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Originally Posted by Sue Doe-Nym
When we moved to our current address in Moultonborough 22 years ago, we kept our post office box in Center Harbor. No biggie, you would think. However, it is a big deal because when you order online, they want your street address for shipping…..and then UPS frequently drops your order at the local post office, and then our shipment is sent back. Moultonborough makes no effort to notify anyone; it gets returned to sender. We now refuse to do business with anyone online unless they guarantee delivery to our street address or will accept our post office address. Apparently there are many rural customers who experience this problem.
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In your situation you are not handling your package delivery correctly (don't feel bad as most P.O. Box holders are in the same situation and don't have a clue).
Did you know that Post Office Boxes will now accept packages from other carriers such as Fed Ex, UPS, Emory, etc., but, ONLY if they are addressed correctly.
For example: Say you rent Post Office Box #25. You order an item from someone and you provide them the mailing address as follows:
Sue Doe-Nym
44 Main Street, Apt. 25
Center Harbor, NH 03226
Basically, the delivery address is the actual address of the Post Office Box location and the apartment number is the number of your Post Office Box.
When your package arrives, the Post Office will place a yellow slip inside of your Post Office Box notifying you of a waiting package, and you collect it from the clerk at the Stamp Window.
The nice thing about receiving packages at the Post Office Box is that your package is safely contained in a secure, climate controlled environment until such time that you elect to pick it up. Any package delivery service uses tracking and you will always know (using your computer) when a package is waiting for you at the Post Office.
I've received packages using this method for a couple of years now and it works very nicely. It's very convenient also!
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