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Check in the Mail? Postal Service Ready to Tell You Where

Hey! The U.S. Postal System is moving into the 20th century! Of course, the rest of us have already moved into the 21st century, but what the hell...

Larry Dignan writes in Baseline:

If the U.S. Postal Service has its way, "the check is in the mail" excuse will no longer be valid. The company that sent you the bill could verify whether you're bluffing through a bar code on the return envelope scanned by the Postal Service.

That tracking system, which starts this month, is one way the Postal Service is making first-class mail such as bills and personal correspondence more valuable, in a world full of e-mail and electronic documents. Meanwhile, the red, white and blue may just become a serious competitor to brown—United Parcel Service—in small-package delivery.

posted by Fergie @ 7/06/2005 03:19:00 PM