AreWeLostYet
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I've walked into US Post Offices and just asked for a PO box, filled out the form and handed the keys. This time the clerk demanded that I prove that the address on my CA drivers license and car registration are "verifiable". I demanded to speak to the postmaster. The clerk led me to a room to speak with his supervisor, with the clerk present. She reiterated the clerk's denial of issueing me a PO box, claiming the addresses on my CA drivers license and car registration were not verifiable. They stressed that PO boxes are being used by terrorists (since 9/11 of course) and criminals for no-good reasons so they need all this anal-cavity security. Is this legal and what are my alternatives? I have a PO box in another state and I want to forward my mail from there. Should I:
a.) press the issue to get a USPS post office box
b.) get a PMB (private mail box)
b1.) if so - from a major mailbox provider like Fedex, UPS store, Mail Boxes Etc.
b2.) or from an independent, local mail box store?
c.) or .... ?
Idealy, I'd like to be able to forward mail from this box. But I'm reading that only USPS offers mail forwarding from box to box.
a.) press the issue to get a USPS post office box
b.) get a PMB (private mail box)
b1.) if so - from a major mailbox provider like Fedex, UPS store, Mail Boxes Etc.
b2.) or from an independent, local mail box store?
c.) or .... ?
Idealy, I'd like to be able to forward mail from this box. But I'm reading that only USPS offers mail forwarding from box to box.