Comments on: Wacky Business Idea #5: Virtual Mail Drop

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!

By: JAlpino

JAlpino — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:51:56 +0000

The Mojo Channel has a show called Start-Up Junkies where they profile an entrepreneur and their start-up. The company that they have been profiling (not sure when it originally aired) is called Earth Class Mail, they accept, scan and deliver people’s mail (electronically) .

The differentiator with your idea is the reversal of the process, in accepting digital docs, printing them and then mailing them out. I could definitely see a market for that kind service, especially for those who have virtual office spaces.

Here are some links to the Mojo Channel and Earth Class Mail. Mojo has a free episode online.

http://www.mojohd.com/mojoseries/startupjunkies/
http://www.earthclassmail.com/