Lictors_LoveMachine wrote:kturock wrote:minor correction to MM's post.. it must be sent certified mail.. letters can only be sent certified. d/c is only for parcels.
Yes true, but you can place a block of styrofaom in the envelope to make it at least three quarters of an inch think and THEN it becomes a parcel and can be tracked.
Thought it would help.
Lictor...
then it goes into a letter sorting machine, gets shredded, and becomes trash.
i know. i work on these machines everyday. right now we're scraping candy, mostly chocolate, out of them.. along with someone charge card payment, that got shredded.
the only thing that should be mailed in a letter or business size envelope, is paper.
anything else should go in a padded envelope.
then it goes thru a different machine, that sorts the mail slower and has wider gaps.
so, yes, you save some $ on postage, but get a couple days delay. [using a padded envelope and d/c.]
also, with certified, if theres a problem, like some claiming they didn't receive it, you can file for a return receipt after mailing. you can't with d/c. [like the package that got left at the wrong house. it got delivered, but where?]
also with certified, you can get signature confirmation, where you can look online and see who signed for it, not possible with d/c.
btwm you can get certified with a package, but you can't insure it also.
and, i just found out, that you no longer get free d/c with insurance. [found that out the hard way.]
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Heh, I was called a Grognard.
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