I wondered about this too, so I called DHL this morning - according to their
Cust Svc guy, DHL will not ship to a PO Box - His quote - "Only USPS can ship
to PO Boxes"
-P
-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Mar 1, 2006 9:22 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: Won't Ship to PO Box
>
>
>On Mar 1, 2006, at 9:44 AM, graywolf wrote:
>
>> As far as I know DLH is the only shipping service that will deliver
>> to a PO Box. They seem to have some kind of deal with the PO, every
>> so often I see one of their vans parked outside my local PO.
>
>
>Yes. You can ship via DHL from a Post Office.
>
>Not only can UPS, Fedex, etc., not deliver to a PO box, it is
>actually illegal for them to put envelopes/packages into your
>mailbox. You buy the mailbox and put it up, but technically it is
>USPS property.
>
>We ran into all of this some time ago when postal rates were going
>through the roof and we explored sending magazines to subscribers via
>UPS or some other courier. The magazine industry even looked into
>starting their own courier service just to handle magazines. But
>this was dropped when it turned out that customers would have to put
>up a separate mailbox just for their magazines!
>
>Bob
>
