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Stimulus check to the wrong address
Burtletoy
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Yesterday when collecting my mail, I got a few things addressed to the previous tenants. I get his junk mail pretty regularly and don't pay much attention to it.
This time I got a US government stimulus check for $1200
I reached out to the landlord asking if they could forward him my contact information, but I've been here for 3 years so I don't know if they will be able to find him.
If I return it to the sender is this guy going to get screwed by not getting his stimulus check? Are there any other options?
This time I got a US government stimulus check for $1200
I reached out to the landlord asking if they could forward him my contact information, but I've been here for 3 years so I don't know if they will be able to find him.
If I return it to the sender is this guy going to get screwed by not getting his stimulus check? Are there any other options?
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These letters have officially been re-delivered back to me now so I guess this didn't work
Props for doing the right thing. :bro:
Maybe leave out the last part. The supervisor will already be thinking that so it might be best to not rub it in and avoid triggering a potential "I can think my employee shit but... the hell did you just say about my employee?" response.
But yeah, best bet is to go in in-person and talk to someone to see what they suggest. Other, less good, option is just do nothing and trust that since the person didn't cash their check they'll get the credit on next years tax return.
It's weird that it even got to your address if you've been there 3 years. It was supposed to go to the address on file for your most recently filed taxes, either 2019 or 2018.
Ask your landlord or neighbors if they recognize the name, maybe.
Well, obviously don't go and literally tell them the carrier is shit. But the carrier has a surprising amount of control on these things. Good ones will recognize that the person doesn't live at the house, and forward it to the better places in the USPS system to find the person and forward the mail or return it to the sender, because it wasn't caught in the first place. Or they could even return it to sender themselves because the carrier should know the names of the people in the houses where they deliver mail. Your regular carrier might now know you personally, but they see your mail often and know your names and the names of everyone in your household.
So the complaint will want to be raised because I'm sure this happens regularly, and not just with Burtletoy. A little bit of misdelivered mail here and there. The neighbor gets your mail, or you get your neighbors. Or letters that would normally take 2 days somehow are taking 2 weeks. Checks that you're expecting get delayed unexpectedly. You get the neighbor a block over at 123 East Street and you live at 123 Main Street. It's never anything outright illegal, but lots of little inconveniences. Most likely, the supervisor and management at the post office know the person is crap, and this gives them ammunition to either help improve the person, which is the desired goal, or get rid of them, which is unfortunate but sometimes necessary. Anecdotally, I know the second when my regular bad carrier was replaced.
I have heard tons of stories because my wife worked for the USPS for many, many years. The carriers are all human, which means some are good, some are OK, and some are just absolutely terrible. For instance, she's told me stories of carriers redirecting expected checks for businesses throughout the system to stop them from getting mail; and in one instance almost getting the business kicked out because they could barely pay their rent due to the missing checks - all because of a perceived slight on the carrier's part.
Edit: And obviously don't go in with a chip on your shoulder. The supervisor isn't going to side with you immediately. They probably won't be happy to talk to you, because no one likes getting complaints. And it's Christmas time, so the entire USPS is overworked and stressed, with the increase in mail and packages.
But you're also entitled to your mail, and the person is entitled to their stimulus check.
Yes, that was in the op
Oh well.
Could be an ex or old roommate.