Hi Turtle,
I have a letterbox inside a library. I first tried to put it in the big
'main' library downtown, but after a staff meeting about it, they decided
they didn't want to be responsible for it (either having it in the general
area or having to pull it out from a protected place for people that ask).
So I went to the small branch library near my house (still part of the mail
library system though, so I expected the same answer) and got a totally
different attitude. I happened to be there when the director was there and
she was very excited about having it there (even took her family on a
letterbox hunt later!).
Morel: If you want to put one inside somewhere, ask, and if told no, ask
elsewhere!

Scoutdogs

> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 14:11:48 -0400
> From: The Carringtons
> Subject: Locations
>
> For those of you who have planted your boxes inside buildings I have a
couple of questions....
>
> Did you ask permission?
>
> If so, whom did you ask? Did you go to the top... ask the owner/manager?
>
> What kinds of "inside" places have been used? I know about the Great
American Stamp Store, but I heard mention of people looking in cabinets. I
saw the name of the box, but what kind of place is it in?
>
> Thanks for the info,
>
> Talking Turtle
>
>

The letterbox that I have inside a building is a shop that I used to
work in and I know the manager really well, so I just asked if they
would be interested in having a box there! It has been a good
experience. They get free "advertising" and it brings folks into the
store for the letterbox, and they often make a purchase while they
are there! :-) so it is a win/win situation!

Look around at the people you know, Your friends, your brother-in-
law, your neighbor...etc etc. Does anyone work in a retail business?
Then you have someone that you can ask to "host" a letterbox for you.

--Amanda from Seattle

I've got a box in the bookstore owned by my sister-in-law's friend--who LOVED
the idea when I explained it to her. I wanted to create a "letterbook" by
carving out a hole in the pages of the book & hiding the stamp & notebook
inside. Plenty of others on this list have had the same idea. Some ask for
permission, and put the letterbook in the library; and there's at least one
hidden in a bookstore without the knowledge of the staff/owner.

--Wild Woman

It helps to know the hours of business tho because a box hunt after
work gets you locked doors! Know before you go! We learned the hard
way!

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Arkebauer"
wrote:
> The letterbox that I have inside a building is a shop that I used
to
> work in and I know the manager really well, so I just asked if they
> would be interested in having a box there! It has been a good
> experience. They get free "advertising" and it brings folks into
the
> store for the letterbox, and they often make a purchase while they
> are there! :-) so it is a win/win situation!
>
> Look around at the people you know, Your friends, your brother-in-
> law, your neighbor...etc etc. Does anyone work in a retail
business?
> Then you have someone that you can ask to "host" a letterbox for
you.
>
> --Amanda from Seattle