Say I don't stamp a piece of postage but put the intended receiver address as the sender address and my address as the receiver address, would it still get where I want it to go for free?
2006-07-28 18:41:19 · 9 answers · asked by trafficer21 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
How would they know who is the actual sender if you put it in a public mail box?
2006-07-28 18:46:46 · update #1
Yes, I've sent Christmas cards that way as a joke, it does work. My only advice is to use the real name in the send space and to leave the return address blank. It will arrive at it's destination postage due. I suggest doing it that way so the same post office doesn't see the same name a lot.
I will frequently do this, with no return address, to companies that send me envelopes that say Place Stamp Here, so they have to pay anyways. What's your address?
2006-07-28 18:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor ~W. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple of points to start out:
1) only a really dishonest person would go to such lengths to avoid paying 39c for a service that is worth much more.
2) It could backfire, as some mail without postage is missed and goes to the person it is addressed to anyway.
The rule is that if a letter is paid at least 39c and there is an additional charge - over an ounce or odd-shaped envelope, for example - then it is delivered postage due to the addressee. If there is no postage, then it should be returned to the sender. If you try this more than once, you are likely to get caught and charged with mail fraud. It's just not worth it! And why would you want to be that kind of person anyway? Just buy some stamps - preferable pretty ones - and use them!
2006-07-29 08:14:23 · answer #2 · answered by Maple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't look right if your mailing a letter from one city or state to another and the letter is going from the recipient's area to the sender's area. If it looks supicious, they'll normally charge you at least a stamp charge or more just to get the letter back from the post office. Another way they will find out if you are trying to do this often. Then they could say you are committing mail fraud and have you pay a fine or cancel your services until it is paid for.
2006-07-29 01:56:54 · answer #3 · answered by rascoe627 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why you would even wonder about this is ludicrous, but anyway, if you did not stamp a piece of mail - any mail - it would go to the sender with postage due, or be returned to the sender as undeliverable. Likely it would go to the recipient (whomeever it is, even yourself) postage due. Why are you wasting your time asking foolish, nonsensical questions?
2006-07-29 01:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it will go to the "return" address, which in your case would be where you wanted the mail to go. I've heard this works, but I haven't actually tried it. My brother claims it works, but only in the same postal area.
2006-07-29 02:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by pvpd73127 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as free lunch in this world.
2006-07-29 01:45:32 · answer #6 · answered by Prashanth Rao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stupidest thing I ever heard
2006-07-29 01:45:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I think it would go back to you.
2006-07-29 01:45:25 · answer #8 · answered by Like Glue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, putz.
2006-07-29 01:47:45 · answer #9 · answered by Jo the chemist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