Where do you get a mail box key made

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Old 02-16-2024, 04:33 PM
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Lived here 4 months. Just started to look to have 2 new keys made for our post office box.
No at Walmart. No at both places in Lowes. Any ideas. Thanks, Bud
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I have not found any place that will make a copy of a mailbox key that is stamped "DO NOT DUPLICATE". Not even a locksmith would do it. You can go to the Post Office and buy a new lock for $35 that will come with 3 keys.
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Lived here 4 months. Just started to look to have 2 new keys made for our post office box.
No at Walmart. No at both places in Lowes. Any ideas. Thanks, Bud

How not to get a mailbox key
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As noted above, you cannot legally get a post office box key copied, so as noted above, the only option is to get a new lock and 3 keys, you cannot get more.
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Lived here 4 months. Just started to look to have 2 new keys made for our post office box.
No at Walmart. No at both places in Lowes. Any ideas. Thanks, Bud
There are posts on-line on how to 3-D print keys, but you'd want to make them out of a fairly strong material so they don't just break off in the lock
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