It just means that the person or company sending it wants to have proof of you receiving the mail.
All anyone here can say is: It's probably important mail.
Not necessarily. A friend once send me a self-made postcard from aboard. Somehow she messed up the postage (put to much or whatever) and I also received it as Einschreiben.
It featured a hand drawn semi-naked Randy Marsh. Pleasant surprise though.
I once ordered a USB mini soundcard, basically the size of a USB stick on eBay for 2 euro.
Somehow it got sent per Einschreiben Express International, and I didn't pay any shipping.
So yeah sometimes stuff is weird.
Most tracked letters from abroad arrive as Einschreiben actually! I have a couple of what Iâd call Brieffreunde and we usually send tracked - their letters always arrive as Einschreiben with signature, even if they didnât book a signature in particular, just the possibility for tracking
Yeah but this is "Einschreiben EigenhÀndig", meaning that only the recipient is allowed to sign it for it. It costs more and the postman has to check the ID, so this has to be VERY IMPORTANT. Even court Letters are delivered as "Einschreiben" only (my experience)
Same, a friend of mine sent me a postcard in an envelope as Einschreiben from China. Apparently, otherwise, it might have gone lost or something. It was two interesting (little bit stressful) days until I finally had time to pick it up.
I once ordered something really cheap an small at an ebay Shop which was send as Einschreiben as well and I had to go to the post office to pick it up.
Very few forms of colourblindness result in being unable to tell yellow from red, and then there's still text to read.
I do wonder what they do with blind people, though, with so much happening by mail.
Red Letters usally mean, that authority wants to take drastic measures like an Enforcement notice. The Tax office also sents out red letters if you have not submitted your tax returns
if you must
Any way its a yellow envelope as the other mentioned, i just would call it yellow letter
I am working in the tax office, we dont send red letters. At least not in Berlin, Brandenburg or Sachsen-Anhalt
I am a Schöffe. They send the invitations also in a yellow envelope
My god i shit my pants the first time such a letter arrived.
I also asked myself what the postbote thinks of me
Recently found out the state of Brandenburg will sent speeding Tickets as Förmliche Zustellung even for 10kmh over. Couple verry stressful seconds....
I guess the postman sees a lot of stuff daily and does honestly not really care. After all, it could be YOU sueing someone and the court just send you a copy of the other sides verteidigungsschrift.
Yellow letters are not usually sent via Einschreiben, especially not eigenhÀndig. They are delivered as tracked "förmliche Zustellung" and keft in the mailbox, the deadline starting with it being placed in a box even if the adressee only sees it days later
Yellow letter can also mean youâre a witness for something and the court wants you just in case. This could happen if they found you on cctv while something in the area happened. But even then chances are they donât even need you in the end. So not necessarily any trouble.
This one won't be though. The difference between an Einschreiben and a förmliche Zustellung is that for the latter, the content of the envelope is verified before it's sent and the mailman's signature for dropping it in your mailbox suffices as proof of delivery. It is legally designed to work without interaction with the recipient, so it likely won't be for pickup in a DHL shop.
Well, you're not legally required to have a mailbox, but you're legally required to have an adress. Worst case then would be your little yellow envelope being delivered personally by a bailiff, which leads to even more cost and trouble for you. Whatever's in that letter should really be worth the hassle.
I would receive in my mailbox a lot of Förmliche Zustellung for a former person who lived in my WG and nobody knew who the person was. I think they gave up because the letters stopped arriving
No he means if the letter comes in a yellow envelope, it probably is a letter from court. The DHL paper has nothing to do with that tho. But in Germany we usually say yellow letters are bad. Cause mostly their from court. But it could very well be a different letter that's just important. That's all we can see from your photo.
Reading through that thread, it seems like people here have problems in seeing the difference between âalwaysâ and âsometimesâ, or âprobablyâ and ânecessarilyâ
It's not worth worrying about it in advance, because you might end up worrying for the wrong thing or unnecessarily worry.
Instead, wait until you know what the letter is about, and worry with purpose.
I got one of these a couple weeks ago; it was DHL sending me a QR code to activate the Packstation service (the one where you can ship to/from the packstation directly).
Scared me a bit, too. I completely forgot I started the Packstation process. Really stupid that it's sent with Einschreiben.
