It is now eight years since we moved into our current home. As is basically standard practice, at the point that we moved we forwarded our mail, and made sure that "everyone" was aware of our new contact details. The previous owners of our current house did likewise. Those redirections have, of course, long since expired.
Shortly after one of those redirections expired, we started receiving a small number of letter addressed to the previous owners. So we reached out, got a forwarding address, and sent them on. All of which is to the good, except that about once a year we still receive a letter (and only one) addressed to the previous owner. I'm almost certain, but not entirely so, that it's junk mail.
So I find myself at a quandary.
On the one hand, it basically costs nothing just to keep readdressing the letter and chucking it back in the mail - there's a post box close enough to being "on the way" that it's just the cost of a little ink and a few steps.
On the other hand, eight years is probably long enough that if they'd wanted this company to know their new address they would have let them know.
I'm also struck by the reality that either we have to stop forwarding these letters at some point, or we have to commit to doing so effectively forever. And, of course, if they ever move again, I'd just be creating another new problem for another set of new owners...
So... yeah, I think I'm done. I forwarded this week's letter, and I'll continue to forward anything that looks like it isn't from a business (on the off chance that a long-lost friend tries to get back in touch), but for anything that looks like it's just spam I'm now going to introduce it to the shredder.
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