Is there a difference between a regular mail box and a P. O box?
Smiley Dc
2013-05-18 15:27:46 UTC
Like does the P.O box have more mail, bigger mail, and boxes in them than the regular small mailboxes we have outside of our house? And yes I know that P.O stands for Post Office.
Five answers:
Rick
2013-05-18 19:30:48 UTC
P.O. Boxes are usually located within a US Post Office with the "boxes" available 24 hours a day when the Post Offices are closed. Larger boxes/packages are held and may be picked up when the Post Office is open.
Mail boxes in front of rural homes are frequently destroyed by bored vandals - making mail unsecured or thieves taking personal mail, looking for checks/credit cards.
?
2013-05-18 15:50:53 UTC
A PO box actually isn't a box at all, it's a rented mail address that businesses use instead if their office address. In other words, mail to a PO box is held at the post office for collection by a company representative.
ambach
2016-11-06 01:09:36 UTC
some human beings use a placed up place of work field for mailing applications, because of the fact they run a corporation out of their domicile, and the convenience is, po field mail is in many circumstances taken care of, and placed up by potential of 8-9 AM every day !!! while you're in corporation, and artwork out of your place, you desire your mail early interior the day, whilst maybe the extensive-unfold time on your place transport, could be 2-3-4 PM---so a PO field is a extra beneficial selection !! even companies that have an place of work in a development or storefront, could choose their mail early interior the day, so as that they use a PO field to get their mail at 8-9 AM as adversarial to the afternoon, if this is their extensive-unfold transport time !! additionally, mail addressed to a PO field at a considerable placed up place of work or great placed up place of work, might get on your field an afternoon earlier different mail, because of the fact of sorting approaches !! the mail on the PO field is likewise take care of, as adversarial to mail extra at domicile addresses, and can collect for days without attracting interest, if somebody travels often, for their job !! there are various motives human beings use PO containers quite than general transport, and one is--the fewer they cope with my mail, the extra effective the accuracy of me getting my mail, as i could !!
?
2013-05-18 16:41:34 UTC
no real difference except u.p.s, an fed ex cannot deliver to p.o. box numbers
2013-05-18 15:29:28 UTC
they come in all sixes
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