03-10-2017, 10:09 AM
I will attempt to alleviate some assumptions. I am one of the people you are targeting. I have a box in HPP. I live in Orchidland and have never owned property in HPP.
I had general delivery for a few years, and when the very first cluster of boxes was installed in HPP I was offered one. USPS approached me, not the other way around. I have had the same box with the same address for over 30 years. I know of a few others in OL that also have HPP boxes, and at least one got her box in the 90's, so it wasn't just a one-time thing. This tells me that the USPS can give the boxes to anyone they want. Even if the rules were to change, I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't be retroactive. I don't think you are going to have any luck getting the USPS to evict people from the boxes that they have occupied for decades. I would gladly give up my box if there was another one offered closer to my home.
On the bright side, I think I am now officially qualified to comment on this thread. (Joy)
I had general delivery for a few years, and when the very first cluster of boxes was installed in HPP I was offered one. USPS approached me, not the other way around. I have had the same box with the same address for over 30 years. I know of a few others in OL that also have HPP boxes, and at least one got her box in the 90's, so it wasn't just a one-time thing. This tells me that the USPS can give the boxes to anyone they want. Even if the rules were to change, I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't be retroactive. I don't think you are going to have any luck getting the USPS to evict people from the boxes that they have occupied for decades. I would gladly give up my box if there was another one offered closer to my home.
On the bright side, I think I am now officially qualified to comment on this thread. (Joy)