Regarding the mailbox that I purchased...Who's property is it?
If mine,then why does the usps have the authority to decide whether or not I will utilize my mailbox to accept hand delivered flyers?...
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Thats a good question from the logical standpoint. The answer is because it is federal law that mailboxes utilized to recieve and send federal mail are for exclusive use of the USPS. These laws were passed to protect our privacy and keep all but federal mail employees and intended recipients from handling federal mail. If you want to recieve and send federal mail from a residence, then you are required to provide a USPS certifed mailbox for their exclusive use. If you want to get flyers, you can add a flyer receiving tube or box below the US Mailbox and clearly mark it for its intended use. Many homes on rural routes out in the country do this to recieve newspapers and flyers and it is accepted practice.
An interesting caveat, if you were to vandalize your own mailbox, you would be technically in violation of federal law, kind of ironic isn't it...lol
By law the us goverments
Your mail box is YOUR property. Just as the mail slot in your door would be. If you purchased it, it is YOURS. Period.
I hear you. It's illegal even to place a note in your neighbor's mailbox. Although I doubt anybody's been prosecuted for that, there's a good chance some petty-minded mail carrier will take it out and rip it up if he sees it. The USPS is a government-controlled monopoly. The mailbox is your property, but they decide what goes in it. I think the precise reason why they have that law is because people around 30 years ago complained about paperboys stuffing newpapers in their mailboxes and not leaving room for the regular mail. But they don't like any competition either.
It's not yours, it belongs to the federal government...well, the inside of it anyways.
That's why it is a federal crime to tamper with mail.
And why you cannot place anything but US Postal service mail in it.
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