Comments on: Virtual Mail Drop

By: Shae

Shae — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:56:04 +0000

I ran across several places that do just this a few years ago when I was researching this type of business. In fact, when the post office first introduced their bill pay service back around 2000 they would receive your mail and send some electronic files after they were paid. I had signed up with them, and they kept sending notifications that it would be operational “some time soon”. By the time they were “operational” my bank had a much better online service. I can’t remember the names of the services when I did my search, but they were almost the exact same thing you propose. Also known as snowbird mail forwarding, which the post office does with physical mail (for a price). Of course, a lot of people have their mail sent to their accountants because they already trust them.

By: John B

John B — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:14:38 +0000

Hey, I travel overseas a lot and find Private Box Ltd (http://www.privatebox.co.nz) do a great job outside of the USA.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:24:29 +0000

Hey, apparently they are on their way to NZ… Take a look http://www.earthclassmail.co.nz.

By: spyvsspy

spyvsspy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:33:02 +0000

Gates VP,
I still disagree with you in case of Earthclassmail, as there are still human factor involved, by real people opening other peoples’ letters.
And this looks like a stone wall if or someone starting out.

By: Gates VP

Gates VP — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:07:00 +0000

spy vs. spy

Answer to your question here:
http://www.earthclassmail.com/security

All things considered, this sounds much safer than having mail delivered to a typical home mailbox.

By: spy vs. spy

spy vs. spy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:38 +0000

I still don’t understand how people can trust complete strangers to open their mail and do whatever with it? How can this be solved?

By: Wealth, Money, Work and Life

Wealth, Money, Work and Life — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:35:59 +0000

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By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:06:15 +0000

Gates: Thanks for the heads up. I’d be interested if you ever decide to sign up for the service what your experience is like.

By: Gates VP

Gates VP — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:43:30 +0000

Dang, I’m late to the punch: EarthClassMail does exactly this.

There’s also a similar service (from another company) that does receipt scanning. You throw all of your receipts into an envelope every month. They scan them and return them with another empty envelope for the next month. Last I saw it was too expensive for anything other than business purposes.

Of course, Mr. Cheap, you could likely benefit from the use of EarthClassMail, I know that I’ve looked at it a few times (now that I’m a “displaced” Canadian).

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:01:46 +0000

JAlpino: Interesting, sound like they have pretty well the same idea as I do. Will check the links out, thanks very much!