YAET: Why don't sellers mail to P.O. boxes?

MBony

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I've seen some auctions where the seller doesn't send to P.O. boxes. Can someone explain the reasoning?
 
Aug 14, 2001
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FexEx and UPS won't deliver to them. Also, to be covered under Paypal's insurance or whatever, you can only ship to a confirmed address and have some sort of more valid (like a signature) confirmation of receipt - normal USPS delivery confirmation isn't enough.
 

kranky

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And for some shady sellers, using a private carrier like Fedex can avoid mail fraud charges, since the US Mail wasn't used.