Mailbox stickers
 

We noticed people have put stickers on thier mailboxes (Citrus Grove) I think it's cool to remember your box at the beginning. And add some "personality " Are the stickers allowed? What is everyone's feelings on them? (Should I duck now?)

Why not dress 'em up a little? Pretty boring, otherwise.

For me the sticker is essential. I am sight impaired and cannot see the numbers, but I do know the vicinity of my box and I recognize my sticker..

When stickers are removed it takes the paint finish off the mailbox. Some mail stations stickers have been completely removed and had to be repaired and painted. Looks awful.

In the new areas stickers are not allowed

What paint? Ours are plain aluminum... (or "aluminium" for those wacky Brits...)

Agree, ours are also plain metal. After removing a sticker the only remains might be some glue, which could easily be removed with some 'Goo Gone'.

Also, as above mentioned, for some people with vision problems the stickers are wonderful.

Why do you care what others think about them? If you like it or need it, do it. You certainly don't need the approval of a bunch of strangers to make a minor decision like this.

The "building" that houses the cluster mailboxes, the postal station itself, is owned by The Villages. The boxes, and the doors to the boxes, and the locks, are property of the USPS. Theoretically you're not supposed to adorn those box doors with anything, because you don't own them. But the USPS has taken a hands-off approach to them and as long as you're not obscuring the box number or blocking the lock, or putting the sticker in between your box and someone else's, no one's going to "do" anything about it.

Some people consider them to be very tacky. And - some of them (IMO) are tacky. But some are cute, or pretty. I'd suggest keeping political stickers off of them, or anything that suggests that you're "pro" or "anti" anything.

It's been ages since we've had a mailbox sticker posting!

Do not remember one from before, ours has lots of stickers and lots of places where the sticker has been removed leaving residue.

Do not really care one way or another

Seems not allowed at our boxes. Boxes have "conveniently" placed scratches on them instead.

Two nations divided by a common language.
As a Brit I love the different way we say garage.
But then again, my wife and I are from two different parts of the UK. You should hear the friendly banter we have about the way you say scone.
Happy to take the Brit gibes - we get worse from the Aussies.

Some folks like the stickers, others ignore them, and a few absolutely hate the idea. Count me in on loving them. The heck with the haters.

Yep, I've got a sticker on my Car and my House as well so I can find them. I have the 'glow in the dark' kind so I can find them even at night.

Welcum too TOTV. Yu will fit rite in!

It’s illegal

I’m in a new area, not only do we have stickers galore but the mailboxes aren’t painted. They’re aluminum. I personally don’t have stickers but couldn’t care less. I can’t do anything about them either way so…

When I worked in the ghetto they would call that tagged. So I guess everyone lives to different standards

Citation please.

Ownership of the boxes has been questioned in other threads. It appears the USPS *might* own the keys and locks but if I remember correctly, the USPS was less interested when it came to replacing rusted doors.

Our old neighborhood mailboxes (2008) had a coating that when stickers were removed it took off sections of the coating. It was grey and when you removed stickers it came off in sections leaving a zebra pattern. We were so embarrassed when we removed the sticker put on our mailbox by someone else, removing sections of the coating, making our box look awful. Since the sticker was clear, with yellow, the grey that came off was definitely from the box.

2010 Notes were put in mailboxes property of USPS, that stickers were being removed and refinished. No stickers were allowed.

So to those who are newer the very old boxes are definitely different then what is being used by USPS today

Gradge in Hanna, Alberta
 

One of my favorite subjects. That, and accents. May have pointed out previously here that I recently learnt that "aluminium" is actually correct. "(IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990. In 1993, they recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant". Humphrey Davy found it and called it aluminum, but he coulda treated Michael Faraday better. . .

Oh, and I like the stickers.

So when a resident sells there house and they have placed a sticker on their mailbox, do they remove it before they move? Or does it become a " not my problem anymore" attitude?

The box immediately to the left of mine has a sticker so that’s how I find my box. I hope they never remove that sticker.

When I bought my house, I inherited the sticker. The real estate agent also refused to tell me my box number, so maybe the prior owners found it by sticker & not number.

Actually there was a big to do about it last year and the USPS said it was okay.......

At closing you should gotten an envelope with 2-3 keys and the number of your box is clearly written on the outside of the envelope. At least for all 4 of our houses that has been the norm

Hey! Another rookie.

Welcome aboard!!

Heh.

My wife and I played a lot of league tennis in years past. In one tournament we were matched against a couple with obvious accents. As we met at the net just before the start of the match I commented to the guy that I had a hard time understanding an Australian accent. He replied, very frostily, "I'm British". Don't know why that irritated him.

If you want stickers, use them. If they’re not allowed, Im Sure there are dozens of people who won’t hesitate to bang on your door and tell you. Simple.

I've noticed here in citrus grove no one cares about whats allowed and whats not.

First amendment to the Constitution? Who decided mailbox stickers cannot be political or say what you believe.

Mailbox Graffiti - it's a Yankee thang! Brings back a little piece of home from anywhere above the Mason-Dixon Line.

Mailbox stickers
 

As long as the sticker is a blocke maise Michigan M, its ok! :)

QUOTE=BubblesandPat;2311923]We noticed people have put stickers on thier mailboxes (Citrus Grove) I think it's cool to remember your box at the beginning. And add some "personality " Are the stickers allowed? What is everyone's feelings on them? (Should I duck now?)[/QUOTE]

Mailbox stickers
 

As long as the sticker is a block maise Michigan M, its ok! :)

QUOTE=BubblesandPat;2311923]We noticed people have put stickers on thier mailboxes (Citrus Grove) I think it's cool to remember your box at the beginning. And add some "personality " Are the stickers allowed? What is everyone's feelings on them? (Should I duck now?)[/QUOTE]

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It's just old fart graffiti. Too me it's just trashy

As I stated that was what we received for the our four houses, 3 new one preowned.
At sell of our last two home we were instructed to leaved Keys on counter, which we left In the original envelope from closing.

If one doesn’t question that vital information is missing at closing, then that’s on the buyer.
If no keys are left at preowned, then simple trip to local Postoffice for mail box number and new locks and keys provided will be installed.

Our garage door openers were missing at preowned. Just stopped at Romac and bought new ones, gave us sheet to program, issue fixed. Not a big deal, definitely didn’t get upset that they were missing. There are better things to think about, that one cannot fix

Giving info on our experience is just that. Seems you made your experience public once you posted on any public forum.

Are those bangers members of the mailbox police? Asking for a friend.

Political Stickers
 

At the LaBelle postal station, there were some that had political stickers. All of those were removed but other stickers were allowed to remain. That's a good policy.

I think that they are ugly!