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"content": "[TX] I started getting Tolls in the mail for a car that isn't mine but has my plates Alright so a few months ago I received a toll bill in the mail and was no where up north by the toll roads. Called, eventually got past their automated pay phone system and spoke to someone. They looked it up, and deleted the toll due to \"error\" and I was no longer responsible for the bill. Cool, no big deal errors happen and they cleared it right up. Then I start getting more, and more and more and they no longer clear it up that I owe them money. Only issue is my \"plates\" are on this other car that is not mine. I've never had my plates stolen. So someone, somewhere made replica plates or in some mistake with the DMV issued the same plates?? Whoever started doing this drives the toll road twice a day and for two months that adds up. I'm 100% sure no one on the phone believes me anymore and think I'm trying to scam the toll roads. I went to the DMV to try and clear it up and even if need be pay extra for vanity plates just to get new tags, issue is when there is outstanding Tolls they won't let you get new plates or anything else. I filed a police report and went yesterday after work to get a copy of the report so I can use that to start getting the ball rolling but the incident number I received and finally got copies of is two sentences \"Responded to non emergency call at XXX address, met caller XXX. Report of copied license plate, XXX reports his license plate was copied or reproduced and used for another vehicle\" and that's it. Do I call and try to get a better report put in that actually says anything I said to try and get it cleared up or what?",
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"content": "Did the DMW at least check to see if that license plate number had erroneously been issued twice? If not, then, either 1: It's not a Texas plate, but another state that looks very similar or, 2: Someone altered their plate (like using a piece of tape to change a 0 to an 8, etc).",
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"content": "[TX] I started getting Tolls in the mail for a car that isn't mine but has my plates Alright so a few months ago I received a toll bill in the mail and was no where up north by the toll roads. Called, eventually got past their automated pay phone system and spoke to someone. They looked it up, and deleted the toll due to \"error\" and I was no longer responsible for the bill. Cool, no big deal errors happen and they cleared it right up. Then I start getting more, and more and more and they no longer clear it up that I owe them money. Only issue is my \"plates\" are on this other car that is not mine. I've never had my plates stolen. So someone, somewhere made replica plates or in some mistake with the DMV issued the same plates?? Whoever started doing this drives the toll road twice a day and for two months that adds up. I'm 100% sure no one on the phone believes me anymore and think I'm trying to scam the toll roads. I went to the DMV to try and clear it up and even if need be pay extra for vanity plates just to get new tags, issue is when there is outstanding Tolls they won't let you get new plates or anything else. I filed a police report and went yesterday after work to get a copy of the report so I can use that to start getting the ball rolling but the incident number I received and finally got copies of is two sentences \"Responded to non emergency call at XXX address, met caller XXX. Report of copied license plate, XXX reports his license plate was copied or reproduced and used for another vehicle\" and that's it. Do I call and try to get a better report put in that actually says anything I said to try and get it cleared up or what?",
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"content": "If no one at the DMV will help you, try reaching out to your state-level senators or representative. They all have staffers whose job it is to help constituents solve difficult government bureaucratic problems. It’s amazing how fast a call from their office will solve something like a DMV issue.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": ">What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything? Escalate. If the mail man won't do anything and your local PO won't do anything, take it up the chain. Also see https://www.usa.gov/complaint-against-government#item-211562 and https://www.prc.gov/offices/pagr",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Get a bigger marker. Like, half-inch tip. See if they can mark THAT out.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Another helpful tip -- There's a bar code somewhere on the envelope -- usually on the bottom. If you take a marker and black it out, when it gets sent back, it'll be \"rejected\" and someone will have to manually look at it. They'll see the mark-ups that you have on the letter. Right now, someone is just sending it back to the processing plant where it's dumped back into the \"regular mail\" and the machine is just reading the bar code, sending it back to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A first step is here, where you file a change of address form for someone else but write in \"Moved, No Forwarding Address\" in leiu of a forwarding address. Second, find out who the postmaster of your area is. The station manager (person in charge of a given post office branch) will know who this is and should provide you with contact information. Call them. Tell them what's happening. Station manager will be chewed out for, you know, not doing their job.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Another helpful tip -- There's a bar code somewhere on the envelope -- usually on the bottom. If you take a marker and black it out, when it gets sent back, it'll be \"rejected\" and someone will have to manually look at it. They'll see the mark-ups that you have on the letter. Right now, someone is just sending it back to the processing plant where it's dumped back into the \"regular mail\" and the machine is just reading the bar code, sending it back to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Are you dropping them back into your mail box, or a regular mail box? I had this issue and started dropping them into the pick up mail box on the corner and the issue went away.