“someone posted that it was sent “2nd class” mail and won’t arrive until Friday.”
NOBODY who is not an idiot sends something important by “second class mail”. In fact, no one at all sends anything “second class mail”. The default is First Class.
To send something “Second Class” you have to say to the postal clerk “I’m willing to send this EXTRA SLOW to save a few pennies. Please send it Second Class”.
This story has some of the same elements of a “419 letter” scam, and some of the wishful hoping reflected in this post shows the kind of thinking that leads people to fall for them.
When I WANT to send a document in real life, and it’s really important, I fax it, AND scan and e-mail it, AND Fed-Ex the original. If I am afraid that the receipient is going to claim he never got it, I send it by fax, Fed Ex, Priority Mail with Delivery confirmation and regular mail with a “Certificate of Mailing” proving it went into the box (not the same as “Certified Mail”).
Serious people treat serious matters in a serious way. This thread reads like the adventures of Inspector Clouseau.
Sent 2nd DAY, not 2nd CLASS
Wendy
IP: 64.12.116.14
Dec 31st, 2008 - 8:19 AM Re: URGENT: PLEASE BROADCAST THIS EVERYWHERE
I don’t know about the contents, but I do know that on the tracking it says fedex 2 day envelope. Not 2nd class mail.
Hope this at least clarifies your question about 2nd class
Chalice
IP: 98.206.74.240
Dec 31st, 2008 - 8:23 AM Re: URGENT: PLEASE BROADCAST THIS EVERYWHERE
I can confirm that the package was sent ‘Second Day” Mail, not Second Class.
FedEx guy says:
If it was FedEx, “2nd Day” is a commitment by 4:30 pm of the 2nd Business Day after pickup. Because of the Holiday, the commitment for a Tuesday pickup is Friday 4:30, If sent If sent on Wednesday, then Monday by 4:30. All of this is complicated by the fact that cut-off times in Hawaii are VERY early in the day, because of the time zone difference, and the need to get a flight into Memphis by 0130 CST in the morning to make the primary sort.
But most people send documents by “Priority” or “Standard Overnight” with next day commitments of 1030 and 1500 respectively. Sometimes, especially post-holiday, and on Mondays, “2nd-Day” service will end up delivered a day earlier than the commitment.
——Retired fedEx