MailmanDave
17 Years Experience
Long Island, NY
Male, 43
I am a City Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service in NY. I've been a city letter carrier for over 17 years and it is the best job I've ever had. I mostly work 5 days per week (sometimes includes a Saturday) and often have the opportunity for overtime, which is usually voluntary. The route I deliver has about 350 homes and I walk to each of their doors to deliver the mail. Please keep in mind that I don't have authority to speak for the USPS, so all opinions are solely mine, not my employer.
It's possible that the mail would have been forwarded to the nearby jail. I am not familiar with if jails do that. If you don't get it returned to you I would hope that the jail staff at the old jail sends your letter to the nearby jail where your friend is. I am not an expert on this but I'm sure it's common for inmates to be transfered and people writing to them may not get the news right away.
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I am not sure what the mailman would do. If it were me, I'd deliver it to you even though it means getting out of the postal delivery vehicle. After several days, I may leave a note requesting that you fix the box or get a new one. I also may stop delivery until a new mailbox is put up but I wouldn't return the mail to the sender unless you waited a very long time to fix the mailbox (which isn't what you are indicating at all)
i just want to reiterate that is what I would do and that doesn't mean the same for other letter carriers.
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I am not sure. As long as you are getting all the mail you think you should receive and aren't having any unauthorized charges to your credit card or deductions from your checking account, there is probably nothing wrong. Is it possible that the other house has someone with the same name as yours. As long as the name being used isn't connected to you financially or legally I don't think you need to worry about ID theft in this case.
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Not that I'm aware of. The PO doesn't keep track of items that it returns for wrong addresses. You could tell the company that you owe money to what you did when you got the envelope back, but I don't know that it will be enough to have them waive any penalty or late fees.
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You should have rcvd the letter by now. If they left off a digit in the ZIP code but the remainder of the address is correct, I think the letter would find its way to you. At worst it should be returned to sender. I can't think of anything else that would happen with the letter
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I have answered your question below. I don't know that the terrain would have anything to do with why mail takes longed to be processed. The probation camp should be rcvng matable least 5 days per week, and probably 6.
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I believe that the tracking should be for the entire time that the package is in transport whether it is going to the recipient or back to the sender. I have rarely come across this situation, but if I saw a package being returned to the sender who lived on my route I would make sure to scan it on delivery back at the sender's house. But like everything that I comment on here, I use the word "should" because I come across many inconsistencies in when items are scanned. The management is fairly vocal in my office in making sure we scan all items with a tracking barcode (which is a good thing), but I lack confidence in the USPS as a whole in doing things correctly and consistently. Thanks for the question.
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