Sara's Mommy 12-24-08
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number 1...
John doe <----- final recipient.
C/O Jane Doe <----receives it for person (c/o means care of)
123 ABC lane
Blah, Blah
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limgrn@sbcglobal.net
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For instance...
Billy Bob Thorton
C/O Paramount Pictures
12334 That Street
Hollywood, CA 90210
Now.. we all know Billy Bob doesn't live at Parmount, but they are holding his mail on his behalf.. hope that helps.. |
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Blunt Honesty
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sweetpopcorn
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Person A is the final recepient. Person B is the intermediary.
For example, an address would be:
Marianne Taylor
c/o John Smith
Oostzeeplein 21
Rotterdam 3281 AM
The Netherlands
c/o actually means care of! :) |
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Vi
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Put name the person that your sending the letter to first, then put care of (c/o) before the name of the business or other person's address. Basically, your saying you want the first person to receive the information but the information needs to be mailed in c/o the other person's address.
Hope that was understandable. |
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yahoohoo
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Neither, but #1 is the closest. Person A is the final recipient, but Person B is not the intermediary. There is no intermediary. The letter is to be delivered to Person A at Person B's address. (That doesn't mean Person B ever sees it.) |
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migdalski
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first name at the top of the envelope is the recipient |
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Jessica
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Jon Doe
C/O
Jon Doe's Faily
Po BOX ???
Somewhere Else, HA
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Chip Rines
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Well #1 is the closest, except:
Madonna
c/o Warner Bros.
123 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 92022
In this example:
A. is Madonna
B. is Warner Bros.
So B. is really the recipient or to whom the mail is delivered.
and A. is the intended recipient of your correspondence but only if party B. Warner Bros. actually gives Madonna her mail.
It does mean "In care of" and is used most often when you are sending mail to A.- 'your friend' who is currently residing temporarily or receiving mail at B.- A hotel, A family member's house, or temporarily staying at a friends house while looking for an apartment.
The c/o could also be used to send mail to a business that can hand deliver the mail to a client, for instance, on a business trip.
So in the case of sending 'your friend' mail at someone else's apartment (or especially a 'person' via a business address) it is not only polite to list the address of the person (or business) residing there, but the post person may not deliver the mail if it is only addressed to 'Your Friend' who is not in the postmaster's knowledge residing at said residence. |
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The Advocate
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Person A is the final. Postal addresses read from bottom to top, ie. in my Juno Beach, Florida 33408,
33408 is read 1st
Florida is read 2nd
Juno Beach is read 3rd
then it moves up to the next line, then up to the names, etc. |
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One Weird Dude
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The first one. c/o means "in care of". |
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greedyringers@verizon.net
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1
person A is the final recipient. the mail in "in care of" person B |
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ekinevel
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3. Person C is the mailman. But he's such a jerk, and he's drunk half the time. So give it to person D, who lives across town and can buy a stamp from person E, who runs the candy store. But he always overcharges for stamps, so you're better off just going to the post office and waiting on line behind person F, (who has really bad B.O.), then buying the stamp from postmistress G. Then go back to person D and ask real nicely. Otherwise she'll open your letter when you don't suspect and read it to person H. Then they'll have a big laugh at your expense, and person A (or B, depending on which way you choose to go here) never gets your letter.
Oh, screw it. Just send an email. |
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BIG J
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Use e-mail, it's easier to cc |
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