My Post Being Stolen, What Can I Do?

Torby

well what happened?....did you get your glasses?

achtunglady

Hi Torby, yes i did get my glasses, the postie got them for me when he realised he delivered it to wrong place (well he delivered it to address on parcel) but he knows me so brought them round on saturday gone. Just wondering what else shes pinched of mine.

tyllwyd

Maybe when you do your online competitions, you could add your flat number to the end of the name of the road, so it is
Mrs Achtunglady
XYZ Bury Street Flat XX
Sometown-or-other
Postcode

dounome

vickithomas wrote:

yes i agree go round and ask for your post saying that the post office had mis-posted your mail. Also i would go and put in a complaint with the post office as they should have checked the address properly before posting it.
I had a similar problem but i was recieving someone else's mail because the post office wasn't reading the the post code on the letters, as my address was the same but the post code was different so they just kept getting posted to me even after i had written on the envelope not at this address, it was just the post office not being bothered to check the postal codes so i would definatley put in a complaint hun.

do you know how many letters are sent with the wrong postcode but the right address, you cant have it both ways either the postie reads the address or the postcode, what would you prefer, the lady said it was misadressed not mis delivered but as usual the poor postie gets the wrap.

tawnyowls

hollydays wrote:

I dont know if this is correct but i had read on this site that it is illegal to open post with dishonest intent,ie if it was accidental that would be ok maybe once or twice.

Yes, it's OK to open it (for instance if someone keeps sending mail even though you recognise the envelope and know you've returned mail to them previously, so you need to find out their address to tell them to stop). It is not OK to keep someone else's goods that have arrived in the mail by accident - they should be returned to the post office or the company concerned.

I agree with previous posters - go round and ask if anything has been delivered in error, and ask if she would be kind enough to redirect them (perhaps bring some address labels with you so she can't make out it's too much of a bother). It is, as hollydays says, possibly best not to make too much of a fuss at first, but definitely make RM aware that post has gone missing and put in a complaint. If anything else goes missing that you're aware of, contact the company concerned and check the address, then if she doesn't pass it on, refer it to RM.

olly300

dounome wrote:

do you know how many letters are sent with the wrong postcode but the right address, you cant have it both ways either the postie reads the address or the postcode, what would you prefer, the lady said it was misadressed not mis delivered but as usual the poor postie gets the wrap.

The actual problem is that flats and houses on the same road can have the same number and flat numbers are always written first in this country.

In other countries if the property is a flat the house name or number is written first then the flat number e.g. Blank Court 123 or Blank Road 13/123 (I send post abroad and have lived in an apartment abroad)

However some websites, government databases and even utility companies seem to love missing out parts of peoples' addresses as it makes it quicker (cheaper) for them to manually input the data into their system OR their system was incorrectly designed.

I live in a flat and it's amazing how many times I've received post incorrectly labelled even when I have entered the address in myself, checked the address again and complained to the organisation who sent the item. Luckily I have no corresponding house number on my road otherwise some of my bills would not turn up.

I've have friends' who live in flats with corresponding house numbers on their road and it seems (in their cases) that if the postie is in any doubt they sent the letter to the flat first. One of my friend's complained about this until it was discovered that it was a government departments (DVLA) fault not the post office. Their system refused to recognise that there were houses and flats on the same road with the same numbers and that they could have different postcodes.