Quote Originally Posted by Yukitora View Post
Actually, you kinda have to ring the dudes that sent the mail and tell them directly. cause when it gets to the office, they just bin it and send another next time.
Be careful with that. As to find out who is sending it you may be tempted to open it. Keep in mind that it is an offence to open mail that is not addressed to you.

I have this problem as well. The previous resident of my house (we have been living here for 5 years now) seems to have run up quite the credit card bill ( or bills) and we are still getting the letters of demand from the debt collection agencies. Writing 'return to sender, no longer at this address' doesn't work, as I believe they think that is just a clever tactic to throw them off the trail. Fortunately mail frequently gets damaged in my mailbox and so it can sometimes be impossible to see who a letter is for until it is opened. On those times I have ran the debt collection agency and informed them of the situation. Sometimes that works but sometimes they still seem to persist and it isn't until I threaten to call the police that they back off.

One day a guy came to the door and just tried to walk in the house, luckily I always keep the screen door locked, but he demanded that I let him in. He was debt collector, but wouldn't say so, he tried to bully me into letting him in so he could "collect his debt". Needless to say I was not impressed. I tried to explain to him that the person he was after moved out 2 years ago but he didn't seem to care. So I wandered away from the door telling him I would just be a second. I came back with my 22 inch pipe wrench and my mobile phone, he backed off a bit then but still would not leave. I then proceeded to call the police and tell them that someone was trying to force their way into the house. He left quick smart then.

Debt collection agencies are scum. Probably my number 2 most hated types of people. Right below developers.

/rant