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You Should Have A Virtual Mailbox (swyx.io)
3 points by mooreds on Jan 28, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


+1 for travelingmailbox.com. Have used for years. Banks, credit cards, IRS all accept it. DMV does not. Pro tip: pick a state with no state income tax, ideally get a drivers license there too (you will need a real street address, at least I did). You can then add a mailing address for DMV.

Bank and credit card companies, insurance, etc. in the US push you to email/online anyway, so when you opt-in to paperless you don't get much mail from them.

There's nothing shady about this as long as you don't use it to commit fraud or other crimes.


do banks / gov play along with this? they wont accept po boxes to send your cards / official docos


Most do because it's a regular street address with a box number (on the second second address line). A USPS PO Box has no street address and has "PO Box 123" on the first address line, so it's easy to identify and prohibit.

If anyone's considering this, other popular vendors are https://www.virtualpostmail.com/ and https://travelingmailbox.com/




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