Traveling Mailbox LLC Michael E. Puckett Senior Vice President GIVES YOU MAILING ADDRESSES THAT THE USPS does NOT recognize Traveling Mailbox LLC Michael E. Puckett Senior Vice President GIVES YOU MAILING ADDRESSES THAT THE USPS does NOT recognize, LAWYER RETAINED AGAINST THIS MAN Sanford North Carolina

I am looking for a mail-forwarding service, since I am going to be shipping out to Europe soon, and I found this article when researching Travelling Mailbox.

1.  I am not an employee of the company.

2.  I am not a customer of the company.  At least not yet.

3.  I am not a "Travelling Mailbox" fan-boy.

4.  I am not getting paid to write this.

All that being said. . .

I went to the Travelling Mailbox site, and chose one of the addresses that they listed on their "addresses" page (https://travelingmailbox.com/addresses) so that I could go to the USPS site and verify the accuracy/acceptability of the address.  By using the "Find a Zip-Code" link you can input any address you want and get the US Mail "Standardized" address - if the address exists - or a message telling you that the address is bogus.  You can also compare the returned zip-code against the one provided.

I used the following Sanford, NC address:

I entereed the "500 Westover Dr." in the "Address" box.

I entered the #1234" in the "Apartment number" box.

I entered the city as "Sanford", and the state as "NC"

I received the following reply:

500 WESTOVER DR # 1234
1234
SANFORD NC 27330-8941

The zip code matches.  The address was returned as a "USPS Standardized Address".

Viewing the standardized "Mailing Industry Information" which is provided so that pre-sorted mail can be bar-coded properly, returned the following concerning this address:

 Anyone who utilizes Yelp knows how to work it. Google yelp and the name of the business or throw it in the yelp search bar. So I don't believe for one minute that you are some random individual looking for yelp but stumbling upon this site "by accident". Additionally many others have had issues with this business in a negative way versus positive - thus the name implies rip off. The USPS got involved as they were keeping my mail and 3 months later I got it all returned back. Total ripoff as stated and keeping it is against the law.

I wanted to Yelp them a positive review and found RR instead. I've used traveling mailbox for one to one-and-a-half years, and have nothing but good things to say about them. I don't know what problems the original poster had with the USPS form, but I filled out that form with no issues for my two addresses. While I recently closed my traveling mailbox account, my new office required the same 1583 form.

As far as traveling mailbox, they have been great to use. They are very fast with completing tasks (scanning, forwarding, etc.), even on the weekends, and are a huge improvement over using a P.O. Box, both in the address you can give and the alerts and other services you can get, and their prices are very reasonable. The customer service has always been quick and very helpful.

If I was not forced into getting an office, I would continue to use them, and would easily recommend them to anyone looking for another mailing address.