When posting a letter

Just The One

As soon as you post a letter, whose property does it become... is it still your property and you have the right to retrieve it from the post box, is it the property of An Post or does it then become the property of the adressee

mandz

i think maybe it becomes the property of the adressee and An Post hold it as a trustee until its delivered to the beneficiary/addressee. I'm not actually too sure but i would kind of view it like that

Gator

It belongs to an post as soon as you put it in the box...it belongs to them until they put it in the addresse's box...

Heres a useless piece of information for you...in england you can be put to death for stealing the mail....as it is royal mail it belongs to the wagon of a queen and its her property hence your stealing from the throne....god bless the republic of ireland and its philandering politicians

rubadub

Just The One wrote:

is it still your property and you have the right to retrieve it from the post box,

If that was the case people would stand at the lette box around christmas demanding all of their accidentally posted letters back and fish out grandmas book tokens for little johnny

radioman

Once you post a letter it belongs to the addressee. It does not belong to An Post, An Post is just entrusted with delivering it.

If you post a letter then decide you want to get it back before it reaches the addressee, An Post is legally obliged NOT to give it back to you.

**Timbuk2**

I think it belongs to An Post, and they are responsible for it, and then when it is delivered in the door of the senders address it then becomes thiers

The OP

rubadub wrote:

If that was the case people would stand at the lette box around christmas demanding all of their accidentally posted letters back and fish out grandmas book tokens for little johnny

How would they know what each letter contained?

murphaph

Does it belong to An Post or the Minister for Communiations?

rubadub

The OP wrote:

How would they know what each letter contained?

You tell the postman every single one in the box was posted by you.

My point is there is no proof you posted it so there is no way in hell a postman is going to hand it over to you.

Terry

the old man was a postman for 20something years. here's the deal:
once it's in the postbox it belongs to an post. after it's delivered it belongs to the recipient. you can request the letter back if you can prove your identity and the contents of the letter.

funk-you

Gator wrote:

Heres a useless piece of information for you...in england you can be put to death for stealing the mail....as it is royal mail it belongs to the wagon of a queen and its her property hence your stealing from the throne....god bless the republic of ireland and its philandering politicians

So if I post a lump of hash then technically the queen is a dealer?

-Funk

Our man in Havana

funk-you wrote:

So if I post a lump of hash then technically the queen is a dealer?

-Funk

ROFL

That would make her one of the biggest dealers in England!

Femelade

funk-you wrote:

So if I post a lump of hash then technically the queen is a dealer?

-Funk

heard of guys who actually tried to do that.