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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 2052661, member: 37498&quot;]The QR code or the bar code would not need to contain a URL or an item number.&nbsp; The QR code or the bar code need only contain the tracking number, which can then be linked to a great many number of associated things.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, when a postal employee scans a bar code, they are able to see when that package was accepted at the post office, when it was loaded onto a vehicle, when it arrived at the destination post office, when it went out for delivery, and when it was delivered.&nbsp; All of this information was retrieved by just using the bar code to obtain the tracking number, but that information was not contained in the bar code.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be easy to store any information that was passed to them from eBay/PayPal in their system, and associate that information to the tracking number.&nbsp; eBay/PayPal is obviously communicating with the USPS, because they send the payment information to them along with the tracking number, names, addresses, package type, weight, dimensions, service options, etc..&nbsp; They could easily tuck the twelve digit auction ID into that transmission as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>From a technical standpoint, there is no reason the USPS can&#039;t be doing this.&nbsp; Even the intranet limitation wouldn&#039;t stop them as that would only prevent them from opening a web browser and manually navigating to the auction.&nbsp; It wouldn&#039;t stop the USPS servers from being able to forward auction information to their screen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is that there is absolutely no technical limitation that is preventing the USPS or FedEx from doing what has been described in this thread.&nbsp; If they have chosen not to do this, it would be for business/ethical/legal reasons only.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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