View Full Version : Dropping a letter in someone's mailbox
UrbanWolf
07-30-2013, 20:17
Is it illegal to drop a letter in someone's mailbox? I need to drop off my rent to my landlord, in case they ain't home will that be an option? Or should i just tape it to their door?
Illegal. Hard to get caught though.
UrbanWolf
07-30-2013, 20:31
Illegal. Hard to get caught though.
And what if i do get caught?
blacklabel
07-30-2013, 20:33
They don't have a drop box? Call ahead and see what they would prefer.
Great-Kazoo
07-30-2013, 20:34
Mailing it to them, or deliver in person.
Tinelement
07-30-2013, 20:36
Illegal. Hard to get caught though.
So when my neighbors mail is dropped in my box and I walk it down the street and put it in theirs that is illegal???
Cause I do it every week.
UrbanWolf
07-30-2013, 20:37
Mailing it to them, or deliver in person.
I never turned in rent late, not going to risk it for USPS, they've lost my packages before. I think I will tape it on their door if they are not there.
Great-Kazoo
07-30-2013, 20:44
I never turned in rent late, not going to risk it for USPS, they've lost my packages before. I think I will tape it on their door if they are not there.
Looks like that's your situation now. If someone takes it, wind or rain remove it from their door, then what.
So when my neighbors mail is dropped in my box and I walk it down the street and put it in theirs that is illegal???
Cause I do it every week.
technically you're supposed to give it back to the carrier who will then re deliver it.
Oh Jesus Christ... Ronin v2.0
Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.
Is it illegal to drop a letter in someone's mailbox? I need to drop off my rent to my landlord, in case they ain't home will that be an option? Or should i just tape it to their door?
Technically it is illegal, although it's rarely enforced unless someone actually complains to a Postal Inspector. If they have a slot in their door or wall for mail, that drops inside the house and doesn't count. Or, you could slide the envelope under their door, or leave it between the inner and outer door. Call your landlord for instructions if you want. Most lease agreements give you a grace period of 2-5 days as well.
Great-Kazoo
07-30-2013, 21:52
Oh Jesus Christ... Ronin v2.0
Sent by a free-range electronic weasel, with no sense of personal space.
AH MEN to that. Pay on time eliminates the need to ask someone on the internet for LEGAL advice.
CAN I PARK IN A NO PARKING ZONE, IF I'M ONLY DROPPING OFF SOMETHING?
kidicarus13
07-30-2013, 21:54
Going 56mph in a 55mph zone is illegal also. Look around the tree in front of you and you'll see a forest. And don't you dare acquire a high capacity mag in Colorado ...it is after July 1st you know!
RonMexico
07-30-2013, 22:27
I never turned in rent late, not going to risk it for USPS, they've lost my packages before. I think I will tape it on their door if they are not there.
Wish you were my renter, I'm my lease they have until the 4th until its late and they always take advantage of this loophole. I could careless how I received the rent check,so long as it isn't late and doesn't bounce
BPTactical
07-31-2013, 07:07
Why don't you ask the landlord if there is a secure location you can leave the rent other than a mailbox.
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 07:12
Why don't you ask the landlord if there is a secure location you can leave the rent other than a mailbox.
Like the landlords bank.
blacklabel
07-31-2013, 07:49
here is what you do. get a battery powered circular saw, go to their front door. set the blade depth to max. plunge cut a hole. now you will allways have a place to slide the rent check into their house.
And then deduct the improvement from your rent.
StagLefty
07-31-2013, 08:02
Should I buy super soft or super strong Charmin ? [facepalm]
I had this happen just last month, renters have put their check in an envelope in my mailbox for years. We got a new carrier and when he saw the envelope he left a notice of postage due. Unfrekinbeleivable! I put a dollar bill in the box so that he would have to make change and leave it. No big deal to me just kind of chickenshit.
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 08:17
Should I buy super soft or super strong Charmin ? [facepalm]
Always go 4 ply minimum, Or the wednesday DP folded 3X
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 08:18
I had this happen just last month, renters have put their check in an envelope in my mailbox for years. We got a new carrier and when he saw the envelope he left a notice of postage due. Unfrekinbeleivable! I put a dollar bill in the box so that he would have to make change and leave it. No big deal to me just kind of chickenshit.
Postal carriers do not carry money OR make change, at least no in NoCo. Ours will knock on the door and suggest adding another stamp, just in case.
Well this one did, like anybody else new on the job I suppose he will figure out it's not worth the bullshit after a while.
I should be able to do whatever the hell I want to with my box.
That's what she said.
Sent via my Mobile Work Avoidance Device
Exactly right........another example of the .gov telling me how to use MY property!
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 08:59
Exactly right........another example of the .gov telling me how to use MY property!
The street and some of peoples back yards belong to the town / city and utilities have right of way. Unless you're in a rural area.
But enough of semantics and property rights.
My question is did the op deliver, or now late on payment;)
I used to drop off mail in the mailbox. I was most worried about someone seeing me, then stealing the check. Putting mail into a mailbox is not tampering.
I don't understand why longbow's mail carrier left a postage due notice. There was something in the mailbox, with no stamp, addressed to the location it was at. The post office doesn't deliver things without stamps, so it couldn't have been them. I don't get why they would charge for a service they didn't perform.
The street and some of peoples back yards belong to the town / city and utilities have right of way. Unless you're in a rural area.
But enough of semantics and property rights.
My question is did the op deliver, or now late on payment;)
Good question..................also I'm so far back in the woods that I don't get Saturday night live till Monday morning[HiFive]
I used to drop off mail in the mailbox. I was most worried about someone seeing me, then stealing the check. Putting mail into a mailbox is not tampering.
