Another great example of of tax dollars efficiently at work.
Another great example of of tax dollars efficiently at work.
Gee, I wonder why we have a $580B debt and $32B deficit.
Let us hire a few hundred bureaucrats to figure out how to solve this problem.
I live in Mexico and get everything I can electronically. My hard copy mail is fowarded for "mules" about every 6 weeks.
Aside from the the junk mail, I get annual stuff, like insurance renewals, membership renewals. I also get the results of class action suits against companies that I hold. And I get selected magazines that I subscribe to. There are services that will open my mail and scan it to send by email. So far I have not seen the need for that. CRA also sends me notices for assessment, GST payments due, quarterly installments due.
I can mail relationship information such as new bank accounts being set up via Mexican Post and rely on CP to get it there. This is a problem with the banks needing signed documents. Brokers also need these once in a while, e.g. private placements.
mail drives us crazy. we move around between our 4 places with mail delivery to 3 of them. Get as much as possible on internet but it is surprising how many companies don't offer paperless communication. Banks are probably the best. Annual reports fill the boxes every spring. insurance co's may be the worst. Catalogues and cruise brochures just cannot be stopped. We try to constantly. Eventually paper mail will be extinct, maybe 10-20 years?
Last edited by Square Root; 2012-04-15 at 01:22 PM.
I moved to a new neighbourhood.Originally Posted by Spudd
I like my superbox. It is close, secure, has a drop slot.
I also stopped checking my mail every day, 2-3 times a week is plenty, if it was important, they would have emailed or called me.
I see paper mail as a second rate information transfer system.
Hopefully they have recycling bins right next to those superboxes.
Yea cause the landfill is getting quite full with the Yellowpages books. Lol
Businesses that do not change their model by using the internet will get left behind.
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I like epost as well. I especially like how nicely it is integrated with TD Canada Trust bank accounts. The only problem is that not every business is available on epost. Example: our Hydro and Enbridge bills are not available on epost. If epost can fix this problem, it will be a winner.
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I agree -- I'm not sure why more service providers haven't adopted it; I'd pay all my bills via epost if I could, but I can't because only a couple of my service providers use it. I do get my credit card bills through epost, but I don't think I can get my Bell bill that way, for example. The integration with bank websites is great, but my bank (ING) doesn't do epost. I wish they did; it's so convenient to receive and pay bills through the same website.
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