PO Box | Is it safe ? | Is it a big deal ?

I was thinking about renting a PO Box at my local public post store for deliveries. I live with my parents so ordering anything at my house is out of the question. I don't want to risk my parents safety or risk getting busted by them. I was also thinking about sending random envelopes to myself, and singing up anywhere to get lots of advertising crap delivered to the box as well. I was thinking about 1-2 deliveries of "goods" per month.

So I went to the store to ask them about it and to my dissapointment they got pretty surprised. The guy there told me that rarely does anyone rent PO boxes anymore. In fact he had to look up the requirments because he had forgotten the whole process !! Also he told me I must sing a contract and provide them with literally all my personal information and papers. I was really disheartened because they made me feel it is a really big deal. I was expecting something quick and low profile. I was thinking my ID card will be enough and that I would get it sorted out in a few mins.

However, my main concern still is that he told me that nobody does this anymore !! I thought that being the only one renting a PO box at the store would inevitably draw a lot of attention, combined with my young age and my not so standard looks.

It's a small store, and if someone notices for example that I get 1 or 2 envelopes from Netherlands per month and lots of random advertising crap that nobody actually wants, maybe they will get suspicious or start discussing it as something weird and funny. Being the only one or one of a few (and the youngest) of those renting a PO Box there would make it pretty easy for them to inform authorities, thinking that I pull some kind of scam at their store.

So I'm really dissapointed and pissed off right now. It seems to me that there is no possible solution. Also since I tried buying from the Dark Net I can't accept that I will now have to buy crap from the streets again. However, ingoring all this and proceeding with the rental feels really stupid and not-safe.

Any feedback/info/suggestions ??? Thanks.


Comments


[7 Points] 90210BitchTits:

Dude just tell them you're gay and you're parents don't approve and that you're using the box to get dildos and shit in the mail. They might even laugh or whatever but who cares. Shit order a dildo from China just to see if they open it. Even though it would be illegal to open it people break the law all the time, obviously.

Or stop spending money on drugs and save your money to move out. Living with your parents aint sexy bro.


[3 Points] whoiiinvitedthisguy:

Fuck that dude at the PO box place making you feel "weird" for wanting to get one. He has no idea what you got going on or why you want to get one. Foreal fuck that dude. Just be chill and even though you know what you're doing they do not so just chill and get one if you want and yeah definitely send some clear net stuff to the PO box first before dark net and you're other packages will blend right in. You said you're young and you have not so normal looks or something like that. Here's a scenario, If you skateboard from your house to your PO box place and you have a package that came in an actual box as opposed to a letter and you're skating back to your house with a box in your hand realistically a cop might look at you and think you have drugs and pull you over and try to make you open the pack. so just make sure you be careful with stuff like that. Shit get a taxi or something if need be. Just cuz you got it hidden from your parents with a PO box doesn't mean you're 100% good you still gotta be really careful and stuff.


[1 Points] gritty_city:

Is there a nearby city that is a lot bigger than the one you currently live in? If you are only getting an order or two a month, it might be worth it for your peace of mind to take a drive to the nearest big city (as long as it is close enough they won't wonder why you are opening the box there).

Honestly, the post office people don't know and/or give a shit what you are doing. Also, order domestic as ordering from the Netherlands on a monthly basis is far sketchier than opening a box for domestic packages.


[1 Points] intothestarz:

stick to domestic and you really shouldn't have anything to worry about


[1 Points] portalworld999:

dude go to another office..i opened one yesterday and only had one valid photo id to show them and nothing else they required on their list, I did have a bank statement(not on list) and birth certificate(not on list) so they could see my address on a million things and she let me "slide". Go with your ID/bank statement/birth certificate. Tell them your a roomate and nothing with the house has your name on the deed. Tell them if you have a car it isnt registered in your name. Find the lady who will have sympathy on you like she did me. There was no way I could get the documents they needed, I don't own anything. Explain that to them, find the nicest oldest lady in there, dont go on a monday or friday, they tend to be in worst moods. Explain your situaton. A passport is something they accept but they cost about 150. IT really pisses me of USPS is losing millions and wont sell a fucking PO box for 60 dollars for 6 month. Haven't people been targeting the UPS and FEDEX trucks in your neighborhood stealing packages off door steps? Isnt that why you need a PO BOX?? ;-)


[1 Points] darknetfool:

IDK what that PO employee's problem is, but he is full of shit. When I reserved my PO Box online I had to take the smallest one because there was a wait list for all the other ones. Seriously, a wait list. And so no one uses PO Boxes anymore is a bunch of shit. My town is only 30K people and it seems like everyone has a PO Box


[0 Points] portalworld999:

Tell them your a youtube sensation and you get lots of fan mail but can't have it coming to your parents house so you need a P.O. Box