Re: OT: USPS "informed delivery"

On 20/11/2024 01:07, Don Y wrote:

I'm trying to figure out the business sense of this.
It obviously costs something to implement.  What is
the expected (long-term?) payback?  Do they expect to
eventually allow people to READ their mail BEFORE it
is delivered?  Simply knowing that <something> is
on its way doesn't really seem to be much in terms
of added value...

I'm surprised that they don't offer it already. Typically used for serving legal documents or ship smaller valuable items in the UK. It is marginally cheaper than most proper couriers.
Most normal UK stamps now have unique potentially traceable QR style codes on them. The forged ones do too (it was supposed to prevent that).
They charge a premium price for signed for and tracked postal services. It is about the only thing they make money on now. You can see where the your parcel is sat rotting away due to their incompetence.
UK PO have priced themselves out of the market for letter post with most people and businesses using email instead. Virtual eCards at Xmas.
The only reason I have surface mail delivered is for utility bills and council tax to be able to prove who I am at banks (trivial to forge). UK doesn't have any coherent proof of ID system - it is a monumental joke.
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Martin Brown