I don't understand why longbow's mail carrier left a postage due notice. There was something in the mailbox, with no stamp, addressed to the location it was at. The post office doesn't deliver things without stamps, so it couldn't have been them. I don't get why they would charge for a service they didn't perform.
It was a business size envelope with just my first name on it. My renter is just a few houses down the road and it was just easier. I agree that it should be none of their business since they did not deliver. We have done this for years with no problems, no biggie for me just adding my .02 worth to the thread.
Should I buy super soft or super strong Charmin ? http://www.ar-15.co/images/smilies/325991.gif
80 Grit...I've heard you can get it from the GSA.
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 09:33
I used to drop off mail in the mailbox. I was most worried about someone seeing me, then stealing the check. Putting mail into a mailbox is not tampering.
I don't understand why longbow's mail carrier left a postage due notice. There was something in the mailbox, with no stamp, addressed to the location it was at. The post office doesn't deliver things without stamps, so it couldn't have been them. I don't get why they would charge for a service they didn't perform.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE
Good question..................also I'm so far back in the woods that I don't get Saturday night live till Monday morning[HiFive]
I think UW and this guy are one and the same [Beer]. Or distant cousins.
http://www.ar-15.co/threads/111805-I-am-looking-for-a-job!!!
So at work I have to maintain all the boxes and locks but they wont give me a master key like they have. So when I show up to replace a mail lock I usually rip it open destroying the old one in the process. The carriers have threatened to have me arrested before for doing what im legally required to do.
hollohas
07-31-2013, 10:02
I had this happen just last month, renters have put their check in an envelope in my mailbox for years. We got a new carrier and when he saw the envelope he left a notice of postage due. Unfrekinbeleivable! I put a dollar bill in the box so that he would have to make change and leave it. No big deal to me just kind of chickenshit.
That's BS. They didn't deliver so why would you owe postage?
sellersm
07-31-2013, 10:12
What if I dream that I put a letter without cancelled postage in someone else's mailbox?
UrbanWolf
07-31-2013, 10:14
I had this happen just last month, renters have put their check in an envelope in my mailbox for years. We got a new carrier and when he saw the envelope he left a notice of postage due. Unfrekinbeleivable! I put a dollar bill in the box so that he would have to make change and leave it. No big deal to me just kind of chickenshit.
My dad has left mailbox unchecked for nearly a month, there were enough paper in it to make a book, and the mailman said nothing about it, how come yours charge you a bill? Did the renter left the flag thingy up?
spqrzilla
07-31-2013, 10:18
The purpose of the regulation is to prevent private mail delivery services from operating in competition to the USPS.
Talk about job protection. A felony is a hell of a barrier to entry.
My dad has left mailbox unchecked for nearly a month, there were enough paper in it to make a book, and the mailman said nothing about it, how come yours charge you a bill? Did the renter left the flag thingy up?
I don't know why he billed me, but he did......honest. Maybe it was a conspiracy to scam me out of 47 cents and I willingly paid without question. Maybe if I went down and got loud with em they would give it up....or they could go postal for all I know! As stated a couple pages back I was under the impression that it was my box to use as I please but a quick search tells me that it's not even mine. I hope you got your rent paid and things are good.
A quick search revealed these, postal reg 1.3 probably applies to me......hell I don't know.
http://pe.usps.com/archive/html/dmmarchive1209/D041.htm#Rbi31249
http://www.mackinac.org/5394
My renters are usually late with payment and will drop it off in the milk delivery box on the front porch. Once, they dropped it off late Monday night, the milk delivery comes on Tuesday morning, and it happened to be the week the milk bill comes. The milk delivery guy took the envelope with the rent thinking it was my payment and ripped off the bottom stub of my bill. He returned the opened rent envelope with check and bill stub the next day.
Just call the landlord and ask them where they would like for you to leave it.
StagLefty
07-31-2013, 18:44
What if I dream that I put a letter without cancelled postage in someone else's mailbox?
I thought I was the only one. [ROFL1]
jerrymrc
07-31-2013, 19:10
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE You should see what happens when we don't like you.[Flower]
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 19:45
You should see what happens when we don't like you.[Flower]
Will not be the first time. Unless you have helicopters, APC's and other entry toys, i doubt i'd be impressed.
FWIW: being prior .mil it's always advantageous to have "friends" in legal, medical and payroll.
jerrymrc
07-31-2013, 20:19
Will not be the first time. Unless you have helicopters, APC's and other entry toys, i doubt i'd be impressed.
FWIW: being prior .mil it's always advantageous to have "friends" in legal, medical and payroll.
Do not forget the chow hall.[LOL]
UrbanWolf
07-31-2013, 20:34
The rent is dropped off, I call the landlord and took it to his office.
sneakerd
07-31-2013, 20:45
Thank God.
Great-Kazoo
07-31-2013, 20:58
Thank God.
[LOL]
sneakerd
07-31-2013, 21:08
This particular original post has got to be the most ridiculous I have ever seen. Who needs help from an online forum to figure out how to pay your rent?
[Hang]
UrbanWolf
07-31-2013, 21:12
This particular original post has got to be the most ridiculous I have ever seen. Who needs help from an online forum to figure out how to pay your rent?
[Hang]
Dumb ass like me?
StagLefty
08-01-2013, 08:00
This particular original post has got to be the most ridiculous I have ever seen. Who needs help from an online forum to figure out how to pay your rent?
[Hang]
It's what I call "Facebook Syndrome" [ROFL1]
Great-Kazoo
08-01-2013, 08:18
It's what I call "Facebook Syndrome" [ROFL1]
Like. [Stick]
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