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05-26-2008, 08:57 AM
This really happened to us many years ago. Someone asked me for the story and I though this forum might enjoy it too.
This is a true story of the Postal Service’s commitment to get the mail through, even it you don’t want it.
A few years ago, my wife and I purchased a new home. We poured a pad on the side of the home to park our large 5th wheel trailer. Unfortunately, the pad was also where our rural style mailbox had to be located for the Postal Service. We lived in town, but the new rules said they did not have to take it to the house itself. Curb delivery in a rural route box was the only option. So I got smart and placed a 1 ½” tee with a couple of short pieces of pipe on it within the cement leaving the threads just at ground level. Then I used a 1 ½” pipe to support the mailbox and simply screwed it in and out when I needed to pull the RV in or out. This really worked out nice.
After several extended trips in the RV, we were having a lot of problems with the Post Office not stopping the mail, as requested. I talked to them until I was blue in the face and nothing and I mean nothing was going to stop the U. S. Postal Service from delivering my mail, even if I did not want it!
So, one day we were pulling out with the RV for a trip and we decided to just leave the mailbox in the garage while we were gone. Why put it back and then pull it again when we come home. That’s extra work! Of course we had stopped the mail for journey so it should have no impact.
When we got home from our vacation, we had a rather nasty note from the Postal Service on the door of our home. They said that they noted that our authorized mail receptacle had been removed and they could not deliver the mail recently and that they were holding my mail for us. It also stated that I could call them when I had a proper receptacle in place again and that they would resume the normal delivery service to our home.
So, it appears that if you don’t want mail, and you either don’t want to fill out that notice or they won’t abide by your wishes when you do, just adopt my method and install a removable mail box for when you travel.
This is a true story of the Postal Service’s commitment to get the mail through, even it you don’t want it.
A few years ago, my wife and I purchased a new home. We poured a pad on the side of the home to park our large 5th wheel trailer. Unfortunately, the pad was also where our rural style mailbox had to be located for the Postal Service. We lived in town, but the new rules said they did not have to take it to the house itself. Curb delivery in a rural route box was the only option. So I got smart and placed a 1 ½” tee with a couple of short pieces of pipe on it within the cement leaving the threads just at ground level. Then I used a 1 ½” pipe to support the mailbox and simply screwed it in and out when I needed to pull the RV in or out. This really worked out nice.
After several extended trips in the RV, we were having a lot of problems with the Post Office not stopping the mail, as requested. I talked to them until I was blue in the face and nothing and I mean nothing was going to stop the U. S. Postal Service from delivering my mail, even if I did not want it!
So, one day we were pulling out with the RV for a trip and we decided to just leave the mailbox in the garage while we were gone. Why put it back and then pull it again when we come home. That’s extra work! Of course we had stopped the mail for journey so it should have no impact.
When we got home from our vacation, we had a rather nasty note from the Postal Service on the door of our home. They said that they noted that our authorized mail receptacle had been removed and they could not deliver the mail recently and that they were holding my mail for us. It also stated that I could call them when I had a proper receptacle in place again and that they would resume the normal delivery service to our home.
So, it appears that if you don’t want mail, and you either don’t want to fill out that notice or they won’t abide by your wishes when you do, just adopt my method and install a removable mail box for when you travel.