What would you have done?

I, too, would have forwarded it onto the proper address. Something so personal as a postcard deserves to be sent on to the rightful owner. I would want someone to do this for me also. It was very nice of the other person in Texas to send it to you. And you are right, not everyone would take the time or spend the money on a stamp to make sure it was sent to the right place.

What a nice thing to do. I think most of us would not have done that.

Wow, that was really nice. I don't think too many people would have done something like that. Too be honest I probably wouldn't have done that. I consider myself a nice person, but I have 3 kids under 7 and I'm always running around feeling like I'm losing my mind. I don't know that I would have felt like taking the time to put it in an envelope and send it on it's way. Unless it was something I felt was really important and needed to go to the right place. That is weird how it ended up so far away. It must have got stuck to something else.

Actually in honesty I probably would have wrote Does Not Live Here on it and sent it back...however, you've made me realize that in some cases it might be nicer to send it on in an envelope. Not for every magazine or collection bill but postcards, cards and letters. Thanks for the eye opener. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]

That was very nice of them! I think it would depend on how easy it was to tell that they'd delivered to the wrong place what I would do. I wouldn't just throw it away if there was a way to get it to the right person. But, I'd have to see the address to know if it could be remailed that way or not. I hope they had a great drive down from Oregon.

you did the right thing by sending a thank you not back to the person that re-sent your post card. it is good to know that their are still good people like that out their. you are so right most people would have thrown it in the trash. i think that i would have just handed it back to the mail man explaining the sitituation of what have happened.

That was really nice of that person to do that. I probably would have just given it back to the mail person or put it back in the mailbox to be redelivered. I will remember this if something like that happens to me. I will send it on to the person.

awwwwwwwww that was so nice of that person. yup I would have put on it this isnt the right address to deliver this card!

That is pretty cool. I don't know that I would have thought of putting it in an envelope either - although I know that it would get there twice as fast as a postcard by itself.

Well, the people that deliver the mail now aren't doing too bad a job, but about 15-18 years ago, we had an absolute MORON sorting the mail and another delivering it. We were getting all KINDS of stuff for the lady a block over that the ONLY thing right was the street number. After multipul complaints it was finally dealt with, but I think someone was fired over it. Now it only happens occasionally. And now its the UPS that we have some problems with, because the lady down a block on the same street stuff ends up at our house because its easier to get to, I guess. I once, after calling UPS to come pick it up and they never showed, kept it, and I think it was meds. I noticed they started doing better after that. Still happens tho. I've never gotten a post card, but on the outside of letters we write - "Try again" and point at the address. Might not have room to do that on a post card. Those people were very sweet. My former roommate once lost her phone book at Newark Air Port and a lady found it and mailed it home. I was then able to mail it on to her since she was there for 3 weeks and had a real address I could send it to, she was staying with friends. I also sent flowers to the lady at Newark. I hope she got them.

Wow! That was wonderful that they took the time, energy and the postage to make sure you got it! I probably would be the one guilty of putting on "not at this address"....alot of times though I just put them back through the mailbox and it must get to the right place as I don't get them back again.....I have however when it's been close to my neighborhood hand delivered it!

That's really sweet. I don't know if it would have crossed my mind to do that or not. Now I would after reading this. That was nice of you to send a thank you note.

oh that was so thoughtful of them. if i knew the address of the people i would of course do the same. i dont understand how the mail gets so messed up some times. well, i guess no one is perfect.

I would have done what you did and writ them a thank you letter because its very nice of them to take the time to actually send it back to you most people actually would of put it in the trash or throw in the trash this has happened to me before someones letters were in my mailbox and I sent it back to them

I would have probably taken it to the post office and had them re deliver it properly.

I too am surprised to know that there are people who would go out of their way to actually send to the right "addressee" any parcel, this one postcard. I think the best I'll do is mark it as incorrect address, and return it to the mailman. Whoever he is, his gesture tells how great a person he is, and how he really cares about people in general.

I'd like to say that I would on send the card, but in all honesty it would probably end up in my bin I'm sorry to say. I like to think however thatif I was in your position I would have done the same thing in sending a thank-you.