Have you ever carefully sent off a postcard entry to arrive before the sweepstakes deadline -- only to find it back in your mailbox the very next day? Apparently the post office machinery can get confused if there's two addresses on a postcard. But if you're required to include your address info to enter a sweepstakes, how can you make sure your postcard arrives at its destination, instead of back at your home?
- According to my local postal worker, the trick is to put your return address at the top of the postcard -- or at least make sure it's higher than the "To" address. The machines read from the bottom of the card, and if they find your return address first, they'll route it back to you.
- Or you can try this method, suggested by SweepSheet:
Tilt the postcard 90 degrees and print your own entry information along that direction.
(See lots more postcard tips in SweepSheet's FAQs.)
Whichever method you try, be sure to mail your postcard entries a little extra early. That way if they're returned to you, you'll still have time to try again.
Good luck!
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