Crackles replied:

$206 sounds like how much it actually costs AP to redirect mail for 3 months ($10 per day) where as the $35 appears to be heavily subsidised (as it should be for personal mail).
No doubt being just for a super fund it's over the top but for others having hundreds of letters sent to another address it would not be unreasonable. Anyway when you claim it as a tax deduction it wont look as bad then ;-)
Cheers Craig.........

stocky replied:

bit like the charge for a PO Box

Live IN town and want a PO box = $$$$$
Live OUT of town (and i mean 6 feet past the town limit sign!) and get it for bugger all!

Neil & Pauline replied:

Val
It is a roadside mail box thing. We got a post box and it costs $70 to redirect. Have been doing it for 3 years now.

Neil

SOS Mail Solutions replied:

Hi John & Val,

There are other options available for your mail redirection that would combine your personal and business as one and the charge is only $66.00 for 3 months.

If you where to put it under your business name then the cost could be claimed as a business expense as well.


Craig

DIO replied:

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD...HOW MUCH ARE YOU INTENDING TO SPEND ON YOUR TRAVELS? Sorry about the shouting but I get annoyed when people complain about costs (yeh I know it's your/our right to do so) when they are undertaking an activity of their own choosing involving expenditure (fuel, accommodation, van/camper costs, tow vehicle set-up costs etc) again of their own choosing.
Your heading AUST. POST ADDS TO TRAVEL COSTS is inappropriate and incorrect. Your choice of mail direction is what incurs the cost. If you (or anyone) can't afford to go on extended trips then consider shorter less expensive outings. We all (at least most) have to live within a budget and if we exceed that budget then there's no one else to blame other than ourselves. Doesn't matter what the cost of food, fuel, accommodation amounts to, we make the final choice as to what we spend on and how much.

If you are like many, on a Pension with limited resources (money) available you may qualify for a reduced rate through Aust. Post for Mail re-direction. Certainly makes it a lot cheaper.
The other option is to get family or perhaps even a neighbour to collect and re-direct for you. Neighbours can often be persuaded with a bottle (or two) of wine, slab of beer, a couple of tickets for the pictures etc etc. Use your imagination as to what you think would work best for you. Try and think 'outside the square' as one often hears proclaimed. Whatever you choose have a great and safe trip. Australia Post like most Govt. related institutions are now in the business of cost recovery and user pays. For a long time many services were charged at exceedingly reduced rates and often subsidised by taxpayers. All that has now changed and like it or not USER PAYS.

Mainey (wa) replied:

Val,
I used a PO Box in Melbourne as my mailing address for 12 years for everything, (except JUNK mail) till I set up home here in Busso this year.

It cost about $55 ?? per year from memory for the PO Box and it was in a small privately owned Post Office.

When I phoned at start of each month the PO owner would then send me ALL my mail, to where-ever I expected to be a few days after the phone call.

It worked for me, as I was never in the same place more than a few months anyway.

Mainey . . .