Return to Sender - No longer at this address mail?

Question

I am sick of receiving mail from previous tenants at my address. I constantly Return to Sender - No longer at this address on the mail but continue to receive mail for these people. Do I have to continue to do this forever or can I go to the post office and tell them to stop forwarding me mail that is addressed to them? Or is there some other solution?

Answer 1

Grab a hold of your Letter Carrier and make him/her aware of the problem and ask the carrier to file form 3575z for each of the offending parties. Once in the system 3575z's act like regular forwarding orders for people who have permanently hit the road. The senders will receive an official yellow label confirming that the parties in question have moved on. I'm afraid the normal carrier endorsement just doesn't get the job done anymore when you're dealing with tech-heads.

Answer 2

Return To Sender Mail

Answer 3

The solution is easy.



Depending on the mailbox, on either the outside, or inside (but visible when opened) put the last names of everybody who lives at your address followed by the word 'ONLY'.



If the mail is addressed to the old tenant but includes 'or current resident' the USPS must deliver that mail to your box.



Did you also know that it is against postal regulations for you to write on any mail that is not addressed to you? That would be defacing mail. The best thing is to attach a post-it note to the item.

It is also necessary to remember that the post office does not return mail to the sender just because you write that statement on the mail. 1st class mail is forwarded to the new address for a period of 1 year.

Do you want to receive mail at your new address that was sent to your old address? Of course you do. So you would not want any new tenant at your old address writing 'return to sender' on those Christmas cards would you?



Contrary to belief, the USPS does not have a master list of everybody that lives at every address in the US.



In situations like yours it is very likely that there is not a regular carrier who is servicing your route everyday. It is likely that there are multiple carriers who carry the route every week. That makes it difficult on the carrier and the patron.



I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Your question is about his right to put "return to sender" on your mail, and the direct answer is that he can choose to do so at any time. Mail which comes to his address can be marked "return to sender" whenever he decides, dropped back into the mail system, and sent back. So what should you do? First, take the time to contact all of your creditors, such as credit card accounts, and notify them directly of your new address. Naturally, you will submit a "change of address" to the post office, but call the credit cards companies and write to them directly. Notify your friends in writing of your new address. You cannot stop the old boyfriend from sending your mail back if he is determined to be a jerk, but you can limit how much of it he gets in the first place. The second thing you need to do is decide whether the "property" you left at the old address is worth the cost and effort of legal action. You made the threat (and, of course, you should never make a threat you are not prepared to carry out), but taking him to court might prove expensive, and will certainly take time. If the "property" has real value, then you might want to follow through and get a lawyer working on it. If you consider the matter carefully and decide you can live without the stuff, and your real motivation is simply to force him to submit to you and turn it over, it might be cheaper and quicker to abandon it, forget about it, and rise above it all. Only you can make that choice, though.

Answer 5

If the companies continue to send mail to your address after having rceived returned notices, then I would simply toss the mail in the garbage (As one yahoo answerer had advised me once)

Answer 6

I only do return to sender if it is a bill or personal correspondence. Junk mail gets the trash bin.

Answer 7

You should be able to fill out a change-of-address card for them at the post office as their agent, to either forward it to their new address or to "Moved, Left no forwarding address."

Answer 8

I would go to the post office in your area and report the problem. They should be able to stop it from there.

Answer 9

Talk with your carrier, he/she will see that it's stopped as long as they are the carrier delivering it.