in May and still receiving former owners mail. I started writing "Return to Sender" on the mail and posting the mail in our Village central mailbox, but mail was then returned to me in my mailbox?? Does "Return to Sender" mail have to be mailed from a US post office please? Thanks (Dont want to trash the mail, as it will never stop).

Most of the mail people receive with former home owners name on it, will also say somewhere on the letter "or current resident" the post employee has to deliver it to you. Regulations

[Enidlou]

If you happen to have previous owner contact info, reach out to them and let them no the mail that you are receiving, they in turn should then reach out to said company/person and inform them of their new address,this isn’t something you are obligated to do, its just a potential solution if feasible…

[PersonOfInterest]

Draw a line through the address and write 'Not at this address' OR write 'Refused' on the piece of mail OR the best solution ..... Just throw it in the trash.

[CarlR33]

I did not see where you talked to the post office. They may be your best advice going forward. As others have said if it says or current resident your stuck with it.

[Thetwisted2]

1. I crossed off the address on the envelope and added "Return to sender". USPS will only return/forward first class mail. So I throw out non first class mail in the trash at the postal station.
2. The neighbors were in contact with the previous owner. They contacted them to do a change of address.

Mark through the bar code, it is sorted by the barcodes and write the correct address if you have it

[CoachKandSportsguy]

LOL!

I just got junk mail for an ex girlfriend who never lived with me. .

Source: I gave her a credit card for emergencies with a $500 limit, and she used it once.

Times are desperate
or data is cheap or available from a bank hack, or the bank sold some accounts/addresses for extra money.

Welcome to commerce is now too big to manage. .

[retiredguy123]

I don't know if all postal stations have a slot for mail that doesn't belong to you, but mine does. It takes 5 seconds to drop the mail in the slot. If it comes back, just do it again.

[nn0wheremann]

Morning all - Bought in May and still receiving former owners mail. I started writing "Return to Sender" on the mail and posting the mail in our Village central mailbox, but mail was then returned to me in my mailbox?? Does "Return to Sender" mail have to be mailed from a US post office please? Thanks (Dont want to trash the mail, as it will never stop).
It will never stop. After 8 years we still get junk mail addressed to previous owners. It took at least five years to get the county to stop sending their voter registration cards here.

[BlackHarley]

I get mail addressed to the SAME PERSON constantly that has never lived at my address. I know that for a fact since we built the house new.

[mbalsama]

Morning all - Bought in May and still receiving former owners mail. I started writing "Return to Sender" on the mail and posting the mail in our Village central mailbox, but mail was then returned to me in my mailbox?? Does "Return to Sender" mail have to be mailed from a US post office please? Thanks (Dont want to trash the mail, as it will never stop).
You have to cross out the bar code on the envelope also, otherwise the automated equipment in the Post Office will deliver it back to you.

[MrFlorida]

I suspect that when you send mail back at the post station , it just goes in the waste basket .

[MegandSteve]

I solved this by talking to my mail person and letting them know specifically whose mail goes in my box. It's not 100%, but I get very little OP's mail. There is also a website to fill out a form for a deceased person so that you no longer get a majority of the mail for that person. Especially advertising and spam mail. Hope this helps.

[GATORBILL66]

The only mail that can be returned or forwarded is FIRST CLASS mail. all non profit, standard and non profit will still be delivered to the address. You inherit all their junk mail!

[3105boy]

Morning all - Bought in May and still receiving former owners mail. I started writing "Return to Sender" on the mail and posting the mail in our Village central mailbox, but mail was then returned to me in my mailbox?? Does "Return to Sender" mail have to be mailed from a US post office please? Thanks (Dont want to trash the mail, as it will never stop).
If you write return”return to sender “ on the envelope, the people in the mail station will have more paperwork to do. Just ask them to stop putting any of their mail in your box.

[retiredguy123]

I think the USPS is supposed to put mail in your box that has your NAME AND ADDRESS on it, or "resident". If anything else is placed in your box, they are not doing their job. I feel no obligation to tell them to "return to sender" or anything else. I will just drop the mail into a USPS mailbox, and let them deal with it.