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Originally Posted by SIRE1
Be aware that all of these suggestions for having someone check your mail box and then having them send your mail in a bundled envelope means there will be a delay of at least 2 weeks. Plus, if that person goes on vacation or gets sick and cannot check your box, the delay will be even greater. So any bills you finally get will probably be Past Due by the time you receive it. That is why I recommended in my previous reply that you either set your bills for AutoPay, set up to receive the bill by email instead of a paper mailed copy, or go to the companies web site and change your mailing address in your Account /Profile section. Using the email or changed address might include credit cards where you want to review the charges as being yours before paying the bill. And the best part of either method is that you are not relying on mail being forwarded by the US Mail or someone else. . A little reminder, one of my credit cards requires me to enter my mailing zip code as a security verification when I use it at a gas pump and I have to remember to use the new zip code I've entered on their web site.
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I suppose if you only have one family member or friend you could run into a problem but we have no issues there. Of course, ACH is best for bills but not everyone accepts that arrangement. If you have any tech skills or a cellphone, have your family member or friend take a cellphone pic of the correspondence and not wait two weeks. Family comes in very handy in this instance.