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cybermuda
07-24-2012, 02:58 PM
I have lost one of the keys to my mailbox and would like to get a replacement key cut
The key I still have has "USPS - do not duplicate" stamped on it, so I assume ACE Hardware won't be willing to cut a key for me.
Who is the official USPS key-cutter?
Thank you
PaPaLarry
07-24-2012, 03:22 PM
The Post Office!!!! Lady Lake
njbchbum
07-24-2012, 04:35 PM
i believe the p.o. will require you to pay for 2 new keys which they will provide with the new lock on your mailbox - if that is not correct am sure someone will be along with the correct info! ;)
bkcunningham1
07-24-2012, 05:07 PM
I have lost one of the keys to my mailbox and would like to get a replacement key cut
The key I still have has "USPS - do not duplicate" stamped on it, so I assume ACE Hardware won't be willing to cut a key for me.
Who is the official USPS key-cutter?
Thank you
Try Ace and see what they say, cybermuda. You can be my experimenter. Someone told me that Ace will cut a new PO key and I wondered if it what they were saying was true or not.
villager
07-24-2012, 05:27 PM
I just checked with an ex-Ace employee from Southern Trace. Yes, they did it all the time, as long as they had a blank that fit.
mulligan
07-24-2012, 05:27 PM
If they do, they're breaking the law. You need to go to the post office, and order a new lock,(about $15), and get 2 new keys. Not convenient, but that's the way it is.
hdh1470
07-24-2012, 05:39 PM
Ace does not have blanks for them.They are a restricted Blank that can not be bought by them.
Debfrommaine
07-24-2012, 05:48 PM
I have lost one of the keys to my mailbox and would like to get a replacement key cut
The key I still have has "USPS - do not duplicate" stamped on it, so I assume ACE Hardware won't be willing to cut a key for me.
Who is the official USPS key-cutter?
Thank you
I'm pretty sure it's a $25 fee for the post office to replace and this includes the new lock on your mailbox. :undecided:
Sable99
07-24-2012, 06:04 PM
Try Ace and see what they say, cybermuda. You can be my experimenter. Someone told me that Ace will cut a new PO key and I wondered if it what they were saying was true or not.
I went to Ace in SS to make extra keys when I closed on my home in May and they wouldn't make them. I had all the keys, I just wanted extras -- the renters got some, the proprerty manager got some but I wanted atleast one for me!!
REDCART
07-24-2012, 06:32 PM
I'm pretty sure it's a $25 fee for the post office to replace and this includes the new lock on your mailbox. :undecided:
My recollection is that the USPS wants $75 per additional mailbox key. It can't possibly cost the USPS that much for time and material, so you have to believe they charge that exorbitant amount to discourage the business.
PaPaLarry
07-24-2012, 07:09 PM
Post Office are the only ones to change your lock and key!!! Pretty sure it 25.00. You can call Post Office to get particulars. No one else is allowed to duplicate key. Normally they will call and meet you at box. Only takes a few minutes. Maybe they even sell the new lock to you to change, (if you have other key) All mail comes out of Lady Lake Post Office
nkrifats
07-24-2012, 09:40 PM
Post Office are the only ones to change your lock and key!!! Pretty sure it 25.00. You can call Post Office to get particulars. No one else is allowed to duplicate key. Normally they will call and meet you at box. Only takes a few minutes. Maybe they even sell the new lock to you to change, (if you have other key) All mail comes out of Lady Lake Post Office
Was 25.00 Last Oct. to do this. They changed out the lock and new keys.
I believe they gave me one key and left two in the box. Not totally sure about the last. Cost was 25.00 and there was no meeting them there. They do it on certain days and was not a hassle at all.
asianthree
07-24-2012, 09:45 PM
$25 for us too then returned it because the keys they gave us at closing were the wrong ones
2 Oldcrabs
07-25-2012, 06:17 AM
Check Lost & Found before changing locks. Give it about a week for someone to turn them in.:ohdear:
kathy and al
07-25-2012, 07:19 AM
Went through this a couple of months ago. It is illegal to duplicate any mailbox key so forget Ace Hardware. They won't have the right "blank".
What is necessary to do is go to the PO in Lady Lake (off of 441/27) and request a new set. Will cost you $25 for 3 new keys and be sure you have plenty of ID's.
cybermuda
07-25-2012, 07:49 AM
Thank you everyone
I shall try an "independent" just in case, but it sounds as though the PO is the only (and expensive) option
Seems very odd, as I have a key already - if I were planning to steal someone else's mail I would hardly need a second key? Plus, the majority of people in the USA just have an unlockable mailbox by the roadside anyway.
Still, if that's the way it is...
cybermuda
07-31-2012, 10:00 AM
I have lost one of the keys to my mailbox and would like to get a replacement key cut. The key I still have has "USPS - do not duplicate" stamped on it, so I assume ACE Hardware won't be willing to cut a key for me. Who is the official USPS key-cutter?
update - as expected, ACE don't have the blanks, so the USPS is the only option - $25 for a new lock and three keys. Take proof of residential address to the Post Office and they do the rest.
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