[meteorite-list] Certificate of Mailing

[Mark Grossman]

Hi,

If I follow, it covers that you mailed the package, not that it was 
received.

I would think that most people would claim that they didn't receive a 
package, not that you didn't mail it.

If you really want protection with the USPS, I would think you want to send 
it with a return receipt required to be signed.

Mark Grossman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gunning" <davidgunning at fairpoint.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 8:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Certificate of Mailing


>
> Hi All,
>
> It's disheartening to read the post about the painting lost in the mails.
> Here's a little tip I've utilized for many years to give me a little
> piece of mind, a little extra piece of mind, whenever I mail something
> with the USPS that I want to be able to document that was mailed.  It's
> called a "certificate of mailing".
>
> How it works is this:  when an item is entrusted to the USPS I pay a
> little extra something, less than $2.00, for a a piece of paper known as
> a USPS "certificate of mailing"
>
> It offers proof that I mailed something to so and so.
>
> The person to whom a letter, padded parcel envelope, or whatever, is
> mailed to does not know that I have this "proof" but if something is
> "lost" in the mail the "Certificate of Mailing" covers my tush.
>
> If anyone were ever to claim that something was maybe not mailed I have
> certifiable USPS proof that it was.
>
> Fortunately, nothing of mine has ever been lost in the mail.
>
> Yesterday, for example, I sent off a possible meteorite to an expert for
> an opinion of what may be a small slightly magnetic meteorite with a USPS
> "Certificate of Mailing".  I anticipate no problem with the specimen
> reaching it's intended final destination.  But if there is a problem,
> well, need I say more?
>
> This little precaution may also help keep some people honest.
>
> Best wishes to all.
>
> David Gunning
>
>
>
>
>
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