we keep recieving post for someone else, help!

donnajunkie

has anyone got any good advice regarding post for someone who doesnt live at your house? every so often we get post from the aa for someone who doesnt even live here. we have been here since 1975 so it is unlikely to be for the previous tenant. today is the fourth that we have recieved for this person from the aa. the first we just binned the second and third we wrote not known at this address on it and posted it. the main worry is, has someone gave our address as theirs because they are up to no good.

C_Ronaldo

Get a credit report just in case, is it just the address thats the same and the name isnt

donnajunkie

the address is ours but the name is of someone i have never heard of. none of us even have a driving licence nevermind own a car. i think all the post has been junk mail. its quite frustrating that when we post it back with not known at this address on it that it does not work. does anyone know what happens when people do that? does it actually go back to the sender or do they just tell royal mail they dont want it back. i know royal mail probably charge them to get it back. so they may say stuff that we dont want it.

custardy

donnajunkie wrote: »

the address is ours but the name is of someone i have never heard of. none of us even have a driving licence nevermind own a car. i think all the post has been junk mail. its quite frustrating that when we post it back with not known at this address on it that it does not work. does anyone know what happens when people do that? does it actually go back to the sender or do they just tell royal mail they dont want it back. i know royal mail probably charge them to get it back. so they may say stuff that we dont want it.

nope,have you ever been charged for a returned item?
items with a return address are returned to sender apart form mailsort items.
this service is a cheap service and as such isnt covered by returns
its up to the company to update their mailing lists accordingly
have you contacted the AA directly? if you live in a flat its mostl likely someone else in the stair

MrsTee_2

All you can do is keep writing on not at this address and sending it back. Like custardy says, it may be worth contacting the AA yourself to tell them it's the wrong address for that person.

hollydays

If its just junk mail,what are you worried about?

custardy

hollydays wrote: »

If its just junk mail,what are you worried about?

i would be wondering given the op has lived at that address for over 30 years.
really shouldnt be aby other names on a mailing list

donnajunkie

hollydays wrote: »

If its just junk mail,what are you worried about?

it is the unknown. why are they writing to such person when they dont exist here? is someone up to no good and useing our address?

i opened the post and the aa were trying to sell home isnurance.

donnajunkie

custardy wrote: »

nope,have you ever been charged for a returned item?
items with a return address are returned to sender apart form mailsort items.
this service is a cheap service and as such isnt covered by returns
its up to the company to update their mailing lists accordingly
have you contacted the AA directly? if you live in a flat its mostl likely someone else in the stair

one time we got a card through the door from royal mail saying there was a parcel waiting to be collected at their sorting office. when i went there i had to pay £1 if i wanted it. it hadnt had enough postage put on it. the £1 wasnt to cover the postage. if it had just been undeliverable i would still have had to pay a £1.

MothballsWallet

Phone them and tell them that the person named on the envelope/letter does not live at that address.

Under the Data Protection Act, they are required to place a note in their system to stop sending the mail for that person to your address. Give them 1-2 months for this to filter through their system (which always seems to proceed slower than a snail typing on a ZX81) - if it continues, give them another warning and report them to the ICO.

Keep a record of who you spoke to, on which date and at what time. I had the same thing for a while once the tenants had vacated my house, and this is what the ICO told me to do.

donnajunkie

thanks. this maybe silly but who are the ico?