Is putting ads inside a mailbox a federal offense?
February 52010
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Okay you have some pamphlets and you want to advertise.
You are driving down this residential area, and you notice some mailboxes. You OPEN them and put some pamphlets in there.
Is that a federal offense?
Mailboxes are supposed to be for mails only. Thus, advertisements are prohibited and could be filed as a federal offense.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
yep, unless you are a postal worker..
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February 5th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
You bet it is. Why not then open my damn front door and throw in some ads?
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February 5th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Yes.
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February 5th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Mailboxes are supposed to be for mails only. Thus, advertisements are prohibited and could be filed as a federal offense.
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February 5th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Yeah it is, that’s why people stick flyers in/on fences with rubber bands and stuff. You even see that newspapers that get delivered to homes sometimes have their own box under the mailbox. I used to sell Avon and we were told NEVER to put catalogs in mailboxes.l The only way to get them into a mailbox was to put a stamp on it and mail it.
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February 5th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Yes, from my understanding anyone other than a postal worker is not allowed to even touch a mailbox that is not his own … but even if it wasn’t a federal offense, it sure as hell irks the crap out of the owner of the mailbox.
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February 5th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
What do you mean by" open them"? That part alone is illegal!!
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February 5th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Yes.
Once a mail box is installed, by law only U.S. mail is allowed to be put in it.
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February 5th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Yes the only way that you can put anything inside anyones mailbox is if you work for the postal service. It is posssible that there are local laws that cover this also. If they are going to hand out pamplets, they need to go somewhere else besides on the mailbox.
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