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Do you have a physical mailbox at your house for receiving mail?
pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: Berni on March 07, 2023, 06:34:24 am ---(all mailboxes here are the secure type where getting the post back out requires a key to open its door)
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Here in France, or at least the region I live in, the mailbox is also a secure type with a key, but the mailman has a master key that opens all the mailboxes, so this way they can put even small enough packages in the mailbox.
Have not have had problems with this setup yet.
pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: Halcyon on March 07, 2023, 08:13:30 am ---
--- Quote from: Bud on March 07, 2023, 07:14:33 am ---Utility companies send paper bills, insurance renewals papers come, banks send credit cards statements, the government sends tax correspondence, all to the home address. I am not sure how it is possible to not have a physical mailbox.
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In Australia, all of this is electronic (if you decide it to be). Even fines (if you get pulled over for a traffic offence) can be emailed to you.
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Same here in France.
JohanH:
We have unlocked mail boxes (at least in less densely populated areas) and it's years since I've heard anything being stolen. Usually only small untracked packages and letters are put in the mail box plus an annoying amount of advertisements, if you allow it. Some institutions/companies are still sending paper letters, but usually you can opt in for electronic ones. I receive almost no paper bills or letters any more, most are electronic.
Muttley Snickers:
I very rarely use or even bother to check emails any more and I prefer that all important correspondence be by post. There are good and bad points for each medium, I despise marketing material in the letterbox as much as I hate spam in my inbox but the "No Junk" sign only works for one. Emails are much faster but only if you check them regularly which I don't.
I'm currently in an ongoing dispute with council and have asked that all future correspondence be signed, dated and posted as I am sick of their conflicting and contradictory verbal bullshit. I've also reported them to a higher authority so want documented evidence of their questionable conduct for others to hold them to account.
m k:
We have a possibility to have everything possible only in electrical form.
Obviously not all senders are supporting it and yes, I have a physical box also, not locked, the whole row of boxes is mainly not locked.
Down side of all electrical only is that when taxman send bills it's also electrical only, usually bills go directly to the bank electrically but taxman is one of exceptions.
Same goes with all reminders and it wont end well if you've forgotten you ticked that box of no official papers in paper when starting the service.
So finally a court sent a real letter of hey dude, call a repoman and pay your taxes.
It's not a real court order but since the court is an employer of repomen it doesn't diminish the effect if only general sender is stated.
Original problem here was that the service receive all kinds of "junk" that have no real meaning, like some info of this or that has happened but you don't need to do anything.
It can also be indirect, where one service is echoing, but only partially, what other service is doing.
Then when once in a blue moon something important happens you have a good possibility to miss it.
Yes, I'm not going to miss anything anymore, but still don't know exactly what all of those infos are stating.
One nuance, insurance.
I've mandated electrical bills but that is not all.
Before they sent letters with many papers.
Now when paper bills are no more the letter is still many papers but without the bill and world is saved.
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