Seattle-based Earth Class Mail has decided one of the best ways to spend its $21.4M in VC money is to open up retail locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. The company provides its customers something sort of a PO box, where they accept all kinds of snail mail. The high-tech kicks in with their ability to securely open your letters and electronically scan them for your perusal online.
The new store location has retail staff that can help setup an account for you and will be based in Hollywood, 8605 Santa Monica Blvd, which adds the benefit of letting people think you’re a hot-shot industry player. Add in a 213 number from Google GrandCentral to complete the facade.
In addition to reading customers’ mail, Earth Class Mail’s publicity magic worked well enough to get them featured on a television docu-reality show called “Start-Up Junkies” by MOJO HD network. Catch the full series on Hulu.
