Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 We're having a mayor's race here in my town and one of the candidates is going around putting his "vote for me" literature in the mailboxes. It's not stamped, he just walks around and stuffs 'em in! Isn't this against the law? Should I call the police or the USPS office right here and show them the thing he put in my mailbox?? I'm sure I'm not the only one that will report this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Call USPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 While it is against the law, I've never understood why. That box out at the street belongs to me. I bought it. I dug the hole for the post. I put the box on top of the post. The Post Office did not do a damn thing. They didn't buy the box. They didn't reimburse me for buying the box. But they have the unmitigated gall to say that no one but them can put anything in MY box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 I found this..............1.2 ExclusionsDoor slots and nonlockable bins or troughs used with apartment house mailboxesare not letterboxes within the meaning of 18 USC 1725 and are not private mailreceptacles for the standards for mailable matter not bearing postage found in oron private mail receptacles. The post or other support is not part of the receptacle. (I have a slot on the house and the mail drops inside.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Sandor, SASS #74075 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Our city-sponsored neighborhood association received a "cease and desist" from USPS just a couple of days after we started placing our newsletter in mailboxes and door slots of private residences. Never did find out who complained, could have been the carrier herself, I suppose. Call it in! Count Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 https://about.usps.com/news/state-releases/tx/2010/tx_2010_0909.htm LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence Cutter Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 By law you are not to put anything on electric poles.... But look how many are covered with signs to find a missing dog, graduation party with an arrow, garage sales, e t c........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Alpo said: While it is against the law, I've never understood why. That box out at the street belongs to me. I bought it. I dug the hole for the post. I put the box on top of the post. The Post Office did not do a damn thing. They didn't buy the box. They didn't reimburse me for buying the box. But they have the unmitigated gall to say that no one but them can put anything in MY box. Kinda like a HOA, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 If anyone and everyone who wanted to stick their mitts in your mailbox were allowed to do so, you'd be pissed. I want my mailbox to be official mail only. No ifs, ands, or buts. Without that federal law there is no way to enforce anybody from putting things in, or taking things out, of your mailbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I have no problem with somebody putting some flyer through the mail slot. Happens rarely enough; but angry folks always find something to get angry about..... If somebody is going to drop something by your house-- a key, an invite, a wallet of yours they found, whatever....what do you tell them? "Drop it through the mail slot if I'm not home." What, you want it on the stoop in the rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Hangtree Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Alpo said: While it is against the law, I've never understood why. That box out at the street belongs to me. I bought it. I dug the hole for the post. I put the box on top of the post. The Post Office did not do a damn thing. They didn't buy the box. They didn't reimburse me for buying the box. But they have the unmitigated gall to say that no one but them can put anything in MY box. Well, Alpo, you could always take down YOUR box, then call the Post Office and tell them to hold your mail until they install you a new box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 13 minutes ago, Marshal Hangtree said: Well, Alpo, you could always take down YOUR box, then call the Post Office and tell them to hold your mail until they install you a new box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I use a Jayco Armadillo mailbox. I bought mine from the guy when he was still building them in his garage, one at a time. People have tried breaking in but failed and mailbox baseball ended up with shattered bats. Google it, you’ll see what I’m talking about. The mail carrier never knows if someone else has put something in the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Should I call the police Yes, I think so. This is the best solution to this troubling outlawry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Duncan Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Alpo said: While it is against the law, I've never understood why. That box out at the street belongs to me. I bought it. I dug the hole for the post. I put the box on top of the post. The Post Office did not do a damn thing. They didn't buy the box. They didn't reimburse me for buying the box. But they have the unmitigated gall to say that no one but them can put anything in MY box. It's not your box. IF you want your mail delivered at your cost you must provide USPS a box designed and installed to thier specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Fence Cutter said: By law you are not to put anything on electric poles.... But look how many are covered with signs to find a missing dog, graduation party with an arrow, garage sales, e t c........ We had a metal light pole in front of our Sacramento house. I saw a couple taping a sign to it. I went out and told them if they continued, I would turn them in to the police. While I said that, I wrote their auto license number down. They left the neighborhood. Of course, if they'd looked like gang members, I wouldn't have confronted them. You do what you can, when you can to protect your rights. BTW, our mail was delivered through a slot in the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 We have pretty responsive police here, but I doubt we'd get a quick response for an 'unlawful posting of sign' call.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Around here the favorite thing to do is to drive around on our country roads and bash mail boxes with a baseball bat while hanging out of the window of a moving car. All our rural mail is delivered to your mailbox along the county road. I finally built a stone monument and put my mailbox inside it. Only way to destroy it now is with dynamite or bash it with a vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 21 hours ago, Fence Cutter said: By law you are not to put anything on electric poles.... But look how many are covered with signs to find a missing dog, graduation party with an arrow, garage sales, e t c........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Armadillo mail box. Baseball bat proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence Cutter Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: If I seen him, I would chase him the other way....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 6:51 PM, Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 said: Yes, I think so. This is the best solution to this troubling outlawry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 24, 2019 Author Share Posted October 24, 2019 I decided to do nothing, the guy running is a joke and will never make it anyway!!! The current mayor will win re-election in a landslide! She's okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 20 hours ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said: Around here the favorite thing to do is to drive around on our country roads and bash mail boxes with a baseball bat while hanging out of the window of a moving car. All our rural mail is delivered to your mailbox along the county road. I once knew someone who lost several mailboxes to vandals like that. One day he decided he'd had enough and filled one with concrete then mounted it. A few days later he found a broken baseball bat lying on the ground next to it. That must've really stung the poor bloke's wrists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 6:45 PM, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said: We had a metal light pole in front of our Sacramento house. I saw a couple taping a sign to it. I went out and told them if they continued, I would turn them in to the police. While I said that, I wrote their auto license number down. They left the neighborhood. Of course, if they'd looked like gang members, I wouldn't have confronted them. You do what you can, when you can to protect your rights. BTW, our mail was delivered through a slot in the door. I wonder if they were looking for their lost cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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