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Why do they have to stamp insolvancy service all over letters??

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I want to keep my br quiet. I live in a small village and people are very nosey here. I just wonder why they have to stamp insolvancy service all over any letters. Surely its not needed.

Im sure my postman puts two and two together.
It does not matter if you live in a big city or town but in a small place like this it just makes people gossip and my post man is a gossip.
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  • skylight
    skylight Posts: 10,716 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    Mumble something about you being owed some money and not likely to get it back now they have gone BR. Don't be specific though.

    They are labeled accordingly so that they are not just chucked in the bin and ignored by some.
  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    Plus also it has to do with accounting for the postage through the post office as they use a franking machine.

    Also remember that the Insolvency service send many letters to many people for many different reasons, probably less then 1% go to an actual bankrupt
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • Thanks for replys, Im probably just being paranoid but I know how much people gossip around here. Im just being silly I suppose.
  • Unfortunately most franked mail have logos or banners with the company name.

    Obviously there is a data protection risk here. If the mail man was to say something, he could get into a lot of trouble. But proving it was him is difficult.

    I wouldn't worry about it. Even if he does know what it means, it doesn't mean anything. He can't spread your personal information to everyone.
  • Doucam
    Doucam Posts: 1,130 Forumite
    I hated that too, I was sure the postie was looking at me oddly, especially as he was delivering letters with Mercers Debt Collectors in big red letters on the back as well!!
  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    I know they could have something different on it, but the IS does have to have something on the franking print so the mail service can make sure that the correct amounts of postage are being paid
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • I know how you feel, we live in a small village and received some letters from the Insolvancy Service - my husbands employer went bankrupt and they were sending us a redundancy notice and form to claim back any outstanding wages etc.
  • I know im probably making mountains out of molehills, but it just looks so obvious. Will just have to put up with it I suppose!!
  • hunt85
    hunt85 Posts: 332 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Just ignore it, those sad enough to gossip about your life obviously have nothing good going on in their own lives! pity them! :)
  • confused76
    confused76 Posts: 12,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i felt a bit upset when the first letter came, i live where the post lands on a mat and the first person to spot it divides it up into 6 postboxes. i ws gutted that my neighbours might notice. i'm really not that bothered any more!!! they're not perfect :)
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