WHY AREN'T POST OFFICE BOXES CONSIDERED LEGITIMATE DELIVERY ADDRESS.

pissedathsnadmin
11.28.21 11:03 AM

U.S.P.O. stated ANY PACKAGE IS ACCEPTABLE & DELIVERABLE BY ANY SENDER. THEY SIMPLY NOTIFY RECIPIENTS BY POSTCARD IN BOX & ONLINE NOW. NO EXCUSE FOR IGNORANT RETAILERS TO NOT ACCEPT POSTAL BOX AS A LEGITIMATE ADDRESS. IT’S STILL MOST ASSURED, MOST AFFORDABLE AND MOST DOWNRIGHT COMMON SENSE METHOD OF DELIVERY. HI TECH WILL NEVER REPLACE ALL THINGS. comments welcomed

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- cynsterwytche
- 11.28.21 12:03 PM
The reason is because not all items are shipped through the USPS and those that are not, unless contracted through them, cannot be delivered to a PO box address. Or simply put… the Post Office is not a holding facility for packages not shipped through them. FedEx cannot walk in and say that they have a pkg. for box 29 ,here it is, see ya later. There are situations where the Post Office has contracts with other carriers to deliver their mail so you may see a UPS or other truck back up to your local office. The USPS doesn’t own planes and they contract with other carriers that do to fly their packages. Requiring a physical street address is also a security measure to insure things like credit card fraud and such are not being perpetrated.
- Silv
  
  11.28.21 1:23 PM
  
  That makes sense. Vendors don’t want constraints on their shipping method. 👍