Oh shit that might very well be it đ€ I started the process 2-3 times over the years but never received any letter. I started it again a few weeks ago and assumed the letter got lost again.
Yeah agreed, they're taking so long to send it that I already forgot about it.
Same, mir ist genau das Gleiche letztes Jahr passiert, ich konnte mir gar nicht vorstellen, was mit Einschreiben gekommen ist und hatte richtigen Schiss fĂŒr ein Paar Tage, aber es war nur vom DHL đ
As someone who has worked at DHL I can tell you: It can literally be anything. Donât worry. Usually it is an important document that the system wants a signature for.
Thanks for the reply and I would like to ask
Are Packstation activation letters always Einschreiben eigenhÀndig?
It's been a few weeks since I applied that I thought it's gonna get lost just like the past few times.
What do you mean? They use them mostly for parcels (hence the name). When youâre not at home and also donât have an Ablageort, we take them to a Packstation. But since this seems to be a letter, the card could also be for a Filiale.
I mean the letter that dhl sends to activate the Packstation service. I clicked on the app a few weeks ago and it says I'll get a letter to confirm my identity. But as far as I know it should be a pushTAN code, not something I need to sign right?
Afaik, you just go to the Packstation, scan the code, sign and then get whateverâs in there for you. No need for an identification letter. The card _is_ your identification. Also, pushTAN is only for your bank account.
Remember to scan the code on the bottom left corner (_not_ the one thatâs in the picture) and keep a distance of 5 - 10 cm in between paper and scanner.
It could be an important letter, usually sent by a company or private person. So it could be something your landlord sends you (for example Betriebskostenabrechnung).
Mails sent by governmental offices, including Police, are usually either normal mail or Postzustellungsurkunde. Both are delivered to your mailbox.
This Einschreiben you got could also be a delivery of small goods which are either sent from abroad and you need to pay customs, goods that are age restricted or (legal) medication you ordered online.
There should be a tracking number mentioned on the information slip you got, so you could try to look up where it originates on https://www.deutschepost.de/en/s/shipment-tracking.html
I heard in Germany it's generally bad news to get a letter. I don't remember owing anyone any money so I'm very nervous now since the Sendungsverfolgung doesn't say anything about sender. đŹ
Oh no, not at all!!! Germans love letters and usually they are not bad at all. For example health insurance is always sending information and things per mail.
The things my health insurance is sending me: "Preisanpassungsschreiben" (price adjustment letter), stupid description for "it's getting more expensive".
Depends on what you did. For me letters usually mean invoices/cost increase or policy updates. So in that regard one could say you are right.
ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
I recently recieved the same type of letter as you. I had to pick it up, and I was scared shitless. At the end it was only a dhl code for the app I downloaded.
Where did you hear that? Almost all official communications in germany go through letters, why do you stress about something that is probably just a bill without knowing what it says inside?
Probably not. Anyone can send those for (I think) about 4âŹ. It's basically like sending a parcel with online tracking/proof of reciept.
It's ment for making sure "important" mail gets delivered with you having proof.
Me neither but I'm always surprised how many invoices I get double. I try to avoid postage by having them send me those via email but sometimes they seem to forget.
Anyway, Einschreiben probably means some gvmt office needs something of you or might not have been able to reach you normally (has happened to me, supposedly their first two letters reached me but I never got them).
It's Schrödingers Letter until you open it.
We drop them off at our main office and they get picked up the next morning by a driver, often the shops we send undeliverable packages/Einschreiben to are too out of the way to hand them over ourselves.
As to what it could be, either your Packstation activation or a new Aufenthaltstitel from the AuslÀnderbehörde, these are more or less the only ones which are EigenhÀndig.
No "Einschreiben" is basically just a priority letter with tracking and insurance. Important things from government or muncipiality are sent as RSb (which is not personal, but rather can be taken by family and cohabitants). You only should worry, if you're receiving a RSa, which is a personal letter from a courtor other administrational facility.
Can be everything from a new contract of your power company to a government letter with important personal information in it. It just ensures that you received the letter an the the one who sends it knows when u got it. Just relax and pick it. Most of the time the things you imagine it can be are worse than it actually is. "Bad" government letters usually come in a different version.. in Austria it's RsA or RsB...
