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AIBU?

To have maybe watched too much Breaking Bad...but worry about this important letter with nothing in

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Jewels234 · 02/12/2014 21:19

With the post today was a letter, addressed to my initials, with a huge first class stamp, and recorded delivery. Someone definitely wanted me to get this letter.

Inside it was an old, crumpled, folded up estate agent leaflet. Nothing written on it.

Has someone just attempted to kill me? I don't feel unwell. Was there ricin I didn't see?! Or have I watched too much Breaking Bad?

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MagpieCursedTea · 02/12/2014 21:21

That's pretty random! Have you ever had any dealings with that estate agent?

Jewels234 · 02/12/2014 21:24

Nope, nothing. It's for my area though. Can you track who has sent signed for post?

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Fabulous46 · 02/12/2014 21:26

Signed for post normally has a sticker on the back with the postcode of the sender as well as the name.

MinceSpy · 02/12/2014 21:28

Search the name and postcode

HerrenaHarridan · 02/12/2014 21:28

An ex you house hunted with?

MagpieCursedTea · 02/12/2014 21:32

Maybe someone wants to buy your house?
Have you looked on the inside of the envelope? Maybe something got stuck to it or they've written on there? clutches at straws

Jewels234 · 02/12/2014 21:38

I have tracked it. It was sent from just round the corner from where I live. Also, it is in an envelope that has been opened and resealed. Postage cost them £1.72, so there was definitely more than a leaflet in there originally.

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avocadotoast · 02/12/2014 22:20

Did you have to sign for it? Could someone just have re-used the envelope and stuck a stamp on when they sent it to you?

(Doesn't answer why they sent you a leaflet, but at least makes it a bit less sinister...)

MagpieCursedTea · 02/12/2014 22:21

I'd call the post office in the morning and explain the situation, sounds like whatever else was in there has been lost/stolen.

Gunpowder · 02/12/2014 22:22

Unless someone else's urgent letter got your second class stamp?

Gunpowder · 02/12/2014 22:23

Sorry just saw opened and resealed.

LittlePhobia · 02/12/2014 22:45

Oh how weird.

Jewels234 · 02/12/2014 22:54

Definitely not an old track and trace...Sent yesterday.

What makes it weirder is that I moved here 3 weeks ago. Very few people know my new address.

Also, agree that it could have been something stolen...but I'm not expecting anything, and especially not something from half a mile away from my house (I.e. I haven't forgotten about an eBay purchase)

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LittlePhobia · 02/12/2014 22:57

If it's an estate agent leaflet could it be linked to your move?

MagpieCursedTea · 03/12/2014 10:44

Have you spoken to the post office today? I need closure on this mystery!

SavoyCabbage · 03/12/2014 10:50

So, let's list the suspects people who have your new address.

Is the estate agents the one you used for your move?

OnlyLovers · 03/12/2014 10:52

Ooooh how mysterious!

But yes, possibly there was something else in the envelope that's been stolen or mixed up, with the intended contents going to someone else.

Or it could be ricin, bitch.

DoraGora · 03/12/2014 10:52

DIY fingerprinting techniques. You might guess at man or woman.

Littleturkish · 03/12/2014 10:53

Definitely contact post office.

Sounds very dodgy.

RonaldMcDonald · 03/12/2014 11:00

sounds like something my mum might do when she is on her pain meds

fit any of your relatives modus operandi?

otherwise get your affairs in order.....

Jackie0 · 03/12/2014 11:08

Report this to the post office.
I don't like the sound of this at all. Some one now has proof that you received this mail. It some sort of scam, I can't figure it out but it's not nothing .

Castlemilk · 03/12/2014 11:19

That is dodgy.

It sounds as if someone wanted proof that they'd posted something at that value, on that day. Ebay? Someone proving they'd posted the iPhone or whatever at that weight, then removing it?

However that doesn't fit as it wouldn't be to your address... Hmm.

Your best bet is go to PO and ask them - it sounds like some kind of scam.

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grocklebox · 03/12/2014 11:24

New house card with money or a voucher inside? Sounds like its been opened and the contents stolen.

LotsaTuddles · 03/12/2014 11:29

That is very weird and would probably freak me out a bit too.

But, I now really need to know

Suzannewithaplan · 03/12/2014 11:29

?
Afaik the weight of the item will be recorded and associated with the tracking number so who ever sent it won't be able to claim that you have received anything heavier than the weight of the actual contents ?

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