On 3/13/2013 10:17 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you actually *go* to the post office they can't just leave
>>>> it sitting in a mail bag until the next business day.
>>>
>>> Why not... often they do just leave it until the next day... postal
>>> workers ain't the swiftest.
>>> There's still no guarantee it'll get post marked on time unless it's
>>> post marked by hand at the counter... and you still have no proof...
>>> you won't get a receipt sending by ordinary snail mail. Were I
>>> cutting it close with snail mail I'd send it registered return
>>> receipt. Filing electronically is the best way to prove you filed on
>>> time.
>>
>> I did leave out the receipt part.
>
> If you drop mail at the PO there is no receipt, not unless you pay for
> registered return receipt. And then it doesn't get placed with
> ordinary mail, registered mail goes as priority mail... years ago that
> was called "Special Delivery", there are no more "Air Mail" stamps
> either, it's now lumped together as Priority, Express & Air Mail
> Stamps.
>
I wasn't talking about dropping it in a drop box. I rarely go to the
post office unless I'm mailing a package. But when I do, yes, they run
it through the postage meter right in front of me and you can ask for a
receipt. You don't have to pay for special delivery.

Jill