On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:10:14 +0100, Owain put finger to keyboard and
typed:

CWatters wrote:
A bloke on "Today" implied that they'd consider the postage to have been
not paid on packages whose stamp barcode has previously been scanned.
I wonder if the system copes with someone scanning the same parcel twice by
mistake.

Hopefully, as the barcode seems to incorporate both the date of posting
(+ 1 day) and the recipient address, if the barcode detail agrees with
the physical packet they would let it through, on the assumption it's a
scanning error.

If the system stores all the scans it should pick up patterns of
fraudulent use such as companies using one low value stamp to send lots
of items every day to head office - which is about the only worthwhile
fraud opportunity I can think of, given the stamps are restricted by
date and recipient.

Is the recipient address definitely coded into the barcode? It isn't
on the similar SmartStamp product which has been available to
businesses for a while.

Mark
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