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Another helpful tip -- There's a bar code somewhere on the envelope -- usually on the bottom. If you take a marker and black it out, when it gets sent back, it'll be \"rejected\" and someone will have to manually look at it. They'll see the mark-ups that you have on the letter. Right now, someone is just sending it back to the processing plant where it's dumped back into the \"regular mail\" and the machine is just reading the bar code, sending it back to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "> we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. I would try contacting the military department which is sending the mail. If the post office won't stop delivering it to you, maybe you can get the military to stop mailing it to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Another helpful tip -- There's a bar code somewhere on the envelope -- usually on the bottom. If you take a marker and black it out, when it gets sent back, it'll be \"rejected\" and someone will have to manually look at it. They'll see the mark-ups that you have on the letter. Right now, someone is just sending it back to the processing plant where it's dumped back into the \"regular mail\" and the machine is just reading the bar code, sending it back to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Would it be illegal for this person to throw the mail away if it keeps getting delivered to them and they accumulated a lot of it?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Another helpful tip -- There's a bar code somewhere on the envelope -- usually on the bottom. If you take a marker and black it out, when it gets sent back, it'll be \"rejected\" and someone will have to manually look at it. They'll see the mark-ups that you have on the letter. Right now, someone is just sending it back to the processing plant where it's dumped back into the \"regular mail\" and the machine is just reading the bar code, sending it back to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not a lawyer but have been receiving my ex-downstairs-neighbor's mail for 2 years, lmk what works?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Another helpful tip -- There's a bar code somewhere on the envelope -- usually on the bottom. If you take a marker and black it out, when it gets sent back, it'll be \"rejected\" and someone will have to manually look at it. They'll see the mark-ups that you have on the letter. Right now, someone is just sending it back to the processing plant where it's dumped back into the \"regular mail\" and the machine is just reading the bar code, sending it back to you.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Can you ask your apartment complex if he left a forwarding address? When this happened to me (house not apartment though), my landlord took the mail and forwarded it to the old tenant.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not legal advice but it might be because of the type of mail it is. We had the same problem when we moved into our apartment. 99% of mail for the previous occupant stopped with no problem but official mail from the state and federal govts kept coming despite our best efforts because apparently without an official change of address by the addressee it must be delivered to the \"last address on file\".",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Would it be illegal for this person to throw the mail away if it keeps getting delivered to them and they accumulated a lot of it?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not legal advice but it might be because of the type of mail it is. We had the same problem when we moved into our apartment. 99% of mail for the previous occupant stopped with no problem but official mail from the state and federal govts kept coming despite our best efforts because apparently without an official change of address by the addressee it must be delivered to the \"last address on file\".",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not a lawyer but have been receiving my ex-downstairs-neighbor's mail for 2 years, lmk what works?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not legal advice but it might be because of the type of mail it is. We had the same problem when we moved into our apartment. 99% of mail for the previous occupant stopped with no problem but official mail from the state and federal govts kept coming despite our best efforts because apparently without an official change of address by the addressee it must be delivered to the \"last address on file\".",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Can you ask your apartment complex if he left a forwarding address? When this happened to me (house not apartment though), my landlord took the mail and forwarded it to the old tenant.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Bring the mail to your local post office and request to speak with the Postmaster about it, not just one of the employees at the counter. If the mail carrier is simply crossing out your \"return to sender\" note and re-delivering the mail to you then the Postmaster will likely have a talk with him/her about the proper way to handle it.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Would it be illegal for this person to throw the mail away if it keeps getting delivered to them and they accumulated a lot of it?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Bring the mail to your local post office and request to speak with the Postmaster about it, not just one of the employees at the counter. If the mail carrier is simply crossing out your \"return to sender\" note and re-delivering the mail to you then the Postmaster will likely have a talk with him/her about the proper way to handle it.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not a lawyer but have been receiving my ex-downstairs-neighbor's mail for 2 years, lmk what works?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Bring the mail to your local post office and request to speak with the Postmaster about it, not just one of the employees at the counter. If the mail carrier is simply crossing out your \"return to sender\" note and re-delivering the mail to you then the Postmaster will likely have a talk with him/her about the proper way to handle it.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Can you ask your apartment complex if he left a forwarding address? When this happened to me (house not apartment though), my landlord took the mail and forwarded it to the old tenant.