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| tpowell1830:
--- Quote from: james_s on March 07, 2023, 05:59:08 pm --- --- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on March 07, 2023, 02:48:13 am ---The new piss-off for me as far as postage goes is on-line sellers who are unwilling to send to a po-box in Australia, not understanding that despite the size of the box, it's available space and indeed the size of the parcel, the post office will deal with it accordingly. Unlike other countries. --- End quote --- Here only USPS can deliver to PO boxes, even curbside mailboxes which by some odd quirk are legally property of the postal service even though they are typically homeowner purchased and installed. UPS, Fedex, etc are legally forbidden to deliver to a PO box or mailbox. --- End quote --- During the Vietnam war, I was a teenager, and a couple of friends decided that it was a good idea to drive around in the country side and do baseball practice on mailboxes with a bat while hanging out the window. This is a federal offense. They were caught and since the mailboxes are considered federal government property, they were given a choice: either go to prison and pay large fines or join the marines and go fight in the war. They chose Vietnam... they both survived and led a normal life. EDIT: I didn't mention that they had a bit of drink to help with their brilliant decision to slam mailboxes... |
| HackedFridgeMagnet:
Just put this up a few weeks ago. |
| Halcyon:
--- Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on March 17, 2023, 04:29:04 am ---Just put this up a few weeks ago. --- End quote --- Very cute. Love the bird artwork. Did you make this yourself? |
| mwb1100:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 16, 2023, 08:36:22 pm ---Almost always had pretty bad experiences with FedEx as well. DHL, meh. In my experience, UPS provides the best service overall. All UPS employees I've had to deal with were helpful and diligent. --- End quote --- I have always had great experience with whoever is doing the "last mile" delivery to my home, but the overall service (from origin to my house) differs. From worst to best is: - DHL: always a crap shoot (except for the two times I've ordered from welectron.com, which went amazingly well) - FedEx Ground - UPS Ground - USPS Pretty much any 1 or 2 day service has been great, with only the occasional hiccup (often weather related) |
| unknownparticle:
Here in the UK it would be impossible to live without a letterbox! Government departments will not send mail to a PO box, same for ebay, amazon and all other online sellers I've dealt with. The only other option with online sellers is parcel shops or pickup points, non of which are ever convenient for me. And if like me you are a knife collector, UK sellers will not send to any other address but your registered address. Also, PO boxes aren't cheap here. You can redirect mail for limited times, and mail can be held for time away on holiday, also limited. The downside to a letterbox is junk mail! So I've started to return junk mail, with a twist! I send one junk offenders mail to another in their post paid envelopes! Just a bit of their own medicine. |
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