So many of you have messaged us with a similar problem. You’ve found what you think to be an amazing pen pal. They’re smart, sexy, a great writer, intelligent…but you’re just not quite ready to share your home address with them. We get it. Their profile looks great. From their writings, it seems as if they’ve been rehabilitated. Maybe they make you smile or laugh. Perhaps something they wrote really connected with you or touched your heart. But…unless you leave them your mailing address, they usually can’t write you back. Ugh. What to do?
The staff at PenPals.Buzz spent this week searching the internet for the best solution to the aforementioned problem, and we’ve found the answer. There is a way you can exchange letters with any of the inmates on this site, and you don’t have to ever give them any of your personal information. From the comfort of your own home, office, or apartment, you can sign up for an online mail service which allows you to pick a real address in any state you choose. That’s right, ANY state. If you’re in New Jersey, and you want to write to an inmate in New York, but you’re worried about their proximity to you, you can sign up for a mailbox address in Oregon, North Dakota, or anywhere in the world. And it costs just 33 cents a day!
iPostal1 provides users with a virtual mail address anywhere in the world. When postal mail arrives, you’ll be notified immediately. You can go online and read the contents of your mail almost instantly. Then, you can decide whether to have the actual letter forwarded to your home address, or just keep it online, where you’ll have unlimited access via an incredibly easy-to-use website or app. Look at the over 40,000 positive reviews from people just like you, who like to keep their information private.
iPostal1 comes highly recommended by the staff at PenPals.Buzz. Many of our website users have enjoyed the benefits of this service and love how it protects their identity. After writing to an inmate for several months, many users decide, eventually, to disclose their real address. But at first, it can be incredibly scary and intimidating. After all, many of these guys (or women) you want to write to are incarcerated for some pretty violent crimes. You want to protect yourself and your family. Who wouldn’t? We completley understand.
Here are just a few of the many things you can do with a Virtual Mailing Address:
That’s all it costs to protect yourself. And it’s a pretty great service even if you’re not writing to a variety of inmate pen pals. For starters, instead of having to drive to a PO Box to check your mail, you’ll be notified via email or text exactly when mail arrives, and you’ll be able to read it from the comfort of your own home or office or car or the beach or…anywhere! You don’t have to be at home to receive mail. If you travel frequently, or move regularly, or you find yourself couch-surfing and in-between houses, this is an ideal solution. You can have your mail forwarded to any address you please. The service will also hold your mail for up to 30 days, absolutely free, while you decide if/where you’d like to have it forwarded. Otherwise, it will stay secure in the cloud for an unlimited amount of time, so you can access it when you please.
If you live outside of the USA, you’ve likely experienced significant delays when exchanging postal mail with a United States pen pal. On average, a letter takes 3 weeks to arrive internationally. Some pen pals in India and Pakistan have waited up to 3 months to receive a letter in the postal mail. If you live in another country, you can easily sign up for a virtual address in the USA, and you’ll be able to read mail from your pen pal within days — not weeks or months.
Pen Palling should be fun, not stressful. Here at PenPals.Buzz, we do our best to make this service safe, enjoyable, and beneficial for both inmates and free-world pen pals. Everyone deserves a friend, a little kindness, and something to look forward to. For many inmates, Mail Call is the highlight of their day. Receiving a letter from a new pen pal can truly make their entire year. We applaud you for being open-minded and willing to bring some light into an inmate’s otherwise dark and dreary world. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. Many of us have been in their shoes and know what it feels like to lie alone in a bunkbed, year after year, feeling like nobody cares. We appreciate you, sincerely. If you have any questions about our website, any ideas for future blog topics, or you just want to say “hi,” we’re always here. Leave us a comment at the very bottom of this page. We’d love to get to know you!
