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| Super mail box break ins | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 1 2013, 01:56 PM (223 Views) | |
| Dana | Aug 1 2013, 01:56 PM Post #1 |
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Why to the door is preferable. I had no idea that so many others have had their super boxes broken into as well as the one I have been assigned to. Not something anyone is saying much about. Each separate break in affects at least 25-40 households, if remember correctly how many each contains. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/07/30/bc-community-mailbox-break-ins.html "Super mailboxes in B.C. targeted thousands of times, records reveal More than 4,800 incidents reported in 130 communities between 2008 and 2013 Pressure is growing on Canada Post amid revelations there are far more incidents of community mailbox vandalism, break-ins and tampering in British Columbia than previously revealed. Documents obtained by CBC News through a freedom of information request show that Canada Post has recorded more than 4,800 incidents involving community mailboxes, ranging from vandalism and arson to mail theft. The incidents were recorded in more than 130 communities across the province between 2008 and 2013. The community mailboxes, also known as super-boxes, have replaced home delivery in many Canadian communities as part of a cost-cutting program by Canada Post. There are currently more than 20,000 community mailboxes throughout B.C. and Canada Post continues to install more in new subdivisions. The mailboxes have recently become the subject of numerous complaints of break-ins and vandalism, raising concerns about lost or stolen mail and identity theft." |
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| Dialtone | Aug 1 2013, 02:04 PM Post #2 |
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We now have our mail in a "supermailbox" and have never had an issue, but in some high crime areas I can see it might be a problem. We used to have a post office box in an actual post office, never a problem there either. When we lived in a rural route, our mailbox was knocked off it's stand several times, and having a rural mailbox is probably the most insecure way to store and deliver. |
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| Dana | Aug 2 2013, 03:34 AM Post #3 |
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"We used to have a post office box in an actual post office, never a problem there either." Ditto but one had to drive to get there if living in the country and not enough boxes in town for all. The superboxes are targets like homes and post offices never were, for mail. |
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