USPS Includes Junk Mail With Official Correspondence

[DerbyDad03]

My daughter submitted a change of address via the USPS website. To verify the change, the USPS sent a letter to our house addressed to "My Daughter's Name or Current Residence" stating that if the requested change was not valid, she should contact the USPS immediately.

Stuffed in the envelope were move-related glossy advertisements from the following companies:

wayfair.com Progressive Insurance SimpliSafe Security Systems Citizens Bank DIRECTV Frontier Communications Lowe's

It just seems wrong for junk mail to be included with a piece of official correspondence from a government agency.

On the other hand, there's no Lowe's within 50 miles of my daughter's new place, so I'm going to keep the 10% coupon. ;-)

[Ed Pawlowski]

The USPS operates semi-autonomous from the government and has been doing that for years. I guess anything to make a buck they claim it is to welcome you to the neighborhood.

Congress keeps the USPS screwed up enough they can't make a buck or good decisions on service.

[Taxed and Spent]

Just think of your recycling bin as your delete key.

[Mr.E]

Can you name anything Congress runs EXCEPT their own perks and benefits that they have not screwed up? I can not think of anything else.

[Mark Lloyd]

[snip]

Something is wrong when about 80% of my mail goes directly to the recycling bin. I already have more address labels than I use.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Many of us have that situation. The "real" mail has been replaced by the internet. I no longer get bank statements, credit card statements, utility bills in the mail. I have two main sources of income and they direct deposit and for the seldom check, even that is deposited with my phone.

I do get the occasional birthday card though.

[Neill Massello]

IIRC, you can opt out of the offers when you sign up for the address change online. In any case, given that there is a small charge for this service, perhaps it's not so bad that commercial advertising picks up some of the cost?

[Dean Hoffman]

I bet you get more of those each calendar year as time goes by too. The steps to your house are higher...........................................