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No PO Box in Post Office???

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  • 13-09-2013 11:25am
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    trad
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    I contacted An Post regarding setting up a PO Box (Post Office Box) for the wife's business in our local Post Office (south Co Dublin).

    An Post came back very quickly to say that you can't have a PO Box in a Post Office in Dublin and can only be availed of at a "Mail Delivery Unit".

    The Dublin 18 Mail Delivery unit is 9 km away yet I can walk to the Post Office.

    Pretty poor service from An Post.

    Anyone else surprised by this?


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    Peterdalkey
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    Post Offices do not handle mail directly, they will have a posting box but that is it, They are seperate from the mail sorting delivery division, so not surprisimng really. They would probably offer a mail holding service if there was a wide demand for it as an additional revenue stream, which appears not to be the case.


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    Gloomtastic!
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    An Post can deliver your POBox mail to you but will charge you an additional €680.00 for the privilege! :eek:

    http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/Personal+Customers/Managing+Mail/PO+Box/


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    trad
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    Yep, Ive seen the extra delivery charge. Strangely enough It appears that you can have a PO Box in a Post Office outside Dublin.

    It's maybe a case of An Post not paying the Post Master for the privilege.


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    sandin
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    trad wrote: »
    I contacted An Post regarding setting up a PO Box (Post Office Box) for the wife's business in our local Post Office (south Co Dublin).

    An Post came back very quickly to say that you can't have a PO Box in a Post Office in Dublin and can only be availed of at a "Mail Delivery Unit".

    The Dublin 18 Mail Delivery unit is 9 km away yet I can walk to the Post Office.

    Pretty poor service from An Post.

    Anyone else surprised by this?

    why is it poor service?

    I don't remember it ever being available in local post office, however previously there were a lot more delivery offices.

    Same applies to most postal services in Europe.

    There are however plenty of "mail address" services operated privately - just google it with your area and some should appear.


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    trad
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    sandin wrote: »
    why is it poor service?

    I don't remember it ever being available in local post office, however previously there were a lot more delivery offices.

    Same applies to most postal services in Europe.

    There are however plenty of "mail address" services operated privately - just google it with your area and some should appear.

    I had a PO box at the same Post Office about 10 years ago with a different business.
    If a PO Box is only available at a "Mail Delivery Unit" maybe they should call it an MDU box.

    I was specifically looking for a PO box, there's a virtual office center nearby but they want €50 plus Vat per month.


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