• meowMix2525@lemm.ee
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    4 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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        4 months ago

        My address on my license is still my parents house and I haven’t lived there permanently for 18 years. I move around a lot (hopefully I can finally stop that this year) so I wasn’t going to get a new driver’s license every year or two. Whenever I get a summons, I just reply with one of the exclusions (“I live more than 40 miles away”, “I don’t live in the state anymore”, etc…). I’ve never had to go 😂

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          4 months ago

          In my state, you have to update your address on the license (but you dont need to be issued a new card, just update the file)

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            4 months ago

            Mine made a clerical issue when I updated my address and decided there were two of me once. Only found out because both of me got jury duty. That was a fun one.

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            4 months ago

            I’ve lived in two other states so far other than the one on my license, but I also haven’t driven in those states in those times (other than something like ZipCar or renting a car) that I’ve lived there. The time I did live in the same state, I lived at least 1.5 hours from that address/county so I could just claim “I’m too far away”.

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              4 months ago

              Not sure how claiming “youre too far away” would relief you from the obligation.

              But honestly i dont think it has any real enforcement unless you’re like on parole or some shit.

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        4 months ago

        I got summoned once, but it was from my previous state because I had forgotten to change my residency. So I responded that I’m out of state and promptly changed my license and voter registration. Boom, dodged that one. :)

        But seriously, I would actually like to serve on a jury.

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      4 months ago

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

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        4 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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        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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          4 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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            4 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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        4 months ago

        I never bothered. Not my job if someone doesnt bother setting up mail forwarding and update their accounts when they move.

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          Yeah I work in a government department which among other things has to handle mail returned to it, and I know we mark addresses unreliable when mail comes back

          I guess I just hope the electricity company and local government is as diligent

          I’d wait until I had a few before making an effort to post the returns (Australia doesn’t have mail pickup from your home mailbox; we have post boxes at local shops)

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      4 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.

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      4 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.”