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Sirius · 20-03-2010, 11:10

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Originally Posted by Buffalo2102

I also agree with the comment that if the mail wasn't addressed to him, he shouldn't have even opened it.

Indeed

andrewbrown · 20-03-2010, 11:17

I don't see why people are saying that VM are incompetant, when the error clearly wasn't theirs? Some people just like to blame them for whatever, simple as.

Gary L · 20-03-2010, 15:53

If someone at at a company had intentionally put "Mr Illegal Immigrant" for a laugh. the last thing you would admit to is that it was somebody in that company. and the first thing you would do is blame it on an outside source.

Mick Fisher · 20-03-2010, 16:32

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Originally Posted by Buffalo2102

Quite agree.

I also agree with the comment that if the mail wasn't addressed to him, he shouldn't have even opened it.

At one time I would have agreed with you.

However I once mistakenly opened a letter that was correctly adressed to my house but as I later found, to a person who I didn't know and to the best of my knowledge had never resided at said address.

From the contents of the letter and information obtained from subsequent phonecalls I learned that someone had used my address to obtain credit and a mobile phone contract. As I heard no more on the subject following my initial calls, it seems the matter was nipped in the bud.

In conclusion I think if a letter is addressed to your premises but to an person unknown you should open it a.) for your own protection
and/or b.) to discover the sender so you can inform them their information is in error and so prevent further communications on the subject being made.

Welshchris · 20-03-2010, 17:26

They r useless with their mailing database. My parents STILL get letters for me almost 5 years after moving out and i have rang them 4 times and 4 times they claim to have removed my name from the database.

TheDon · 20-03-2010, 23:45

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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher

At one time I would have agreed with you.

However I once mistakenly opened a letter that was correctly adressed to my house but as I later found, to a person who I didn't know and to the best of my knowledge had never resided at said address.

From the contents of the letter and information obtained from subsequent phonecalls I learned that someone had used my address to obtain credit and a mobile phone contract. As I heard no more on the subject following my initial calls, it seems the matter was nipped in the bud.

In conclusion I think if a letter is addressed to your premises but to an person unknown you should open it a.) for your own protection
and/or b.) to discover the sender so you can inform them their information is in error and so prevent further communications on the subject being made.

Or just put "return to sender, not at this address" on the envelope and stick it back in the postbox so you don't commit a crime.

Toto · 21-03-2010, 08:25

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Originally Posted by Gary L

If someone at at a company had intentionally put "Mr Illegal Immigrant" for a laugh. the last thing you would admit to is that it was somebody in that company. and the first thing you would do is blame it on an outside source.

You know this from personal experience do you?