Forwarding Mail -

Mojisola

Alter_ego wrote: »

We bought a house in December and was asked if we could pass the mail on to the couple.

So we had no issue. Its been well over 6 months now and we're still getting the mail from DWP, Banks, Invoices, as well as all the other stuff.

We said that we would start putting "no longer at address" on the mail but it continues to come.

You told the ex-owners that you were happy to do it. You (quite rightly) don't want to carry on doing it forever. Next time you see then, tell them you will forward their mail for the following two weeks but after that you will start returning it to the sender.

amibovvered

Alter_ego wrote: »

We looked at doing it,forwarding mail service, ourselves but found it was a bit of a rip off considering we mainly get Clubcard statements and junk.

This is quite a valid point really. When we last moved (21 years ago) we still got a fair bit of post so it was worth paying for the redirect service for 12 months, on the basis that almost everything we were likely to get would come in that period and we could then notify change of address. Plus of course we notified as many things as we could think of in advance anyway and I made sure to send my Christmas cards early that year. I can't remember how much it cost but I don't think it was an extortionate amount.

But over the years, with online banking and so forth, plus I'm on my own now, snail mail has dwindled to the point where I'm not sure what I'll do on my next move, planned in 2-3 years time. It seems a bit overkill spending - did someone say £50 - for a handful of envelopes, probably mostly junk.

mrstick

£39.99 for 6 months, I added the extra tenner for commission purposes...

Jon_B_2

I wouldn't even offer to forward the mail. He Royal Mail offer a perfectly good re-direction service themselves, it's all part of the cost of moving IMO.

slowpoke_rodriguez

It's worse when they don't tell the Bailliffs they're moving...

ellie27

The folk who left the house should have arranged for their own mail to be redirected.

We have been in our new home for 3 weeks now and there is a pile of mail in the drawer, we will keep putting it in the drawer for a few more weeks but if nobody gets in touch about it then it will go in the bin!

How have you been forwarding it to them? Taking it to their new place? At your own expense? You are mad!

Oompa

This has happened to me. In my case, the sellers have moved down the road so I suppose they felt no need to redirect their mail. As people have mentioned, it is better to keep things separate. I always thought credit rating was linked to addresses - is this still the case?

As someone pointed out, if bank statements are still linked to your address then it could well mean that they're entitled to start a new phone contract at your property, take out a loan, etc. Be careful.

System

For a couple of companies I have business with, I did contact them with my new address and communications were sent to my new (current) address.

A few months later, the system reverted back to my old address. Why? Fortunately, the old address my parents were still living there.

When my parents moved, they used the RM redirecting system. As soon my parents got a communication from the redirection, they contacted the organisation and informed them of new address. Same thing happened to them - some organisations reverted back to their old address and communications were redirected.

Some organisations are more incapable than others to accept address change.

Perhaps an example of this applies to the OP's seller?

Pixie5740

Oompa wrote: »

This has happened to me. In my case, the sellers have moved down the road so I suppose they felt no need to redirect their mail. As people have mentioned, it is better to keep things separate. I always thought credit rating was linked to addresses - is this still the case?

As someone pointed out, if bank statements are still linked to your address then it could well mean that they're entitled to start a new phone contract at your property, take out a loan, etc. Be careful.

No as already stated above, credit files are not linked by sharing an address with someone they are linked by having joint accounts (current, loan, mortgage) with someone. It has been this way for years and years now.

System

To the OP,

Think of a date and the next time you forward any mail to your sellers to their new place, write a letter On the letter inform them that the need to seriously contact every organisation they deal with with their new address. Then say you will only forward mail up to a certain date. Then once that date passes, any mail delivered to you for them, will be sent back in the post to the sender.


To those that are just binning post, you are not solving the problem as you will get more mail from these organisations as they presume Mr Previous Owner lives there still. If you just write in a thick marker pen 'Not at this address' and pop it back in any post box free of charge, the organisations will hopefully remove Mr Previous Owner's details from their databases.