So I put the recipient address on the letter but don’t put a return address and don’t put on a stamp
What would happen
Iirc the return address has to be within a certain radius. So if the return address in the same vicinity of the post office, they’ll return it usually. But bare in mind this is technically a federal offense if you do this knowingly. I don’t think they’d investigate a one-time thing but if you make it a habit, they could.
The Purge depicted in movies: murder and blood everywhere
The Purge IRL: Mail Fraud
Be sure to try it with a rent or mortgage payment.
Yeah I heard that one before. Another was using a stamp but putting a layer of Elmer’s glue over it, which stopped the cancellation ink from getting on the stamp. The recipient would wash off the glue and re-use the stamp (covering it with more glue the same way) to write back to you. I never tried that myself but I knew people who claimed to have done this in real life, with 1 cent stamps even. Obvs that was from before email and from when out of town (“long distance”) phone calls were quite expensive for the broke nerds I hung with. So they actually wrote to each other with snail mail.
This one doesn’t work anymore. I did this accidentally because I had misaddressed an envelope very badly and decided to use a new envelope. I peeled the stamp off it (one of the sticker ones) and used glue to put it back on the envelope.
The post office returned it to me with a note saying that the stamp could not be used as the ultra violet mark they use to validate stamps couldn’t be seen through the glue.
I’ve wondered the same about switching the to address and return address but not including a stamp. They go to “return” let letter and end up delivering it, unless postage is checked at time of pickup.
Huh, this letter with a Boston return address is in a Hollywood sorting facility. Nothing wrong there!
Gonna need you to hang on. I’m getting a collect call.
…uh-huh…mm-hmmm…ok…sorry, wrong number.
Hey, that was Bob. He had a baby. It’s a boy.
Before my time slightly, but I always heard some kids calling collect home to say they are ready to be picked up.
Ring
Click “Hello?”
“There is a collect call from ‘ItsBobImDoneAtTheArc’ would you like to accept the fees?”
click
Ah, yes, the ol’ Bob Weottababyitzaboi
Depending on your local postal laws and how willing your postman is, it would either get delivered, and the delivery address gets asked to pay, or it would not get delivered. Or it would get delivered, with just a little complaint note attached.
I’d argue the risk of non delivery is probably relatively high in most countries.
Place where I live has super good postal delivery. My workplace gets quite a lot of post. They deliver it with a little note to inform you postal fees should be paid.
