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DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

"Welcome Home"

jrzygrl64 · RV-Dreams Family Member

How cool!

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

I was just there (the one in Rapid City) this week. They are as nice in person as they are on the phone.

Sherry

Mark V · RV-Dreams Family Member

What is the basic cost of their service annually?

DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

We have the Gold Plan. This is from their website:

This is our by far most popular plan!
• Do you want to save money in additional postage by having us sort through the "junk mail" and discard it for you? Then this is the one you want • Medium volume of mail and occasional special handling • Sent to you per your instructions via US Mail/FedEx
• 24/7/365 secure and encrypted online account access
$189 annually plus tax and postage fund (most folks put in $200-$500)
Quarterly vacation plan $18/month with 3 month minimum
One Lifetime $25 start-up fee per account.

Mark V · RV-Dreams Family Member

Debbie (and Steve):

What's the postage fund for? I use the mail to send stuff about half a dozen times a year. A book of stamps lasts me maybe three years, which is why I buy forever stamps. I can't imagine using $200 worth of postage.

Jo and Ben · RV-Dreams Family Member

The postage fund is for them to send your mail to you. So, if you obtain a mailing address in SD, all the mail you receive will go there. Then they will send it to you wherever you are (minus the junk mail). Depending on how much mail you typically receive, $200 should last quite a while. The annual fee covers the cost of having a mailbox at their address, and the cost of them sorting and handling your mail. The postage fee covers the actual post office (or fedex or however you want it sent) fee for shipping.

kb0zke · RV-Dreams Family Member

A mail forwarding service receives your mail (USPS, DHL, FedEx, UPS, etc.) at their location. At the interval you specify they package up all that you got and send it to wherever you want it to go. The basic service rate usually has them sending you everything, including the junk mail. Most services have an upgraded service where they will toss the junk and only send you the important stuff. Some will even let you call and ask them to open envelopes and tell you what's inside so you can decide whether you need it sent to you or not. If you want an eye-opener, put ALL of your mail in a box for one week. Don't thrown anything away. That is what will be sent to you if you have the basic service.

We're in the process of switching things to our SD address now. Some things won't get the addresses changed (companies that send us catalogs because we bought something from them three years ago, for example). Other things will have to be forwarded from our PO box here to the service when we actually hit the road (local tax stuff, for example). We've gone paperless as much as possible.

Selah · RV-Dreams Family Member

Once you officially change your domicile and get your drivers license and vehicle registrations you will also need to get a local attorney to draft up things like Last Will and Testament, Durable Power of Atty, and Health Care Suragate. If you take your current ones in ittakes very little time, ie money.