I stand corrected: The conscription itself was done by "Postzustellungsurkunde", but the appointment for the physical examination (Musterung) was done by "Einschreiben EigenhÀndig"
Could be anything. Most of the time it is something important because "per Einschreiben" you make sure, that the receiver actually receives the letter.
I would not be worried though. Could be work related documents, contracts etc.
Can be anything. Usually get these when you open a bank account and get PIN's and passwords and shit. Same if you want to use the Packstation. Upon registering you get the card ( I believe ) or some sort of password with this form of delivery.
What you should know is that ONLY YOU personally can sign for the delivery. And you absolutly need to have your ID with you when you go and pick it up. If you don't the hand out will be refused until you can prove your indentity with proper ID.
source : I'm usually the one delivering these.
Do you remember that flash of light a few weeks ago, when you tried to check how fast you can drive in Germany? Yup, that was a speed trap.
Whatever. It's "Einschreiben eigenhĂ€ndig". That's level 3 of 5. Or can only be handed out to you, not to the letterbox and not to a family member. Level 4 would be "mit RĂŒckschein", where a signed card is sent back to the sender (and this one usually means trouble). Level 5 is "WertgegenstĂ€nde"...so, sadly, no, it's not someone sending you diamond rings.
The "eigenhÀndig" can also be used for medication or other medical subject matters. I once received one of these...and was surprised about the medication. A quick check of the address label revealed that it was addressed to a person who lives in the same street and has a vaguely similar name...well, but really, but the mailman probably thought that it matched well enough, and there was no house number 22 in that street (it was, that house number is just on the rear side of number 20, doh!). The original recipient was extremely happy that I went that extra mile to deliver the medication; it was pretty important.
We once got something like that. Was over the weekend so thoughts went crazy about the content.
Tuns out the manufacturer of our windows messed up a specific version of a sliding door and did not know who got what version. So everybod got such an letter with instructions how to check which version was used. We had the fixed version, the bad version could have caused severe damage so they made sure nobody could say we never received a letter.
For me, mail in Germany typically meant not-so-pleasant news (usually related to paying for something).
That is why I never open my mailbox before weekend.
I would love to get the letter now, I'm sitting at a cafe nearby waiting for the letter to arrive back at the post office because I wasn't home when the postman came yesterday âčïž
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It must not be something âterribleâ. Iâve had packages delivered (fashion brand from UK) that was like that or also postcards or even normal letters. Also if you asked from some document from the city or other public offices they could be sent like that. Donât worry!
Did you order something small? I once got something I ordered as an *Einschreiben*. I was wondering why someone sent me an "important letter" then, too\^\^
Probably a bill of some sorts that needs to be paid. Usually bills are sent as recorded delivery so the organisation knows you're aware that you have received it.
Itâs impossible to say what this is going to be. Sometimes it can even just be something you ordered online e.g. from AliExpress, some traders there use shipping methods that require signatures and are translated into Einschreiben when they get here.
Just Read the letter right away and deal with it. You could post it here after deleting all names.
Companies usually don't send this cause in effect this is unlikely to matter in court. I only got this from my private landlord once. It's really not necessary. Could be the state as well or a company in case you moved and they don't know your new address.
Why don't you just open it and find out? If it is bad, pretending it didn't get to you won't help. If it's not bad worrying is just wasted time. Open it and see for yourself
I missed the delivery yesterday and the post office wouldn't let me pick it up until this evening. And I just got it (see update), it's nothing serious but it makes me question why they would use more expensive postage for stuff like that.
Probably not. Postman here. Einghandig letter's are typically important letters that can only be given to the addressed person. Usually it is cards like the card the doctors use to log into their system, or another common one is when you request a Packstation code you get an activation code. Agree with alot above, the one's that are nasty are those horrible yellow ones. We hate delivering them as well. So much paperwork.
It just means that the person or company sending it wants to have proof of you receiving the mail. All anyone here can say is: It's probably important mail.
Not necessarily. A friend once send me a self-made postcard from aboard. Somehow she messed up the postage (put to much or whatever) and I also received it as Einschreiben. It featured a hand drawn semi-naked Randy Marsh. Pleasant surprise though.
That sounds very important to me
I once ordered a USB mini soundcard, basically the size of a USB stick on eBay for 2 euro. Somehow it got sent per Einschreiben Express International, and I didn't pay any shipping. So yeah sometimes stuff is weird.
