Address Service Requested - Straight Dope Message Board Home » What Does Address Service Requested Mean » Address Service Requested - Straight Dope Message Board Maybe your like What Does Adelante Mean In Spanish What Does Ads Mean In Gaming What Does Af Mean In Texting What Does Aff Mean In Construction What Does Afk Mean In Fortnite 'Address Service Requested' Factual Questions Jim_B February 13, 2021, 10:27am 1 As many of you may already know, I have a number of scientific and medical theories that I have been trying to share with people for about 20 years now, if not more. Anyways, I like using the US mail to share it sometimes. Why not? But I have noticed a lot of them have been returned to me. And it sometimes for the stupidest of reasons. A letter is off, a number, maybe I didn’t specify the suite, maybe the person has moved to the next floor. You get the picture. So I bought this stamp from Amazon that says ‘Address Service Requested’. I have no idea what that means. But if it means what I suspect it does, it might help the situation, I think. In any event, I was at the post office yesterday, getting stamps. And I asked the lady at the window what ‘Address Service Requested’ means. She had no idea, which seems rather odd. Do any of you know what it means, specifically? I assumed it meant they will try to forward your mail for you, if necessary. But after that postal employee’s negative or blank response, now I am not sure. Any help? The Post Office Opened My Mail running_coach February 13, 2021, 12:06pm 2 https://about.usps.com/publications/pub8/pub8_v05_revision_092017_006.htm ACS is an enhancement to the existing manual address correction process provided with the use of Ancillary Service endorsements on all mail classes except Periodicals. The following ancillary services are available for use with ACS on First-Class Mail, USPS Marketing Mail, Package Services, and Parcel Select: Address Service Requested provides forwarding and address correction services when possible. If the mail is undeliverable and not forwardable, it is returned to the sender with the reason identified on the mailpiece. Change Service Requested provides address correction services without forwarding or return. If undeliverable, either the new address or the reason it is undeliverable is provided to the sender. Return Service Requested provides address correction services and always returns the piece. ASGuy February 13, 2021, 4:53pm 3 running_coach nailed it, but I’m going to throw in that I believe Return Service Requested will charge the sender another first class postage cost for returning the piece. Enjoy_Slurm February 14, 2021, 9:23am 4 What are these scientific and medical theories? Jim_B February 14, 2021, 4:02pm 5 @Enjoy_Slurm I’ve already shared them here and other places many times before . Jim_B February 14, 2021, 4:05pm 6 @ASGuy So I’ll owe them another 37 cents? Or more? cochrane February 14, 2021, 4:27pm 7 Jim_B: @ASGuy So I’ll owe them another 37 cents? Or more? More. The cost of first class postage is currently 55¢. Eyebrows_0f_Doom February 14, 2021, 4:38pm 8 Why do you think strangers want to hear your “scientific and medical theories”? Jim_B February 14, 2021, 6:49pm 9 @Eyebrows_0f_Doom Enjoy_Slurm did . D_Anconia February 14, 2021, 6:55pm 10 Right. Maybe his mail is being returned for insufficient postage. GreenWyvern February 14, 2021, 7:09pm 11 Maybe when people see yet another spam letter arriving from this guy with a weird theory, they write on it ‘Recipient Unknown’ and send it back in an attempt to discourage him. erysichthon February 14, 2021, 7:39pm 12 I’m pretty sure that Enjoy_Slurm is capable of searching for threads you’ve started. He was trying to have a little fun with you by drawing you out. I’m more interested in why you think letter-writing is a more effective way of communicating your theories than, say, setting up a website or self-publishing a book. Have you ever received a reply to any of these letters you’ve sent? Jim_B February 15, 2021, 9:36am 13 @erysichthon I’ve received a couple of replies. And they were usually positive. I do post on the internet, as already noted. I still like the USPS though. It seems to have more permanency to me. Plus if the person I send it to has a bee in their bonnet about something, what are they going to do? Cancel my mail? I rarely or never give people just cause to get upset. But you’d be surprised what gets people up in arms on the internet. And ironically as has been recently noted in the news, with some recent events, the First Amendment doesn’t apply to the private sector (‘Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment…’). 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