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Yes, the local post office folks, sometimes even the postmaster, typically don't know what to do with the CMRA form because they're pretty rare. We ran into that too and we're in the second-largest city in the state. In our case, he contacted the larger post office in Baltimore. Now, a few years

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For years we provided these virtual offices w/o filing a CMRA w/ the USPS, but we complied w/ the requirements should we get audited. We are in the process of filing now. So the answer is - it’s not critical, but it’s ideal - no individually locked mailboxes required. We put all

[Coworking] Re: Ideas for flexible mail delivery?

Hi everyone--time to get serious about mail delivery. I wonder how critical it is to have USPS approved locking mailboxes. I have applied for CMRA status and my local PO has no clue what to do - I even printed out the form for them. This really took me by surprise since we're in a suburban

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Randy, without providing a forwarding address, I think it's the same as just throwing it away, but not sure. Also, I'm a bit weary of that since I don't want the post office to think "Fort Work" is no longer at the address, just the individual in question. Given the chance of ambiguity, I'd

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Technically, yes a co-working space needs to be a CMRA to handle mail. It's no different from a Regus/Davinci (which mainly re-sell CEC space) or even a UPS store in that regard, both of which are CMRAs. Many don't do this and operate fine, with no repercussions. But, at any point a USPS

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Hi, Oren, I think the King has the answer for you my friend: https://www.youtube.com/embed/YUWMSVDPdGQ; frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> Aanyway. Whether you are a CMRA depends on the A it seems to me. That is to say, whether you are an agent and handle your coworkers' mail. There was a

[Coworking] Re: Ideas for flexible mail delivery?

Well hell. Screwed up the embed code. And it was such fun, too. Sorry. On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8:09:34 PM UTC+1, Jeannine van der Linden wrote: > > Hi, Oren, > > I think the King has the answer for you my friend: > > https://www.youtube.com/embed/YUWMSVDPdGQ; frameborder="0" >

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USPS does go into specifics on what types of OBCs are required to have a CMRA, you can find them here: http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/508.htm I think the section below is most telling (emphasis is mine), although still convoluted. If you want to not worry about this at all, just reach out

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Question: There have been some other threads with comments about how letting businesses use your space address as a postal address is not good for Google search. That it somehow infringes on their location services and possibly causes SEO confusion. Does anyone have thoughts on this? Liane

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We did the CMRA thing about 3 years ago. The local postmaster had to call the major USPS branch for the state to find out what a CMRA was, so don't be too surprised if you encounter something similar. Overall, it hasn't been much work at all, even with filing the quarterly reports. I made up

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Hi Megan, Thanks for raising the question and thanks for the colorful responses everyone, especially Jeanine's photo-narrated reply. There's one point Megan raised that we face a lot of as well, which is, what to do with mail for past/non-members. So far our solution has been to end up

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Oren, this may be a stupid question-- but is marking it "no longer at this address, please forward" and putting back out for (re)delivery not an option?RandyOn December 10, 2015 at 11:51 AM "oren.salo...@gmail.com" wrote:Hi Megan, Thanks for raising the question and

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Interesting Mike, I'd never seen that or read that before. My question is does a coworking space have to be a CMRA to handle mail or can we handle mail the same way an employer would? (which is typically what we do) Seems excessively formal for a community. If mail was the only service we

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In general, the CMRA and USPS rules limit your responsibility to 6 months after they stop being a customer - at which point you can just recycle/shred it if they haven't taken action. I definitely recommend you read the info in the links I posted earlier. You're certainly exposed to liability

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> > We have a simple alphabetical expanding file like this for people who > incidentally get post: > It is kept in a cabinet in the hallway, next to packages and archived mail. Some of our members pay to have their post archived, this is

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Get a mail rack/shelving unit with shelf slots that easily remove, or get nametags that easily remove (Velcro or tape on the back or laminated sheet inserts). Leave enough blank shelves in between every 5 or 10 members, so when new people come, you only have to move 5 or 10 slots (or

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Just realized I forgot to add: if somebody is just coming by to pick up the mail, they get it out of the folder. But if they book in to come in or have regiular days (that is, we know they are coming), then we put it on their desk before they get here so it's waiting for them. Cheers,

[Coworking] Re: Ideas for flexible mail delivery?

Hey Megan, We've been working on a mail solution for coworking spaces like yours. I think the ideal solution is not dealing with mail at all, which is where Earth Class Mail would step in to process and deliver the mail to the recipient. Outside of the actual hassle in dealing with mail,