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The most offensive stuff I accumulate is paper received in the mail. Banks, insurance companies, and other self-important financial institutions will send junk
by MiddleEndian 8y ago
The most offensive stuff I accumulate is paper received in the mail. Banks, insurance companies, and other self-important financial institutions will send junk that may contain relevant personal information, and as a consequence, I (and many others) have cabinets full of this uninteresting paperwork. At least if I order something I've made the decision to have it in my home. If I were to recreate a postal service in a new nation, I would make it request-only.
- goalieca 8y agoShredding works great st disposal. You can even take a truckload to a professional service
- paulie_a 8y agoI personally want to pull a Seinfeld Kramer moment and opt out of mail entirely. I only check it once a week, then everything goes directly into the garbage. What a waste.
- ryandrake 8y agoI have you beat: my mail goes directly to the trash. I keep a trash can under the mail slot in my garage and just let everything fall into it. Once a week, or when I have time or am curious, I pick through it and pull out anything that might be important.
- amelius 8y agoThere exist services which receive, scan, store and shred your paper mail.
- gambiting 8y agoIt might be different where you live, but over here(UK) bank statements/utility bills with your address on them are used as proof of address, so you really want those to be arriving at your own address, otherwise you can be completely screwed.
- pizza234 8y agoOne scan still scan and shred them by himself. I've never had any complaints after providing a printout from a scan, rather than the original.
- gambiting 8y agoYes of course, but does it mean you have to forward all the letters to the company yourself? Because if yes, then it just sounds like extra work again.
- sean-duffy 8y agoUsually photocopies/print outs aren't admissible as proof of address. At least that has been my experience with credit cards and opening investment accounts.
- amelius 8y agoOk, but has that been tested in a court? Because that's the only thing that matters, ultimately.
- pjc50 8y agoHome Office immigration and some other processes can insist on "originals", even when no originals exist because they were sent electronically.
- code_duck 8y agoThey’d understand if you furnished them with the digital assets, right?
- gambiting 8y agoHome Office is probably the most difficult branch of the British government to work with, if they require a printed original even if no such thing ever existed, you better pull one out of your ass or the whole application will be declined. Not before they hold it for 8 months without any reply first though.