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frater_secessus [Amazon shipping lockers] 		lifestyle:packages [2024/06/02 19:14] (current)
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 ===== USPS General Delivery ===== ===== USPS General Delivery =====
  
-If the local Post Office agrees (ask the postmaster first), you may be able to send your package there as General Delivery.  USPS offers GD as a service to transients.((https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2013/pb22375/html/updt_006.htm)).+If the local Post Office agrees (ask the postmaster first), you may be able to send your mail/packages there as General Delivery.  USPS offers GD as a service to transients.((https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2013/pb22375/html/updt_006.htm)).
  
 Once received, the package will not be held longer than 30 days((http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2010/pb22280/html/updt_002.htm)), and 14 days is a common limit. Once received, the package will not be held longer than 30 days((http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2010/pb22280/html/updt_002.htm)), and 14 days is a common limit.
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   * Call or look online first to see if the PO in question accepts General Delivery.  Some places with multiple POs only accept Gen. Delivery at one location.    * Call or look online first to see if the PO in question accepts General Delivery.  Some places with multiple POs only accept Gen. Delivery at one location. 
 +  * Postal clerks in urban areas might be unaware of how to put GD addresses into their system.  In that case, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/USPS/comments/19du8ty/q_how_to_enter_general_delivery_address_into_the/kj889f0/|this post]] suggests:  "Just tell them to skip the street number on the computer by pressing the enter button. Then typing ''G'' and the general delivery address should show up on the screen provided that the zip code is correct. It's not something clerks would know because we're trained to put the street number on mail"
   * UPS/FedEx/etc //might// deliver to the USPS if the post office's street address is included.  This is highly variable and depends on local relationships between the entities.   * UPS/FedEx/etc //might// deliver to the USPS if the post office's street address is included.  This is highly variable and depends on local relationships between the entities.
   * tracking may not be complete -- general delivery shipments may show "out for delivery" in the post office's city as the last step until acually picked up.    * tracking may not be complete -- general delivery shipments may show "out for delivery" in the post office's city as the last step until acually picked up. 
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