What do you do with previous tenant's/owner's mail... when it's been 18 months+

[Daydream Believer]

After 2 years we are binning it.
Aus post can't & wont do anything, they just tell you to write return to sender & no longer at this address on it.
We also tried calling the companies that sent the mail. Westpac only stopped sending it because we said if a credit card turned up we would use it & claim it might have been ours because we have another account with them & not have read the name on it(not that we would have). Vodaphone still send their mail because of "privacy issues", even though it's a mobile phone (a number that they have on their records) they wont ring them & tell them to change their address.
The local police said send it back for 12 months, any longer than that just throw it out. If any electoral stuff turns up, you can ring the electoral comission & have them unenrolled

[indie24]

I would RTS for 12 months then they got the 3 strikes and your out rule. I sent them back 3 times after that I binned it. The previous owners here never redirected their mail and we still get business mail for them but after 3 1/2 years its not my responsibility

[lissy]

We had same thing but with our PO Box which we PAY FOR!! 3yrs we've had it now & we still get official looking mail for previous occupants. I hit the post office up about this initially and they informed me that legally they have to deliver it as its addressed apparently GRRR We got sick of RTS too and now it usually gets binned.

[MissM]

Can you forward it onto the real estate?

We just bin ours though! We still get bank statements and credit card statements which we just bin and some of it just advertising

Not our problem - Changing address details should be a priority!