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Apparently it is that hard. I still get stuff for the previous resident over 2 years later.Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.0
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Exactly this. I'd happily enough hand mail to the old tenant themselves, but absolutely not to someone who just happens to come along and ask for it!lincroft1710 said:I would be very wary of giving someone's mail to a 3rd party. You do not know if the previous tenant has authorised the neighbour to collect their post or notSunsaru said:Apparently it is that hard. I still get stuff for the previous resident over 2 years later.
We've been where we are 20 years now, and still get bits of mail (official stuff, not just junk mail) for the old owner. Only at the weekend I shoved another one through the shredder. (We've been through them collecting it for the first few months, then literally years of "RTS" and back in the box - I'm all out of patience now, before someone tries to tell me I'm the devil incarnate for not still RTS'ing it!)🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
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Ask them for their new address & then just drop it in the post box with forward to their new address.GTR_King said:I was kind & gave them the mail as a one off,
don’t want it to keep happening… as when you move you move your mail with you,
but not gonna be rude about itLife in the slow lane0 -
There are scams which involve getting mail such as credit cards sent to another address, so I’d be wary of handing anything over if I didn’t know that person.I’m resigned to the fact we’ll get mail for the previous residents here, I passed it on for a year or so, then did redirect for a couple of years and have shredded ever since. I’ve passed on/returned stuff that is clearly a pension statement so I now understand how people lose track of their investments - they just can’t be bothered!Fashion on the Ration
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Only send on to a new address if provided by the old tenant directly. Any one else could give you any address and then use the identity for whatever they wish.born_again said:Ask them for their new address & then just drop it in the post box with forward to their new address.0
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