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I do not know if this is the right place or the right way to do this, but here's the thing. Today I got a letter in my box , but it is not mine. The address is almost like mine, only 1 number less and it is for a foreigner. Maybe that's why the mailman just dropped it here. I do not know how important this is for the addressee. It is from "Deutsche Rentenversicherung" fur einen Burkhard K. If he himself sees this or anyone who knows Burkhard, sent me a PM and we can discuss the handover. Just proof you are burkhard and that's it. Otherwise tomorrow or the day after I will give it back to the post office and they will probably send it back. Hope I am doing the right thing
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Best to give back to Thai Post and stay clear of it
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The letter obviously comes from the German pension insurance and can be very important for the recipient. If there is a request in the letter and he does not answer it, his monthly pension might be blocked and that is the most worst case ever, you all know that!
Did you try to find his name on Facebook or other social media?
Thai post is not very smart. Since I moved to my new location not far from the airport I NEVER got any mail to my home. I let friends from Pattaya send letters to me and I never received one. Then my son sent me a registered mail from Germany and he wrote the phone number of my wife below the address. I could track the letter and indeed one day a postman called my wife and asked her where we are living!
Did you try to find his name on Facebook or other social media?
Thai post is not very smart. Since I moved to my new location not far from the airport I NEVER got any mail to my home. I let friends from Pattaya send letters to me and I never received one. Then my son sent me a registered mail from Germany and he wrote the phone number of my wife below the address. I could track the letter and indeed one day a postman called my wife and asked her where we are living!
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Surely if you know the number of the house, plus it must be not that far from yours, then be kind and deliver it, it is probably a Alive certificate requirement, not returned presumed dead. So a good way would be to deliver it surely .
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Take it to the post office and tell them the letter looks important. It's their job to deliver it.
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many different persons many different answers. I'l see what I will do. Btw Khun Paul the number is 39 M and mine is 439 M. And you know house nrs in the moobaan are just randomly chosen, so no logic in there to trace it back. Anyway thanks for weighing in. I hope it is not a letter with an ultimate answering date, like someone suggested. Anyway, thank guys for your suggestions
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Try the Headman, after all he is supposed to know everyone !
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House numbers are assigned in the order the house was Registered so knowing the number of the house unless all the houses have numbers on them (and a lot don’t ) is not always that easy
Jerome and Nui's new househttp://bit.ly/NJnewHouse
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.
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The numbering system is just plain weird ! Years ago when we registered this house and asked for a house number at the ampher office .
The lady serving us brought out a book of vacant house numbers for the Banjan area , and said pick what number you want .
So postmen have to be rocket scientists to find their way around . Sadly many arent .
The lady serving us brought out a book of vacant house numbers for the Banjan area , and said pick what number you want .
So postmen have to be rocket scientists to find their way around . Sadly many arent .
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That would probably have been because the available numbers were for houses that had been demolished and not rebuilt.saint wrote: ↑March 31, 2020, 11:04 amThe numbering system is just plain weird ! Years ago when we registered this house and asked for a house number at the ampher office .
The lady serving us brought out a book of vacant house numbers for the Banjan area , and said pick what number you want .
So postmen have to be rocket scientists to find their way around . Sadly many arent .
The numbering system is the same in Japan although there you also have block numbers and often area numbers that usually makes things a little less random.
I well remember the time that I had to abandon a delivery and return it to the office as I was unable to find the address even though I had to be within 100 meters of it, and had spent 15 minutes going round and round.
Jerome and Nui's new househttp://bit.ly/NJnewHouse
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.
In my posts all fees and requirements are the standard R&R but TIT and a brown envelope can make incredible changes YMMV.
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Yes maybe , they certainly were not consecutive . I still found it odd .
Funnily enough when my neighbour built and registered his house a few years later , they gave him my number , forward slash one .
Funnily enough when my neighbour built and registered his house a few years later , they gave him my number , forward slash one .
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Okay "all well that ends well.
Khun Paul, as you suggested, I went to the Phu yai Baan, a few 100 mtrs. further up the road. He has an old worn down, but accurate, hand drafted map, with all house nrs. in this moobaan. So within a minute he pointed out nr 39, and I could hand over the letter. Thanks again
Khun Paul, as you suggested, I went to the Phu yai Baan, a few 100 mtrs. further up the road. He has an old worn down, but accurate, hand drafted map, with all house nrs. in this moobaan. So within a minute he pointed out nr 39, and I could hand over the letter. Thanks again
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Excellent teamwork!
Did Burkhard K. say thanks?
Did Burkhard K. say thanks?
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hallo Rono
on this post you can see that there are also good people. without this letter he would not have received a pension from september.
some would have thrown away the writing. but he asked until someone said im the good solution.
So you see that there are people who help you even in bad times
many Germans in udon thank you gruss da pezi
on this post you can see that there are also good people. without this letter he would not have received a pension from september.
some would have thrown away the writing. but he asked until someone said im the good solution.
So you see that there are people who help you even in bad times
many Germans in udon thank you gruss da pezi
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@ Rono
Many thanks for your successful effort to find the right letter recipient. You saved him from big problems and I guess he knows that.
Many thanks for your successful effort to find the right letter recipient. You saved him from big problems and I guess he knows that.
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Our house and one other house have the same number, so occasionally we recieve their mail and give it back to the post office, but this leaves me wondering if they do the same. When I asked at the post office how to fix this problem, they said "that would be very hard", also the Tetsaban said, "that might be impossible to fix"saint wrote: ↑March 31, 2020, 11:04 amThe numbering system is just plain weird ! Years ago when we registered this house and asked for a house number at the ampher office .
The lady serving us brought out a book of vacant house numbers for the Banjan area , and said pick what number you want .
So postmen have to be rocket scientists to find their way around . Sadly many arent .
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NongKhaiLee wrote: ↑April 2, 2020, 8:16 amOur house and one other house have the same number, so occasionally we recieve their mail and give it back to the post office, but this leaves me wondering if they do the same. When I asked at the post office how to fix this problem, they said "that would be very hard", also the Tetsaban said, "that might be impossible to fix"saint wrote: ↑March 31, 2020, 11:04 amThe numbering system is just plain weird ! Years ago when we registered this house and asked for a house number at the ampher office .
The lady serving us brought out a book of vacant house numbers for the Banjan area , and said pick what number you want .
So postmen have to be rocket scientists to find their way around . Sadly many arent .
Get a Post Box in a local Post Office , problem solved