C/O Address?

[has]

Afternoon all. Can I address a letter to a person at another address by using C/O? E.g.

Joe Bloggs
C/O Any Street
Any Town
Postcode

Or do I have to use another name whom the letter will pass through? E.g.

Joe Bloggs
C/O John Doe
Any Street
Any Town
Postcode

Thanking you in advance of your help.............

[factor-fiction]

Why not just put Joe Bloggs, Any St,...?

[factor-fiction]

Either will do. There are no rules/laws as far as I know

[bednobs]

personally i would go for either, but not factor's. the reason i say this is because living in a village, my postman knows u, and very kindly weeds out letters addressed to the previous person

[boxtops]

I think it depends what arrangement you have with the person who lives at the address you are c/o-ing. Either will do!

[factor-fiction]

I agree bednobs it's better in a case like yours to use a c/o, but for my area Based on this summer I seem to have a different postman/woman most days and they struggle to find the right house and probably wouldn't notice if my post was addressed to Colonel Gaddafi.

[spudqueen]

The Postmen and women are supposed to deliver letters to the house they are addressed to, whether they know it is correct or not. Eg if Mr Brown lives at 2 Acacia Avenue and Mr Smith lives at no 4, but the postman has a letter addressed to Mr Brown at 4 Acacia Avenue then he has to put it through the letter box of no 4, even if he KNOWS that Mr Brown lives at no 2 and that Mr Smith lives at no 4. So basically, either of your examples will do!