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Please show me your wall mounted postboxes

(32 Posts)
HeavenLeigh Tue 15-Aug-23 16:14:13

Wanting to buy one, Any recommendations please. Have heard that some retain water!

Maggiemaybe Fri 25-Aug-23 08:53:40

I’ve delivered a few hundred flyers for a local charity event this week. I missed out a lot of houses as there was no letterbox to be seen. I’ve had bruised knuckles after forcing the leaflets through tight draft excluders, and frayed nerves having snatched my fingers back from snarling dogs.

I just wanted to say that I now just love a wall mounted postbox!

Georgesgran Fri 25-Aug-23 09:07:07

That’s awful Hetty58

AreWeThereYet Fri 25-Aug-23 09:38:48

Our postie would love everyone to have these. He's been bitten three times by dogs when he's had to push mail through tiny letter letter boxes. He says he now won't even put his fingers through if he hears a dog in the house. I like that Brabantia one Spidergran3

Spidergran3 Sat 26-Aug-23 14:13:10

Esmay

I really don't trust Amazon reviews having bought several pairs of yoga pants .
They had rave reviews and were horrendous .
The seams split .
An unbelievable quantity of colour came out each time I washed them .

So I'd rather have some gransnet recommendations !

Sorry you’ve had a bad experience with your yoga pants. Generally I find Amazon reviews helpful. The ones I wouldn't take much notice of are where a reviewer has received a free item in exchange for a review. In this case the reviews were correct and this is a hearty recommendation from a gransneter!

Kamiso Mon 28-Aug-23 14:39:29

My oldest GS was very ill on holiday. The resort was riddled with food poisoning bugs and all the warning reviews had been removed for payments. The solicitor they used seemed surprised that the family didn’t realise that. Took two years for the travel company to pay up. GS is fine now but a baby who was also poisoned has taken years to recover. I used to accept the reviews at face value but I am much more cautious now.

Hiraeth Mon 28-Aug-23 15:34:09

Very true JackyB I live in Germany as well and have to get dressed before I open up my postbox !