Can I send mail for free by putting the intended recipient as the return address and then sending it without a stamp?

Jerry: do we have to have another interrogation down at the P.O.?

Your neighbor: Newman

I’ve tried it out of curiosity and it worked (got delivered and everything without any fees) so you can try if you want

Sure, you can do it. You'll have to put the letter in their mailbox and put the little flag up, though, so the postman doesn't get wise to you.

frugal consumer wrote:

When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?

Yes, people have done that successfully. You risk getting charged with mail fraud which is a federal offense. I suggest you do not do it.

SomeoneWhoKnows wrote:

frugal consumer wrote:

When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?

Yes, people have done that successfully. You risk getting charged with mail fraud which is a federal offense. I suggest you do not do it.

But the reward of saving a stamp is greater than a federal offense, right?

frugal consumer wrote:

When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?

Looks like a few people on this site think you can commit mail fraud and get away with it.

Not sure what the percentages are, but when considering other future crimes...

frugal consumer wrote:

frugal consumer wrote:

But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive

^That wasn't me. I'm just trying to be smart with my money.

"Smart with my money" so break the law? Steal from the gov.

I never tried it, but it was my genius criminal idea when I was a kid.

frugal consumer wrote:

Kvothe wrote:

Buy some stamps. They cost less than a dollar you cheapskate.

But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive

OMG there's so many! Ella Nelson, Annie Rubie, Liz Clay, Genevieve Lacaze, Abbie Taddeo, Maddie Coates, Clara Smith and so many more.

This is an agent of the United States Government. You are all under arrest for postal infractions. Everyone who has posted is guilty, whether pro or con in scheme to get "something for nothing" by cheating on your use of stamps.

Oh...I guess that makes me guilty, too 'cuz I am posting.

In that case...NEVER MIND!

I have a fairly large stamp collection that's been valued at $80k.

frugal consumer wrote:

Kvothe wrote:

Buy some stamps. They cost less than a dollar you cheapskate.

But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive

You'd better be writing to GEN LACAZE.

Aussie Lover wrote:

frugal consumer wrote:

But I have to send over 7,000 letters to my favorite Australian women runners, this is going to get expensive

OMG there's so many! Ella Nelson, Annie Rubie, Liz Clay, Genevieve Lacaze, Abbie Taddeo, Maddie Coates, Clara Smith and so many more.

So you're saying Michele Jenneke is all mine?

frugal consumer wrote:

When they try to return the letter to the sender for lack of a postage stamp, it will end up getting delivered to the place it's supposed to go, right?

I would say that you're guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Your next post will be from jail.

sbeefyk2 wrote:

I have a fairly large stamp collection that's been valued at $80k.

Which fairly large stamps do you collect? Exactly how big are they?

LOL at this being the #1 thread on the "what people are talking about on Letsrun" list.

important topic wrote:

LOL at this being the #1 thread on the "what people are talking about on Letsrun" list.

yeah, but the OP troll wins today's competition.

Yes, you can. I’ve done it before. The key is to drop it off at a mail box a bit away from your house.

This works well for junk mail magazines. Stick them in an envelope, address the envelope and the return address. That’ll get them to take you off their mailing list.