If you pay by credit card, the label prints with metered postage, so there's no postmark. . . .
. . . and unfortunately, when you drop it off at the post office, we aren't allowed to do an acceptance scan. . . . . I don't agree with that, but the "logic" is that your printing of the label online qualifies as acceptance. . . . I disagree, because you may wait a few days to bring it in, so the data would be inaccurate (or not bring it in at all). . . . you may see a considerate clerk do it on occasion, but officially they aren't supposed to. . . . I've already looked up some DC numbers on some sniper packages, and have come up empty. . . . .
. . . . we need Columbo. . . . . .