I'm about to order Snow Leopard, but I saw that little disclaimer as I was filling out my shipping address. I've had packages delivered from Amazon to my mailbox before, from UPS, USPS, and FedEx Ground. Should I go ahead and have Snow Leopard shipped to my box?
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"We cannot ship to PO boxes." Do college mailboxes count?
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You might try listing it as a "Room xxx" instead. The issue is typically that the non-USPS carriers cannot make deliveries to PO Boxes (on behalf of Apple or anyone else). A lot of times, University offices have a secondary address format that uses a street address instead of a PO Box for this reason. Usually there are room numbers associated with them; it might be that the "Box" just flagged a warning. As long as there's a person at a desk / office in your dorm (like there usually are) who accepts the mail on your behalf and puts it in the mailbox, there shouldn't be an issue using FedEx / UPS / etc.
Personally, I would rather call in to order or get it at a local store instead of providing a different address. My university doesn't use the same box number as one's room. It just isn't worth the risk of loosing the package, having to go to a shipping center, or waiting until Apple receives the unshipped order before I get a refund.
Thanks for the advice though!
Assuming my dorm's street address was 123 Main St, and my dorm's name was Hellhole Hall (which was an accurate name for our dorms) I would write my address as:
My Name
123 Main St
#666 Hellhole Hall
Bumf**k, MO, 12345
Never had any problems ordering from Apple or anyone else.
Speaking of hellholes, I really did live in room #666 my freshman year
My Name
123 Main St
#666 Hellhole Hall
Bumf**k, MO, 12345
Never had any problems ordering from Apple or anyone else.
Speaking of hellholes, I really did live in room #666 my freshman year
If its anything like my school it works like this
My Name Box Number
31 McAllister Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70118
So the way they work it, the post office or any thing that delivers something just thinks that he number is part of my name and the campus mail service then knows what to do with the numbers after my name and the tell me I have a package.
My Name Box Number
31 McAllister Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70118
So the way they work it, the post office or any thing that delivers something just thinks that he number is part of my name and the campus mail service then knows what to do with the numbers after my name and the tell me I have a package.
Before saying "yes it will", depends on your college mail system. MOST college mail systems are not PO Boxes, which are literally boxes at your local Post Office that people get mail delivered to for various reasons rather than your home or business. I attended a small university, with a centralized mail room so everyone's mailboxes were in one place and not in the dorms. In this case, as long as my name was on a package or letter it would get delivered. As long as there is a physical address, UPS will deliver to that first, and then let the college sort out where it goes to.
You could just put your school's address and let them sort it out. In my experience mail rooms can figure out that the person to whom the item is addressed does actually have a mailbox there.