Keith Woolford Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) Anyone noticed the new street signs being erected lately? Actually Avenida Central used to be called Avenida de los Fundadores but that's a lot to put on a sign. Calle Central begins at the Revilla intersection unlike many other Central American cities and towns where Calle Central starts at the main park or or square. photo by C. Crawford Edited June 15, 2016 by Keith Woolford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Yup. Calle Primera is about the only unmarked calle left in the main part of town. It's the street with the best chocolate and gyros, among other great vendors. Hopefully they will get to us soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) This is great! What's next? Actual house and business numbers? Edited June 16, 2016 by TwoSailors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyS Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 And mail delivery? I guess we can always hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Doug Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) 21 hours ago, TwoSailors said: This is great! What's next? Actual house and business numbers? How difficult would this be to implement in town, even unofficially? It's really not that complicated to cooperate to number a block of buildings. Business owners should be motivated to help new customers locate their place of business, I'd think. This isn't exactly a radical concept that has never been successful when implemented. Edited June 17, 2016 by Uncle Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 One of the many things we love about living here is NOT getting mail! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) Back in Michigan I was a mail junkie. In fact I had a business where 95% of the revenue arrived each morning with the mail. I've now been in Panama for about 13 years and I can count the letters I've received on the fingers of one hand and I love not getting mail. No house numbers; no mail delivery, please. Edited June 18, 2016 by Admin_01 corrected spelling to remove ambiguity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF13 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 (edited) Simple question. Home mail delivery, who pays? Does the mail recipient pay the full freight ( varies due to volume) or is everyone taxed for something they may not want? Edited June 18, 2016 by JohnF13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Living here one finds out that traditional mail is really unnecessary for everything except packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudyS Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Some people like to send birthday cards, but I have discouraged that. If sent to the Boquete p.o., they sometimes don't arrive. If sent to a Miami mail forwarder, you have to pay $2 or more to receive it. So all cards come by email now. But it's not really the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bakke Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Street signs. What a concept! Placed a small mailbox outside my gate for Union Fenosa, Idaan bills, and thereafter received my first junk mail - an ad for auto parts or some such in David. America...now bringing junk mail to Panama! Hurray!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSailors Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 59% of all US mail is junk. ( Probably a lot higher now) If you took that away the USPS would be obsolete and probably will be in another 10 years or so. https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-USPS-business-is-junk-mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger B Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 4 hours ago, Keith Woolford said: Living here one finds out that traditional mail is really unnecessary for everything except packages. Keith I used to have a PO Box in Panama City for business and personal use until this year. I decided not to have it anymore because I did not use it. I received the invoices, statements,etc online. I receive my mail and communications from the companies in the US, Central America and Panama by email. The legal documents, small packages with brochures, literature, samples, etc I do receive from the companies in US are by courier like UPS, FEDEX and DHL. The stuff I bought in Amazon or online in the US I do received them at Airbox Express. The postal system in Panama or mail system was used mainly for communicating people in the interior with their family members in Panama City. It was also used to send people their invoices or statements from the utilities services. Now everybody in Panama owns a cell/smart phone. All of them have installed Whatsapp. So the communication of people are going through electronic ways. Most utilities companies, in order to save money, paper, etc. give you the option to receive the invoices by email or other electronic media. I do really think that the Panama Postal service will dissapear promptly and the government dont see the need to invest money in a system that is showing its decadence over the years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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