By Carol Tannenhauser
“Every home in the U.S. is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests,” according to the U.S. government website officially launched on Wednesday. “The tests are completely free. Orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. Order your tests now so you have them when you need them.”
Here’s the link to order your free tests:
Signing up took less than a minute. You are ordering from the USPS, which reiterates the following information when you place your order:
- Limit of one order per residential address
- One order includes 4 individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests
- Orders will ship free starting in late January
For those who have difficulty accessing the internet or need additional support placing an order, you can call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489).
Let us know when you receive your free tests.
Actually, no. When I tried to sign up – several times – I got the message that someone had already ordered from my address. Actually, no. I live alone. Perhaps other apartment dwellers are having this problem?
I rec’d an alert showing that the tests were available on the 18th and I was able to place an order w/o any problem and got a confirmation from the USPS, but my coworker tried just a few minutes later and she got an error message.
This is from CBS news on January 18th: “It’s an issue that others are encountering as well, especially if they live in an apartment building or other multi-unit dwelling with the same street address but different unit number.”
I live in an apartment building. I had the same issue. Evidently,the USPS doesn’t recognize your INDIVIDUAL address unless you write in ALL UPPER CASE CAPS “APARTMENT #XX”. I tried this, and it worked.
The trash production with these is unbelievable. where are the environmentalists?
People tend to put the long-term survival of the planet aside when worrying about their short-term survival. And, of course, a test is a lot less trash than a hospitalization if you pass it along. All of which is to say, that seems like a funny objection to this plan. Though I do tend to just quarantine if I think I’ve been exposed, rather than testing, in part from the perspective that if I can keep people safe without the environmental harm and societal cost, why not. But not everyone has that choice.
I also live alone in an apartment and my initial entry was rejected – many years ago (before I bought it ) my apartment was combined from a studio/one-bedroom to one unit – and though my official USPS address uses 12CD that was rejected on the form – However, when I entered just 12C it was accepted – Maybe others have had similar problems/solutions to share
I’ve tried all the ways suggested. Still says tests already ordered for this address – any other suggestions?