PO Box in Another State for Magazines?

rmbstyle · Mar 29, 2016

Instead of going to gun shows and gun stores in other states looking for particular magazines, I was considering just getting a small PO box in a neighboring state and having magazines shipped to that. Has anyone done this?

DoormanTNT · Mar 29, 2016

Not sure if most places will ship to a P.O. box.

2nd=Good+Substantial · Mar 29, 2016

Ship to a UPS store. Your name with a street address. I use the one in Shrewsbury. There's a small fee for the service.

OrbitalEllipses · Mar 29, 2016

DoormanTNT said:
Not sure if most places will ship to a P.O. box.

You can though. P.O. Box Street Address (PBSA) is an option these days; combination of the post office address and your PO box number and it gets treated like a regular address.

Rack&Roll · Mar 29, 2016

You still have to travel out of state to get to the PO BOX to retrieve items. Wouldn't it just be cheaper to drive and buy from the local gun store or gunshow outside the "Free State"?

DutchV · Mar 29, 2016

Lots of gun shops would be happy to place an order for you if you needed something in particular.

aquaman · Mar 29, 2016

DutchV said:
Lots of gun shops would be happy to place an order for you if you needed something in particular.

lol yeh at markup. OP, PO boxes are cheap, everyone does this.

rmbstyle · Mar 29, 2016

Rack&Roll said:
You still have to travel out of state to get to the PO BOX to retrieve items. Wouldn't it just be cheaper to drive and buy from the local gun store or gunshot outside the "Free State"?

In my experience, there is a significant mark up compared to the online deals i usually can find.

rmbstyle · Mar 29, 2016

squirrels said:
Just playing devil's advocate: doesn't the law specify "Purchase" as well?

Would you not have to put your CC/billing address as the P.O. box as well?

I use to have my magazines shipped to family In Georgia and pick it up when i visit. I always used my Maryland address for billing and never had an issue.

hairba111 · Mar 29, 2016

Funkstown, MD has no USPS home delivery. We all have PO boxes. I've found that gun part companies usually will not ship or send to a USPS box. I have to give my home address and catch crap from post office employees about having to figure out what box they have to use. Usually it means my package is lying on a table in the back while everything else is put in PO boxes until they look up my name and address.

dplay · Mar 29, 2016

rmbstyle said:
I use to have my magazines shipped to family In Georgia and pick it up when i visit. I always used my Maryland address for billing and never had an issue.

I have done the same. Cheaperthandirt.com has no problem shipping to a free state even if the billing address is behind the iron curtain.

Proline Fisher · Mar 29, 2016

For those businesses that wont ship using a Maryland billing address, just use a prepaid Visa/Mastercard.

Threeband · Mar 29, 2016

UPS Store charges $5 per package if you don't rent a box from them. They will call when your package comes in. (Call them first.)

Good method for occasional purchases, online deals, etc. This way you can order what you want, when you want it, instead of hoping to find an obscure magazine at a gun show.

photoracer · Mar 29, 2016

Some places will ship to an out of state PO box provided that they allow shipping to an address not associated with a credit card. Those ones that don't allow that are just protecting themselves from possible fraud so don't take it personally. I had a PO box in WV for about 3 years before I moved. Some would ship to it and some would not. There is generally some dealer willing to ship the item you want you just have to discover who and buy from them. For rimfire stuff Rimfire Sports and Custom in VA will ship to a non-MD address. For centerfire stuff 44Mag.com will ship to a PO box.

redeemed.man · Mar 29, 2016

rmbstyle said:
Instead of going to gun shows and gun stores in other states looking for particular magazines, I was considering just getting a small PO box in a neighboring state and having magazines shipped to that. Has anyone done this?

Yes, I have them in multiple states for business.

DoormanTNT said:
Not sure if most places will ship to a P.O. box.

USPS has street addressing available now at most post offices. You can receive Fed Ex, UPS, and USPS mail using a real street address for your PO Box.

Make sure you aren't carrying a gun when you go in to pick up though.

redeemed.man · Mar 29, 2016

squirrels said:
Just playing devil's advocate: doesn't the law specify "Purchase" as well?

Would you not have to put your CC/billing address as the P.O. box as well?

Make your purchase when you are out of state from your smart phone. You can even do this in DC just to stick it to THE MAN.
Billing address is only an issue at some vendors. Most don't care. You can temporarily change your billing address if necessary and then change back. I have never had an issue.

redeemed.man · Mar 29, 2016

Rack&Roll said:
You still have to travel out of state to get to the PO BOX to retrieve items. Wouldn't it just be cheaper to drive and buy from the local gun store or gunshow outside the "Free State"?

Not necessarily. There are some smoking cheap deals that are internet only.

Kharn · Mar 29, 2016

hairba111 said:
Funkstown, MD has no USPS home delivery. We all have PO boxes. I've found that gun part companies usually will not ship or send to a USPS box. I have to give my home address and catch crap from post office employees about having to figure out what box they have to use. Usually it means my package is lying on a table in the back while everything else is put in PO boxes until they look up my name and address.

Set your ship-to address to Hairball Box123?

Threeband · Mar 29, 2016

Rack&Roll said:
You still have to travel out of state to get to the PO BOX to retrieve items. Wouldn't it just be cheaper to drive and buy from the local gun store or gunshow outside the "Free State"?

Threeband said:
UPS Store charges $5 per package if you don't rent a box from them. They will call when your package comes in. (Call them first.)

Good method for occasional purchases, online deals, etc. This way you can order what you want, when you want it, instead of hoping to find an obscure magazine at a gun show.

I've done this.
Place order online, using "Threeband/ care of UPS Store Shrewsbury/ note phone number". Then I called the UPS Store and said "A package is coming!" They said, "Okay, we'll call you when it arrives. Five Bucks." Then I simply drove up next weekend, one trip, five bucks, got exactly what I wanted with no running around.

How many places can I be 100% certain will have MecGar Browning HiPower magazines in stock? At a reasonable price? I know Gun Bunker will rip off Marylanders (he wanted $40 for a beat up used AK mag.) So I order what I want. Shrewsbury is the very first exit into Pennsylvania, and the UPS Store is about 1/4 mile from the interstate.

It's just so easy and straightforward...

RoadDawg · Mar 29, 2016

dplay said:
I have done the same. Cheaperthandirt.com has no problem shipping to a free state even if the billing address is behind the iron curtain.

Not personal... But, You will find that... that name is a foul stench and considered to be a curse word in these parts. And they earned every bit of the anger and negative opinion aimed at them... by treating us all the way they did after the Newtown shooting.

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