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A few years ago the mailman was delivering what looked like greeting cards with no return address for this sweet little old lady that used to live at my address and so I found her in the phone book to try and explain what was going on so she could update her address but in the end I just started mailing them to her since she and her old friends were so confused about the whole thing. She would send me the occasional thank you card and she passed away about a year later. Her elderly friends then sent the sympathy cards to my house of course! I managed to track down her son to send them to him. RIP Thelma I had no idea you could file a change of address on someone else until reading this today",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Would it be illegal for this person to throw the mail away if it keeps getting delivered to them and they accumulated a lot of it?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A few years ago the mailman was delivering what looked like greeting cards with no return address for this sweet little old lady that used to live at my address and so I found her in the phone book to try and explain what was going on so she could update her address but in the end I just started mailing them to her since she and her old friends were so confused about the whole thing. She would send me the occasional thank you card and she passed away about a year later. Her elderly friends then sent the sympathy cards to my house of course! I managed to track down her son to send them to him. RIP Thelma I had no idea you could file a change of address on someone else until reading this today",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Not a lawyer but have been receiving my ex-downstairs-neighbor's mail for 2 years, lmk what works?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A few years ago the mailman was delivering what looked like greeting cards with no return address for this sweet little old lady that used to live at my address and so I found her in the phone book to try and explain what was going on so she could update her address but in the end I just started mailing them to her since she and her old friends were so confused about the whole thing. She would send me the occasional thank you card and she passed away about a year later. Her elderly friends then sent the sympathy cards to my house of course! I managed to track down her son to send them to him. RIP Thelma I had no idea you could file a change of address on someone else until reading this today",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Can you ask your apartment complex if he left a forwarding address? When this happened to me (house not apartment though), my landlord took the mail and forwarded it to the old tenant.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A few years ago the mailman was delivering what looked like greeting cards with no return address for this sweet little old lady that used to live at my address and so I found her in the phone book to try and explain what was going on so she could update her address but in the end I just started mailing them to her since she and her old friends were so confused about the whole thing. She would send me the occasional thank you card and she passed away about a year later. Her elderly friends then sent the sympathy cards to my house of course! I managed to track down her son to send them to him. RIP Thelma I had no idea you could file a change of address on someone else until reading this today",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "**BLACK MAGIC MARKER** over YOUR address first.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A few years ago the mailman was delivering what looked like greeting cards with no return address for this sweet little old lady that used to live at my address and so I found her in the phone book to try and explain what was going on so she could update her address but in the end I just started mailing them to her since she and her old friends were so confused about the whole thing. She would send me the occasional thank you card and she passed away about a year later. Her elderly friends then sent the sympathy cards to my house of course! I managed to track down her son to send them to him. RIP Thelma I had no idea you could file a change of address on someone else until reading this today",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "I am so glad you posted this. I have the same issue, and the mail people scribble out my Return to Sender. I gave up mostly because it was magazines and stuff but it was ridiculous.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "A few years ago the mailman was delivering what looked like greeting cards with no return address for this sweet little old lady that used to live at my address and so I found her in the phone book to try and explain what was going on so she could update her address but in the end I just started mailing them to her since she and her old friends were so confused about the whole thing. She would send me the occasional thank you card and she passed away about a year later. Her elderly friends then sent the sympathy cards to my house of course! I managed to track down her son to send them to him. RIP Thelma I had no idea you could file a change of address on someone else until reading this today",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Does it say \"or current resident\"?",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Can you find the contact information for the military office that's sending it out? Maybe you can reach a helpful admin there who can remove the address from the person's file. I was getting mail for a resident that moved out in 1996... I continually marked RTS but it kept coming back. Calling solved the problem.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "I am so glad you posted this. I have the same issue, and the mail people scribble out my Return to Sender. I gave up mostly because it was magazines and stuff but it was ridiculous.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Can you find the contact information for the military office that's sending it out? Maybe you can reach a helpful admin there who can remove the address from the person's file. I was getting mail for a resident that moved out in 1996... I continually marked RTS but it kept coming back. Calling solved the problem.",
