I haven't used an unsecured mailbox since I moved away from my hometown nine years ago. I had lots stolen out of my mailbox there... and that was Boulder, Colorado.
A bigger problem is what I encountered in Fairmount where people would break into the locked door of my building and then break into the locked mailboxes. I am shocked at how many of my neighbors actually have packages delivered to their homes and have the delivery services leave them on the porch in this day and age..... Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:37 PM, Mario Giorno <westphi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Naomi, > > I've had credit card statements taken from my exterior mailbox before > on 48th between Chestnut and Market Sts. I've had a PO box for the last 3+ > years and have continually had my important legal/financial mail sent there > as well as other mailings and parcels. You just can't trust outdoor mailboxes > anymore. It's a damn shame. > > > Mario > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Naomi Fiordimondo <naomif...@verizon.net> > wrote: > So I’ve confirmed that there are at least two homes near 50th & Baltimore > that have had mail going missing over the last few weeks. Both homes have > exterior (unsecured) mailboxes. > > One neighbor has been finding both her own and other people’s mail opened in > her box days after it should have arrived. (Personal cards appearing in the > wrong box with no envelope, just the card. Credit card applications opened > and addressed to folks a few blocks away. Important gov’t forms appearing in > the mailbox with no name or envelope. Etc. Etc.) > > The other neighbor has had Netflix disks go MIA and confirmed seeing a woman > take mail from a neighbor’s box on her block this morning. She also spoke > with our USPS delivery person who said, in her travels, she saw mail from the > 49XX block on the 50XX block. (Otherwise, USPS delivery has been > consistently good for the last 6 months since this new mail person took our > route.) > > If anyone else is having problems, please post where and what you are seeing > so we can stay alert. (And if you have an exterior mailbox, now may be a good > time to get a current credit report to make sure everything is on the up and > up.) > > - Naomi > 5000 Catharine St. > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mario Giorno > PO Box 30932 > Philadelphia, PA 19104 > westphi...@gmail.com >
