@kenasch wrote:
I like it but not 100% reliable. I've had a check in the mail box that wasn't in the email notification. So far not the other way around, fortunately.
Well, just the opposite thing happened to me TODAY, kenasch! After posting here earlier today that my email showed a check from Stericycle coming my way....it wasn't in my mail for today!! So I called the postmaster about 3-4 minutes after the carrier drove away, and asked if the carrier could be contacted to see if she remembered seeing it. The postmaster called the carrier, and then a bit later told me that the carrier did not recall seeing that particular piece of mail.
NOW.....here's a bit of interesting info I did not know....my postmaster told me that when the mail is scanned and the photos sent to us via email, that those pictures are NOT taken at the LOCAL post office, but at the PROCESSING center. And he said that sometimes the pieces of mail do not always get sorted and sent the same day. SOOooooo, I went back and re-read my email, and there IS a statement that says "Arriving
SOON...The information below contains images of the letter-sized mail that will be arriving
soon". So apparently "SOON" may NOT actually mean "the same day". My postmaster suggested I give it a day or two before worrying about whether or not it's lost. So that's what I'm doing.
So the service isn't perfect, but it's free, so I'll take it! It's been 100% accurate up to today's mail, and I've been using it for several months now. So I'll be a good girl, and wait and see.
ETA: So today is Saturday, and sure enough, my Stericycle check was in the mail today. So I guess when the email says "SOON", it just may be the next day! This is the first time that's happened to me, but thought I'd pass it along, so others using this service may be aware of the potential for the mail showing in the email possibly showing up the next day.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/12/2017 08:01PM by guysmom.