New eBay Standard Envelope

[insidethewrapper]

With the new tracking on ebay I have had one lost or missing item . So I issued a missing item search at USPS.com. The local postmaster contacted me and he know nothing about this new envelope option on ebay. Here is what I got back from him recently :
" I have reached out to District and they have heard nothing about this type of tracking.
This tracking number is not compatible with USPS tracking.
I think you should reach out to EBay and ask if there is an additional tracking number or information they can provide.
It appears there is some misinformation floating around. "

So USPS scans the item but it doesn't go into their system so they can't track it, but the data goes to ebay and the ebay seller/buyer . That is unbelievable to me.

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

With the new tracking on ebay I have had one lost or missing item . So I issued a missing item search at USPS.com. The local postmaster contacted me and he know nothing about this new envelope option on ebay. Here is what I got back from him recently :
" I have reached out to District and they have heard nothing about this type of tracking.
This tracking number is not compatible with USPS tracking.
I think you should reach out to EBay and ask if there is an additional tracking number or information they can provide.
It appears there is some misinformation floating around. "

So USPS scans the item but it doesn't go into their system so they can't track it, but the data goes to ebay and the ebay seller/buyer . That is unbelievable to me.

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.

[tonyo]

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..)

[jayshum]

I recently purchased a card that apparently was shipped using this system. I didn't understand what the ESU tracking number was when I saw it. The tracking info shows a little differently than something shipped with regular USPS tracking. For instance, it doesn't show arrival at my local post office. Instead, the Out for Delivery status shows from the sorting facility that is usually the last stop before my local PO. However, the status in the tracking does show Delivered on the date and time my mail was delivered that day and I received the card.

[buymycards]

Originally Posted by jayshum

I recently purchased a card that apparently was shipped using this system. I didn't understand what the ESU tracking number was when I saw it. The tracking info shows a little differently than something shipped with regular USPS tracking. For instance, it doesn't show arrival at my local post office. Instead, the Out for Delivery status shows from the sorting facility that is usually the last stop before my local PO. However, the status in the tracking does show Delivered on the date and time my mail was delivered that day and I received the card.

Yes, that is all done through the magic of GPS and the expected delivery time that is determined by the scans of the carrier when he/she leaves the office. These are not actual scans of the letter.