04-20-2013, 03:40 AM
A "PO Box" (in your local USPS facility) is free when that post office does not deliver to your house. Keys issued by USPS.
An "RR Box" (clustered in your subdivision) is usually free, keys issued by someone in your Association, and you file a Rural Delivery Instruction form which correlates the RR box with a specific street address.
HCR service is an independent operator under contract to USPS.
PMB is a private "PO Box" provided by an independent operator with USPS contract.
It's another "rural area/no infrastructure" problem -- nobody was ever supposed to actually live in these subdivisions, so of course there isn't really any mail delivery (or paved roads, water, sewer, electricity, broadband, etc.)
As far as the mail goes ... I would gladly pay $2 for a first-class stamp if it meant the USPS would deliver first-class mail and packages (no junk) to my door 2-3 times/week. Note that the "first world" has moved on to "e-statements" and such, with bank statements and utility bills available over the Internet. Too bad that's not really available in our rural backwater...
An "RR Box" (clustered in your subdivision) is usually free, keys issued by someone in your Association, and you file a Rural Delivery Instruction form which correlates the RR box with a specific street address.
HCR service is an independent operator under contract to USPS.
PMB is a private "PO Box" provided by an independent operator with USPS contract.
It's another "rural area/no infrastructure" problem -- nobody was ever supposed to actually live in these subdivisions, so of course there isn't really any mail delivery (or paved roads, water, sewer, electricity, broadband, etc.)
As far as the mail goes ... I would gladly pay $2 for a first-class stamp if it meant the USPS would deliver first-class mail and packages (no junk) to my door 2-3 times/week. Note that the "first world" has moved on to "e-statements" and such, with bank statements and utility bills available over the Internet. Too bad that's not really available in our rural backwater...