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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I'm not sure I understand the issue here. If the package was delivered to the postal station in The Villages and placed in a locked mailbox where the only person with access to the key is the recipient,
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In a perfect world you would be right (but not legally).
Signature REQUIRED is of the RECIPIENT or someone at his/her residence (he doesn't live inside a BOX). I had a PO BOX up north in a "real" post office building with 24/7 employees for over 40 years and anything that had a signature required I HAD TO SIGN for it. Since I wasn't "home inside the box" as warm and cozy as that may be they would leave me the sticker to sign and I would bring it to the front desk to get my package **OR** I could AUTHORIZE WITH MY SIGNATURE to leave it in the box.
Regarding this specific item:
This was a $1000 device in a large box that would not fit into my little 4 x 4 cubbyhole so the agent put a key in a mailbox box and the $1000 package was in the "package retrieval" section box which is fine
***BUT***
what if the agent put they KEY for this $1000 device into the WRONG MAILBOX which happened to me once before. Package said delivered but was nowhere to be found. Turns out the key for the retrieval box was put into the wrong mailbox. Lucky me it was an honest neighbor's box and I got my package ..... but what if it wasn't ????
Signature required means signature OF RECIPIENT REQUIRED.
From USPS:
Recipient Responsibilities
When you sign for a piece of mail, you acknowledge delivery. The Postal Service’s liability ends when you sign for the mail.