• meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    As someone who rents so much of my mail is from past residents which I have told them do not live here, or local ads (literally several magazines per month) which I can’t opt out of cause it’s EDDM, that I straight up just stopped collecting it. Any small packages that would have gone in the box go on top of the cluster and any letters I received are stuffed into the box and I pick them out if I happen to notice I’m missing something.

    Anyone that really needs my attention would call me or email me shrug

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      3 months ago

      When I was renting I had a stamp “Return to sender. Addressee not known at this address”

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        3 months ago

        I do similar. Cross the name out with a Sharpie and write “MOVED”.

        After owning the place for two years now I just throw it out.

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        3 months ago

        I did that for a couple years, and now I still get junk from the previous owner. I’ve been here 10 years…

        Then again, now I get invitations to retirement stuff, so I guess that’s cool (I’m nowhere near retirement, but the previous owner was about that age).

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          3 months ago

          Yeah it took some 15 years for the letters for the people who lived in my house before me to stop

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            3 months ago

            Yeah, I mostly just toss them now, but if I get a bunch all at once, I’ll take a couple minutes to annoy the mail carrier with some “Not at this address” markings.

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      3 months ago

      My mailbox is near where I leave my garbage, so I only check it once a week. I immediately throw anything that’s clearly an ad directly into the garbage and never look at it.

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Same here. Like 90% of my mail is for previous residents. One guy apparently never updated his address so he keeps getting sent checks and I just throw them away. I’ve been living here for 9 months 🤷‍♂️

      I check my mail like once every few weeks. I checked it a few days ago and most of it wasn’t for me. Three out of the 5 things that were for me were from TicketMaster, Rite-Aid, and Choice Healthcare and they were all “Sorry, we’ve been hacked and your personal info was probably leaked.”