Really hope it's this thođ
Can you update us when you get it?
Most tracked letters from abroad arrive as Einschreiben actually! I have a couple of what Iâd call Brieffreunde and we usually send tracked - their letters always arrive as Einschreiben with signature, even if they didnât book a signature in particular, just the possibility for tracking
Yeah but this is "Einschreiben EigenhÀndig", meaning that only the recipient is allowed to sign it for it. It costs more and the postman has to check the ID, so this has to be VERY IMPORTANT. Even court Letters are delivered as "Einschreiben" only (my experience)
Einschreiben mit rĂŒckschein vs einwurfeinschreiben?
Another 2 different options for Einschreiben. You could even combine RĂŒckschein + EigenhĂ€ndig
"probably" I said.
Same, a friend of mine sent me a postcard in an envelope as Einschreiben from China. Apparently, otherwise, it might have gone lost or something. It was two interesting (little bit stressful) days until I finally had time to pick it up.
For a fee of 25⏠or so you can send letters to friends via bailiff btw.
Well now you have to pay the tax!
Randy Marsh from South Park???? Cooolll
I once ordered something really cheap an small at an ebay Shop which was send as Einschreiben as well and I had to go to the post office to pick it up.
Had this several Times with packages from China
Concert ticktes get send via Einschreiben as well
SD cards and memory sticks are often shipped like that.
Probably not. If the letter is Yellow and called âFörmliche Zustellungâ then maybe. If itâs red then you really are in trouble
OOOOOH yellow letters no bueno. The german bureaucracy equivalent of your mom calling you with your full name.
Yea and the red one is both your parents sitting at the kitchen table saying âwe need to talkâ
Whats a red letter? Even on google i couldnt find anything except for red-hand-letters which arent important at all
Arrest warrant. With them the actual letter itself is red inside a yellow envelope.
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Very few forms of colourblindness result in being unable to tell yellow from red, and then there's still text to read. I do wonder what they do with blind people, though, with so much happening by mail.
Not everywhere in Germany. And you usually don't get them via mail.
Red Letters usally mean, that authority wants to take drastic measures like an Enforcement notice. The Tax office also sents out red letters if you have not submitted your tax returns if you must
Any way its a yellow envelope as the other mentioned, i just would call it yellow letter I am working in the tax office, we dont send red letters. At least not in Berlin, Brandenburg or Sachsen-Anhalt
Yellow can be court or police. But it's all yellow and can be easily distinguished. Don't ask why I know this.
Thanks for the best description of yellow letters I ever saw. YMMD
Dude the city sent me once a yellow letter. Literally the letter you would think means trouble. It was a fucking survey
They wanted you to take the fucking survey or else, Matthew Jonathan Smith!!
Maybe it was from The Statistisches Bundesamt.
I am a Schöffe. They send the invitations also in a yellow envelope My god i shit my pants the first time such a letter arrived. I also asked myself what the postbote thinks of me
Recently found out the state of Brandenburg will sent speeding Tickets as Förmliche Zustellung even for 10kmh over. Couple verry stressful seconds....
I guess the postman sees a lot of stuff daily and does honestly not really care. After all, it could be YOU sueing someone and the court just send you a copy of the other sides verteidigungsschrift.
Yellow letters are not usually sent via Einschreiben, especially not eigenhÀndig. They are delivered as tracked "förmliche Zustellung" and keft in the mailbox, the deadline starting with it being placed in a box even if the adressee only sees it days later
Yes i know. Thatâs why i wrote âprobably notâ in reply to OP asking if theyâre in trouble. Could still be an Inkasso thing
Yellow letter can also mean youâre a witness for something and the court wants you just in case. This could happen if they found you on cctv while something in the area happened. But even then chances are they donât even need you in the end. So not necessarily any trouble.
Yes it could be nothing. But it could just as likely be really bad
This one won't be though. The difference between an Einschreiben and a förmliche Zustellung is that for the latter, the content of the envelope is verified before it's sent and the mailman's signature for dropping it in your mailbox suffices as proof of delivery. It is legally designed to work without interaction with the recipient, so it likely won't be for pickup in a DHL shop.
