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Did anyone notice I said that certified mail is a bad idea. It won't get delivered unless it is signed for and if the person needing to sign has to make a special trip to the po, you are at the mercy of the person needing to sign.

When I get notified of certified mail, I intentionally don't pick it up. Nothing good ever arrived at my home or business that said certified.

Certified mail makes me madder than a rancid package of bacon.

The reason it is taking so long with certified mail is that the delivery REQUIRES a signature. If there is not a person standing there to sign for it, the PO leaves a notice telling you to come get it. That is why priority mail with the NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED option arrives in two to three days.

I have personally recieved notices from the PO because some person decided to mail me a certified letter. I get to the post office when I feel like it.

Again... it is the recipient creating the delay... not the PO. NO SIGNATURE... NO DELIVERY!

Certified mail requires a signature. Sending certified mail to a government office means the item goes to a lock box until it is signed for. They don't go running to the lock box every day.

Priority mail would have arrived in a couple days and you would have had tracking number. No signature required. My CHL instructor warned us about this.