Do you live in a magical crime free world with no kids playing tricks and nicking mail?
OT: Bins with other people's wrong stuff in them
Jul 27, 2017
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It is just how they send it. If it says "occupant" fewer people would read in than if it had your name on it. It certainly takes a lot of credibility out of "Special offer just for you" if it says occupant
Yes it does. These are typically just a news paper sleeve but some folks will have another mailbox marked not for mail. The paper delivery folks hate the sleeves because they have to actually put the paper in there. Most people do not have them. The newspaper company used to give them to you but I have not seen that for years. Usually the delivery looks like the K guns on a WWII destroyer lobbing depth charges. The car goes down the street with the passenger throwing out his side and feeding the driver papers to throw out of his side.
It is not the "kids nicking mail" that is the problem. It is professional thieves taking mail for ID theft. It is still pretty rare since you can literally "make a federal case" out of it. We have postal inspectors on the federal payroll who have nothing to do but prosecute mail thieves. Even so, I don't put anything I care about out there until morning and I get the mail shortly after it arrives. I also have a camera that gets a pretty good picture of anyone at the mailbox.
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CLYDE, TX ? The U.S. Postal Service would like to warn people that only authorized U.S. Postal Service delivery personnel are allowed to place items in a mailbox. By law, a mailbox is intended only for receipt of postage-paid U.S. Mail. Recently, there have been reports of people placing non-mail items that did not bear U.S. postage in local mailboxes. The U.S. Postal Service recognizes customers may place non-mail items into mailboxes as a convenient way of ?dropping something off,? but those items may cause a smaller mailbox to become full. When a mailbox is full, Postal Service regulations say the letter carrier cannot place mail in the box. Additionally, the Postal Service has received complaints of flyers without paid postage being placed in mailboxes. Though many may be unaware, it is important to know that this type of activity is illegal by federal law. It may seem to be an easy way to advertise, but only U.S. Mail delivered by authorized personnel may be placed in mailboxes. ?We know many customers might not object to having a particular item placed in their mailbox from time to time, but the reasons for restricting use of mailboxes is really two-fold,? said Postmaster Keith Jackson. ?First, if there is not enough room in a mailbox due to unauthorized items, the Postal Service can?t deliver the customer?s mail. Secondly, the Postal Service wants to ensure the integrity of our customer?s mailbox. That?s why only Postal Service personnel are authorized to place mail in or remove mail from mailboxes. In fact, U.S. Postal Inspectors advise customers to report people going mailbox to mailbox who are not postal employees. It could be someone completely unaware of the statute placing advertisements, but it could also be someone trying to steal mail.? "We recognize that, from time to time, the statute and the Postal regulations may cause conflict with some customers," the Postmaster continued. "When all factors are brought to their attention, however, we hope that the great majority of the public would agree that restricting mailboxes to U.S. Mail not only ensures customers receive their mail, but it also increases the security of the service." The Postmaster noted an exception to the general rule: newspapers can be placed in mailboxes only on Sunday; a non-delivery day for the Postal Service. He additionally noted that a newspaper receptacle can be mounted on rural or curbside mailbox post or support.
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That holds zero explanation to the law.
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Acupuncturists do it with a small prick.
Not a problem here, as my mail comes through my front door. If I had a huge drive with a box at the end, it would simply be locked. Mail would enter through a flap making it impossible to retrieve without opening it, just like the big mail boxes on the street where you post your letters.
The USPS article I read suggested even newspaper sleeves weren't allowed. As it's still part of the mailbox.
Why are you guys still using paper based news? Heard of the internet?
I thought it was a young boy on his bicycle.
Bullshit. I read things I think will be of interest to me.
All they're doing is wasting money putting different names on each.
If he had the guts he would be dangerous. Thankfully he is a coward and is all mouth. This is nutcase. I've known him on groups for 16 years. He has not yet got the backbone to hurt people, but he one day he will erupt and be sectioned. I am not joking here.
It's a lively discussion and most of us are not even in the UK. If he is that dangerous, you better leave in a hurry.
The problem would be that anything much bigger than an envelope will not fit through the flap or you could just stick your hand in and get stuff out. .
It's a troll's feast, you rare idiot, and you dumb Yanks are playing his game!
There is something special about reading the paper.
Not for 40 years. These are contractors who will deliver 1000 papers a day.
As far as I am concerned they are wasting money sending me any junk mail. I don't look at any of it.
If you have a fireplace, they make good lighters.
It's idiotic, they're too big to hold aswell. They should be magazine sized.
We use kids, they're cheaper.
Then I'd make it deeper than an arm length.
Anyway, not a problem in the UK, everyone has letter sized slots in their front door, bigger than that and they leave them in a shed like your couriers do.
Our library dropped that when it was accumulating too many dogs. Now if you give the books to the librarian they'll either go on the $1 sale shelf or the dumpster.
The is a commercial paperback exchange store that has a similar policy of rejecting some books. As an explanation they have a two foot stack of paperbacks behind the counter, one of those bodice ripper things, that they took in trade and never are going to get rid of. They can smell those Oprah favorites that are going to hit in droves.
They can't be bothered to walk the 40 meters between mailboxes to play tricks.
Cindy Hamilton
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