Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
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Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
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#2I wonder he he also receives that mail or was going to but someone caught it?
My post office for a good year was horrendous about delivering me my neighbor's mail. I felt like a Jr. Mail Carrier in training ;)
Last few years they've been SPOT on.
I tried informed delivery but honestly it's more of a hassle for me as my wife says "this should have arrived today" and of course it doesn't so she thinks it's stolen and ... it arrives 3 days later.
Re: Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
#3I wonder he he also receives that mail or was going to but someone caught it? My post office for a good year was horrendous about delivering me my neighbor's mail. I felt like a Jr. Mail Carrier in training ;) Last few years they've been SPOT on. I tried informed delivery but honestly it's more of a hassle for me as my wife says "this should have arrived today" and of course it doesn't so she thinks it's stolen and .…
I get that with normal tracking lately too, like Amazon reporting something is delivered the day before it actually shows up. Have we misaligned some metric where now shippers want to announce stuff early so they can claim speed?
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#4This is no big deal. From the photograph in the blog, it's clearly a problem with the mail handling machine. No big whoop.
As a reminder, there is no legal expectation of privacy for the outside of your mail. Envelopes are no different than post cards. Anyone can legally read them.
Years ago, I'd signed up for the Informed Delivery service, which is where these images originate.
When I moved, I forgot to cancel the service and so received pictures of the next person's mail. It was simple to cancel.
Re: Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
#5I wonder he he also receives that mail or was going to but someone caught it? My post office for a good year was horrendous about delivering me my neighbor's mail. I felt like a Jr. Mail Carrier in training ;) Last few years they've been SPOT on. I tried informed delivery but honestly it's more of a hassle for me as my wife says "this should have arrived today" and of course it doesn't so she thinks it's stolen and .…
No, these scans happen in sorting facilities in automated machinery far before delivery. A human still delivers the mail.
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#6I get this semi-frequently too; but, the biggest problems for me w/this system are:
1. I get the pictures DAYS before the actual mail (weekends ignored). Why?!
2. I sometimes don't get pictures of the mail at all, particularly mail that's not bulk mail--it's from individual to individual.
I could give a flying fuck that I'm going to be getting 5 advertisements in a few days. I want to know when I'm getting ACTUAL mail and this system doesn't seem to capture that effectively.
Re: Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
#7I wonder he he also receives that mail or was going to but someone caught it? My post office for a good year was horrendous about delivering me my neighbor's mail. I felt like a Jr. Mail Carrier in training ;) Last few years they've been SPOT on. I tried informed delivery but honestly it's more of a hassle for me as my wife says "this should have arrived today" and of course it doesn't so she thinks it's stolen and .…
I get that with normal tracking lately too, like Amazon reporting something is delivered the day before it actually shows up. Have we misaligned some metric where now shippers want to announce stuff early so they can claim speed?
Also, lots of emails. For some deliveries I get an email from the carrier, the company I bought the thing through, and someone who handles the actual thing on the other side of the retailer. App notifications. Like guies I get it ...
Amusingly, for some obscure software, I write those emails ;)
Re: Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
#8I wonder he he also receives that mail or was going to but someone caught it? My post office for a good year was horrendous about delivering me my neighbor's mail. I felt like a Jr. Mail Carrier in training ;) Last few years they've been SPOT on. I tried informed delivery but honestly it's more of a hassle for me as my wife says "this should have arrived today" and of course it doesn't so she thinks it's stolen and .…
> My post office for a good year was horrendous about delivering me my neighbor's mail.
Mine still is. Misdelivered mail has done more to help me get to know my neighbors than anything else. It's pretty community-building.
Re: Occasionally USPS sends me pictures of other people's mail
#9This is no big deal. From the photograph in the blog, it's clearly a problem with the mail handling machine. No big whoop. As a reminder, there is no legal expectation of privacy for the outside of your mail. Envelopes are no different than post cards. Anyone can legally read them. Years ago, I'd signed up for the Informed Delivery service, which is where these images originate. When I moved, I forgot to cancel the s…
Did you not put in a change of address request? They automatically unenroll you from informed delivery.
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#10I have a version of this; I have the email {{popular-asian-surname}}@gmail.com and I've seen _everything_.
I've had many many bank statements from India.
I've had someone in California order a brand new BMW and got the details for collection.
I've had paypal invoices and statements (this is one funny because they refuse to action the delink).
I used to reach out and tell them I didn't sign up for their service. But honestly, after doing it for a few years I gave up.
Now, I mark as junk and move on.
The best one I had was a dating site in Canada, I got it while sat next to me partner.