Quartzsite - receiving packages.
If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes I would not have believed it. I've been receiving many UPS package deliveries via Quiet Times store in Quartzsite. Everything was going fine until one of t...
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Yep, all part of the UPS last mile scheme, where they take most of their small, standard rate stuff and drop it off at the local post office, instead of delivering it.
In our case it can really get odd, since we have a physical address that USPS does not deliver to, and a PO BOX that UPS will not deliver to. The issue is that many shippers will not allow you to even enter a PO BOX, in addition to a street address, since they claim that they do not ship to PO BOXES, even though the shipment is in fact being delivered to a PO BOX.
Fortunately for us, unlike the OP's experience, our local post office is great, and will do whatever it takes to get you a package, as long as they can figure out who it's belongs to. They also explained that the best way around that issue, if a shipper refuses to put a box # on the shipping label, is to use the full zip + 4 since it includes the box number. Our PO BOX # is 678, so our zip + 4 is 12345-0678. That way you included the po box number in the address and the shipper isn't flagging the address for being a box #.
In our case it can really get odd, since we have a physical address that USPS does not deliver to, and a PO BOX that UPS will not deliver to. The issue is that many shippers will not allow you to even enter a PO BOX, in addition to a street address, since they claim that they do not ship to PO BOXES, even though the shipment is in fact being delivered to a PO BOX.
Fortunately for us, unlike the OP's experience, our local post office is great, and will do whatever it takes to get you a package, as long as they can figure out who it's belongs to. They also explained that the best way around that issue, if a shipper refuses to put a box # on the shipping label, is to use the full zip + 4 since it includes the box number. Our PO BOX # is 678, so our zip + 4 is 12345-0678. That way you included the po box number in the address and the shipper isn't flagging the address for being a box #.
