Egg !!!!!

Englandsno.7

For the 5 and a half years I have been living in my house, I have been receiving mail from a company called Egg, for the previous occupant (who has been deceased for at least 5yrs). Initially I wrote RTS and posted back to them, with the words 'deceased' but they still kept sending mail. In Jan 07 I wrote to them explaining my frustration and even suggested they forward the letters to Carnmoney Cemetery, but alas they kept on coming. In Jun 07 I phoned to complain again, and in Aug & Nov 07 I received letters addressed both to the previous occupant, and myself ! When I asked them to delete the person from their database, they obviously substituted their name with mine. I then wrote to the Financial Ombudsman Service in Nov 07, but was advised that 'the firms activities in this instance are not covered by FSA regulations'. I have this month again, received another letter addressed to the previous occupant, and am at a loss for where to go from here. Does anyone know if there is any legal action I can take against this company, or do I just have to put up with it.........

Noz

Have you contacted the Information Commisioner?

Englandsno.7

Thanks........ Didn't know about them, will contact them now.

miserly_mum

I still get mail for 2 previous occupants of my house.

I've found an extremely effective solution

I sling them in the bin

peterdoherty

phone them up and tell them you have moved and give them an address that doesnt exist!!

LuciferTDark

What I've done is open them, find the prepaid envelope, fill it with as much rubbish (fast food adverts are best) as possible with the rest of the carp they've sent & send it back to them, I haven't been contacted since by the ones I've done it to.

miserly_mum

LuciferTDark wrote: »

What I've done is open them, find the prepaid envelope, fill it with as much rubbish (fast food adverts are best) as possible with the rest of the carp they've sent & send it back to them, I haven't been contacted since by the ones I've done it to.

I might do that with naked pics of my ex hubby, actually even fully clothed ones would do the trick :eek:

Who said Shrek was just a cartoon character

Noz

Englandsno.7 wrote: »

Thanks........ Didn't know about them, will contact them now.

Glad I could help

ballyblack

fill it with as much rubbish

fill envelope with talcum powder, it leaves a real mess on someone's desk!

LuciferTDark

ballyblack wrote: »

fill envelope with talcum powder, it leaves a real mess on someone's desk!

Not a good idea, you're liable to get arrested & sent to prison for a lot of years for that.

code601

I dont mean to be a jerk,

But why not just throw out the letters and forget about it?