For the last couple of weeks I felt this terrible urge of having my own P.O.Box. I don’t have much use for it, but I want one anyway.
Today I decided that it’s time to do something about it. So I went to the closest post office and told them what I want. I was prepared for all sorts of replies - from “Fill in this form” to “It’s August - the time of vacations. Please come back in September.” After living for so many years in this country such preparations happen automatically.
But I wasn’t ready for the response that I received. I bet I had a really stupid face there for a couple of seconds. The woman behind the desk said: “We currently don’t have any available boxes for rent. And we won’t have any this year. Please come back in March. Or in April.” That sounded like a lot even for Cyprus.
I’ll be checking other nearby post offices. If nothing else, I’ll share the P.O.Box with a friend of mine, who already has on.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Constantinos Kouloumbris // Aug 16, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Second paragraph last line, it’s years not ears :P.
Anyway, how about pricing? I was consitering this myself.
2 Chris // Aug 16, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Hmmm, shouldn’t that “consitering” be “considering”?
Anyway, a box costs around £18 per year and there are discounts if you pay for two or three years at a time.
I’ve had mine for ears now and it is great!
If you can’t get a post office one, there are a number of private companies offering the service in Limassol. The only one that I can remember off the top of my head is opposite the Patticheon Theatre just off Pentadromoms traffic lights.
Good luck!
Chris
3 Leonid Mamchenkov // Aug 16, 2006 at 8:07 pm
Constantinos,
Thanks, I’ve fixed the typo.
Note to myself: sleep more, sleep more, sleep more, sleep more… :)
4 Leonid Mamchenkov // Aug 16, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Chris,
Thanks. Yes, now that you’ve mentioned it - I remember. I think the company is called Mailboxes or something like this. They have a few offices around the town.
I’ll try with another post office and if that won’t work out, I’ll check that company’s offer.
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