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Article: Remember the good old PO Box? Well, it's still doing well.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- July 7, 2008
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Remember the good old PO Box? Well, it's still doing well
BY: Prantick Majumder
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) "Bride wanted. Tall, fair, slim, convent educated. Reply at PO Box no 123, New Delhi." A popular way of giving your address but still not giving it. The good old PO Box continues to be a popular 'address', unhurt by the onslaught of the courier boom.
A PO Box or a personal locker-like facility at a post office is being used by many companies and people across the country, be it in the metros or the small towns, say officials.
The Department of Posts enjoys monopoly in this regard and there is no competition, they say.
"For ...