[Beats]

Originally Posted by azcindy

The homeowner will not allow me to use her mailbox when I rent her house. She suggested I signup for SafeShip or the UPS store to get a PO box. Problem is these places give you a physical address, not a PO Box number. So how do I get Amazon packages delivered to my physical rental address, and not my mailing address? Amazon does not have a section for mailing address only and the 2 addresses would be different zip codes so I can't have both addresses on one form. This becomes more problematic when Amazon decides to ship via USPS (and normally you don't know in advance). Hopefully someone has dealt with this.

Thanks,

Cindy

I would not let you use the mailbox as well, it is a short term rental and it establishes residency and a possible nightmare if you or anyone wanted to squat in that home. Believe me I have been there! If I am not mistaken Amazon uses their own vehicles and does not use USPS, I have used them many times and they have NEVER used USPS. Maybe if you buy from Temu they would use USPS. Don't like it then don't rent from them and good luck with that, too many people have been burnt by letting renters think that they rent for a few months and get the same benefits that we pay for year round. Want a mailbox, pony up like the rest of us did and buy a house here.

[CosmicTrucker]

Amazon will allow you to ship to their drop boxes around The Villages.

Originally Posted by azcindy

The homeowner will not allow me to use her mailbox when I rent her house. She suggested I signup for SafeShip or the UPS store to get a PO box. Problem is these places give you a physical address, not a PO Box number. So how do I get Amazon packages delivered to my physical rental address, and not my mailing address? Amazon does not have a section for mailing address only and the 2 addresses would be different zip codes so I can't have both addresses on one form. This becomes more problematic when Amazon decides to ship via USPS (and normally you don't know in advance). Hopefully someone has dealt with this.

Thanks,

Cindy

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Beats

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If I am not mistaken Amazon uses their own vehicles and does not use USPS, I have used them many times and they have NEVER used USPS. Maybe if you buy from Temu they would use USPS.
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You are mistaken. Apparently, I and a few others on here order from Amazon more than you do.

Other than that, what a nice, neighborly message.

[Danube]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

If access to the mailbox is specified in the lease, it may be a gray area. But, the USPS has specific rules for tenant access to the mailbox, which is owned and controlled by the Federal Government, not the landlord. Google it.

Wrong again.

[MPHub]

Just insert on your Amazon address: FRONT PORCH DELIVERY ONLY. It worked for us.

[MPHub]

Amazon uses USPS for small items all the time.

[nhkim]

This is what we did for the two years that we rented before we bought. I didn't want to use the owner's mailbox because my thought was that once we were gone, what if important things showed up and were sitting in their box? (They didn't live in the house, so didn't always get their mail.) Examples would be anything from Social Security or Medicare. If you do a change of address with them, it will turn into its own nightmare.

Anyway, we went to the UPS Store at Pinellas (that was the closest to our rental) and got a mailbox there. You are given a physical address with a number behind it. I can't remember exactly how it goes. You have your own mailbox that you can access 24/7 because you get a key to the store that only allows access to the mailboxes. If something is delivered that doesn't fit in the box, you get a text message or email about it (I think I'm remembering correctly), and then you just need to go in during store hours to retrieve it. So that UPS box covers anything that comes any way it's sent: UPS, FedEx, USPS. The only downside is that you have to schlep over to the store to pick up everything, although you won't go there on a wild goose chase because you'll have notification that it's there.

That's one of the downsides to not owning your own place, but it's manageable.

[AugustRush]

I believe that Hometown Property Management advises short term renters [in The Villages] to obtain a mail/PO Box during their stay. The management company does not give the homeowner's USPS mailbox key to the renters during their stay.
Mail boxes are available at the UPS store or post office and will save you a lot of headaches for temporary residency/vacations. They can receive your Amazon items. I've found this is the best option to prevent problems with mail/packages during a visit and especially important for mail ordered medication shipped via USPS!
(*I've found on occasion though, that some sellers on Amazon won't ship an item to a PO Box, so I've had to buy it through a different seller). Amazon usually doesn't disclose which carrier they will use. Don't assume something big or heavy won't come USPS. Good Luck!

[Telma]

I called Amazon couple years ago and requested to not use USPS and they honored that.

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by azcindy

Wow! I was considering Safe Ship in Magnolia plaza.

Have others had this experience with Safe Ship?

Thanks!

I’ve only used them to return or ship items but have never had any issues.

[DarrenandKathy]

You can have multiple ship to addresses with Amazon.
My mailing address is in Canada and I have my US shipping address as well as my home address in their system.
I have also had items over the years that I had shipped to my business address and other persons.
I personally wouldn’t give up my postal box for anything short of a years lease.

[USOTR]

We use to travel allot via 5th wheel. We used a PO box forwarding service, and so this became our mailing address. For shipping we used the physical address to where ever we would be staying that week. Amazon had no problem with delivering to our physical address with means other than USPS.

[Nana2Teddy]

When we moved here in 2022 before purchasing a home we were in a rental for 6 weeks. Our landlord didn’t want us using her mailbox so we rented a box at SafeShip for 3 months (best deal over monthly). You get a physical address to use, not just a PO box# even though you are assigned a box. When you receive packages from Amazon or wherever, they put a notice in your box letting you know you have a package too. We (I) made many Amazon purchases and all arrived safely at SafeShip and were passed on to us. Easy peasy.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Telma

I called Amazon couple years ago and requested to not use USPS and they honored that.

So, what happens when you order a package from Amazon that is sold and shipped by a third party who uses USPS?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by MPHub

Just insert on your Amazon address: FRONT PORCH DELIVERY ONLY. It worked for us.

If you order a package from Amazon that is sold and delivered by a third party who only uses USPS, doesn't the USPS place the item in your mailbox? Or does Amazon refuse to sell the item to you?