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"content": "(IL) Post office scribbles over our \"return to sender\" notes and keeps giving us mail that isn't ours Since we moved into our apartment 2 years ago we've been getting mail sent by the military for a guy who doesn't live here. As the title says, we consistently write RTS and \"wrong address\" on the envelopes, in addition to talking face to face with the postmen and post office about it but they keep sticking it back in our mailbox. Now it's at the point where they are marking out our RTS notes and putting the envelopes back in. I doubt we can just throw this mail away but we're sick of getting it. What is the proper legal action when even the post office won't do anything?",
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"content": "Does it say \"or current resident\"?",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "If there is carrier delivery in your zip code you might qualify for a hardship delivery. That means the carrier will bring the mail to your door. You will need a drs note to prove you need the service.",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "There is a possibility the landlord does not own the land from the curb 4ft in and you may have a right to install a mailbox. Thats how it is in CT here because I use a PO Box and I brought this up to the postmaster. Luckily, I live near the PO.",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "If there is carrier delivery in your zip code you might qualify for a hardship delivery. That means the carrier will bring the mail to your door. You will need a drs note to prove you need the service.",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "Do you know for a fact mail is delivered to the apartment. Not familiar with your area but where I live many of the small towns USPS only has rural carriers so if you live in town you have to have a PO box",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "My parents lived in rural Alaska for the last few years and had a similar issue; for many homes and apartments, the only viable option to receive mail is getting a PO Box. This may not be on your landlord, but more of a conversation you need to have with the post office to ensure that mail is actually able to be delivered to the unit, and if not, is there a bus that runs in the area? I know that Willow, for example, does have a local transit option that you can schedule to get around town and will even pick you up if you’re within their route radius.",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "Do you know for a fact mail is delivered to the apartment. Not familiar with your area but where I live many of the small towns USPS only has rural carriers so if you live in town you have to have a PO box",
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"content": "I work for a specialty pharmacy that ships patients medication. Depending on who your pharmacy is or where you're getting your medications from they might be able to ship it directly to your home address using a carrier like UPS or FedEx that delivers in that area. Not the United States Post service. For most patients who receive medication VIA mail this is a standard practice especially when patients don't have access to other ways of receiving their medication.",
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"content": "[AK] My landlord isn't providing an option for me to receive mail? I am a disabled veteran and I am not allowed to drive due to my conditions. I just moved into a new apartment and asked the landlord where is the mailbox/how do I pick up my packages because I have my medicines from the VA being mailed to me. She responded saying \"You need to open a PO Box at the post office\". And I'm not sure this is legal? How am I supposed to get to the post office??? It's a rural town in Alaska) and there's 1 Uber driver (guy name Christopher... Everyone knows him, really nice guy) but he isn't always driving.",
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"content": "Are you in Anchorage? I only ask because Anchorage often has different regulations than the rest of the state.",
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"content": "[California] My paycheck was intercepted in the mail. My work determined that somebody altered the name on the check and cashed it. They say it could take up to a year for me to get paid now. They say they need to wait for the banking institution to finish their investigation and return the funds to them for them to reissue my check/money. I was receiving checks in the mail because my direct deposit form was never processed.",
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"content": "They still owe your money on time, and there's nothing saying they need to pay you the exact same funds they tried to pay you with the last time. Dept. of labor will handle them. Maybe punitive damages depending how quickly they actually pay up. Do you have any corroboration or background info pointing to whether it was actually an act of mail fraud, and not just the check getting \"intercepted\" because it would've bounced? Even if this is real mail fraud, the fact they're not trying to just pay you again to meet their legal obligation for what should be a very small % of their opex makes me a little concerned about the business's financial health. Employers going broke is something you want to be very cautious of because if it happens it's exceedingly difficult to collect outstanding payroll owed to you. If there are any other signs of poor financial health, it would be prudent for you to think up both an exit strategy and a plan to get a payroll claim in as early as possible through bankruptcy proceedings.",
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"content": "[California] My paycheck was intercepted in the mail. My work determined that somebody altered the name on the check and cashed it. They say it could take up to a year for me to get paid now. They say they need to wait for the banking institution to finish their investigation and return the funds to them for them to reissue my check/money. I was receiving checks in the mail because my direct deposit form was never processed.",
