[HN Gopher] We're adding barcodes to our regular stamps
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       We're adding barcodes to our regular stamps
        
       Author : admp
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2022-10-05 21:41 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.royalmail.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.royalmail.com)
        
       | Symbiote wrote:
       | At the top:                 > The barcodes will enable exciting
       | new services by connecting physical stamps to the digital world
       | through the Royal Mail app
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       | Then in the FAQ                 > Why are you adding barcodes to
       | stamps?       >       > The move is part of the Company's
       | extensive and ongoing modernisation drive and will allow the
       | unique barcodes to facilitate operational efficiencies, enable
       | the introduction of added security features and pave the way for
       | innovative services for customers.
       | 
       | I wish companies would be honest in the plain language, and avoid
       | phrases like "facilitate operational efficiencies".
       | 
       | "The barcodes will prevent fraud" would be fine.
       | 
       | (People sell counterfeit or used stamps on eBay. The first result
       | is [2], on sale for PS9.99 with a face value of PS80. Royal
       | Mail's own site even says "Counterfeit stamps are often sold in
       | quantities of 55..." [3]. Obviously eBay have a "policy" against
       | this, and obviously they don't enforce it [4].)
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       | [2] https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284986420186
       | 
       | [3]
       | https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/...
       | 
       | [4] https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/prohibited-
       | restricted-i...
        
       | HuangYuSan wrote:
       | I see a barcode without bars but ok
        
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