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PO Box fees?

Originally posted by: Rufio
is that yearly, or bi-annual?
and can i get my currnet mail all forwarded to my po box?
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6 -months

http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/R900.htm#Rgd14409

5.0 Fee Group Assignments
5.1Regular Fee Groups

Post office boxes are assigned to fee groups listed in R900 based upon cost estimates of the facility space for post office boxes in each 5-digit ZIP Code. Local post offices can provide information about fees for a particular ZIP Code.

5.2Free Box Service (Group E)

Customers may qualify for free (Group E) post office box service if their physical address or business location meets all of the following criteria:

a. The physical address or business location is within the geographic delivery ZIP Code boundaries administered by a post office.

b. The physical address or business location constitutes a potential carrier delivery point of service.

c. The USPS chooses not to provide carrier delivery to the physical address or business location.

d. The customer does not receive carrier delivery via an out-of-bounds delivery receptacle.

5.3Additional Standards for Free Box Service

Only one free (Group E) post office box may be obtained for each potential carrier delivery point of service. Group E customers are assigned the smallest available box that will reasonably accommodate their daily mail volume. Eligibility for Group E boxes does not extend to individual tenants, contractors, employees, or other individuals receiving or eligible to receive single-point delivery such as delivery to a hotel, college, military installation, or transient trailer park. A customer must pay the applicable fee for each additional box requested beyond the initial box obtained at the Group E fee.

http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm/d910.htm#Rbr39715
 
Fee group = each Zip code is assigned to a fee group based on the cost of the PO facility. What it comes down to is that your PO is assigned to a particular fee group, and that will determine the cost of the PO boxes at that PO.

The fees shown are for six months rental. You can pick any size box you want, but if you try to cheap out by picking the smallest size, and the PO determines that you have a need for a larger box, they can force you to upgrade. An occasional package won't cause this.

When your six months is up, they'll put a notice in your box that it's time to renew. You have a short grace period before they close the box and start returning mail, so make sure you are paying on time.

You can have your mail forwarded, but check with the PO to ask how long the forwarding will be in effect, and find out what will and what won't be forwarded. I believe some types of mail do not get free forwarding.
 
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