Blog: USPS

Did you know that according to the policies of the U.S. Postal Service, a business run out of someone's home is not eligible to rent a Post Office box? To rent a box, you are required to provide proof of address. It doesn't matter what address, just any address. For an individual, that means a utility bill or something; for a business, the utility bill must have the business name. So a business run out of someone's home can't get a P.O. box because there's no utility bill with the business name.

I was able to open a box in August, but when I tried to renew, the extremely nasty Postal Service employees at Midtown Station 10018 refused to approve the documents according to this policy. I wonder if this was intentional, or simply a consequence of a poorly thought out rule?