Please share your experience too. I see quite a lot of businesses that provide virtual mailbox services and it’s hard to pick.

I’ve been living outside of the US for the last couple years. And for now I’ve been asking friends and relatives to check my mail at my physical PO Box but it’s helluva inconvenient for everyone. So purely by chance I stumbled upon this virtual mailbox idea and so far I’m loving it.

I almost signed up for one service until I looked them up on Trustpilot and pretty much everyone was giving a lot of horror stories about that particular service. So I decided to hit the brakes for now and do the research first.

I need it basically for the following:

  • scan incoming mail that I can access via their website (hopefully in a secure way)

  • forward some letters to my friends address in the US upon my request.

  • it would be ideal if they can deposit an occasional check or two for me.

  • I don’t receive a lot of packages, but in case one comes it would be nice if they can forward it for me.

My concern is that most services have a limit on how many pieces of mail they can process per month. Tbh, I get maybe 2-3 important pieces of mail and the rest is just junk. I wonder if they will make me pay for 100 promotions from the insurance or credit card companies.

Anyways, your insight is appreciated!

  • alento_group@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I highly recommend physicaladdress.com.

    Like others, there are horror stories in their reviews. Someone else on reddit mentioned this to me about one of their locations. But in my nearly a decade of using them for 2 different businesses, I would strongly disagree with any negative comments.

    The check all of your boxes nicely. And even one you didn’t list.

    Not only can they forward letters to your friends, they can forward them to you internationally.

    They also are the least expensive service out there when taking all things into consideration.