I found a neat service from the US Postal Service that will let me just type in a letter, and then send it certified, return mail requested. The only problem is I can't paste in a picture of my signature. Can I use this?
I don't know, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be any different than submitting a dispute online. You can't sign that one either. If you really wanted it signed though, you could always paste the sig into the Word doc, and then send that. That USPS service takes Word docs too. I had a question about that service too, for the experts. It's cheaper to send certified w/o Return Receipt, but you can still track receipt online (like with Fedex). They can tell you who signed and when. You can then order and pay for the green cards later if you need them. Is that a good or a bad thing to do for our purposes?
My personal preference is the CRRR with green card. If you hate the Post Office line, you might want to look at http://www.stamps.com for online postage purchase. It tracks all your postage purchases for you. As for signatures - NO WAY! - I've heard some stories about CAs and OCs doing some photoshop type stuff and Voila!, there's your signature on a contract.
About that photoshop thing - what do you do for a signature at the bottom of your letters then? Is it not necessary? Parul
Instead of signing the letter use that space for your name, address, SS or repeort #. GEORGE is right. NEVER SIGN. Charlie
Goaldriven, If you sign certain companies have been known to cut and paste your signature. You can always get a friend to sign. Then if they do it you can nail em on fraud. You have to remember the CA's DON'T abide by the law anyways. If they did most would be out of business. The thing is no one challenges them with knowledge of the law. Charlie
slippery slope: The service is at www.usps.gov On the main page go to Mailing -> Certified Mail It costs $5.40 to send one piece of certified mail, which isn't too bad. Plus you don't have to go to the Post Office.
Now are you sure they will send it return receipt requested? It looked like only certified mail to me...
TomJones, Did you have to order the cards to be sent to you after the fact, or did you request that as a part of your mailing and they arrived without a separate request being submitted to the P.O.?
I always sign. I figure sure...they may be able to cut and paste a signature, but they also have to be able to back it up a little further than that. If the accounts not mine...I'm really not worried that they would try to set me up for it. Since I copy each letter after it has been signed and make a little mark or something to distinguish it, if I needed to, it would be easy to show where it came from. Talk about a lawsuit of the century...lol. L
