Why do companies have stupid, long addresses?
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I very rarely send a letter but when I do you can pretty much guarantee the company I send it to will decide it's not enough to put the number, street and postcode. Oh no it's gotta be
Persons name
Name of company
Such n such building
Street name
Business park name
Town name
City name
Then postcode.
So quite literally it's seven lines for something that really only needs three.
Is it to make them look important? Surely it's not just me.
Persons name
Name of company
Such n such building
Street name
Business park name
Town name
City name
Then postcode.
So quite literally it's seven lines for something that really only needs three.
Is it to make them look important? Surely it's not just me.
Thankyou4calling said:
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Is it to make them look important? Surely it's not just me.
No, its because it's their address you weirdo.Is it to make them look important? Surely it's not just me.
You are saying that as though they 'invent' their own address to impress people. It doesn't work like that.
You move into a building and that building already has its own address according to its exact location so you tend to use that as the address.
If you make up a shorter one, post will never reach you.
This is a moronic thread.
Ours is too long for most online ordering forms.
Building is subdivided so first line is the part of the building.
Building has a name not a number.
Street name.
Village name as it's a rural location.
Post town so they know which sorting office.
County and Postcode.
None of it can really be left out, though to a machine system the company name and postcode might suffice.
Building is subdivided so first line is the part of the building.
Building has a name not a number.
Street name.
Village name as it's a rural location.
Post town so they know which sorting office.
County and Postcode.
None of it can really be left out, though to a machine system the company name and postcode might suffice.
Tom_C76 said:
Ours is too long for most online ordering forms.
Building is subdivided so first line is the part of the building.
Building has a name not a number.
Street name.
Village name as it's a rural location.
Post town so they know which sorting office.
County and Postcode.
None of it can really be left out, though to a machine system the company name and postcode might suffice.
Leave out Building is subdivided so first line is the part of the building.
Building has a name not a number.
Street name.
Village name as it's a rural location.
Post town so they know which sorting office.
County and Postcode.
None of it can really be left out, though to a machine system the company name and postcode might suffice.
Village name
Post town
County
With the street name and Post code the rest isn't required.
Adenauer said:
I'll tell you what I hate about English addresses.
A N Other
1 Quaint Cottage
Leafy lane
Priory Estate
Little Rosehampton
Herts
Then you get there and it's some ex council house.
A N Other
1 Quaint Cottage
Leafy lane
Priory Estate
Little Rosehampton
Herts
Then you get there and it's some ex council house.
When I were a lad I lived in an ordinary semi. Christened it Rectory Manor.It was in Rectory Close - on the site of the beautiful old rectory they bulldozed to build the **** houses.
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