SD Mail Forwarding Service timing
I feel as though I've scoured the FT forum for answers to my questions and haven't quite found them. I apologize if I am being redundant. We plan to join the ranks of the FT lifestyle starting in J...
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I question one comment made by a responder. The claim was that a post office many be difficult about receiving general delivery mail and may require the receiver to open a post office box.
We just moved to a rural area where delivery is not an option. I was surprised by the hostile and difficult process it was to actually obtain a USPS box. The biggest stumbling block was that they DEMANDED proof of a physical address. In my case it was a copy of the certificate of occupancy for a new home I had just built, a property deed WAS NOT acceptable. They also demanded two forms of ID from anybody receiving mail at the box, and it had to be presented in person. This was totally absurd since one of my kids was in school, 300 miles away at the time. When I asked about getting mail addressed to the DW and I, as executors for several estates we managed, they claimed that they would reject the mail if we didn't provide estate documents for them to review. I quickly concluded that they were bluffing, and dropped the issue. Obviously, with hundreds of boxes to stuff, every morning, I get everything with a correct zip code, and my box # on the label, no matter what name is on the piece, so they flat out lied about refusing mail.
That said, if they want to be, the can be real buggers about issuing a box, and in my case they were just following the letter of the law. I could be wrong, but I really can't see anybody who is just "passing through" getting a USPS box, now that we live in a post 911 world.
We just moved to a rural area where delivery is not an option. I was surprised by the hostile and difficult process it was to actually obtain a USPS box. The biggest stumbling block was that they DEMANDED proof of a physical address. In my case it was a copy of the certificate of occupancy for a new home I had just built, a property deed WAS NOT acceptable. They also demanded two forms of ID from anybody receiving mail at the box, and it had to be presented in person. This was totally absurd since one of my kids was in school, 300 miles away at the time. When I asked about getting mail addressed to the DW and I, as executors for several estates we managed, they claimed that they would reject the mail if we didn't provide estate documents for them to review. I quickly concluded that they were bluffing, and dropped the issue. Obviously, with hundreds of boxes to stuff, every morning, I get everything with a correct zip code, and my box # on the label, no matter what name is on the piece, so they flat out lied about refusing mail.
That said, if they want to be, the can be real buggers about issuing a box, and in my case they were just following the letter of the law. I could be wrong, but I really can't see anybody who is just "passing through" getting a USPS box, now that we live in a post 911 world.
