Mail Service? What's available?
What's the best, best value mail service for when you will be away for 2 months or more? One that you can direct where and when to send your mail and don't have to join something for a year or more.
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- perhaps the question ought to be...has anyone dropped their mail service provider and chosen another? if so which providers were involved and why was the change made?
- We have been using St. Brendan’s Isle mail service for a few years now. Totally happy with them.
http://SBImailservice.com/ rk911 wrote:
Jayco-noslide wrote:
What's the best, best value mail service for when you will be away for 2 months or more? One that you can direct where and when to send your mail and don't have to join something for a year or more.
based on reviews we selected America's Mailbox in Box Elder, SD. so far the folks there have been very EZ to deal with.
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:CJayco-noslide wrote:
What's the best, best value mail service for when you will be away for 2 months or more? One that you can direct where and when to send your mail and don't have to join something for a year or more.
based on reviews we selected America's Mailbox in Box Elder, SD. so far the folks there have been very EZ to deal with.Jayco-noslide wrote:
What's the best, best value mail service for when you will be away for 2 months or more? One that you can direct where and when to send your mail and don't have to join something for a year or more.
For up to six months.. The post office. Visit your post office and have a chat with the clerk.
They can hold your mail there for up to six months and forward as you request. You pay only the postage for the re-mail.- We leave for 2 months and have a friend empty our mailbox every couple of days and throw everything in a box for when we get home. My wife signed up for the free USPS service where they email her each morning a scan of every first class piece of mail to be delivered. This way we know if we need to deal with something important and have our friend open or send something.
Dave - Take a look at Mailbox Forwarding
They are a month-to-month service that lets you view ALL incoming envelopes online free. You can have them open your letters and send you a PDF scan of all pages in the letter usually overnight. You can also have them send you your mail as often as you want for a small fee above the shipping cost (multiple options, USPS, UPS, FedEX, etc) if you need the original letter.
They are cheaper then most other mail forwarding services because they do not provide legal service to help you setup a "home address" for voting, drivers licences, vehicle registration, or income tax services. - We have a do everything UPS/FEDEX, copy, pack etc. business in our small town. She also offers a service for snowbirds where she picks up your mail at the PO, sorts out the junk and puts the rest in a Priority envelope and sends it where you ask. She charges $15 per month plus forwarding postage. Works great for us since we move around to various locations during the winter. She saves all the junk for us to look at when we return home in the spring. You might try calling around where you live.
- Lwiddis, if you're asking in response to my post....my neighbor can see all my mail, can't think of anything too personal. But a couple times, I had to get the original item, like a certificate or ballot or something.
