As some of you may know, we were Grip Marketing's mailhouse that they used to fulfill their postcards.
Here is an education from my side of the mailing industry.
http://1stclassmailing.com/TEST3602.PDF If you look at the attached link, it is a PDF of the postal paperwork you should receive with your invoice for mailing.
If you are not getting a copy of this form 3602, just figure your mail did not go out!!!! Item numbers:
1) The owner of the permit. It could be you if you have your own mailing permit, but most likely it will be the mailhouse being used.
2) This should be your marketing companies address and/ or a code referencing your mail piece.
3) The post office that the mail was verified through.
4) The total number of pieces. If this reads 5000 and you were charged for 10000, get your money back!
5) This is the total postage charged to your mailer. Some people mark up postage, others don't. We do not.
6) This form has to be signed by the permit holder...it's mandatory!
7) Every post office that I have ever dealt with in my 17 years of experience stamps the 3602 here. If it is not stamped, again, figure your mail is not mailed. Plain and simple. The date stamps do look different, but it should have a date and a location, and is 99% typcially round! If it is handwritten, ask questions!!!
8) This is the breakdown of postage paid. Add up the numbers and make sure they add to the front of the page, area 4 in our case. Most of the mailings we do for tanning members go at the SCF rate, but we have to pay a shipping company to get them from Georgia to California, so expect a shipping charge on top of the postage. If the mail is "drop shipped" there is an additional postal form called an 8125. You can ask your marketing company for a copy of this also. It will show you where the mailed was shipped to, and when it arrived.
I hope this helps somebody in the near future or down the road. If you have questions, feel free to ask them here or email me.