Key to mailbox

[cybermuda]

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]

The Post Office!!!! Lady Lake

[njbchbum]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Ace does not have blanks for them.They are a restricted Blank that can not be bought by them.

[Debfrommaine]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

$25 for us too then returned it because the keys they gave us at closing were the wrong ones

[2 Oldcrabs]

Check Lost & Found before changing locks. Give it about a week for someone to turn them in.:ohdear:

[kathy and al]

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]

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]

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.