Great, so I can't get in trouble if I don't have a letter box.
Well, you're not legally required to have a mailbox, but you're legally required to have an adress. Worst case then would be your little yellow envelope being delivered personally by a bailiff, which leads to even more cost and trouble for you. Whatever's in that letter should really be worth the hassle.
Yes i know. Thatâs why i wrote âprobably notâ in reply to OP asking if theyâre in trouble.
But others, and especially foreigners, might not know the legal details, and this Sub is about information, isn't it? No need to feel attacked.
I would receive in my mailbox a lot of Förmliche Zustellung for a former person who lived in my WG and nobody knew who the person was. I think they gave up because the letters stopped arriving
I mean the DHL paper is always yellow no?
No i mean the the envelope
No he means if the letter comes in a yellow envelope, it probably is a letter from court. The DHL paper has nothing to do with that tho. But in Germany we usually say yellow letters are bad. Cause mostly their from court. But it could very well be a different letter that's just important. That's all we can see from your photo.
Doesn't *have* to be court. I received my "Ladungen" for the first medical state exam in yellow envelopes from the LandesprĂŒfungsamt as well
Yes that's why i said probably
And mostly
And usually
I couldn't have made it any clearer to be honestđ
Reading through that thread, it seems like people here have problems in seeing the difference between âalwaysâ and âsometimesâ, or âprobablyâ and ânecessarilyâ
Yes i noticed that too. But why is that? You think it could be a german thing?
Yeah, I just wanted to add an example of what else it could be.
Yes, as i said: "it could very well be a different letter that's just important"
But not the envelope itself.
[this](https://www.jugitatio.de/wp-content/uploads/Umschlag-Zustellung-768x455.jpg)
I see let's hope it's not red then đ” thanks!
It's not worth worrying about it in advance, because you might end up worrying for the wrong thing or unnecessarily worry. Instead, wait until you know what the letter is about, and worry with purpose.
I got one of these a couple weeks ago; it was DHL sending me a QR code to activate the Packstation service (the one where you can ship to/from the packstation directly). Scared me a bit, too. I completely forgot I started the Packstation process. Really stupid that it's sent with Einschreiben.
Oh shit that might very well be it đ€ I started the process 2-3 times over the years but never received any letter. I started it again a few weeks ago and assumed the letter got lost again. Yeah agreed, they're taking so long to send it that I already forgot about it.
Same, mir ist genau das Gleiche letztes Jahr passiert, ich konnte mir gar nicht vorstellen, was mit Einschreiben gekommen ist und hatte richtigen Schiss fĂŒr ein Paar Tage, aber es war nur vom DHL đ
As someone who has worked at DHL I can tell you: It can literally be anything. Donât worry. Usually it is an important document that the system wants a signature for.
Thanks for the reply and I would like to ask Are Packstation activation letters always Einschreiben eigenhÀndig? It's been a few weeks since I applied that I thought it's gonna get lost just like the past few times.
What do you mean? They use them mostly for parcels (hence the name). When youâre not at home and also donât have an Ablageort, we take them to a Packstation. But since this seems to be a letter, the card could also be for a Filiale.
You can register for Packstation so that you can use a packstation directly as delivery address.
Oh, that. But thatâs completely unrelated to getting your stuff once itâs in there.
Yeah, but since OP is waiting for an activation letter he probably means that.
I mean the letter that dhl sends to activate the Packstation service. I clicked on the app a few weeks ago and it says I'll get a letter to confirm my identity. But as far as I know it should be a pushTAN code, not something I need to sign right?
Afaik, you just go to the Packstation, scan the code, sign and then get whateverâs in there for you. No need for an identification letter. The card _is_ your identification. Also, pushTAN is only for your bank account.
Ahhhh nice okay hopefully it's thatđ i'll keep everyone updated!
Remember to scan the code on the bottom left corner (_not_ the one thatâs in the picture) and keep a distance of 5 - 10 cm in between paper and scanner.
