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Watch out…your
mailbox can be stolen or vandalized.
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Decorative
mailboxes are an absolutely crucial part of any home, business, or
organization. Some decorative mailboxes have a strong history with the
nearby community. Take the famous Van Dorn mailbox in front of the Yankee
Pedlar Inn, for example.
This Van Dorn mailbox model is one hundred years old. When
these mailboxes were first installed in Torrington, Connecticut during 1911,
many of the mailboxes were quickly uninstalled because they were considered to
be unattractive. However, some of these mailboxes remained.
At the Yankee Pedlar Inn, the mailbox was removed from the
sidewalk. The owner of the inn, named Sanjay Patel, has been doing his best to
retrieve the mailbox. He has spoken to people from the historical society for
assistance.
It is believed that this mailbox served as a reminder and
characteristic of the downtown area.
Unfortunately, mailboxes can be vandalized. In Manalapan Township, New Jersey, a mailbox which was estimated to be worth two thousand dollars was spray painted with two lime green circles. The vandalism of this expensive mailbox must have occurred sometime on August 24th or August 27th, according to the owner.
If you have noticed a recent outbreak in vandalized
mailboxes in your neighborhood, it is important to call the authorities and to
receive as much information as you can about the suspects. There are options
you can take, such as lining your mailbox with cement so that it is
smash-proof. You could use PVC piping as well. If repeated use of vandalism
occurs, you can always resort to a video surveillance system which can assist
you in tracking down the culprit.
In both of the above
cases, any of these ideas would have been helpful ways to prevent mailbox theft
or vandalism from occurring. At the very least, the video surveillance would
have helped both cases to discover either who stole the mailbox at the Yankee
Pedlar Inn, or who spray-painted the two thousand dollar mailbox in Manalapan,
New Jersey.
