Re:German town votes ‘No’ to street names
by bertjk on Monday February 04, 2019 @10:34AM
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That is interesting, in the scenario that they deliver to your secret street address, are retailers able to give shipping time estimates? Or is that less of a thing in the UK due to distances being shorter?
One the one hand I guess it wouldn't make any difference, since the PO Box must be in the same town as the street address.
On the other hand, the PO Box is provided by Royal Mail. Another delivery company (there are many who handle parcels, RM only deliver letters and small packages) would not necessarily have access to it, and certainly not the associated address.
Mail addressed to the PO Box -> You collect from post office
Mail addressed to the PO Box -> They deliver to street address (which only they know)
Mail addressed to street address -> You collect from post office
The most annoying thing I found was that they would only let you have a PO Box in a town if you had a street address there, which I did not.