My husband and I have replaced our mailbox more than enough times because of someone hitting it. Can this be reported to the post office? It is causing us not receive all of our mail and it is such a pain!!
2007-01-30 12:11:00 · 12 answers · asked by shy 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Get their tag number and call the police.This is a major crime.
2007-01-30 12:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jim C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many companies offer an indestructible mailbox. I've included a link to Brookstone.
http://www.brookstone.com/shop/product.asp?product_code=399873&world_code=15&category_code=160&subcategory_code=1604&search_type=subcategory&cm_ven=Search&cm_cat=Froogle&cm_pla=Catalog&cm_ite=Datafeed
My friend bought one made from stainless steel, 1/4" thick! Nice powdercoated finish in white, so it looked like any other. We set a steel I-Beam into concrete (200 lbs in the hole) and molded a column with those cardboard tubes for piers up to the box. We covered it in cedar to look like a flimsy wood concoction. A week later two kids totalled their pickup after mowing down five boxes first! The mailbox was in excellent shape, only needed to replace the wood surround.
2007-01-30 20:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
sink a 6-8 diameter pipe into the ground about 4 feet and fill with concrete and build a brick wall off a foundation around the pipe filling the insides with concrete also, and over your mailbox space, if they hit that it should be the last time. Or find a good 12 diameter tree and sink that into the ground.
2007-01-30 20:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used some old bed rail and welded a frame around mine
It is tough enough that it makes their "bat" bounce back and hurts them .
Yes it can be reported and tecko it's a federal offence the problem is the little f'n creeps just get their hands slapped in court
I happened in my town in the 50's the state cop made the creeps pay to replace every single one
2007-01-30 20:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes most certainly it can!!your mailbox is fedraly protected.i would get a camera.walmart has them.in electronics made by homeland security.you can buy one for out doors of course this will cost you..what iv done is bought the standerd camera and put it in a birdhouse in my yard.if you can catch them on tape or get a plate number..they will be dealt with..good luck..they do also sell an outdoor camera cost slightly more but is great thing to have.my wife is slightly handicapped and enjoys bieng able to see who is comming and going without opening the door..
2007-01-30 20:22:07 · answer #5 · answered by getbyone 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's a crime- report to post office and police department. Then build you one out of solid concrete, that ought to stop the little boogers. You could always vidoe tape them in action first
2007-01-30 20:58:22 · answer #6 · answered by Cheryl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in a collage town and they hit our area about once a year.Call the local police dept.I acuaaly caught the vandals on tape.
2007-02-02 22:04:43 · answer #7 · answered by Billy T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only can you report it to the post office, but you can also report the vandals to the police. Vandalism is vandalism.... but you pretty much have to know who's doing it.... or catch them in the act...
2007-01-30 20:19:23 · answer #8 · answered by The ReDesign Diva 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
contacted a local sheetmetal shop and see if they can make you one out of some .250 thick mat. I work at one and built my on, now one has hit it since. Well at least it is still on the post , 12 years now.
2007-02-03 17:02:45 · answer #9 · answered by kktinman66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes major crime tampering with any mailbox is jail time try to catch or get a description of whos doing it..
2007-01-30 20:20:55 · answer #10 · answered by HEAR TO HELP 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