- Joined
- Dec 16, 2019
It’s completely at the discretion of the postmaster of the location - smaller ones won’t give a care (and as mentioned before really rural ones do it as a matter of policy) - but if it’s abused at a bigger one they start refusing.When I lived on campus, I had a really shitty experience trying to get mail and packages from the horribly run dorm mail room. So I got a PO Box and found that by using the post office's address I could get UPS and FedEx from places like Amazon. Perhaps it varies by local post office, but I never had issue with them storing my packages for a few days despite having rented the tiniest mailbox.
UPS and FedEx can also throw a fit but again, smaller routes don’t care. Larger routes might push back and complain if it’s affecting their metrics.