Are mailboxes becoming obsolete too?

I read that the "cure" for mailbox baseball was to get two boxes, one larger than the other, put the smaller one inside the large one and fill the gap between the two with concrete. You need a very sturdy post to put it on but the kids will only whack it ONCE... We have cut out the junk mail but we still get some mail and magazine subscriptions, etc. We like our mailbox as it means unless a package is large or has to be signed for the postman doesn't have to disturb us.

The USPS still delivers bills to us, and of course sometimes even packages... so it hasn't become obsolete yet for us. I guess it never will after all we get our local phonebook in the mailbox (it's small enough to fit) and there's always the water testing, hmm... stamps from the mail carrier, etc...

That is a very old movie. This still goes on though. Kids don't realize that messing with mail boxes is a federal offence. I don't think that the mail box will ever go away. There are still too many people that don't email or texting or are even on the internet or have cell phones.

Hi bounce, well we don't have mailboxes here and didn't in the UK either, there we had letter boxes in the front doors. But here I need neither as the postman won't come to the house, instead he leaves it at a designated spot in the village. If he has a registered letter he leaves a note to tell me he has one and I then have to find him as he tends to drive round with them in his car.

Hello bounce...oh my lord, Stand By Me is one of my favorite movies and I know the exact part you are talking about when Ace and his friends are smashing the mail boxes with the bat...where i live we still use mailboxes but most boxes are attached to the houses unless you are in the country which still use mailboxes like in the movie. I have heard rumors that the post offices are going to be closing but I don't think that that will ever fully happen there may come a time when the mail is only delivered a few times a week but to fully shut down is all most impossible because even while there are so many people that are paying bills online and such there are just as many people that don't use the internet at all so they need there mailman to deliever it...

Hey Bounce, when we moved into town we had to get a box at the post office and we had just bought an expensive rubbermaid mailbox..because we used to live in the country and had lost 2 metal ones to mailbox baseball. I took the old one painted it, stenciled some flowers on it and stuck it on a post in the middle of one of my flower beds..that's where I stash my garden hand tools and my gloves. And occasionally one of the boys throws in a frog or small snake just to let me know they were thinking of me.

Well, I live in a city, so we generally don't have cute mailboxes at the end of our driveways, like some places do in the suburbs or in rural areas. We just have the ones that connect directly to our houses, and thus the mail falls.. on the floor of my closet. Quite silly, it is, now that I think about it. lol. I would really like to have a cute mailbox, though, but there's just not any place to put it. And I'm sure it would get either stolen or messed with by some punks in the neighborhood. lol. So, on second thought, no thanks. lol. But I do think that regular mail is becoming obselete, which is kind of sad, because I enjoy receiving mail! (So long as it's not bills or junk mail - which is mainly what I get!). I love getting hand-written letters and postcards in the mail, which usually only happens if I remind a friend who's going out of town to get me one.

No I do not think mailboxes are become obsolete. There are still probably million of people who get their bills by mail. I am one of them and I do not want or trust doing my bills online. If it does become obsolete then the post offices will have to close.

We never had a mailbox haha, the mailman just stucks the mail between the bars of our gate. But the only mail we receive now is phone bills, electric bills, and stuff hehehe.

Hi bounce! I don't think mailboxes are becoming obsolete. Unlike you, we still received ALL of our bills on it.

You are a keen observer. Your post made me think when was the last time we've received mails via the mailbox at the front gate. Like you, I receive my bank statements and credit card bills online. Even my club membership newsletters are being sent via e-mail. Legal documents are normally sent via registered mails which require signature from the recipient so the postman goes directly to our front door. Oh, I remember. We do receive our monthly electricity and water bills thru our mailbox. Aside from these two, no more.