Money Moral Dilemma: Should I spend someone else's Clubcard vouchers?

Former_MSE_Nick

This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks...

Since I bought my house I've been increasingly receiving the previous owner's post. Despite my best efforts to track her down, returning mail and contacting the senders, six years later I'm still getting mountains of it. Recently, Tesco Clubcard vouchers have started coming through and I'm tempted to open and spend them to make up for the time and money I've spent trying to stop her mail.

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cheesetoast

No! Just keep writing "Not known at this address" and sticking it back in the postbox.

elsien

Oh jeez, not another one.
Is this really the best "dilemma" you can manage?

mickey54

Theft ...however you look at it

MysteryMe

Next weeks moral dilema.

Moved in just before Christmas. Should I open the previous occupants Christmas cards in case Granny put a tenner in.

Mojisola

If the amount of post you're getting for her is increasing and the Clubcard vouchers have only just started to come through then she is giving out her old address to companies.

New_York_No1_fan

you cannot spend another person's clubcard vouchers without producing your clubcard. Simples!

giannileone3

Hand them in at your local Tesco customer service desk and they will be able to get in touch with her considering she is obviously still shopping there, otherwise she would not be receiving vouchers.

scotsbob

If addressed to the occupier you open and keep. If addressed to a named person you forward/return/hand in to Tesco.

maggie226

On the subject of opening someone else's mail, I guess it is highly illegal to open mail not addressed to you.

I moved house recently and I received an item of post addressed to someone who had left the address over 11 years ago - it was in fact the vicar. I could see "Statement of Account" through the window and I thought if someone owes money on this house I want to know about it.

It was in fact a statement of account with a deposit of nearly £2,000 of church funds in it. So I rang around and eventually got the current vicar who was overjoyed as it was money they had lost track of.

Perhaps I will get my reward in heaven:!

harz99

New_York_No1_fan wrote: »

you cannot spend another person's clubcard vouchers without producing your clubcard. Simples!

I think you mean without producing THEIR clubcard...