Outgoing Mail

Regardless of the brand, privately owned, residential locking mailboxes only secure incoming mail. This is because only you have keys to your mailbox. Mail carriers could never maintain a key to everyone’s mailboxes. You are considering one of the best mailboxes to secure your incoming mail. It does have an accommodation for outgoing mail by way of an outgoing clip that you can use by opening the locked bottomed door and pushing up on the outgoing mail clip while inserting your outgoing letters through the incoming mail slot. This system has one great advantage to a separate outgoing mail compartment. If you have a separate outgoing mail compartment, you must raise the red flag to let the Mail Carrier know that you have outgoing mail. That red flag is an invitation to mail thieves. With our system, if you receive mail that day, the Mail Carrier will see the outgoing mail in the slot and they will generally take that outgoing mail without having you raise the red flag to mail thieves.

Ask your Mail Carrier if they will accept your outgoing mail without raising the flag. BUT THE BEST ADVICE IS, “ALWAYS TAKE YOUR OUTGOING MAIL TO A POST OFFICE OR A USPS COLLECTION BOX”. REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND OF MAILBOX THAT YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS OWN, EVERYONE SHOULD FOLLOW THIS ADVICE. YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE A VERY WISE DECISION BY PROTECTING YOUR INCOMING MAIL WITH OUR QUALITY BOX. NOW STAY WISE BY NOT USING THIS MAILBOX FOR OUTGOING MAIL. ALSO, PLEASE REMEMBER TO SHRED IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS BEFORE THROWING THEM IN THE GARBAGE OR RECYCLING BIN. THE OREGON TRAIL BOX MAILBOX COMPANY WANTS YOU TO BE A SAFE, SECURE AND HAPPY CUSTOMER.

From the trailboss

If you insist on consistently using your locking mailbox for outgoing mail, please buy a mailbox from another company. I would rather you had your mail stolen from a competitors mailbox. I really am your friend, so I want your mail safe. Please, no matter whose mailbox you buy; take your outgoing mail to the Post Office or a USPS Collection Box.