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Ordering tracfone to po box

kittyloo — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:25:28 GMT

Tried ordering 2 new Christmas phones for dh and and i. they won't deliver to a PO box! I live in a rural area. What to do???

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KingstonsMom — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:32:16 GMT

Do you have a nearby friend of relative with a street address that they can ship it to?

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kittyloo — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:17:32 GMT

@KingstonsMom , yes, thought of that. we still know very few people. mostly just neighbors. i would assume that if i don't get mail delivery, they don't either. maybe the AT&T store next town over? thanks.

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KingstonsMom — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:27:45 GMT

@kittyloo

Also UPS stores will accept mail for you, using their street address, at a reasonable cost!

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Nuttmeg — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:43:52 GMT

Tracfone is selling phones at Walmart.

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OKPrincess — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:47:08 GMT

I've been told to use the street address of the post office where sending it to.

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depglass — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:19:20 GMT

OKPrincess is right. I set mine up like this

I M Hungry 553

900 West Olive Street

Pizzaville CA 90655

That 553 is your box number. We have this format, blessed by our postmaster for situations like you encountered. We are small and it might not fly in large cities, but give it a try.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 18:30:06 GMT

Its probably delivered by UPS. How in the world would they deliver to a PO box?

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MamaWick — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:48:18 GMT

Our post office says to use their street address and add your box number.

Example:

Jane Doe

Box 123 (your box number...just say box, not PO Box)

12345 Main Street (PO street address)

Anywhere, USA 12345

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candyagain — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 19:53:58 GMT

@OKPrincess wrote:
I've been told to use the street address of the post office where sending it to.

Yes, that's what I do. I use my local post office's street address.

A UPS Store may accept a few packages for you if you ask them first. The clerks will give you the address if they agree.

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chickenbutt — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:09:42 GMT

I did not know there were places where mail doesn't come to your house. Learned something new.

If it is shipping by UPS or FedEx, will those ship to your street address?

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Harley883 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 23:14:10 GMT

I deal with this issue on a daily basis. I live in a small mountain town in Western NC. I have never had a mailbox at my house. Even if I did I still would not get my package delivered by USPS to my door. I have a PO Box in town and just like MamaWick stated that is how I address all packages that are coming to me.

QVC will not deliver with a PO Box address. You never know how anyone and especially QVC is going to ship the package. Most of the time it will start out as UPS/FedX and within 30 miles of my place it will get picked up by the USPS. In a week or so I might get my package.

Just put your shipping address as:

Jane Doe

Box 123 (your box number...just say box, not PO Box)

12345 Main Street (PostOffice street address)

Anywhere, USA 12345

The tracking number should tell you when the package arrives at your PO.

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kittyloo — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:31:28 GMT

Thanks everyone. Tried removing the PO part. No go then they want to know my numbered address. I put that in but since it doesn't receive mail there, it doesn't exist. I'll try for the next phone deal when I ask around more.

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MamaWick — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:15:48 GMT

@kittyloo you need to put in the street address of the Post Office and your box number. UPS, FedEx, and even Amazon will deliver to the Post Office and the Post Office will then deliver to your box. Trust us who have given you that advice.

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depglass — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:23:51 GMT

Its the UPS Sure Post. They pick it up from the shipper and drop it at the post office whether you request UPS or not. Fed Ex is evidently doing the same thing, according to my neighbor out here in the woods. They don't want to drive out here, its time consuming in good weather and almost impossible in the snow.