There was a thread a couple of days ago about tracking your certified mails online. Some people said they came up with no information available when entering their cert numbers. Well, I was at the Post Office today mailing a couple, (dipping my toe in the water), and I learned that if you put your own postage on a CRRR letter and mail it, the receipt at the top right of the envelope is NOT scanned, and you cannot track it online anyway). I forgot to find out if it was still traceable. Only if you go up to the counter and pay the postage and have them mail it, is it trackable. Kind of a bummer with the Christmas mailing season upon us.
Well I was on the usps website yesterday and I noticed you can send CRRR thru their website. Something about attaching the letter or writing it thru the website, etc. Anyone ever tried this? They mail you back the green card and everytrhing.
Haven't heard anything about that, but for records purpose wouldn't you want an original signature on a letter (other than a settlement offer)?
That's how I did all of mine, the post office put the postage, but mine still came up no info. The only thing that I do to envelopes that have to be sent through the post office is put the address on the envelope and the green card, the po does the rest. So that expanation does not work in my case.
Well darn, thought I had found a solution! Might keep an eye out to make sure they are scanning the bar code on the receipt.
I tried sending directly through their website. The length of letter they will accept is very, very short. I couldn't condense mine enough to use it. It was an intent to sue letter. It might work okay for disputes though!
I have got all of my delivery verifications online via the website. I have taken all of mine to the counter and I do notice that they scan them all. However, I believe that this is their policy to scan them. It is quite possible that they miss some once in a while. I think though, with their automation, that when they scan the CRRR ticket, that is what enters the price. Not to sure about that. Priority mail with signature confirmation works also. With that when it is delivered and signed for, you get the date, time and first initial and last name of the person who signed for it. hope this helps a little at least.
LisaMc, Priority mail with signature confirmation has cost me$5.65 and CRRR has cost $4.42. If I mail something from San Antonio to someplace here in TX, it has been being delivered the next day with someones signature. Depending on what I am sending is how I determine how I send it. I look at it like this: I am already mad cause I have to do this this way, so I figure if I am willing to pay $4.42, what's another dollar and change. However, for CHOD, I will send CRRR just to plan the delivery for Friday the 29th and Sat the 30th.
You can send certified mail directly from usps.com, you cut and paste your letter and put the recipients address in, pay with visa or mc ($4.97). It takes 2 minutes and they email you a confirmation...Great if you get that late night itch to "go postal" Kelly
The only problem with doing the usps.com certified cut and paste letter is lack of original signature. I know that CSC will not accept a dispute without an original signature. I know, it's crap, but that is their policy. Sometimes. WHen they don't have a better reason for denying your dispute!
Okay ArmySarge, I am confused. How can you better plan the delivery date using CRRR vs. priority mail. When I first read your post, it seemed that priority would pretty much guarantee you a day or two delivery time (based on your own past experience). CRRR has always been open ended to me.
Is it really that important to have someone's actual signature? In a regular court case where you have to prove you mailed something to the opposing party, simply filing a sworn 'proof of service' is good enough (unless it's a summons to appear). If all we're looking for is proof that the CRA received the dispute, what's wrong with just plain ol' delivery confirmation? The mail carrier reports the date the letter was delivered to the CRA, end of story. What's wrong with my logic, and what am I missing here?
Lyttlemac, I don't think there is anything wrong with your logic. I was theorizing that CSC could try to slip through the cracks (because this actually happened to me) by refusing to investigate the dispute because there was no original signature on the letter. If you used the usps.com way to send your CRRR letter, it would by nature have no original signature on the letter. You write your letter in Word or some other word processing software. When you are finished you cut and paste it onto the USPS form on the website. USPS takes it from there and delivers, gets a sig, etc. I said if CSC receives this, signs for it, opens it up and sees no original signature, they may refuse it as "frivolous" or some other issue of "policy." They do this all the time. I swear, when you are dealing with CSC the rules change on a daily basis.
Delivery confirmation does not mean it was actually delivered to the person. If you read the fine print...it only shows that it was delivered to that post office of that zip code. Still might be good enough... L
