bummed: postal mail

[Koronin]

IMO, that seems excessively expensive to hold you mail.
In the US they don't charge to change your address or to hold mail. I should know, have had to do both recently. Changed addresses twice in the past two years and have mail held for the minimum 3 delivery days twice a year when we go to the races.

[badger]

my mother had her mail re-directed to my brother's place when she was out of the country for 3 months. When she returned 3 months later, she assumed that her mail would resume, but she realized she wasn't getting a lot of regular mail like bills and stuff.

Turns out the post office assumed that she had moved and was returning all the mail to the sender. It was a lot of hassle for her to get the post office to resume her regular mail.