2 Things, WAPA and Post Office

If utilties aren't included you will need to show a lease from the landlord or an affadavit from them. If you own, you will need a copy of something showing ownership.

Maybe you should look into mailng to a mail service, and make arrangements to have them hold them for you. I know the PO returns stuff after about 2-3 weeks. Don't know how they handle General Delivery.

Ronnie

Tara,

Take the lease, deed or other proof that you legally reside on the property to a WAPA office and ask to see someone who can help you establish service. The customer service person will fill out the necessary paperwork, get your mailing address, etc. and tell you the approximate date in which your service will be turned on. (If that info is not offered, ASK and be sure to get the name of the person who assisted you.) He/she will point you to the cashier to pay a deposit -- I seem to recall it being somewhere around $50-$60 per meter. As I recall, this deposit must be made in cash or paid with a money order -- if you can't reach WAPA to confirm forms of payment they accept, go with one of those two forms of payment just to be safe.

Even though we had to activate two accounts/meters (our house used to be a duplex), the whole process took less than half an hour. Our power was turned on the next day, but we have been told that this is a rare exception and/or total fluke -- others have talked of waiting up to a few weeks before their power was activated.

One additional piece of advice: be very conscious of being polite and courteous, for it goes a long, long way at WAPA and other utility company offices. A pleasant "Good afternoon, how are you today?" delivered with a smile, and listening to the answer given -- even empathizing about having a tough day -- will do wonders in making this whole process painless and quick. We actually had a great time setting our service up -- our WAPA rep was very funny and, by sharing some absurd moving stories with her, we ended up laughing and making each others' day a lot nicer.

Good luck -- may the amps flow freely, cheaply and quickly at your new place.

HC

Tara,
A Mailing service is your best bet on packages for more accountablity if nothing else. What island are you moving to?
Pamela.

Hi Pamela,

I am moving to St. Thomas. I am trying to do this the least expensive way. I am basically shipping boxes no furniture. i was quoted some prices, by tropical, National Freight and they are too expensive. I am shipping my car and Tropical wants $1050, thats 300 more then if I ship it in July because of the time of year. I knew this wasnt going to be cheap but I am still going to do my best. 😉

Tara

Tara,
Depending on what part of the island you are moving to here are some "mail box places" that run about $18 - $20 a month and will hold the boxes for you. I would be a little scared about General Delivery but probably only because I know nothing about it. I would be afraid my things would get "lost" and never show up. So - REd Hook Mail SErvices on the east end - 779-1890 - Nisky Mail Boxes on the north side - 774-7055 - Flagship also has one on the north/subbase area and is open seven days a week - box is $18 a month and you can rent by the month just to have stuff shipped there - call Michael at 776-5630. There are a couple of others around but this should cover the town fairly well.
Pamela.

Pamela,

Thank you so much for putting the numbers up. That was really helpful.

Tara