In an age of synthetics and cost containment the Veeders mailbox is a comforting anomaly. Everything about this 62-pound mailbox has a satisfying durability to last as long as the house it serves. The rounded top sheds water. The welded seams are invisible. The hinge on the door is elegantly discrete, but will not shear off under load. And the side flag accent signals the expectation of glad tidings following a postal visit.
~National Architectural Magazine
I thought you might be interested in the result of a test of your mailbox which you probably haven't tried. Several weeks ago a pipe-bomb was placed in my new Veeders Mailbox (and others in the area) by vandals. Although the blast we heard was quite loud and the 3/4 inch pipe was completely fragmented, the effect on the mailbox was not major. Other mailboxes were completely blown apart! Photographs are enclosed. The ability of that mailbox to withstand such vandalism is remarkable.
~From a doctor in Martinsville, Indiana
A very threatening late summer thunder and lightning storm came through and the lightning decided to pick on the ancient, gigantic tree that lived in the front yard. The tree went down exactly on top of the mailbox which sat on a post that had been sunk into 25 to 30 pounds of cement to form a mushroom under the post that held the mailbox. The rest is history. It's more than amazing that the tree could have fallen so squarely on the mailbox, it is more that amazing still that your mailbox survived "like new." What is your Web site? I would like to hear some of the comments of people who realized what happened.
~Customer from Connecticut
Just a short note to let you know how fine your mailbox is.
I replaced 6 mailboxes destroyed by vandals before purchasing a Veeders mailbox. We've had it now for some 12 or so years, and have often been awakened in the middle of the night with the sound of a ball bat, pipe or some other implement hitting the box, followed shortly thereafter by a scream. Attached is a jpeg showing the results of the last test of your mailbox.
The Honda hit the mailbox which was mounted on a 6x6 pressure treated post which was set about 3 1/2 feet into the ground in sand. The impact tore the entire post out of the ground; two other regular mailboes attached to the same post flew off, but the Veeders box stayed attached to the post. The car also grazed a utility pole behind the mailbox and came to rest on top of the mailbox and post. The car had to be towed away.
I was not home at the time, but when I returned, there was the mailbox laying in the crushed bluestorn of my driveway. I opened the door and removed the mail. Next morning, we put the mailbox back in the hole it came out of and gave it a paint job; looks good as new.
It's nice to feel good about products you buy. I love my Veeders mailbox, my Macintosh computer and my wife, as well as other things; not necessarily in that order, however.
~Customer from Massachusetts
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