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"content": "This is a game of telephone gone wrong! A bank account holder has a year to file a forged/altered endorsement claim to return a washed check (check washing is where they scrub the ink off the payee line and put their own name down instead.) They generally only take a few business days to resolve, the longest I saw in 10 years was a few weeks. You should be aware that that might not be the only mail that has gone missing. I would recommend that you lock your credit down ASAP.",
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"content": "[California] My paycheck was intercepted in the mail. My work determined that somebody altered the name on the check and cashed it. They say it could take up to a year for me to get paid now. They say they need to wait for the banking institution to finish their investigation and return the funds to them for them to reissue my check/money. I was receiving checks in the mail because my direct deposit form was never processed.",
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"content": "They still owe your money on time, and there's nothing saying they need to pay you the exact same funds they tried to pay you with the last time. Dept. of labor will handle them. Maybe punitive damages depending how quickly they actually pay up. Do you have any corroboration or background info pointing to whether it was actually an act of mail fraud, and not just the check getting \"intercepted\" because it would've bounced? Even if this is real mail fraud, the fact they're not trying to just pay you again to meet their legal obligation for what should be a very small % of their opex makes me a little concerned about the business's financial health. Employers going broke is something you want to be very cautious of because if it happens it's exceedingly difficult to collect outstanding payroll owed to you. If there are any other signs of poor financial health, it would be prudent for you to think up both an exit strategy and a plan to get a payroll claim in as early as possible through bankruptcy proceedings.",
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"content": "[California] My paycheck was intercepted in the mail. My work determined that somebody altered the name on the check and cashed it. They say it could take up to a year for me to get paid now. They say they need to wait for the banking institution to finish their investigation and return the funds to them for them to reissue my check/money. I was receiving checks in the mail because my direct deposit form was never processed.",
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"content": "Don't wait for next pay day. Demand that they reissue the check immediately.",
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"content": "[California] My paycheck was intercepted in the mail. My work determined that somebody altered the name on the check and cashed it. They say it could take up to a year for me to get paid now. They say they need to wait for the banking institution to finish their investigation and return the funds to them for them to reissue my check/money. I was receiving checks in the mail because my direct deposit form was never processed.",
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"content": "This is a game of telephone gone wrong! A bank account holder has a year to file a forged/altered endorsement claim to return a washed check (check washing is where they scrub the ink off the payee line and put their own name down instead.) They generally only take a few business days to resolve, the longest I saw in 10 years was a few weeks. You should be aware that that might not be the only mail that has gone missing. I would recommend that you lock your credit down ASAP.",
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"content": "[California] My paycheck was intercepted in the mail. My work determined that somebody altered the name on the check and cashed it. They say it could take up to a year for me to get paid now. They say they need to wait for the banking institution to finish their investigation and return the funds to them for them to reissue my check/money. I was receiving checks in the mail because my direct deposit form was never processed.",
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"content": "Don't wait for next pay day. Demand that they reissue the check immediately.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "You have evidence that a serious felony is occurring. Run, don't walk, to the police. The end.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "Police are the next step. The children need forensic interviews done.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "You have evidence that a serious felony is occurring. Run, don't walk, to the police. The end.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "Police are the next step. The children need forensic interviews done.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "Police. Now. Schools, doctors, dentist, therapist! Report it to all. Get names, write them doen, tell them you need their names for your records, demand follow up, go up the ranks.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "First, get the girl in therapy.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "Call the police. Also look into therapy for your whole family.",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "Four year olds dont develop pubic hair-so if that is the justification is pretty obviously bogus",
