![]() ![]() We don’t live in a city like that, but we still felt the sting - because our package to Sedona Arizona was returned to us a week later with this note scrawled on the box: “No mail receptacle.” (Aren’t you glad you don’t live in one of those cities?…) Box - leaving it up to the local patrons to come pick up their mail on a regular basis. Turns out, the post offices in a handful of cities (even major touristy ones) don’t actually deliver mail anymore! Instead, they require that all mail coming into their city be sent to a P.O. ![]() (Perhaps that was mistake #1.)īut we didn’t feel that we needed to, because we used the actual street address of their business - as indicated on their website. It was a surprise, so we didn’t contact the person first to verify their address. We sent a boxed gift to a friend in Sedona, Arizona via the U.S. You’d think, after all these years, if there were a “right way” or a “wrong way” to mail something, we’d know it. Jim and I are reasonably intelligent, college-educated human beings. Take it from me, it definitely matters whether you use someone’s post office box versus their physical street address when sending something through the mail. In order to prevent others from senselessly spending too much on postage (we spent $15… twice!), we’re sharing our experience here. Today we learned a valuable lesson about shipping packages - the hard way. ![]() If you buy thru these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. ![]()
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