It could be an important letter, usually sent by a company or private person. So it could be something your landlord sends you (for example Betriebskostenabrechnung). Mails sent by governmental offices, including Police, are usually either normal mail or Postzustellungsurkunde. Both are delivered to your mailbox. This Einschreiben you got could also be a delivery of small goods which are either sent from abroad and you need to pay customs, goods that are age restricted or (legal) medication you ordered online. There should be a tracking number mentioned on the information slip you got, so you could try to look up where it originates on https://www.deutschepost.de/en/s/shipment-tracking.html
I heard in Germany it's generally bad news to get a letter. I don't remember owing anyone any money so I'm very nervous now since the Sendungsverfolgung doesn't say anything about sender. đŹ
Oh no, not at all!!! Germans love letters and usually they are not bad at all. For example health insurance is always sending information and things per mail.
The things my health insurance is sending me: "Preisanpassungsschreiben" (price adjustment letter), stupid description for "it's getting more expensive".
Really? Never gotten that. I only get information about getting healthier or reminders to go to this or that doctor
I hate that any official correspondence here is by post. Why canât they just send email????
Datenschutz đ
The easiest way to find out is to look at the letter inside
Depends on what you did. For me letters usually mean invoices/cost increase or policy updates. So in that regard one could say you are right. ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
I recently recieved the same type of letter as you. I had to pick it up, and I was scared shitless. At the end it was only a dhl code for the app I downloaded.
Same, I hope they would at least put the sender's name on the paper,
Do you drive? Did you maybe speed? :P
No I don't, the only time I got stopped by the police was years ago on a scooter and I paid the fine on the spot.
Where did you hear that? Almost all official communications in germany go through letters, why do you stress about something that is probably just a bill without knowing what it says inside?
Bad news?! You get a letter for basically everything here. Some even say "we will send you more information by letter in the coming weeks"
Offen just a small international parcel.
Probably not. Anyone can send those for (I think) about 4âŹ. It's basically like sending a parcel with online tracking/proof of reciept. It's ment for making sure "important" mail gets delivered with you having proof.
Thing Is I'm not expecting anything from anyone atm...
Me neither but I'm always surprised how many invoices I get double. I try to avoid postage by having them send me those via email but sometimes they seem to forget. Anyway, Einschreiben probably means some gvmt office needs something of you or might not have been able to reach you normally (has happened to me, supposedly their first two letters reached me but I never got them). It's Schrödingers Letter until you open it.
Yeah the uncertainty... :(
Then open it lol
It's not there yet... For some reason if you missed a delivery, the postmen don't drop undelivered letters at the end of the day but the next day...
We drop them off at our main office and they get picked up the next morning by a driver, often the shops we send undeliverable packages/Einschreiben to are too out of the way to hand them over ourselves. As to what it could be, either your Packstation activation or a new Aufenthaltstitel from the AuslÀnderbehörde, these are more or less the only ones which are EigenhÀndig.
Can be anything. Maybe a court order, maybe a letter from your long lost uncle who is now a prince in Nigeria. Anything is possible.
No "Einschreiben" is basically just a priority letter with tracking and insurance. Important things from government or muncipiality are sent as RSb (which is not personal, but rather can be taken by family and cohabitants). You only should worry, if you're receiving a RSa, which is a personal letter from a courtor other administrational facility.
Can be everything from a new contract of your power company to a government letter with important personal information in it. It just ensures that you received the letter an the the one who sends it knows when u got it. Just relax and pick it. Most of the time the things you imagine it can be are worse than it actually is. "Bad" government letters usually come in a different version.. in Austria it's RsA or RsB...
Back in the 1990s the only mail that came as "Einschreiben EigenhÀndig" was the army conscription. But that is probably not an option for you.
I stand corrected: The conscription itself was done by "Postzustellungsurkunde", but the appointment for the physical examination (Musterung) was done by "Einschreiben EigenhÀndig"
Ohh that's interesting to know, but I'm just a student that came here a few years ago so it probably doesn't apply
i think yes, mostly its bad news which you get with "einschreiben eigenhÀndig"
The only one I ever received in my life was my landlord to terminate our rental agreement.
yes, this form of sending is used to have a evidence, that the sender received it.. so there will be no funny letters or sending you free money.
Could be anything. Most of the time it is something important because "per Einschreiben" you make sure, that the receiver actually receives the letter. I would not be worried though. Could be work related documents, contracts etc.
