posted on August 1, 2000 03:53:29 PM new
I use it and it is utterly totally and completely worth the cost. Made lots of money with the time I have not spent treking to the post office.
posted on August 1, 2000 07:33:27 PM new
I've seen cd-roms all over town for stamps.com but the cd-roms I've seen are all Windows based, & I'm on a Mac. Are there any Mac-friendly setups out there? what are the costs involved?
I stand in line at the P.O. every single day. It drives me nuts. What a waste of time!
posted on August 2, 2000 03:52:01 AM new
I sell mostly books and ship bookrate. I also collect stamps and love to buy all the newest ones!!! So all my buyers get the correct postage on their package with all the nice and unusual stamps that the USPS has been putting out lately. My mailbox is large enough to stack 6 or 7 books for the mailman to pick up. I only go to the post office when I need more stamps. This only works for small items, but that's what I'm selling. My buyers love the stamps, and it makes the packages look very interesting!!! Have you looked at the new $3.20 holographic "Escaping the Gravity of Earth" stamp? I had a printed matter air mail package to France with $7.20 postage, and used the sheet for that one. It looked sharp!!!!! Hope the buyer in France likes it, too. Using stamps takes a little extra time, but it's worth it to me. (Wish everybody would send me back the stamps ) Or at least pass them on to another stamp collector!!!
posted on August 2, 2000 07:38:28 AM new
The only Mac compatable online postage service I have been able to find is simplypostage by Neopost. They are currently promoting a pro system that weighs and prints postage which costs $50.00 with $50.00 worth of free postage so the setup is free. The monthly fee is $14.95 plus the cost of the labels. They did have a smaller setup without the scale a couple of months ago for $9.95/month but I am unable to find it online anymore they may still have it if you called them.
posted on August 2, 2000 09:42:35 PM new
Thanks for your informative post, countyguy. That's good info to know.
Heike55- That's really cool. What do you do if a customer wants insurance though? Many of mine request it, even on books.
I wish your idea would work for me, but our house has a stupid mail slot in the front door, we don't have a mailbox. In some ways it's nice because I know my mail won't be tampered with by neighbors' kids, the way it used to be at my old place. But I'm SOL when I want to send things. Luckily the PO is all of 2 blocks from where I live, because needless to say, I'm there frequently.
posted on August 3, 2000 04:45:50 AM new
you can order shipping boxes, tape and address labels from the post office ( you have to call a 800 to get them) and they will deliver them to you free of charge, this helps out if you send everything pirioty mail, what i like is they will print your address on the labels for you , that saves some time,
) Or at least pass them on to another stamp collector!!!