What is the bar code on us post office mail sent to me and thown in the trash?

When I throw out junk mail I shred the name and address but many envelopes have a long bar code on them from the post office.

What's on that bar code?

Reply to
delvon daily
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It is a 65 bar barcode used for sorting. The mailer gets a discount if they print it one the envelope. It is for automation.

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Ed Pawlowski

Also, if you ever return a piece of mail to the PO that was mis-addressed to you,and you mark it "Unknown at This Address" or other like "Pls Fwd", be sure to mark out that bar code, or it will come right back to you.

BTDT.

Reply to
Anonymous

Apparently that was Elvis Presley's problem and the girl didn't want to break up with him after all. But the letter kept coming back and they never saw each other again. She ended up drinking a lot, entering a sanitarium, and later becoming a go-go dancer on the Strip. It didn't end well.

Reply to
micky

Your exact delivery address....zip + 4, street and house number.

Some day soon, it will probably include what you ate for dinner the night before.

Reply to
Wade Garrett

Bullshit

Reply to
M. L.

OK, so what is it for? You made a simple minded statement with nothing to back it up. Put up some facts.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

He is just wrong. It is certainly for the sorting machine and they do give mass mailers a discount if they include it along with the other requirements for automated mail.

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Reply to
gfretwell

You and Ed should get a room, faggots!

Reply to
M. L.

I figured out "mostly" what's on the bar code based on what others said.

The bar code only includes the last two digits of your street address. The bar code does not include the street, or your name. Nor the beginning part of the street address (just the last 2 digits).

It includes your zip code, and some other stuff that I think (but I'm not sure) is related to the "route" that the local post office will use to sort the mail (maybe to a specific truck?).

It does include a serial number that the sender (not the post office, but the sender) keeps a record of that does cross reference to your exact piece of mail though, but only the sender knows this information (from what I can tell so far).

If someone has better information than that, particularly about the route, that would be helpful.

Reply to
delvon daily

Actually it IS true.Mostly. Mass mailers get a discount if they have the proper sorting codes on their outgoing mail.

The Intelligent Mail barcode is a 65-bar Postal ServiceĀ™ barcode used to sort and track letters and flats. It allows mailers to use a single barcode to participate in multiple Postal Service programs simultaneously, expands mailers' ability to track individual mailpieces, and provides greater mail stream visibility.

The barcode is applied by the sender; the Postal Service required use of the Intelligent Mail barcode to qualify for automation prices beginning January 28, 2013. Use of the barcode provides increased overall efficiency, including improved deliverability, and new services. Barcoding your mail may entitle you to a lower postage price, but ONLY if all the other requirements for automation postage prices are met.A barcode alone will NOT qualify your mail for automation prices.

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Clare Snyder

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"Barcoding your mail may entitle you to a lower postage price, but ONLY if all the other requirements for automation postage prices are met. A barcode alone will NOT qualify your mail for automation prices. "

Anything to do with Intelligent Mail will leave you out in the cold.

Reply to
rbowman

One of the uses of the IM barcode is origin tracking. For example Netflix uses this with their DVDs. When you return a DVD, it's scanned at the USPS facility and Neflix is notified. This allows them to decrease the turnaround time by mailing the next DVD on your queue before they physical receive the mailer. They can't speed up the delivery time when they mail you the DVD, but it takes the delivery time for the return out of the equation resulting in happier customers.

Reply to
rbowman

Don't let your mommy see what you are writing on her computer. No snack for you after school.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

The clothing rental subscription service LeTote does the same thing to speed up turnaround.

Reply to
Anonymous

Clothing rental? I don't have to wash underwear any more? How do I know I'd not get pants the last guy crapped in?

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

Actually, Le Tote is women's only, and I don't think they do undies. My adult daughter has been a customer for several years now with no complaints.

Reply to
Anonymous

I read somewhere that Generation Whatever is comfortable renting rather than buying many things. I suppose there is precedent. I dimly recall many years ago on another planet renting a tux for a prom.

Reply to
rbowman

You can rent a special tool when needed or even rent a wife for an hour at a time so I guess clothing is no different.

Did the tux thing for a prom and my wedding too. They were a few years apart so I took it back after the prom. Wore my own Jockeys though.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

Ed, I didn't want to tell him that in fact, we once did rent a room at the local Hilton...but that it was to spend the afternoon with his wife and two college-age daughters. Were they freakin' hot or what!!

Reply to
Wade Garrett

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