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Originally Posted by buymycards
These barcodes cannot be scanned by the clerks or the carriers. These are Intelligent Mail Bar-Codes that can only be read by the high speed sorting machines at the large processing plants. So, let's say that your envelope is mailed in Dodgeville, WI and heading to a small town in Illinois. It won't be tracked/scanned until it arrives at the Processing Plant in Milwaukee. Then, when it arrives at the Distribution Processing Plant in Chicago, it will be scanned/tracked, and then it will arrive at the small town in Illinois, where it won't be tracked or scanned.
eBay will see that this letter was scanned at the Plant in Chicago and is headed for small town Il. That is when eBay shows it as delivered. It should arrive at small town Il. on the same day that it was scanned in Chicago and be delivered that day. (Maybe-Maybe not  )
Remember, your local Post Office, your local clerks, and your carriers cannot scan this IMB. It is completely different than the barcodes that are used to track packages. |
understood....... I guess that last step is when eBay considers it delivered,
although it appears that there is no actual scan at the final destination....has anyone had a card that was noted as "delivered" claim to have not been deliverd? seems inevitable........ which side would eBay take in that event? (probably rhetorical at this point..)