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Thread: If the postman delivered a package to your house and it had a different address on it

  1. 03-14-2005, 08:49 PM #1
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    Default If the postman delivered a package to your house and it had a different address on it

    I know this guy that's been receiving mail for some woman at his house. Instead of taking the ethical route and labeling the mail "Return to Sender" he just opens the package and pockets whatever is in it

    Last week he intercepted a Flash Drive (USB Storage Unit) Probably valued at $40

    what would you do?

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  2. 03-14-2005, 08:53 PM #2
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    awwwwww ..thats awful....
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  3. 03-14-2005, 08:57 PM #3
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    well, I've never done it, but the company has insurance and technically speaking...it's the post office's fault if it ended up on my doorstep...

    like, let's say for you Leisa...

    a box full of real Coach and Louie V bags.......
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  4. 03-14-2005, 09:01 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by AznTraitor
    well, I've never done it, but the company has insurance and technically speaking...it's the post office's fault if it ended up on my doorstep...

    like, let's say for you Leisa...

    a box full of real Coach and Louie V bags.......
    Yeah but you're not aware of the contents until you open the box. This is a very etchical situation here. lol

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    ohh now why are yall putting me on the spot like that.... I would send back the louis vitton, and keep the coach...
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    Just in case morality doesn't get ya.....the LAW can. It is illegal to open anyone else's mail even if it's in YOUR mailbox. It is actually a felony if I'm not mistaken. A $40 usb drive is not worth going to jail for IMO. You'd be somebody's biotch in jail sure enough then.....

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  7. 03-14-2005, 09:32 PM #7
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    well, I myself....open things in the mail.....like the other day, I had a best buy bill, and since I am a best buy card holder, I just cut it open and checked my bill....but was I suprised when it was 5,564....then I saw the name and addy.....mistakes happen.
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  8. 03-14-2005, 09:34 PM #8
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    i know my concsious (sp) would kill me if i did something like that
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    Quote Originally Posted by AznTraitor
    well, I myself....open things in the mail.....like the other day, I had a best buy bill, and since I am a best buy card holder, I just cut it open and checked my bill....but was I suprised when it was 5,564....then I saw the name and addy.....mistakes happen.
    There's a difference between an honest mistake and just saying "screw it, it came to me, so it's their loss".

    I too have made the same mistake too. I also went right then and walked next door and told them that I had mistakenly opened it. I appologized and moved on. But to purposely open it and keep opening them and keeping the stuff for yourself? That's totally different.

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    Wow, what a coincidence.. This actually happened to me on saturday, dumbass postman delivered the package to my door, when it was for the lady upstairs... and you know how bad that curiousity gets.. you should of seen me.. shaking the package like a kid on christmas eve, trying to get any clue as to what it could be.. There happened to be a little tear in the package, so I tried to sneak a peek in there but all I saw was the wrapping. so to end it, I just took it up stairs and left it on her doorstep... that way I dont have to answer for the hole in the package, even though I didn't put it there.
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    ^ good man

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
    There's a difference between an honest mistake and just saying "screw it, it came to me, so it's their loss".

    I too have made the same mistake too. I also went right then and walked next door and told them that I had mistakenly opened it. I appologized and moved on. But to purposely open it and keep opening them and keeping the stuff for yourself? That's totally different.
    Exactly! This Thread is actually about a member on here...

    Did someone say CALL the person OUT!!!???

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    I always give it back. A couple of weeks ago before i moved out of my apartment someone had sent a UPS package and my cousin signed for it and opened it. It was a package for the previous resident and it was a whole bunch of diabetes supplies

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    fuk u kevin damn! i just opened the package that was on my doorstep bro? dont make me look like an ass



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    if it is someone in my neighborhood or area i will take it to them...but if it's a long way away i will do the return to sender
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevykev
    Exactly! This Thread is actually about a member on here...

    Did someone say CALL the person OUT!!!???
    Oh, hell I'll say it if nobody will......

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    flip side to everything... how would you want your neighbor to take care of the same situation with your mail? say you just ordered your latest super cool Ebay cold air intake and your neighbor, who just so happens to also drive a civic, keeps your shit and leaves you high and dry?
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    Quote Originally Posted by carrascopa
    fuk u kevin damn! i just opened the package that was on my doorstep bro? dont make me look like an ass

    I had a feeling this thread was about you.... *busts out crucifix* The power of Christ compels you!
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    Quote Originally Posted by HiPSI
    say you just ordered your latest super cool Ebay cold air intake and your neighbor, who just so happens to also drive a civic, keeps your shit and leaves you high and dry?


    now you know that's a damn lie, Ebay doesnt have those super cool cold air intakes....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Z71StarsNBarsZ71
    if it is someone in my neighborhood or area i will take it to them...but if it's a long way away i will do the return to sender

    Well Let's ask Alex what he did about the woman that wasn't in his neighborhood????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
    Oh, hell I'll say it if nobody will......

    Who is it?
    haha look before your post LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevykev
    Well Let's ask Alex what he did about the woman that wasn't in his neighborhood????

    it was a vibrator wasnt it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevykev
    Well Let's ask Alex what he did about the woman that wasn't in his neighborhood????
    Well, hopefully it's something he can use.... *shivers at the thought of Carr trying on womens lingerie*
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    i would do the return to sender although there is a subscription of sports illustrated that comes to me and chucks house and has the name Joe Dollar on it and my name is Brandi Dollar...so i just take it to my salon and let the guys there look at them...
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    depends where it came from!
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    Quote Originally Posted by 00CIVICSI
    depends where it came from!
    It came from Bakalakadaka street.
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    you people are funny

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    well it is a federal offense to tamper/open someone elses mail ... that's just stupid to get in trouble for. so yeah, if the address was a neighbor of mine i would personally deliver it, but if i had no clue as to where the package actually goes, then i would put the RTS on the package
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    Opening someone elses mail is a FEDERAL offense. You get prosecuted big time if you get caught.
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    jail time... don't think so. send that shit back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BOOSTEDeg
    Opening someone elses mail is a FEDERAL offense. You get prosecuted big time if you get caught.
    Exactly. Like Jaime and everybody was saying, it IS a federal offense. If your name is not on it, it is not yours.

    It would be no different that "stealing mail". A serious offense.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
    Just in case morality doesn't get ya.....the LAW can. It is illegal to open anyone else's mail even if it's in YOUR mailbox. It is actually a felony if I'm not mistaken. A $40 usb drive is not worth going to jail for IMO. You'd be somebody's biotch in jail sure enough then.....
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    thats f ucked up. I would just give it to the correct address. If I orderr something and the post man make a mistake I would hope someone would have the courtesy to give it to me; if not they can enjoy the bad karma they get
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
    It is illegal to open anyone else's mail even if it's in YOUR mailbox.
    Notice how you capitalized YOUR mailbox. Correct me if I'm wrong, Jaime, but even though it is your box isn't it, at the same time, federal property? Later, QD.
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    I'd send it back my conscious would haunt me
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    Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
    Notice how you capitalized YOUR mailbox. Correct me if I'm wrong, Jaime, but even though it is your box isn't it, at the same time, federal property? Later, QD.
    yes it is actually property of the government while being used as a mailbox, but you are free to remove it or personalize it. and holy thread resurrection
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    Oh yea way back in 05 damn..
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    Wait i got a package one day, my address not my name though. Could not find a return address, I open it up and boom its a Gamecube, and a cheapo MP3 player.
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    i get tons of mail for previous tenants in the place i rent.. i toss it in the trash i get mail for around 8 different people i cant deal wiht it... so i toss it
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    2005... ahhhh The golden year!

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