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Originally Posted by Jel
that makes no sense, you can put any old name on there, as long as there is a surname... how do they know who lives where etc? And a letter arrives for eg Roger Simpson at xyz address, the post office turn around and say wait... roger doesn't live there! this could be fraud... do not deliver! wtf lol
all ok. Just seems a dumb 'rule' to me  |
When you move to a new residence in the US you are supposed to notify your local post office, or, essentially register with the post office. They are supposed to have on file everyone at that address who can receive mail/shipments, based on the info you give them when you notify them. I've only had it happen once, and it depends solely on the specific mail carrier, but they aren't supposed to deliver mail that is addressed to someone not on that list.
My mother in law shipped some stuff to my wife after we had moved. The mail carrier sent it back "return to sender" because they didn't know we were at that address now. I've lived at quite a few different addresses, and that's only happened once. My guess is most carriers don't give a shit and don't want to go through the extra effort of sorting by name after they sort by address.
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Originally Posted by ruff
I get mail all the time addressed to: Our Neighbor, Occupant, Resident, etc.
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Those are bulk advertising mailings that fall under different guidelines. You can bulk mail through the USPS via their EDDM campaign (Every Door Direct Marketing). You pick the zip codes you want to hit, get the advertising material printed to match their specs, and they'll print the addresses with one of the generic greetings you mentioned, and every mailbox in those zip codes will get your junk mail.