I also put stickers on boxes that are not mine --- helps me find my box the one with no stickers --- hope the other people dont mind --- why should the owner of the box be the only one who can put stickers on a box -- if you dont own the box i should be able to put any sticker on any box - i am trying to make the mail station look like a nyc graffiti subway train--- just doing my part to make tv the friendliest place --- if your box is void of stickers - i can help

Reading your post reminded of the person who said to put the lightning rods on your neighbor's roof. Classic!
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stickers on the mailboxes make the mail station messy, trashy.
these boxes belong to the postal system and are not personal. sorry to hear your personal sticker was removed.

I can't believe I read this entire thread!! However, I would like to add, someone suggested it isn't difficult to remember your mailbox number. Actually, for some, it is extremely difficult to remember lots of things. If a cute sticker can make my neighbors' lives (and my husband's) a little easier, then why not?

Exactly. Let's be charitable. Lots of seniors have memory issues.

And for those who think it's too messy, since it only takes seconds each day to pick up mail, surely it's a minor issue.

That's right. Dyslexia, near blindness, snowbird forgetfulness, a box that's very low (mine, but the one above it has a sticker on it--thanks, nitehawk!). There are a number of reasons someone might need to legitimately make their mailbox easier to spot.

Thank you Casita - and Bare - and CFrance for your voice of reason and sanity. I read through this whole thread and came to the conclusion - 'aint much doing in TOTV right now!:girlneener:

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If someone does not like stickers on their mailbox then do not put one on. There are stickers all over the duval mailboxes and I could care less. It is a mailbox you get your mail and leave. Dotti nobody should have touched your sticker it was not obscene. Most things are great here so when something does happen it really sticks out. Like Gracie said put up another and Dotti dont let this get to you, not worth it.

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For those of you that need help remembering your mailbox number, why not make a sticker and put in on your own personal mailbox key rather than the mailbox door. If it is something that makes you smile you will see it every day...and it won't bother anyone else. I, too, thinks it looks like graffiti and is tacky. Do you put stickers on your house to help you find it too?

Just checked back on this thread! So many strong opinions!!

I think it is true that some people have too much time on their hands..... I am still mystified by the juvenile behavior. Now, by the strong opinions!

But I do love The Villages and think that 99% of the people I have had the pleasure to meet here are friendly,happy folks who enjoy living here. There is always a bad apple to be found. I just choose not to find it!

I wouldn't be able to remember what sticker I put on my box so I put stickers on the boxes except mine. Now I just go to the box with no sticker.

The stickers might look "tacky" to some, but nobody lives by the cluster mailboxes. We're there for 1 minute or less.

It's not a "There goes the neighborhood" situation that would devalue our properties.

Every Villager has to go to the mail stations every day to check their mail, and yet it's not their business? Really?

I think Sunny's point was that a visit to the mailboxes takes a minute or two.
Not an eyesore on a street like a neighbor's car up on blocks.
If it helps Wrinklies quickly find their postal boxes, it seems of little impact to other residents.

OK. It is our business. But most are saving the worry for bigger problems.