They should have just kept it at the office and left you a notice to go pick it up. As registered mail must be signed for I don’t understand a road box.
You are correct that 5 figure value coin would have normally arrived at the local USPS facility where I would need to have signed for it. When it didn't arrive after an extensive period, I asked for it to be located, which she was unable to accomplish, through normal channels. It required the efforts of a postal inspector, over a long period to even determine where it might be located. The road box is a new requirement demanded by a new Postmaster, for deliveries of items selected by eBay to be delivered at my gated property address. The deliveries are often certified Gold coins that sellers will not send to a POBox address, where I generally have a secure delivery. Sellers want to deliver through the most economical means, but not to a POB! DUH! JMHO
I don't know dollar or size amounts involved, but I keep my shipments below the 5000 dollar amount. In the first place this is the amount of money I am seeking, but I would be nervous to put more than that amount in a single shipment. More eggs in the basket and all that. James ps more than a dozen shipments to Great collections. never a problem and all by USPS. hope info helps
If you're purchasing scarce date certified CACed Gold, or Gem/Pr/Pf coins, they are often, singular of 5 digit value. JMHO
I’m not sure how germane to the registered mail discussion the requirement for a roadside box is. My reasoning is that, whether you have a PO Box or a roadside box, I believe the USPS will only leave a slip in it indicating availability of the registered mailing for pickup.
If the package requires a signature it shouldn’t matter if it’s a P.O. Box or not. It won’t be delivered until you sign for it. I don’t understand people sometimes.
You are correct, that any registered shipment will require a personal signed delivery, if it ever reaches the local Post office. The road box is a new requirement, avoiding a return to sellers a shipment sent, where the USPS driver would need to leave the public road, because many sellers, and government...., etc., do not accept secure POB addresses, but neither USPS or "Police" are responsible on "roads". "Police" often will not respond to any call involving anything other than a "Capital Crime" report. Just My Experience/Information from "Police"!
You Did Work For USPS!! As explained, although I send virtually everything by "Certified Mail" which requires a signature, Sellers generally will not require a signature for coins of less than 4 digit value, nor sell/deliver to a POB address buyer. A posted "Catch-22" condition! JMHO
I hear you. What I do is have everything over $500 requires my signature when delivered. My post office will not take any packages or letters out for delivery is they need to be signed for. You just receive a notice for you to go pick it up. That’s why I use UPS.
I've mentioned this once before, I think. We live down a dirt road. We have a mailbox on the side of the main road. I've made an arrangement with the post-Mistris to have all packages kept at the Post Office. We get a note in our road box that there is a package at the post office. However, about a week ago, a substitute drive drove down our dirt road .6 miles and gave a package to my wife. I sometimes wonder if the postal carrier makes their own rules of what they will deliver to the home. I was told to get a larger mailbox so the deliveries could be made to our box on the road.
In our locale, we have a new Male Postmaster, where virtually all delivery employees are female. The delivery personnel know that if the chief makes a new request, and can't show a regulation of support, which are not available to the station, it is a futile wish. I've had a POB for decades, after a gang leader was caught with my home delivered shipments, receiving a token sentence of 6 months time served, constantly thereafter destroying my mail box. Numerous postal local recipients who award delivery personnel, have their boxes appreciably off the dirt main road, requiring a long reverse drive. I just installed the roadside largest box available after the Postmaster mandated a roadside box, when I challenged him about a coin being returned across country to the seller. In the past, when an illegal incident occurred, I would deliver a copy of the appropriate regulation, with a witness, to the local Postmaster. There isn't any uniform Postal order applied! JMHO
The post office can not force you to install a curbside box or get a P.O. Box. If you don’t have either your mail is returned to the sender. It’s marked NMR which stands for No Mail Receptacle.
Did this tracking info appear as the package was in transit, or only after it had been delivered? If you show a complete tracking history only after the package is delivered, I think that addresses the "security" issue.
We live out in the country and have had problems in the past with the mailman not bringing big packages or those needing a signature to the house. Our house is 3/8 mile from the main road and mailbox. The pertinent regulations are below. We sent a snail mail letter of complaint to the local postmaster and cc’d the regional and national consumer affairs offices of USPS. Have had few problems since. Cal --------------------------- https://faq.usps.com/s/article/General-Guidelines-and-Policies-for-Rural-Delivery For Accountable mail items and oversized parcels (not postage due), the carrier must try to gain the attention of the recipient, which includes honking their horn, in order to get them to come to the vehicle. If the customer doesn't come out and the house/delivery point is within 1/2 mile of the line of travel AND has a passable road, the carrier should attempt to deliver it. Otherwise, the carrier will leave PS Form 3849 and the customer will have to make arrangements to obtain the item.
Please read this/post-37, and possibly learn facts before making untrue statements. I have had a "Mail Receptacle", called a P.O.Box, and legally my mail is either being placed in same or delivered to my home box, at the subjective discretion of Postal employees: https://www.mailboss.com/guide-usps-mailbox-regulations/ I've personally been involved with postal regulations and regulators, on multiple occasions with negotiated success! The postal system is generally believed subjectively controlled by limited practical education employees, unfamiliar with regulations/practices! JMHO
The link also appears to be a guideline for specifications of a mailbox you do elect to mount. Nothing about the requirement, or not, to actually be required to mount a mailbox at all.
