Lazy people CBA with mail redirect

paddyrg

Ask them to print you up some sheets of stickers with their current address and you'll periodically forward them for a bottle of wine/whatever each batch? It's not really on to rely on you, but they are probably enjoying not getting all their junk mail now!

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Week 1 Put back in post box, NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS.

Week 2 and onwards. Recycle bin.

dodger1

Just a thought but maybe they did use the redirection service and the note was simply for anything that was missed. I know from experience that not everything gets redirected.

System

If you just bin the mail addressed to a previous occupant, then the organisation(s) will still send post to the person. Crossing out the name and address with 'moved away' or 'unknown at address' written on it and posting it back will hopefully the organisation(s) remove the details from their systems.

Though I do think it's important to do a proper RM redirection when someone dies. My grandmother lived and died 120 miles from where we lived. Was easier to deal with one or two items per day with posting a copy of the death cert (when required). Than going to my grandmother's place on a weekend (parents worked then) to see 10-14 items of post. Plus even more important to redirect if deceased lived in council/HA property as need to clear out assets etc 2-4 weeks after death to allow the property to be freed for the next available tenant to move in.

Though my grandmother owned her property, we still got mail addressed to her 4 months after she died

Peter333

fluffnutter wrote: »

Whilst I don't think you need to worry too much about getting their post to them, they might not wish to use the RM redirect service. Firstly it costs, which isn't a great excuse but might be an issue for some, but more importantly, when you sign up to this service, you agree to marketing mail being delivered to you, both direct and indirect.

As someone who's spent some time and effort removing themselves from marketing lists, there's no way I'd sign up with a service that means I'll start getting loads of spam mail again. I'm not being 'lazy'; it's a deliberate decision to avoid paying for a service that will have an adverse effect on my life.

Personally I see no hardship in simply readdressing it and dropping it into a post box when passing. I wouldn't make a deliberate trip but most people pass a post box at least a few times a week. Up to you though. As you have their address, why not write and say you're not going to redirect their mail, nor phone them and that they need to make different arrangements? In fact, why didn't you say this in the first place?

Disagree totally.

It's not up to a new owner/occupier of your new house to look after your post and keep it safe until you can be bothered to come get it. nor is it their duty to take it and 'pop it in the postbox' for you with 'return to sender' on it.

Redirection costs next to nothing. Last time we moved, we got redirection for four of us living there at the time for £45 in total for an entire year. I think it's about £55 now. (And £30 for six months maybe?) If there are several different surnames, then tough. Each surname will be £55.

But how many are there going to be? Two at the most. Kids will rarely get letters, so they won't need a redirection, so the individual adults in the house can pay their own fee. I find people who can't be bothered to do it, are too lazy to bother setting it up, or they are the type that thinks the country owes them a living and that other people should bend over backwards for them, or they are the type who will whinge at paying the £55 for the entire year, but will spend that in a week on fags and booze.

There's no reason on earth why I should be dealing with someone else's mail. For a start they should have informed everyone important (like bank, mortgage company, utilities, employer, dentist, tv licence, insurance companies etc...) so if they haven't, and they haven't got a redirection, that's not my problem. Anything that comes to my house that is not for a member of my family, goes in the bin.

When we moved a few years back, the cheeky mare who was here before, asked us to take their post for a bit, and we found out later that they never did get a redirection, and within 3 weeks, we had had about 20 letters for her! She told me to ring her when we had some letters for her, and even when my wife did ring (after a week when we had 6,) she still didn't come for another 2 weeks.

After about 3 months, we decided to stick the letters back in the postbox, then this woman came around saying she was expecting something important from the bank (a large cheque for close to 4 figures,) and when my wife said we have no idea because we now pop anything not for us back in the box, the woman became incredibly stroppy, saying she needed that money for her holiday to Egypt!

And she wanted to know why we were sticking the mail back in the box when it was 'obviously' for her! My wife gave her a short shrift and told her she wasn't her blasted secretary, and said she needs to get redirection. We got it, and always have had it. If people move very frequently, and they can't be bothered to keep doing it, then get a P.O. box or something; don't expect people to be your flippin' postal servant.

Oh by the way, I have NEVER had spam mail from signing up for redirection. Never happens.

Herbalus wrote: »

It's this. The presumption that I'm ok with taking care of their post without even asking.

I use mail redirection as a matter of courtesy for the people who are moving in (and I've seen the house they're moving to - they can afford £35 for six months redirection).

Oh, and the wife won't let me put it in the bin. Apparently it's "mean" and because it's not my property I don't have the right to bin it.

Sorry but your wife is wrong. Anything that comes to my house that is not addressed to me, is rubbish, and therefore belongs in the bin.

gwapenut

paddyrg wrote: »

Ask them to print you up some sheets of stickers with their current address and you'll periodically forward them for a bottle of wine/whatever each batch? It's not really on to rely on you, but they are probably enjoying not getting all their junk mail now!

This is what I do when I move. I set up redirection, and then for the 5% or so of letter that fall through the net, I leave a few sheets of preprinted redirection labels and ask if they'd be kind enough to slap a label on and shove it in a postbox when they're next going to one, no urgency, just when convenient.

Oh, I forgot one thing I do - anything important, I write to the bank etc myself, not rely on indefinite redirection. I omitted it because I thought it was obvious but clearly it is not - I am stunned by the story above of that woman who let her Egypt holiday cheque be sent to a > 3 month old address. Some people need to look out for themselves rather than being carried through life by others.

willo65

Whilst I can see your point of view I think the title is slightly miss leading, if the people in question are going to come along and collect the mail then I would suggest this is the opposite of lazy.

Also by not getting a redirection it is money saving.

KxMx

Well, if you have a phone number, call them and say "there is a large volume of post here for you, please come and collect, due to the volume I will no longer act as your forwarding agent. I suggest you set up a re-direct with RM, good bye".

Otherwise, say the same when they do finally get in touch.

Really doesn't have to be any more complicated than that, point it out to your wife if needs be!

welshbookworm

I still get post for the previous people who lived at my address . . .20 years ago!
I bin it.

shaun_from_Africa

KxMx wrote: »

Well, if you have a phone number, call them and say "there is a large volume of post here for you, please come and collect, due to the volume I will no longer act as your forwarding agent. I suggest you set up a re-direct with RM, good bye".

Getting a mail redirection set up after moving out isn't that easy to do.
The payment required for this service must be paid by credit or debit card and the card used needs to be registered at the old address so if the ex-resident has changed their card details to the new address then they can't set up a redirect.