Talk:Post office box

message: Handedness:  Where is this true?  I've never seen it in the United States.
Naming of PO boxes:  Do you have a primary reference for this?
69.140.80.231 11:17, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
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message: * The boxes at X are numbered left to right as the customer sees them.
* The boxes are in ten rows from top to bottom.
* Two numbering systems are in force, as the boxes are not all of the same age.
* The boxes are of three sizes, all of the same height, but of different widths.
* The widths are
** 3.0 units wide so 1 box in a group made of large boxes.
** 1.5 units wide so 2 boxes in a group made of medium boxes.
** 1.0 units wide so 3 boxes in a group made of small boxes.
In format A, the boxes appear to be numbered in groups of 30, which could be as many as 30 small boxes or as few as 10 large boxes.
The groups might be numbered 1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-120, increasing by 30 for each group. 30 seems to be a reasonable easy number for mental arithmetic.
The first group is numbered as the boxholder sees them:
*1st row: 1, 2, 3
*2nd row: 4, 5, 6
*3rd row: 7 ...... a large box, so 7 and 8 are not used.
*4th row: 10, 11, 12
*5th row: 13, 14 ..... two medium boxes, so 15 not used.
*6th row: 16, 17, 18
*7th row: 19, 20, 21
*8th row: 22, 23, ..... two medium boxes, so 24 not used.
*9th row: 25, 26, 27
*10th row: 28, 29, 30.
The numbering scheme allows for large, medium and small boxes to be swapped without having to renumber the whole wall.
In format B, the top box in each column is given a colum number times 10 plus 1 ( 10xN+1) and the boxes in each column are numbered with the addition of the row number.
*Thus the 68th column would be number 681, 682, 683, 684 ... 689, 690.
*Where large and medium boxes are fitted, numbers would be omitted.
Tabletop 10:43, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numbering of boxes at X 

message: This article is way too US-centric. Many people in the world use PO Boxes because that's they only way they can get their mail!Quiensabe 00:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Way too US-centric?  Given the amount of Australian content, that's debatable.  As for the argument, "Many people in the world use PO Boxes because that's they only way they can get their mail," what does that have to do with whether the article is US-centric?  The US isn't the only country in the world with home mail delivery.  Doctor Whom 22:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Nobody was suggesting that the US was the only country with home mail delivery. My point was that people in the Middle East and Africa have different reasons for using PO Boxes from people in developed countries. Quiensabe 14:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

text: In Australia they have them, but they're called Locked Bags. Quiensabe 14:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rest of the world? 

message: what are the requirements of opening a pobox in the u.s.? i am an american overseas, and interested in opening a pobox so that i can send all my stuff back. since i dont have any living arrangements for when i return, i need to have my stuff sent back to a po box so i can get things sorted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.139.240.209 (talk) 20:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  requirements 

message: "These practices has been criticized..." is found in the article.  Is this really how it's supposed to appear or is it an error? --216.195.199.146 22:51, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know about the 4 states you mention, but as recently as the early 1990's in Tuba City, AZ, (with a population of about 10,000) there was no home delivery. You had to rent a PO box in order to get mail. Wschart (talk) 02:41, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Australia, PO Box rentals where there is no home delivery are given a discount.     Tabletop (talk) 08:11, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ACLU Position 

message: I have been living in the UK for many years.  In shops, many items don't even have price tags, out of sheer carelessness.  The Royal Mail link is exactly the same - no price for PO Box services!  ALL of the other web links give prices. 88.108.75.237 21:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Typical UK!!!

message: which style is correct?
* "PO Box"
* "PO box"
* "P.O. Box"
* "P.O. box"
(the swiss ad agency in charge of my business cards doesn't know...)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.226.24.6 (talk) 14:16, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  which style is correct? 

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