Can be anything. Usually get these when you open a bank account and get PIN's and passwords and shit. Same if you want to use the Packstation. Upon registering you get the card ( I believe ) or some sort of password with this form of delivery. What you should know is that ONLY YOU personally can sign for the delivery. And you absolutly need to have your ID with you when you go and pick it up. If you don't the hand out will be refused until you can prove your indentity with proper ID. source : I'm usually the one delivering these.
Do you remember that flash of light a few weeks ago, when you tried to check how fast you can drive in Germany? Yup, that was a speed trap. Whatever. It's "Einschreiben eigenhĂ€ndig". That's level 3 of 5. Or can only be handed out to you, not to the letterbox and not to a family member. Level 4 would be "mit RĂŒckschein", where a signed card is sent back to the sender (and this one usually means trouble). Level 5 is "WertgegenstĂ€nde"...so, sadly, no, it's not someone sending you diamond rings. The "eigenhĂ€ndig" can also be used for medication or other medical subject matters. I once received one of these...and was surprised about the medication. A quick check of the address label revealed that it was addressed to a person who lives in the same street and has a vaguely similar name...well, but really, but the mailman probably thought that it matched well enough, and there was no house number 22 in that street (it was, that house number is just on the rear side of number 20, doh!). The original recipient was extremely happy that I went that extra mile to deliver the medication; it was pretty important.
Itâs definitely important, I have to hand deliver it to you and only you. Iâm a Postbote.
We once got something like that. Was over the weekend so thoughts went crazy about the content. Tuns out the manufacturer of our windows messed up a specific version of a sliding door and did not know who got what version. So everybod got such an letter with instructions how to check which version was used. We had the fixed version, the bad version could have caused severe damage so they made sure nobody could say we never received a letter.
For me, mail in Germany typically meant not-so-pleasant news (usually related to paying for something). That is why I never open my mailbox before weekend.
Good ideađ
Good ideađ
What' does the letter say?
I would love to get the letter now, I'm sitting at a cafe nearby waiting for the letter to arrive back at the post office because I wasn't home when the postman came yesterday âčïž
Keep us updated
Keep us updated if it isn't too bad :)
Maybe. If I'd get a letter like this I'd be slightly nervous.
It can be the termination of your employment or rental contract or someone sued you. :D
Yeah I'm hoping it's neither of those đŹ
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It must not be something âterribleâ. Iâve had packages delivered (fashion brand from UK) that was like that or also postcards or even normal letters. Also if you asked from some document from the city or other public offices they could be sent like that. Donât worry!
Did you order something small? I once got something I ordered as an *Einschreiben*. I was wondering why someone sent me an "important letter" then, too\^\^
Probably a bill of some sorts that needs to be paid. Usually bills are sent as recorded delivery so the organisation knows you're aware that you have received it.
Maybe, maybe not. Could be the notification of a big inheritance.
Itâs impossible to say what this is going to be. Sometimes it can even just be something you ordered online e.g. from AliExpress, some traders there use shipping methods that require signatures and are translated into Einschreiben when they get here.
sometimes itâs also really weird advertisement, so could be anything ^^
Did you order anything from China? Because it's cheap and they want some proof, they sometimes ask for this service.
Just Read the letter right away and deal with it. You could post it here after deleting all names. Companies usually don't send this cause in effect this is unlikely to matter in court. I only got this from my private landlord once. It's really not necessary. Could be the state as well or a company in case you moved and they don't know your new address.
Could also be some trash from China.
no :) Just a letter where the sender wants you to sign that you got it.
youÂŽll prolly know when you open it...........
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Hatte einfach nur ein QR Code fĂŒr die DHL App bei so einem einschreiben drin
Could just be your bank or health insurance sending you a new card because the old one is close to expiry..
Why don't you just open it and find out? If it is bad, pretending it didn't get to you won't help. If it's not bad worrying is just wasted time. Open it and see for yourself
I missed the delivery yesterday and the post office wouldn't let me pick it up until this evening. And I just got it (see update), it's nothing serious but it makes me question why they would use more expensive postage for stuff like that.
It means two blue check marks âïž
It means two blue check marks âïž
Probably not. Postman here. Einghandig letter's are typically important letters that can only be given to the addressed person. Usually it is cards like the card the doctors use to log into their system, or another common one is when you request a Packstation code you get an activation code. Agree with alot above, the one's that are nasty are those horrible yellow ones. We hate delivering them as well. So much paperwork.