Café Pli is a coffeeshop (two addresses, in fact) located in the center of Paris. They offer drinks and pastries, but also a letter writing experience:
Over a pastry or a drink, write a letter to your future self. Confide in yourself with an open heart, encourage yourself, wish yourself certain successes or describe a memory... and receive your letter in 1 year, 5 years or 20 years. You can also write to a loved one for an important day to come: surprise him on a specific day in the future, with a card written by your 10 fingers especially for her/him.
They offer different packages. For instance Pli & Drink:
It includes:
- 1 drink of your choice
- 1 card
- 1 envelope & wax seal
- 1 stamp
- 1 tracking number
Storing your letter, to be sent in the future... Prices vary depending on the timing of the fold:
- To be sent within one year : €15
- To be sent in 5 years : €25
- To be sent in 20 years : €45
Additional charge for international shipping: +€4
Have you ever been to a letter café? Would you use the "letters to the future" service?
I'm the cheap type...
ReplyDeleteI'd rather write you a letter now and keep It in store so I can post it to you in 45 years time, when I'm 111...
That way I'll be sure that the letter will be effectively sent... :-)
I'm not so sure about that. 111-year-olds tend to forget things...
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DeleteThey are very confident in their business model, aren't they?
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DeleteThat's what I thought! Twenty years?!?
What you get for the one year price seems reasonable. However, I don't see myself using this kind of service.
DeleteIt doesn't make sense to me. What's the difference with, as Pedro wrote, writing the letter and sending it in a year?
DeleteAlso, it could be that with the increase of postage rates the business were bankrupt!
oh...that's different! and intriguing.
ReplyDeleteWould you pay for that?
DeleteI’d probably try it once!
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