"ePostal Notification: You can now renew your Post Box or Private Bag online [...]"

[ToxicBunny]

My guess is its not legit..

both sapo.co.za and postoffice.co.za are register to the Post Office...

epostal.co.za is not, its registered through IS.

[bwana]

I've used the service for a few years now.

[ToxicBunny]

And you haven't had your credit card emptied by evil Nigerians?

[bwana]

And you haven't had your credit card emptied by evil Nigerians?

No . . . they couldnt compete with my missus anyway.

[supersunbird]

Here is a scan of on side of my physical postbox renewal notice:

http://mybroadband.co.za/photos/data/500/postoffice.JPG

If you look closely under the ePostal icon, it reads www.epostal.co.za.

So it must be some elaborate scam!!!

[Garyvdh]

It's legit.

https://www.epostal.co.za/ePostal/Ge...ml/index1.html

I've used it to pay for my Post Boxes for a few years now. Very convenient.

[Hein_JHB]

I also use e-postal.co.za and also renewed my fathers company P.O. Box for 2010 and used it to renew for 2009 without any problems.

[kilos]

My guess is its not legit..

both sapo.co.za and postoffice.co.za are register to the Post Office...

epostal.co.za is not, its registered through IS.

Google Truebill - "registar of epostal.co.za" & SAPO

[dabbler]

I've used the service for a few years now.

Me too. No problems.

[House]

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Results for epostal.co.za:

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Your query has generated the following reply:-

Domain: epostal.co.za

Accounting info....
Date |Type| Cost |Invoices are E-Mail to....|Paid Date |ICnt| TrkNo |Billing Info
2007-02-05| N | 50.00|dns-billing@is.co.za |2007-02-06| 1 | 717981|IS
2008-03-03| R | 50.00|dns-billing@is.co.za |2008-03-13| 1 | 913859|IS
2009-03-02| R | 50.00|dns-billing@is.co.za |2009-03-05| 1 | 1170864|IS


Flashing RED indicates that payment has not been received - please
confirm with the UniForum SA accounting department, accounts@co.za, should this
not be according to your records. You have been sent 0 invoices/statements.


0a. lastupdate : 2007-02-05 16:04:26+02
0b. emailsource : dom@is.co.za
0c. emailposted : Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:04:24 +0200 (SAST)
0d. emailsubject : domain registration: epostal.co.za
0g. historycount : 1
0h. invoiceno : 0
0i. contracttype : NEW
0j. rcsversion : $Revision: 1.147 $ $Date: 2007/01/30 19:17:50 $
1a. domain : epostal.co.za
1b. action : N
2a. registrant : TRUEBILL
2b. registrantpostaladdress: Private Bag x163, Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa, 2021
2c. registrantstreetaddress: 57 Sloane Street, cnr Sloane and Main Rd, Bryanston, Gauteng, ZA
2d. amount : 50.00
2e. paymenttype : A
2f. billingaccount : IS
2g. billingemail : dns-billing@is.co.za
2i. invoiceaddress : Private Bag x163, Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa, 2021
2j. registrantphone : +27 11 575 0055
2k. registrantfax : +27 11 388 3425
2l. registrantemail : dns-admin@is.co.za
2n. vat : 4050140039
3a. operationaldate : 2007/02/05 16:04:26
3b. cname :
3c. cnamesub1 :
3d. cnamesub2 :
4a. admin : , DNS Admin
4b. admintitle : Role Account
4c. admincompany : Internet Solutions
4d. adminpostaladdr : Private Bag x163, Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa, 2021
4e. adminphone : +27 11 575 0055
4f. adminfax : +27 11 388 3425
4g. adminemail : dns-admin@is.co.za
4h. adminnic :
5a. tec : Technical Contact Account Role
5b. tectitle : Role Account
5c. teccompany : Internet Solutions
5d. tecpostaladdr : Private Bag x163, Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa, 2021
5e. tecphone : +27 11 575 0055
5f. tecfax : +27 11 388 3425
5g. tecemail : dns-admin@is.co.za
5h. tecnic :
6a. primnsfqdn : jupiter.is.co.za
6b. primnsip : 196.4.160.3
6c. primnsipv6 :
6e. secns1fqdn : titan.is.co.za
6f. secns1ip : 196.33.171.36
6g. secns1ipv6 :
6i. secns2fqdn : demeter.is.co.za
6j. secns2ip : 196.26.5.8
6k. secns2ipv6 :
6m. secns3fqdn :
6n. secns3ip :
6o. secns3ipv6 :
6q. secns4fqdn :
6r. secns4ip :
6s. secns4ipv6 :
8a. netblock1start :
8b. netblock1end :
8c. netblock2start :
8d. netblock2end :
8e. netblock3start :
8f. netblock3end :
9a. description1 :
9b. description2 :
9c. description3 :
9d. description4 :
9e. description5 :
9f. description6 :

I think it is a legitimate company but they operate private.

[ToxicBunny]

Well I retract my statement then... its legit..

I'm just overly suspicious.. if sapo.co.za and postoffice.co.za is registered by the postoffice then why the hell isn't epostal.co.za registered in the same way?

[Nerfherder]

Its most likely a third party like payfines

[Madman88]

Ah It may be legit, BUT do you save the R2 if you renew before the end of December with them? I THINK NOT!.

[rudivs]

I do still have an issue [albeit a small issue] with SAPO though [not with epostal.co.za] - why does the post office not implement a system where I can pay for my post box via EFT? - based on the scanned image that ssb posted, there are only 2 options for renewing one's PO BOX - either stand in a queue, or use epostal.co.za, compared to other accounts that one can pay online or at supermarkets etc etc etc.

You can also renew your PO Box through kalahari.net (if you trust them more than epostal!). Click Postbox Renewals at the bottom of their browse menu on the left. I think kalahari also supports EFT, so that might solve some of your frustrations, ic!

[The_Librarian]

beats standing for hours in the queue in some hot and humid postal office somewhere...