Mailing Address Challenges
Discussions center on the difficulties of lacking or providing valid mailing/physical addresses for banks, health insurance, and other services, including workarounds like PO boxes, virtual mail services, and general delivery.
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How does one not have a mailing address in $current_year?
Why is giving multiple addresses a problem?
So, commenting late so may not get a response. But I am curious about handling stuff like bank accounts, health insurance etc. like that require you to specify an address. How does that work out?
Can you do that without a US postal address?
Without an address it is hard to tell.
Isn't there a way to register your address with general delivery directives?
Still doesn't deal with the fact I have to give you my address...
Banks and some other entities have databases of these services. Some will not accept these addresses. They will let you use them for mail, but they will also require a physical address and proof that you live there. But others will not. It depends on which mailing service you use and which bank, etc. This is my personal experience.
Giving my address is a huge PITA. you dropped it from your process too.
As fun as those ways to address a postcard are, they are not addresses that the bank will accept. The bank checks against a database of valid addresses; this is a common problem for people that have just built a house - most companies used cached databases so refuse to accept your address until it has trickled down.