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"content": "[OH] My girlfriend's youngest daughter (4) has talked about her father (living in VA) multiple times of abusing her. He \"checks\" her privates for hair, he tells her, to make sure she's growing up, etc. The local child protection agency has done multiple \"investigations\" which consisted entirely of calling him and asking, \"Did you do molest your children?\" and him saying, \"No. In fact, I want to report that her mother is molesting them.\" At that, they dismiss everything as a sour divorce tit-for-tat. One of the investigations was even triggered by the girl's counselor who was concerned the abuse was real and not something the girl was making up. THAT investigation also resulted in the agency conducting an interview over the phone with the accused and reporting back to her mother, \"He denied it. End of investigation.\" This past week the little girl has started to talk about it again. Both her and her brother know sexual things way beyond their years that their mother did not teach them and I know that's one of the signs of abuse. My question is, where do we turn to now?! The \"child protection\" agency in our county has completely written off the allegations that the child has made and continues to make, in very vivid detail. Their mother is distraught, and has practically given up because she doesn't know where to turn, and decided that maybe the best thing is to get her on birth control as early as she can be if no agency is going to do anything about it. The father has made false allegations against members of her family (which got FULL investigations for some reason) and they determined that the father had coached the kids on what to say. He has threatened to make more accusations against her family and anyone she dates in order to make her life hell. She has told the agency this and they do nothing. We don't know what to do. Help!",
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"content": "Call the police. Also look into therapy for your whole family.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "I'm going to take a different tack. Call the DOT, not the police. There are consequences for commercial vehicles with unsecured loads, I have seen trucks towed for allowing dirt/stones to blow off them.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "Contact the police. They can force him to clean it up. Next contact the building department and ask for the rules and regs for building in the area. They should have rules on debris and trash removal Contact Alderman and sick the city in him. The can shut down his job site and force him to fix the issue",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "The builder will not change their behavior until they suffer consequences for their actions. You need to collect evidence and reach out to institutions that have leverage over them in order to force them to change their behavior. They need permits from the city in order to build, so reach out to the city and inform them of what's going on. Talk to your neighbors and perhaps get a group to go together to a city hall meeting. Contact the police and see if dropping nails from a vehicle constitutes a traffic offense. And get a consultation with a lawyer to see about going after the builder in court. As far as getting money out of them in court, you'll have to prove that they dropped the nails and that you could not have reasonably prevented yourself from running over them. I can't really give you a percentage estimate of the chances of winning - that question would be best asked of your lawyer. But you should definitely reach out to one.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "We've dealt with this twice and it is difficult to prove who dropped the nails unless you have video proof. I do suggest purchasing a magnetic sweeper to carry with you as you walk- it's a large bar magnet with a handle- they are reasonably priced and catch far more metal fragments and nails than by just eyesight alone. I also used one at a horse stable because of horseshoe nails puncturing tires. I filled buckets using the magnetic sweeper.",
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"content": "I'm going to take a different tack. Call the DOT, not the police. There are consequences for commercial vehicles with unsecured loads, I have seen trucks towed for allowing dirt/stones to blow off them.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "I am not a lawyer so take everything with a grain of salt. You can sue anybody for anything. That doesnt mean it will stick in court. You say the nails are falling off the back of trucks. Are the roads public or private roads. If they are Public the DOT (Not sure if TX has or Austin but look it up) may be very interested. Also if you can get video or dashcam footage of the nails falling off the backs of trucks. It only helps your position and you may want to contact your insurance or a lawyer at that point. The HOA could theoretically do something but it isn't the HOA's job or issue as it affects individual residents. I would speak with others who have their tires punctured and gather evidence that it is the builders trucks dropping nails. Then you can all chip in for a lawyer and sue the Builder if the lawyer believes you have a case. If you got tires replaced through insurance your insurance may be interested as this will allow them to recoup the money.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "The builder will not change their behavior until they suffer consequences for their actions. You need to collect evidence and reach out to institutions that have leverage over them in order to force them to change their behavior. They need permits from the city in order to build, so reach out to the city and inform them of what's going on. Talk to your neighbors and perhaps get a group to go together to a city hall meeting. Contact the police and see if dropping nails from a vehicle constitutes a traffic offense. And get a consultation with a lawyer to see about going after the builder in court. As far as getting money out of them in court, you'll have to prove that they dropped the nails and that you could not have reasonably prevented yourself from running over them. I can't really give you a percentage estimate of the chances of winning - that question would be best asked of your lawyer. But you should definitely reach out to one.",
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"content": "I am not a lawyer so take everything with a grain of salt. You can sue anybody for anything. That doesnt mean it will stick in court. You say the nails are falling off the back of trucks. Are the roads public or private roads. If they are Public the DOT (Not sure if TX has or Austin but look it up) may be very interested. Also if you can get video or dashcam footage of the nails falling off the backs of trucks. It only helps your position and you may want to contact your insurance or a lawyer at that point. The HOA could theoretically do something but it isn't the HOA's job or issue as it affects individual residents. I would speak with others who have their tires punctured and gather evidence that it is the builders trucks dropping nails. Then you can all chip in for a lawyer and sue the Builder if the lawyer believes you have a case. If you got tires replaced through insurance your insurance may be interested as this will allow them to recoup the money.",
