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HELP!! The mail is taking over our lives!  I remember reading on here that someone uses a system with an accordion file.  I am hoping to set up this system but am not sure where to start.  I want to label one "file" important for things like bills, wedding invites etc.  What other categories would you have?  Any other great tips on how you deal with mail?  Or do you do what I do and hope that it will just deal with itself?
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Re: Mail system

  • Temp6313048411121614Temp6313048411121614 member
    I deal with the mail as soon as it comes in.  I switched many bills to paperless billing, 95% of our bills are on auto-pay (I only have to manually pay 1 bill).  Things like wedding invites, I take a pic of the invite and then toss the paper copy.  Junk mail goes straight into the trash.  I stopped getting magazines, but when I did I would either read them that day or throw them in the recycle.  Honestly, I don't see the point in keeping a bunch of mail around.
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  • dizzycooksdizzycooks member
    I clip all coupons immediately, throw all junk, give DH his stack (which sits around for a few days then I ask him if he needs it and then I toss it all for him - but he was given the option!), and I pay bills immediately.  I keep 'important' stuff on my desk and deal with that every few weeks.  Typically this is medical statements that I am waiting to match with a bill, an RSVP we haven't decided on, or a magazine I want to read.
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  • lzmac11lzmac11 member
    I made a bin system.  Bills, Junk, Events, Other.  Bills is for anything that comes in bill format whether it is something saying about our land taxes or the internet bill.  Junk is for anything that might be junk mail, I don't like throwing it out right away incase I am wrong and DH has asked for something from a company.  Events is for any invitations or stuff like that.  Other is for the magazines, catalgoues and special flyers we like to keep.  I also have a spot that is left open where I put all our coupons that I have gone through and cut out. 
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