I goofed up

[Frodo]

Ya’ll I goofed up and may have caused some of you to goof up as well

I received my letter to Magnus in the mail
Return to sender
So I called him to try and figure it out
I read the address on the envelope to him

I sent it to 188 instead of 166
Did I give this address to you guys?
He said he has not received anything accept the very first letter from,, I can’t say

 

[angie_nrs]

Ut oh.
I sent mine to 188 with cash inside and no return address.

He should go to the local post office and explain the situation. Otherwise there's going to be some happy recipients where ever that mail goes to.

 

[Frodo]

Oh!!

Now that makes me feel like a real idget
I am sooooo sorry

 

[Cascadian]

You never know, the person at 188 might just need a miracle right now. Stranger things have happened. Sorry for Magus tho.

 

[Cascadian]

I have been oddly positive lately. It's creeping me out too.

 

[zoomzoom]

OK, I have a question.
The house # is of a little but it's on the same street. Can't the mail carrier figure out which mailbox to put it in? If something was being mailed to me, if you have my name and street name (no number), it'll still get in my mailbox.

 

[angie_nrs]

Also, if you got yours back Frodo, wouldn't that mean that there is no 188? If so, I would think the local PO would try to get the envelope to the correct person. That's why I think a simple phone call to the PO would be a good idea. If there's no return address, that envelope is probably still sitting there.....somewhere. I would think the local postal workers would be helpful if they knew the story. I know my local PO workers would be.

 

[backlash]

Years ago the local PO would have made an attempt to get the mail to the correct person.
Today they don't even try to make sure the mail is delivered correctly.
They just toss it in the box and drive off.
If they deliver mail to the wrong house there is no effort to get it back to the correct house.
My $500 SimpliSafe security system was delivered to the house next door, the PO knew it and they did nothing to get it back to me.

 

[Haertig]

The house # is of a little but it's on the same street. Can't the mail carrier figure out which mailbox to put it in?

You're kidding, right? My street is <the_name_of_a_plant> Court. We just received mail addressed to "East 1st Avenue". That's completely the other end of town, although it is still the same zipcode. The addressee name is not even close to ours.

It appeared to possibly be important (from some financial institution). So we marked it "delivered to wrong address" with a sticky-note and put it back in our mailbox. It's probably in Minnesota or Florida by now...

 

[Pearl]

Also, if you got yours back Frodo, wouldn't that mean that there is no 188? If so, I would think the local PO would try to get the envelope to the correct person. That's why I think a simple phone call to the PO would be a good idea. If there's no return address, that envelope is probably still sitting there.....somewhere. I would think the local postal workers would be helpful if they knew the story. I know my local PO workers would be.

Nope, you made the mail carrier 's day!!

 

[jazzy]

in most rural areas they have sub contractors to deliver mail. we have street boxes, no home mail delivery. a year ago the serivce started to fall apart. i heard of people quitting because of vax mandate. it got pretty bad with few remaining carriers being over whelmed. some days there was no mail delivery. someone found a couple of my small amazon packages in a ditch and was nice enough to call me.

but sub contractors ended the mandate and got carriers back.
i really think there is alot of problems because of people quitting cause of the mandates, some people disabled by side effects and some dead.
this is the new normal

 

[snappy1]

Ut oh.
I sent mine to 188 with cash inside and no return address.

He should go to the local post office and explain the situation. Otherwise there's going to be some happy recipients where ever that mail goes to.

Me too.

 

[Supervisor42]

OK, I have a question.
The house # is of a little but it's on the same street. Can't the mail carrier figure out which mailbox to put it in? If something was being mailed to me, if you have my name and street name (no number), it'll still get in my mailbox.

The problem is, the carrier doesn't know if the sender got the name wrong or the house number.
If there is no return address, it get pitched into the 'dead-letter' pile.
We get lots of catalogs addressed to "Susan Marshal" at this street number.
The carrier obviously thinks she lives here.
Nobody on this street has that name so I think she munged up the address to cut down on her junkmail.

 

[Weedygarden]

The problem is, the carrier doesn't know if the sender got the name wrong or the house number.
If there is no return address, it get pitched into the 'dead-letter' pile.
We get lots of catalogs addressed to "Susan Marshal" at this street number.
The carrier obviously thinks she lives here.
Nobody on this street has that name so I think she munged up the address to cut down on her junkmail.

I have a phone number that someone uses when he has no intention on paying for whatever loan or credit card he takes out. Periodically I get calls asking for William Bragg. I've had this phone number for 18 years, and still get calls for this a**hat.

 

[angie_nrs]

The problem is, the carrier doesn't know if the sender got the name wrong or the house number.

They are supposed to go by the address and not the name. You don't even have to put the name on an envelope to get it delivered to the address. Letter carriers don't know if new people moved in or not.

I live in a fairly small community and am on a first name basis with our mail lady. She is very trustworthy and is a total rock star. However, the hub that the mail goes to prior to getting to her office is different story. Mail deilveries are not what they used to be, that's for sure. Still, if I had an issue like the one we are discussing here, she'd make it right.