Tip for anyone who's mailbox has been broken into or has a remote mailbox (repair, best)
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The gang mailboxes in my HOA and adjacent neighborhoods are being broken into at a disturbing rate. First time for mine was 5 weeks ago, it look a little over a week to get them fixed and often takes longer, meanwhile everyone had to drive to the post office to pick up their mail. Last Sunday it happened again. It occurred to me that this tip might be useful to others who have this problem or just have a mailbox located some distance from their house.
It is a real drag to have to go down to the post office or a remote mailbox to pick up your mail and find that there is nothing there but some junk mail.
To avoid this, I have found the FREE USPS "Informed Delivery" service very useful.
If you sign up for it they will send you an email every day which includes a graphic image of most of the mail that will be delivered to your mail box in the next day or two. For the most part they appear to leave out junk mail and only show you the first class and more important mail that is on its way. I have found this to be very useful even after our mailboxes were repaired 4 weeks ago. I don't bother to stop and check the gang mail boxes when there is nothing there but junk mail.
This also showed me the bank statement that was soon to be delivered to me prior to the last break in. So when I do get around to picking up my mail at the post office, I will know whether or not that statement was stolen in the last break in.
This forum seemed to be the best fit for this topic.
The gang mailboxes in my HOA and adjacent neighborhoods are being broken into at a disturbing rate. First time for mine was 5 weeks ago, it look a little over a week to get them fixed and often takes longer, meanwhile everyone had to drive to the post office to pick up their mail. Last Sunday it happened again. It occurred to me that this tip might be useful to others who have this problem or just have a mailbox located some distance from their house.
It is a real drag to have to go down to the post office or a remote mailbox to pick up your mail and find that there is nothing there but some junk mail.
To avoid this, I have found the FREE USPS "Informed Delivery" service very useful.
If you sign up for it they will send you an email every day which includes a graphic image of most of the mail that will be delivered to your mail box in the next day or two. For the most part they appear to leave out junk mail and only show you the first class and more important mail that is on its way. I have found this to be very useful even after our mailboxes were repaired 4 weeks ago. I don't bother to stop and check the gang mail boxes when there is nothing there but junk mail.
This also showed me the bank statement that was soon to be delivered to me prior to the last break in. So when I do get around to picking up my mail at the post office, I will know whether or not that statement was stolen in the last break in.
I hope you find this useful.
Thanks. Our mail actually falls into our house. But one of our properties has been hit by mailbox thieves about six times in as many months. It's awful, and they really mess up the gang mailboxes...
Gang mailboxes or mailbox gangs?
I got little confused here.
As I understood, the OP was talking about the clustered mailboxes. I never heard about gang mailboxes though.
Is it the same thing?
I used to live in quite a rough area where gunshots and drive-by shootings were pretty common and I always carried a gun around the house all the time. But I never experienced any mailbox breakings whatsoever. That neighborhood had clustered mailboxes.
Can't imagine how dangerous the OP's area could be...
Gang mailboxes or mailbox gangs?
I got little confused here.
As I understood, the OP was talking about the clustered mailboxes. I never heard about gang mailboxes though.
Is it the same thing?
I used to live in quite a rough area where gunshots and drive-by shootings were pretty common and I always carried a gun around the house all the time. But I never experienced any mailbox breakings whatsoever. That neighborhood had clustered mailboxes.
Can't imagine how dangerous the OP's area could be...
Where we live mailboxes that are all put together and opened by a single huge door by the postal delivery person is called a gang mailbox and also a cluster box. Different terms for the same thing.
Where we live mailboxes that are all put together and opened by a single huge door by the postal delivery person is called a gang mailbox and also a cluster box. Different terms for the same thing.
I see, thanks. But then of course those gang mailboxes should attract mailbox gangs, I think it's just a natural thing
Gang mailboxes or mailbox gangs?
I got little confused here.
As I understood, the OP was talking about the clustered mailboxes. I never heard about gang mailboxes though.
Is it the same thing?
I used to live in quite a rough area where gunshots and drive-by shootings were pretty common and I always carried a gun around the house all the time. But I never experienced any mailbox breakings whatsoever. That neighborhood had clustered mailboxes.
Can't imagine how dangerous the OP's area could be...
"Gang" and "cluster" are both common terms for them.
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