Hi, When I applied for my seed import permit about 2 1/2 years ago, I gave the street address (I have a p.o. box), but noted there was no mail delivery. It doesn't seem to have been a problem. Robin Hansen ----- Original Message ----- From: Mary Sue Ittner To: Pacific Bulb Society Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] importing bulbs and seeds Hi, Mark Mazer's comments about additional challenges in the import system prompts me to comment that there are a number of people on our list who sell bulbs in the United States. Many of them have grown what they sell from seed and are very skilled in doing so. Buying from them although it may cost a bit more saves you the hassle of the system and some time and effort trying to grow the items yourself. Silverhill Seeds in South Africa has come up with a system where a number of seed orders are inspected and a phyto obtained and those orders are sent to one address in the USA and then sent on to the various customers. That way the cost of the phyto is shared between a number of people and does not add much to the order. I wonder what happens to people who live in rural areas of the United States where there is no mail delivery and Post Office Boxes are necessary. Where I live the local post office sends back anything that is addressed to your street address even though most of the people who work there know the post office box numbers for the people involved. It's just the policy. This has caused some hardships for people with mail that they had to receive by a certain date from people or groups who insisted on writing the street address even though they were told that the mail had to go to the post office box. Mary Sue _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com/ Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1928 - Release Date: 1/31/2009 8:03 PM