Can I open someone else's post?

Flyboy152

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

and if it's not? we were only a small office.

I'd like to charge all the organisations who confuse our address with a large MOD establishment the other side of town ...

Most people use a PO Box.

Flyboy152

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

I thought franked mail did have to have a return address on it now, as from a couple of years ago? In my last job, I seem to remember a change whereby we had to start stamping all outgoing mail with a return address.

The code on the mark is often enough to show where the letter needs to be returned to.

PurpleJay

"so why dont you put a return address then?"

Custardy - I think it is because we don't want the debtors to know where it is from until they open it!

custardy

PurpleJay wrote: »

"so why dont you put a return address then?"

Custardy - I think it is because we don't want the debtors to know where it is from until they open it!

would you do the same if you were charged a handling cost for every envelope opened and returned?

Savvy_Sue

custardy wrote: »

would you do the same if you were charged a handling cost for every envelope opened and returned?

tbh, it might be cheaper to pay a handling charge than have the letters returned unopened because they DO know who it's from!

patchwork_cat

Can anyone tell me what is the situation here. My brother sent a birthday card to my DS, but put the wrong number on the card eg 34 not 24. The occupants of 34 opened the card and trashed it. My brother then rang my son on his birthday and said did you get my card? You do live at 34 don't you, etc. We went around and with no apology and poor grace family at 34 handed card over saying oh the kids got hold of it ( said kid is 11!) and scribbled on it. Not going to do anything, but would be interested to know the legal situation.

Mojisola

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what is the situation here. My brother sent a birthday card to my DS, but put the wrong number on the card eg 34 not 24. The occupants of 34 opened the card and trashed it. My brother then rang my son on his birthday and said did you get my card? You do live at 34 don't you, etc. We went around and with no apology and poor grace family at 34 handed card over saying oh the kids got hold of it ( said kid is 11!) and scribbled on it. Not going to do anything, but would be interested to know the legal situation.

I don't think there is one.

Crisp_£_note

I had a hand written letter last week had the correct address and house number but wrong name on the top. It was obviously a personal letter nothing junk or from a bank. The back was sealed and taped, it had a 2nd class stamp on it but it wasnt franked and its contents looked to be something other than a letter with a folded bit of paper. I am sure it wasn't hand delivered though as it came with other post.

I gave it back to the postman the next morning explaining it was the right address but certainly not for us and asked him to check it against the other letters he delivers to make sure it wasnt meant for one of our neighbours. If not I said there was a similar street in the nearby town so perhaps it had found its way to us in error (which hasnt happend very often). There wasnt a return address on the outside just a few letters scribbled on the reverse of the sealed bit. Looked like a name or someones initials.

I was expecting the postman to tell me he couldnt handle it and I would have to pop it back in the box but he helpfully took it and I havent seen it again yet!

I must admit I was curious as to what it was but I felt it would be a shame not to reunite the stray letter with its rightfull owner. Now I will never know if it arrived !

Anyway I was going to ask would I have had a right to open it ?

I have opend post in the past but now just put return to sender and pop it in the post box when am next I passing it, unless its junk mail of course.

I wouldnt like to think my post was opend by others and not redirected!

Flyboy152

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

tbh, it might be cheaper to pay a handling charge than have the letters returned unopened because they DO know who it's from!

:huh:
:huh:

DUKE

Oh I can't read all that I'm in a rush

I understood that it was the Queen's mail until delivered to it's rightful owner. Even prison's have to (or they used to) pay about 1p per letter for opening inmate's mail. I get regular letter's for someone, I just put Not known at this address & return to sender on the envelope.