Ever wish you could see the freebies arriving in your mailbox before they show up? I know I have. What you may not realize is that you can!
The USPS offers a free service called Informed Delivery. Each morning, they'll email scanned photos of your mail hours before it's actually delivered to you!
I started using Informed Delivery during their 2015 soft trial. It was originally super buggy, but today it's so reliable that I've come to rely on it. And it's not just me, as of today over 72 million Americans are using this free service.
My emails typically appear in my inbox before 8:00am each day I have mail arriving. If I don't have any mail on the way, then I don't get an email. Only ~60% of my emails actually have scanned photos, but regardless the emails themselves are nice since they let me know I have mail to grab. And when there are photos of freebies, I tend to get a little excited. Between the emails and then actually getting the freebies, it's like double the joy 🙂
Beyond just the photos, Informed Delivery now lets you do additional services, including:
- See your package details and tracking history
- Leave USPS Delivery Instructions for your carrier
- Schedule a Redelivery for another day
- Report unreceived mail
One note I'll add is that there are times you'll get an image a few days before the mail actually arrives. I learned this the hard way, so I only report unreceived mail if it doesn't arrive about 5 days after the email.
Have any other Hiffers used Informed Delivery yet? What did you think?
