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In case anyone was curious, mailing cash is legal according to this Snopes Article - www.snopes.com/legal/postal/sendcash.asp Can't find a current USPS FAQ, th

In case anyone was curious, mailing cash is legal according to this Snopes Article - www.snopes.com/legal/postal/sendcash.asp Can't find a current USPS FAQ, though.

thrownaway2424 11y ago
Who would think this was not legal, and why?
- fluxsauce 11y ago
  Mailing physical cash? Because it's a security concern? (theft)
  - thrownaway2424 11y ago
    You never got a birthday card in the mail with a $10 bill inside?
    - fluxsauce 11y ago
      Just socks, maybe the $10 bills were stolen ;-) A transient mailing of discrete paper cash is different than a call-to-action requesting coins that will be delivered to the same address on a regular basis.
  - callumlocke 11y ago
    Why would a security concern (which would apply to mailing anything of value, not just cash) imply any legal issue?
    - fluxsauce 11y ago
      If a particular address was known to consistently receive cash in the mail, wouldn't that make it a target of theft? As someone who lives in the Bay Area and has seen car windows smashed for the change in the cupholder and a friend's motorcycle knocked over to get the flattened soda can that was being used as a stabilizer, yes, that's a security concern.
      - cglace 11y ago
        How would you know if a particular address receives cash in the mail?
        fluxsauce 11y ago
        Well, in this case visit their website :-)
- neic 11y ago
  It is illegal in Denmark.
- teraflop 11y ago
  I think it's just one of those factoids that gets passed around through pop-culture because nobody takes the time to verify it. Before reading the Snopes page just now, I would probably have said that I was pretty sure mailing cash was technically illegal. But thinking about it now, I have no idea where I got that idea from.
  - chc 11y ago
    The Postal Service advises against it. You probably heard some postal official say "Don't mail cash" and mistook it as a citation of law rather than simple advice.
thisone 11y ago
I can't be the only person who remembers taping a penny to a Columbia House mailer.

In case anyone was curious, mailing cash is legal according to this Snopes Article - www.snopes.com/legal/postal/sendcash.asp Can't find a current USPS FAQ, though.

thrownaway2424 11y ago

Who would think this was not legal, and why?

fluxsauce 11y ago
Mailing physical cash? Because it's a security concern? (theft)
- thrownaway2424 11y ago
  You never got a birthday card in the mail with a $10 bill inside?
  - fluxsauce 11y ago
    Just socks, maybe the $10 bills were stolen ;-) A transient mailing of discrete paper cash is different than a call-to-action requesting coins that will be delivered to the same address on a regular basis.
- callumlocke 11y ago
  Why would a security concern (which would apply to mailing anything of value, not just cash) imply any legal issue?
  - fluxsauce 11y ago
    If a particular address was known to consistently receive cash in the mail, wouldn't that make it a target of theft? As someone who lives in the Bay Area and has seen car windows smashed for the change in the cupholder and a friend's motorcycle knocked over to get the flattened soda can that was being used as a stabilizer, yes, that's a security concern.
    - cglace 11y ago
      How would you know if a particular address receives cash in the mail?
      - fluxsauce 11y ago
        Well, in this case visit their website :-)
neic 11y ago
It is illegal in Denmark.
teraflop 11y ago
I think it's just one of those factoids that gets passed around through pop-culture because nobody takes the time to verify it. Before reading the Snopes page just now, I would probably have said that I was pretty sure mailing cash was technically illegal. But thinking about it now, I have no idea where I got that idea from.
- chc 11y ago
  The Postal Service advises against it. You probably heard some postal official say "Don't mail cash" and mistook it as a citation of law rather than simple advice.

thisone 11y ago

I can't be the only person who remembers taping a penny to a Columbia House mailer.