Posted by unregistered user at 1/8/08 9:59 a.m.

That's just still a dumb name for a company. Didn't they go through a name change already?

Posted by unregistered user at 1/8/08 3:35 p.m.

They are on the front page of techcrunch

Posted by unregistered user at 1/8/08 4:39 p.m.

THis is just an example of the outrageousness of the moment. What possible potential is there for this solution?

$20million raised???? what possible valuation do these guys think they'll get in the future?

Posted by unregistered user at 1/10/08 4:34 p.m.

#83299...according the the CEO's response on Tech Crunch

"People who've comment about "how dumb an idea this is" are apparently not aware of the fact that postal mail is a $1 trillion dollar industry (with a "t") employing 9 million people worldwide and processing a half-trillion transactions a year… and that post offices are typically the largest employers in their countries. We're the only company in the world to have created a system so scalable that a national post office could deploy it. That's why our Beaverton processing facility is literally the size of a football stadium and can hold 50 million pieces of mail at a time… there is real hardware automation in this deal, not just a web service… a lot more meat on the bones and real IP than this week's flavor of a social networking company."

Posted by unregistered user at 1/10/08 7:10 p.m.

Thank you to "unregistered user #4" for re-posting my response from TechCrunch.

We'd like to invite all of John Cook's readers to an exclusive pre-screening of the premier episode of Start-up Junkies, 7:30pm on Wednesday, January 16th, at Microsoft's Kodiak Auditorium in Redmond. Details including RSVP info are here:
http://www.earthclassmail.com/media/email/startup_junkies_reminder_email.htm or send email to jessica.grimes@earthclassmail.com.

We welcome all members of the startup community, investment community and business students to join us!

Cheers,
Ron Wiener, CEO & Postmaster General
Earth Class Mail Corp.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/16/08 12:09 a.m.

I just happened to watch an episode of startup junkies and there it was - earth class mail. Although informative and somewhat entertaining I have to wonder, where do these venture capitalists come from, mars? Using the postal service as an example of the profit potential is way out there - a total apples to oranges comparison. By airing your startup on cable you showed just how unprofessional and foolish your operation is. And when I went to your website and saw that a personal account costs $10 per month I realized that Mr. Weener and his yes men and women are desperate.

I for one would not want anyone stuck in a room with no human contact going through my or my company's mail!

Posted by Expatriate at 5/15/08 6:25 a.m.

My Interest in viewing this website was to learn if it were publicly traded, which unfortunately it is not.
I learned about it from rave reviews of this service on an expat forum. It is the perfect solution for expatriates who need a physical address with mail forwarding.

Also unfortunately, I already have an established service that is decidedly low-tech compared to this one. Unless you have lived abroad it would probably be hard to appreciate the value of such a service.