The Shipping Station located at 4755 N Tamiami Trail has abruptly closed their business leaving post office box customers without access to their mail.
If you rent a mailbox from any entity other than the USPS you relinquish the ability to submit a change of address or mail forward.
Most of these customers are not in town and will only find out when they start getting calls their mail has been "returned to sender." They will need to file a request with the USPS to hold their mail (online form submission is available) for pickup or delivery to another location and individually change addresses with senders.
The Shipping Station has operated at the same location in Naples for over 35 years. During that time it has been bought and sold to various owners. The latest owners, Deborah B. White and Raymond Maluto of Debray Enterprises, LLC chose to close the business without notice to box holders or to the longtime employee who has ran the business for 20 years. Despite having several opportunities to sell the business, their decision to simply lock the doors has left many in town scrambling to secure their mail.
It's disheartening to witness the demise of a long time business people have relied on for years and years. It's especially frustrating and puzzling to know the business could have been sold without any interruption of services. I understand they pulled the cancer card. I find this particularly distasteful for personal reasons. Again, they had no less than three opportunities to sell the business.
They have promised refund checks for all unused months left on mailbox contracts. Whether they will send those checks before or after their extended Alaskan cruise remains to be seen.
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