No, opening mail for people who have abandoned a premises with no forwarding
address is not illegal. It is the only way to find a person and the post
office just throws the mail away I am told by them. I had a similar problem
and asked the PO.

William

----- Original Message -----
From: "lbmelman" <lbmelman@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: Westy Tent Sale----

> Perhaps the tent was not stolen but taken back by its rightful owner.
>
> By the way, do you open all mail that comes to your address regardless of
> who it is addressed to? Just wondering, but I think that is illegal.
>
>
>
> on or about 4/24/02 4:57 PM joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM wrote:
>
> >This is fairly relevant:
> >
> >I was living in a house full of hippies a few years ago, and one of the
guys
> >living there drove a Jeep Cherokee.  He special-ordered a rear-attaching
> >tent from Jeep and had it delivered to the house.
> >
> >This was a nice enough guy, but he decided to leave town and not pay his
two
> >months of rent (my name was on the lease.)  Soon after he left, his new
Jeep
> >tent arrived in a cool carry-bag, and sure, a Vanagon looked kinda
strange
> >with a tent that says "JEEP" in giant letters across the front attached
to
> >it, but it fit onto the sliding door side perfectly and the awning
stretched
> >out nice and smoothly at the far end, and it matched the blue and grey
color
> >of my Vanagon...
> >
> >Anyway, camping in a GL became camping in a two-room apartment with a
front
> >porch.  Pulling off next to a stream in a deserted canyon, I could, in
about
> >ten minutes, set up my own little spread.  It was Perfect, and thus began
my
> >belief that there is no reason for me to get a Vanagon Westfalia.
> >
> >I only wish I could find the a-hole who stole it while we were tailgating
at
> >a concert in Keystone...
> >
> >Get one of those tents--They make the whole thing that much better, in my
> >opinion.
> >
> >Joe T.
> >Denver, CO
> >'85 GL "bertha"
> >'66 Westy
> >
> >
> >----Original Message Follows----
> >From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Westy Tent Sale----
> >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:13:33 -0600
> >
> >William...I have a friend who has one of these. He has a family and they
use
> >the "attached" version most of the year, either to stay out of direct sun
or
> >wet weather. Particularly good for larger groups of adults that don't
want
> >to squeeze into the 4-sleeping situation in the van. He also has an
awning
> >and so this creates a little space but can be made open to create access
to
> >each area, in the tent or the van. I'm single so the awning which creates
> >some shade/protection for me outside my van is more than enough.
Different
> >strokes....
> >They are very cool for those that like them.
> >Bob Stevens
> >'91 Westy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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