All familiar stories! We have replaced our mailbox so often, mostly after it was hit in accidents. We moved here in 1976, and our mailbox was vandalized within a month. They left their screwdriver and we gave it to police. Snowplows do a lot of damage, too. There was an accident here in the spring with police involved and we got all the information this time. So we got a new mailbox and gave the bill to his insurance company. That mailbox is 4 months old. It won't last a year. I have bought old used mailboxes at yard sales too, instead of replacing them with new ones!!