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[MAX-24-Dean]

Did you have insurance or wouldn't your insurance cover it?

Medicaid did pick up the tab.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Having had gift cards and checks stolen in our mail, I will not entertain mail order drugs.

 

[ponytug]

@QRTRHRS There's always a Ft. Knox mailbox...

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We put one in years ago and now about half of the folks on the hill have them. We've had a couple of scratches from folks trying, but (knock on wood) no successes yet. I assume that someone will try to drive over ours, and the culvert is ready and waiting.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Dftodd]

Having had gift cards and checks stolen in our mail, I will not entertain mail order drugs.

I have no choice but to do mail order on one of my meds.

It ships UPS and they deposit it on the porch. Or if it's raining, they will leave it on the grill under the front of the camper.

 

[lman]

@QRTRHRS There's always a Ft. Knox mailbox...

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We put one in years ago and now about half of the folks on the hill have them. We've had a couple of scratches from folks trying, but (knock on wood) no successes yet. I assume that someone will try to drive over ours, and the culvert is ready and waiting.

All the best,

Peter

Wow I never had a mailbox made of gold. My wife is retired and I'm semi retired so we don't have a problem getting the mail shortly after it's put in the mailbox. I've never heard of anybody in my neighborhood having mail stolen. Of course most of the traffic on my road is farm equipment going to the fields past my place.

 

[Dftodd]

Wow I never had a mailbox made of gold. My wife is retired and I'm semi retired so we don't have a problem getting the mail shortly after it's put in the mailbox. I've never heard of anybody in my neighborhood having mail stolen. Of course most of the traffic on my road is farm equipment going to the fields past my place.

I had a customer when I installed alarms systems, that ended up putting in a locking mail box.

He showed me a video of why he had to do that.

The elderly lady next door had dementia and thought his box was hers. She kept running off with his mail.

After he put the locking mailbox, she would be out there for 10 to 15 minutes trying to break into the mailbox.

 

[orezok]

On the rural road where I live, the thieves hit the mail boxes about once a month. You can always tell as they leave the doors open. They hit at night.

My box is a large locking box.

 

[Jstpssng]

On the rural road where I live, the thieves hit the mail boxes about once a month. You can always tell as they leave the doors open. They hit at night.

My box is a large locking box.

It seems like the Postmaster should be all over that.

 

[ponytug]

It seems like the Postmaster should be all over that.

We've had the postmaster or sheriff out a few times in the past, complete with them getting fingerprints off of the mailbox, but we never heard the end of it. My perception is that unless the authorities happen to bust the thieves with mail addressed to someone else, not a lot happens, but when they do, each address is a separate felony.

A neighbor has a Ring camera that has caught a number of videos of perpetrators. My favorite clip is the thief's female accomplice who helpfully turns on the hazard flashers while he is ransacking the mailbox, thereby giving the viewers a great view of everyone.

As more folks along our road have cameras, I think that the thieves no longer regard our area as "low hanging fruit". Plus, I'm sure that the switch to more digital payments makes mail theft less and less valuable.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Dftodd]

On the rural road where I live, the thieves hit the mail boxes about once a month. You can always tell as they leave the doors open. They hit at night.

My box is a large locking box.

Half the time, my mailman will leave the door wide open.

On a couple occasions, i've had to lay my mail out on the counter to dry out before opening.

And on a couple of occasions, half my mail didn't make into the mailbox and found a fee letters laying in the ditch