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USPS during a PCS
This feels like a dumb question but I can't seem to find a solid answer anywhere… what's the best way to handle mail during a PCS?
We're moving to Norfolk and we'll be living in the Navy lodge for 2–3 weeks while we wait to close on our house.
My initial thought was to put a 3 week hold on our mail and then submit a change of address once we close, but some forums suggest that course of action has mixed success.
I've read that forwarding mail "General Delivery" to your new city is spotty as well.
Do any PCS-pros on here have any better suggestions?
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Permalink Reply by Michael on
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Your buying a house? Wow. A friend of our bought a house he has not even been here a year and they have to sell his house as they are now going to the west cost. Everyone has there own thing but we won't buy a house because you can get transferred at the dime of a hat
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Permalink Reply by sailormaid on
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This is our last tour and we plan on staying in Virginia after my husband's enlistment is over. We might move back to Richmond eventually but we're going to keep the property as a rental. It's a good investment, especially in an area where it's cheaper to buy than to rent.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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See if you can get a PO box or UPS postal box in the new area, and have everything forwarded to that.
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Permalink Reply by DieselLady on
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What did you end up deciding? I am now having the same issue!
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I wound up taking my chances doing a temporary Change of Address for General Delivery in our new town.
Definitely call the post office though; USPS.com lists "General Delivery" as a service for a lot of locations and the place we sent our mail told us (after we got here, of course) that they do NOT do General Delivery.
Also, it takes about a week for your mail to wind up in the new town, so wait a bit before you try to pick it up.
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