Hello Researchers,
I am looking for MailBox providers and mailing services that can
accept packages -- both of which should be located in the New York
City area (the Long Island area and Eastern parts of NJ are fine with
me too.)
Now, your first suggestion would be to have me use the popular
MailBoxETC or USP mailbox providers which are very numerious all over
the city (as well as the country itself.) While I prefer not to use
those locations for a reason that can not be discussed here.
I have used the local Yellow Pages and have found of a few places that
seems to be fine with me and opened up accounts with them ($30-40 a
month in range) for each member of our group taking a different
location. But thats simply not enough.
To summarize the "Google Question", I need you, researchers, to find
more mailbox providers (that arent of the popular MailBoxETC or UPS
kind), which are basically your standalone, privately owned little
businesses that offer mailboxes rentable, or even better just
accepting packages based on a 'request of pickup' form and so on.
I would definately need a good listing, off some site or if you can
make one yourself thats fine too. Please do not give me links which
are mixes of different "Mailing Services" half of which will be
non-mailbox offices which offer stamps and mailing materials, others
will be some sort of post offices, and the rest being some remailing
services or MailBoxETC/UPS branches (remember, which I do NOT need)
Thus, please go through the listings individually and seed out those
which are relevant to the request I made. I will take any and every
you can provide me with. The more, the better.
Please be aware of the Question Clarification feature and use it at will.
Thank you for considering this question,
Sincerely,
Gary |
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
08 Feb 2004 20:10 PST
Hello Gary,
I've been looking into your question, and I'm actually finding dozens
of mail handling services in NYC. Most of them just have basic phone
listing information, like this:
Broadway Mail & Phone
1328 Broadway Rm 524, New York, NY 10001
(212) 268-7140
but a few of them have web sites as well:
http://www.sri-ny.com/
A Wall Street Mailing Address Can Be Yours For Under $42.00 Per Month
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http://www.abcomail-typingservice.com/
ABCO Mail & Typing Service can provide you with a prestigious Lincoln
Building address, across the street from Grand Central Station in New
York City. You can have your own mailbox with your name and our
address, as you have your own address in our office.
ABCO Mail & Typing Service specializes in receiving and forwarding the
mail for individuals or employees of domestic or foreign companies.
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http://www.21stcenturyoffices.com/mail.htm
Your New York City Virtual Presence includes Mail Services. You can
have your mail delivered to you at your Madison Avenue New York City
Virtual Presence by having it addressed to you (and you alone). Each
day it will be forwarded to you at cost (meaning actual postage) or
held for you to pick up, as you direct.
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Before answering your question, I just want to check...do these look
like the type of services you need? And is the type of information
above (remember, mostly just name/address/phone listings) adequate for
your needs?
Let me know ow you would like me to proceed on this.
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
garytarit-ga
on
09 Feb 2004 10:56 PST
Hello pafalafa-ga,
Thank you for requesting the clarification. For some reason I thought
that people should be telepatic and read my mind, without me having to
explain like a normal person. I forgot to mention a few points:
In addition to the above:
1. The MailBoxes should be preferrably a small business type
(Good Example: "John's MailBox Shack" in Brooklyn (small, private)
Bad Example: http://www.sri-ny.com/ Wall Street Address (flashy, large))
2. The Service should NOT be a remailing service. A remailing service
is where they pick up the letters in your name and then remail them to
another address. Thats not something I am looking for. (Bad Example:
http://www.21stcenturyoffices.com/mail.htm Remailing)
3. The service should allow a per month client membership (nothing
above $50 a month please, no business packages, nothing expensive, see
part 1)
4. It would be nice if you find atleast a few that can actually accept
packages on a "walk-in" basis. Basically the company allows packages
to be received for a small fee ($15) to any given name and the
individual then comes in and picks up the package after paying the
fee.
I hope those small guidelines sort of gave you a picture of why I
couldnt find a too many of THOSE sort of mailbox providers. I
apologize for not being clear before.
I would greatly appreciate if the listing included: name, URL (if
any), phone number, address, and a small description (either off the
site or your own, nothing fancy just something like "mailbox services,
$40 per account, no walk-in service, open 24/7" and so on.)
Thank you for your time and patience,
Sincerely,
Gary
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Clarification of Question by
garytarit-ga
on
10 Feb 2004 08:31 PST
Any updates?
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Clarification of Question by
garytarit-ga
on
15 Feb 2004 10:58 PST
Hello pafalafa-ga,
Please let me know if you have decided to not answer this question.
Thank you
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Feb 2004 16:03 PST
Hey there, Gary,
I've been revisting this question now and then, but still haven't
figured out any manageable way of approaching it. The question is
open for all to see, so perhaps another researcher will come up with a
good strategy. In the mean time, I'll be giving it some more thought,
but as things stand now, don't count on an answer from me.
pafalafa-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
darrel-ga
on
15 Feb 2004 16:13 PST
Gary--
A couple points of clarification, if you don't mind:
- How many such listings are you expecting?
- My prediction is that a researcher would not only need to compile a
list of potential mailbox businesses, but that the researcher would
also need to establish contact with those businesses to verify price
and your other qualifications. Is that accurate?
Thanks,
darrel-ga
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Clarification of Question by
garytarit-ga
on
15 Feb 2004 18:54 PST
Thank you for trying pafalafa-ga.
Hello darrel-ga,
I expect a listing of as few (or as a many) as you could possibly
bring yourself to present me with. If you found an only 10, then I
believe there's no more to it, but if you found a more -- that would
be great also.
No, I am not really asking you to contact the mailbox service
representatives and request a price from them, it would be just nice
if the price was included along with the listing (maybe through their
site?) But if there is none -- then you should not bother yourself.
Sincerely,
Gary
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Feb 2004 19:38 PST
Gary,
Do me a favor, please, and have a look at yet another link (a long
one, I'm afraid):
http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?SRC=portals&C=Mail+Receiving+%26+Forwarding+Service&T=brooklyn&S=NY&R=N&STYPE=S&CID=7299BI22740&MC=1&PP=L&local=on
This is an on-line Yellow Pages list of 30 " Mail Receiving &
Forwarding Services" in Brooklyn.
Similar lists can be created for Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, or
wherever else you have an interest in such services.
Is this type of listing useful to you? If it's only part way towards
what you're after, what additional types of information would best
meet your needs?
Hope that one of us will be able to help you out here.
pafalafa-ga
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