posted by Catherine on Apr 11
Thinking ahead and adding up the pennies could really make a difference to some companies!
When you are thinking of traveling off somewhere for several months, you may not want to keep paying rent on that little flat of yours at home – so you give it up.
But now you need to change your addresses for everything to a friends house of whatever until you get back.
Now – do you know how much that costs the business and charities that post you things?
It All Adds Up!
Firstly, you need to contact the charity or business and tell them about your new address. So, you call their admin staff with the changes and they then update your file and it’s all fine.
However, just for you it might take only a few minutes, but it will cost around 35pence (or 40cents) in wages, not including the electricity used – and some companies will want to confirm this is writing.
You might think I am being a bit petty about this as it’s such a small amount – but when you come back from your travels, you are going to want them to change it again. This time from your friends address to your new flat, so you have clocked up just under a £ or a $ for both changes.
Now think of all the other people that are moving address short term too. Just imagine one national charity having 1 person a day changing their address - that’s £365 or $’s that charity has to spend on admin rather than their cause.
However, if you had set up a redirection, your address stays the same, but the mail goes to your friends instead. Then when you come back and get your own place – and it’s long term – then you change all the addresses just the once.
Not Just Charity Money:
And, it’s not just the charities that will save money – it’s you too.
Don’t forget that businesses need to make money, so if your electricity firm or bank need to keep employing loads of staff to process address changes all the time – they are going to put up their fees!
That means you pay more for everything you are already paying for!
All in all then, if you are the type of person to keep moving here and there – maybe think of your eco impact before updating your short-term addresses.
I mean we must all have at least 20 – 30 companies that use our addresses for delivery of information or bills – now imagine the combined environmental cost of updating all of them!
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