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"content": "We've dealt with this twice and it is difficult to prove who dropped the nails unless you have video proof. I do suggest purchasing a magnetic sweeper to carry with you as you walk- it's a large bar magnet with a handle- they are reasonably priced and catch far more metal fragments and nails than by just eyesight alone. I also used one at a horse stable because of horseshoe nails puncturing tires. I filled buckets using the magnetic sweeper.",
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"content": "I work for a builder. To sue for the cost of the tires you need to find the actual responsible party. The builder subbed out all the work, and the builder is not legally responsible for what the sub contractors do on public roads getting to and from the job site. You need to sue the sub contractor who is dropping the nails. Unfortunately this is hard to prove and there are probably more than one dropping debris. They have almost a herd immunity to this kind of lawsuit. This may cause this to get deleted by the mods, but you need to put pressure on the builder to pressure their subs. And as long as homes are selling, there is no pressure. Your best bet is social media. Make a scene. Builders are very sensitive to this. Post complaints all over neighborhood Facebook pages. And if you are mad enough, hang a sign on your car and park it on the street in front of the model. You will get a fast response.",
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"content": "In the construction industry. A call to OSHA notifying them of unsafe work practices can also be VERY troublsome for a builder and their subcontractors. OSHA has an obligation to visit and inspect for unsafe work practices especially after they've been notified. You could photograph workmen performing tasks where they would need to be tied off and are not compliant. Any time work is performed 6' above the ground or higher requires that individual to be securely tied off to prevent falls. Failure to do so is the most serious type of violation and always results in an inspection and follow up inspection to ensure compliance. Residential contractors never comply with this regulation. Often times the threat of notifying OSHA can persuade contractors to fall into line.",
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"content": "If you're still under construction, you are most likely still in the development phase, meaning the HOA board is controlled by the development company. Which may also be the home builder - is your neighborhood exclusively one builder? The only thing builders care about is getting the houses finished, and the only authority that can rein them in is going to be whatever entity grants building permits. Sounds like it may be the county in your case. Contact that office, ask for their assistance - I'm not in your part of Texas but in my part of Texas, construction materials and debris in the street is enough to get construction shut down until it's fixed.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "I'd go to each site and compare nails to see where it might have come from.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "If you're still under construction, you are most likely still in the development phase, meaning the HOA board is controlled by the development company. Which may also be the home builder - is your neighborhood exclusively one builder? The only thing builders care about is getting the houses finished, and the only authority that can rein them in is going to be whatever entity grants building permits. Sounds like it may be the county in your case. Contact that office, ask for their assistance - I'm not in your part of Texas but in my part of Texas, construction materials and debris in the street is enough to get construction shut down until it's fixed.",
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"content": "[TX] Local home builder drops nails all over our roads, leaving us with constant tire punctures. They won’t pay for tires or street sweeping, what can we do? I live in a new community right outside of Austin, all built by the same builder. Over the past few months, folks who live here have had to replace numerous tires due to nail punctures. When I take my daughter on walks around the neighborhood, we collect nails from the streets! They are coming off of trucks that come and go from the sites still under construction. Various neighbors have tried to be compensated for tires or asked them to pay for street sweeping. The builder says he won’t do anything, it’s not his problem. Our HOA says it’s not something they can make the builder do. Do we have any chance at getting to them if we hire legal representation? We’re also a bit rural, outside of the incorporated town limits of an Austin suburb. So I’m not sure if the town would even send a street sweeper. We’re talking 30+ new tires and countless patches. Im trying to collect an actual count from neighbors.",
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"content": "Check your deed restrictions and see who maintains the roads. Since you’re unincorporated, it’s either the county, a MUD (municipal utility district), the HOA, or rarely a city for which you are ETJ (extra-territorial jurisdiction). Your HOA may not be able to do anything because the roads may be managed by the county. Hopefully, it is the county and they can order street sweepers out. Some of this will depend on if you’re in Travis County vs Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, or Burnet. You may need to contact your county commissioner to get things moving. If your roads are managed by a MUD, show up at their next meeting. Find out who the management company is for the district and contact them. If it’s the HOA, get a copy of the bylaws and find out what they say about roads, complaints, and the duties of the HOA. And if all else fails, find out when elections are held and get your neighbors organized. MUD Directors (in the Austin area, I can say with certainty) will be elected during either May or Nov in a municipal election. HOAs will be elected on whatever schedule is set in their bylaws and at a meeting, not through an election run by the elections department.",
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