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Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:11 pm
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
2867 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:11 pm
I’ve lived here since 2002 and in that time frame my mailbox has been hit 8-10 times. Not once has the perp come to notify us. I probably have $2k or more in mailboxes & repairs.

Any ideas how I can catch the next one? A camera? I don’t know a lot about the recording capabilities of the type of camera I’d need. I have ring, a Nikon & a cell phone camera. That’s about my extent of camera knowledge.

Over 100 yards off the road and there are a lot of trees between my house and the road.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62739 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:13 pm to
Setup a big post right next to the mailbox to prevent future hits
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
45094 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:14 pm to
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I probably have $2k or more in mailboxes & repairs.

Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
5617 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:14 pm to
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hit 8-10 times. Not once has the perp come to notify us. 
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Over 100 yards off the road
Those aren't accidents. Somebody in your house has a crazy ex
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
27003 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:15 pm to
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Over 100 yards off the road


Dude
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48403 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:16 pm to
Big steel pole in concrete with a mailbox on top. It'll at least mess up their vehicle
Posted by HarryCallahan
Member since Sep 2015
145 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:17 pm to
Get a PO box.
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
5617 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:18 pm to
It's an annoyance. Doesn't mean you should go totally postal
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
49540 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:20 pm to
Threaded rod through the mailbox, anchored into a concrete block, studs for the base in the block as well. You probably won't catch them but it will frick their shite up. I even used a section of 4x4 pvc tube filled with concrete.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35008 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:20 pm to
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Over 100 yards off the road and there are a lot of trees between my house and the road.


It’s probably your pissed off mailman.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48403 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:21 pm to
Or maybe this

Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63897 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:22 pm to
I would think a professional hit man would have better contacts for this type of question than the OT Lounge.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
21373 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:23 pm to
Iron pole painted black, many, many pounds of concrete and a box on top.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63897 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:26 pm to
Not in my subdivision, but on the main road it's off of, a few houses down, at a curve, there was a house whose mailbox would get demolished at least annually. My own brother was one of the culprits, but did the right thing and paid for the repair, but the mailbox was just in a bad spot for drunk assholes veering off the road at night at that curve.

Is your mailbox just in a bad spot for drunks, or do you think someone is fricking your shite up on purpose?

Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
51488 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:26 pm to
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Big steel pole in concrete with a mailbox on top. It'll at least mess up their vehicle


And disguise it with some cheap-looking plastic so that they think it's not going to do any damage to their vehicle when they hit it.
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
6571 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:33 pm to
Bollards and hedgehogs

Posted by Ben Hur
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2013
888 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:39 pm to
Posted by NotoriousFSU
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2008
10185 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:41 pm to
Reminds me of a girl I used to know.
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
4011 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:44 pm to
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Dude


I had to read this again too. I was trying to figure out how the hell his mailbox is 100 yards off the road, but I’m guessing he means his house is that far.
Posted by Spawn
Berlin
Member since Oct 2006
7048 posts
Posted on 5/2/23 at 8:45 pm to
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Get a PO box.





quote:

Mail box is 100 yards from the road.


Sounds like maybe your mailman doesn’t like you vey much.
This post was edited on 5/2/23 at 8:49 pm
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