On Thursday, August 19, 2010 02:50:46 pm CP Hennessy wrote:
> However post/address codes are not only interesting for delivery of your
> mail but also for defining your residence (or at least one of a block of
> 30 or 40). This is useful for :
> - routing of emergency services
> - planning purposes
> - statistical purposes
> .. and many other non-postal purposes.
It would be so nice not to have to say on eBay
that I live in Alaska with Zip Code 00000
Incidentally, I think in the US there is some link
between credit card (eg Visa) numbers and zip-codes,
and some (most?) large companies
won't send material to an address with a zip code
that differs from that deduced from the credit card.
--
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