[Retiring]

Getting a duplicate has to do with the integrity of the locksmith. Some will make you a copy that is my experience in WA and NY. PO controls the keys because it is their mailbox. You do not own the mailbox. You don’t have a deed for it. You can’t sell it. You can’t rent it. You can’t knock down a wall and make a mega box. The PO allows you to receive mail in that location, period. Their box, their rules but YES some locksmiths will make extra copies.

[photo1902]

Good grief. How many keys does one person really need for ONE mailbox?

[spring_chicken]

It's the freaking POST OFFICE! Run by your gubment! Do you really expect customer service?

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

It's the freaking POST OFFICE! Run by your gubment! Do you really expect customer service?

I've had nothing but excellent customer service, from the person who delivers our mail, to the Wildwood, Oxford, and Fruitland Park branches.

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by photo1902

I've had nothing but excellent customer service, from the person who delivers our mail, to the Wildwood, Oxford, and Fruitland Park branches.

Same here. They go out of their way to be helpful.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by photo1902

I've had nothing but excellent customer service, from the person who delivers our mail, to the Wildwood, Oxford, and Fruitland Park branches.

I agree.

[charmed59]

I don’t think it is still true, but I believe at one time the Villages would keep the third key. We have two homes in the Villages, both built in 2005, both had two keys. For the first one, the two keys turned over at closing did not work in the assigned mailbox. The Villages gave us their key, which worked, but we needed at least two keys. Our realtor had USPS change the lock and turned over three keys for that box.

We have two golf carts and one car, and keep the keys in each vehicle. The house with only two keys only has keys in the golf carts. It does mean sometimes we don’t get the mail that day, as we drive by and realize we forgot to get a key out of the carts.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by photo1902

Good grief. How many keys does one person really need for ONE mailbox?

Two

[BK001]

Originally Posted by bill50

We only received two but want a third one. Can a key shop make a copy?

Shortly after we moved here I went to ACE to get a mailbox key duplicated. They told me flat out that it is illegal to duplicate it.

[BobnBev]

Originally Posted by BK001

Shortly after we moved here I went to ACE to get a mailbox key duplicated. They told me flat out that it is illegal to duplicate it.

Certainly not a case for the FBI. Is there a "mailbox police" that would come in the middle of the night and drag you out of bed and carry you off to the hoosegow?