"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 23 Jun 2014 04:35:35 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> On 6/22/2014 10:53 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> They would require you to call the locksmith and get a new lock put
>>>>> in.
>>>>> Do
>>>>> you think they really have extra keys for all those thousands of
>>>>> mailboxes?
>>>>
>>>> You don't get to choose your locksmith, the USPS contracts with their
>>>> own locksmiths, cost's $15 to re-key for a lost key and I think $3 for
>>>> each key over two.
>>>>
>>> Absolutely right, Sheldon. If the USPS mailbox has a lock, you can get
>>> it
>>> re-keyed or the lock replaced. Apparently she's too busy figuring out
>>> how
>>> to spend money on ways to store potatoes and onions.
>>
>>Of COURSE I can get it rekeyed. But I don't want to have to go that
>>route.
>>It's expensive!
>>
>>And Sheldon is wrong about the post office contracting locksmiths. Maybe
>>in
>>his area they do. They sure as heck don't here!
>>
>>I just tried to search the USPS on this and there are no answers there.
>>
>>But I did find this and it says that what you have to do varies from area
>>to
>>area.
>>
>>http://www.city-data.com/forum/real-...ey-work-2.html
>>
>>I don't think anybody here lives in Bothell so they don't know how it
>>works
>>here. Just because you do something one way where you live, doesn't mean
>>it
>>is that way here.
>>
>>We have to compost food scraps. I gather that is not common elsewhere.
>
> WTF does composting have to do with the USPS? I already posted the
> lock info from the USPS... and since it's essentially Federal I think
> the rules are the same everywhere. I bet if you speak with your
> postmaster you'll be told what I already posted; $15 for rekeying and
> $3 for each key over two. Even though it's a cluster box it's serviced
> by the USPS, the rules regarding keys will be the same as for a PO
> Box... that cluster box is USPS property, you can't use any locksmith
> you choose, the locksmith needs to be authorized by the USPS.

It has nothing to do with it. Just saying that the rules here are not
necessarily the rules elsewhere. And I don't care what you posted. That's
*not* how it works here. Which was my point.