But I don't trust snail mail

By Matt Holmes / June 24, 2011

In this electronic age, I'm completely mystified that a mass media event like the San Diego Comic Con won't allow me to send my verification press material via e-mail, which they would recieve instantly and painlessly, with a much higher chance of not being lost or damaged because of human error. Instead they insist that all material must be sent via snail mail. I rarely send real post across the Atlantic but usually when I buy American Blu-Rays and DVDs they can take anywhere between 10 days to 4 weeks to arrive, so I'm starting to panic that the material won't make it in time for the strict June 26th deadline. They require...

Business card with name, editorial title and media outlet's logo along with a printed copy of your online publication with your name and title appearing in an editorial capacity along with a copy of the web site's address.

Couldn't they just accept this stuff via email? As of writing, they are yet to respond to my email questioning whether an exception can be made in our case because we come from the U.K. but I haven't heard back from them yet. Granted, this was only sent about four minutes ago. This snail policy just seems insane.