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<p>[QUOTE="lackluster, post: 1289851, member: 21103"]Mail carriers have barcodes along the route to scan everyday. This shows what time the carrier was at that point in his/her delivery. If a carrier scans a package delivered or whatever, that may also be brought up on a report that shows the exact time of the scan. This would show approximately where the carrier was (between which two scan points) on the route. Scan points are typically 45-min to 1 Hr apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most letter mail is sorted to the route by a machine and occasionaly it is put on the wrong street (East-West) (North-South) or other possible errors. The carrier hopefully will catch these errors before delivery, but not always. Parcels however are not sorted this way and are much less likely to be delivered to the wrong address. Things being delivered next door is always possible unfortunately as no one is perfect. If your package was delived to the other side of town, this would show up on the scan. The scanner shows which carrier delivered the package and at what time, chances are a different carrier is delivering a different section of the town.</p><p><br /></p><p>No system is perfect. Parcels are misdelivered, parcels are delivered and stolen. Some people get the package then claim they didn't. Unfortunately it all comes down to honesty on everyones part. Too bad everyobne is not honest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lack[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lackluster, post: 1289851, member: 21103"]Mail carriers have barcodes along the route to scan everyday. This shows what time the carrier was at that point in his/her delivery. If a carrier scans a package delivered or whatever, that may also be brought up on a report that shows the exact time of the scan. This would show approximately where the carrier was (between which two scan points) on the route. Scan points are typically 45-min to 1 Hr apart. Most letter mail is sorted to the route by a machine and occasionaly it is put on the wrong street (East-West) (North-South) or other possible errors. The carrier hopefully will catch these errors before delivery, but not always. Parcels however are not sorted this way and are much less likely to be delivered to the wrong address. Things being delivered next door is always possible unfortunately as no one is perfect. If your package was delived to the other side of town, this would show up on the scan. The scanner shows which carrier delivered the package and at what time, chances are a different carrier is delivering a different section of the town. No system is perfect. Parcels are misdelivered, parcels are delivered and stolen. Some people get the package then claim they didn't. Unfortunately it all comes down to honesty on everyones part. Too bad everyobne is not honest. Lack[/QUOTE]
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