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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Watch out for jury duty summons.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

If I've never been summoned for jury duty. Does this mean I don't have any peers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Just so you know, throwing mail away that isn't yours is a federal crime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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."