[Sir_Ed]

So all those samples I ate at Costco’s are still theirs, because they never gave me a release? (well, they did give me a realease, it was just to the water company, NOT the store!) and the paper bags the goods were placed in, they’re still owned by Wal-Mart, as I didn’t get a receipt for them?

And I never got a receipt for my receipt, either! So they must still own their receipts, else...where’s the receipt for the receipt??

And if they DID give me a receipt for the receipt, to release its ownership to me, does the receipt for the receipt ALSO need a receipt?!

Ed

[muawiyah]

Ed, only the ones with corporate logos and such on them would be considered "letters", and there's a statutory exception for such items that do not carry personal information (or even addresses).

So, yeah, they are not really yours ~ unless you can find a court ruling that declares those grocery bags to be PRODUCTS ~ which they may be, but usually, with logos and so forth on them the product would be "letters", and that flips the issue up to federal jurisdiction.

My local grocery hands out blank plastic bags. They look neater as liners in the IKEA plastic trash containers I use in my bathrooms.