Automated Postal Centers and insured first class mail

[spiny]

Is this combination possible at the automated machines? The only extra service for a first class letter it offered was certified mail. No nonmachinable .17c surcharge (rigid padded mailer), no insurance. It did offer to let me buy three .41c stamps, though, since the one didn't meet the $1.00 minimum.

 

So, did they really screw up this good concept or did I just miss something?

[gmarguli]

I believe you can purchase up to $200 in insurance from these machines. Above that you need to stand in line.

[spiny]

That's what I thought too, but I (or the two other people that were there) sure didn't see it as a menu option.

[spiny]

Well, I went back and that does appear to be the case. No insurance offered for first class letters. However, it does offer insurance for large sized letters and packages. I just paid the extra .22c for a large letter. I did see an option to pay less for prestamped envelopes, though, so I suppose I could have told it there was .22c on there already and paid postage for the right amount.

[JamminJ]

I believe you can purchase up to $200 in insurance from these machines. Above that you need to stand in line.

 

My local machine recently went up to $500.

[gmarguli]

I believe you can purchase up to $200 in insurance from these machines. Above that you need to stand in line.

 

My local machine recently went up to $500.

 

Perhaps they all did with the rate change? I know it was $200 before the change. Or perhaps you live in a better area with less scammers?

[spiny]

That was the limit on this one too.

[JamminJ]

I believe you can purchase up to $200 in insurance from these machines. Above that you need to stand in line.

 

My local machine recently went up to $500.

 

Perhaps they all did with the rate change? I know it was $200 before the change. Or perhaps you live in a better area with less scammers?

 

I think it was before the rate increase, they had a little sticker that went right over the old $200 text.

[thebeav]

Can you pay cash with this machine, or must it be a credit card ?

 

Paul

[bsshog40]

We don't have one here,but I was wondering, how do these tell how much postage you need to pay for?

[spiny]

1)I think they just take credit and debit cards.

 

2)It has a scale + you tell it what service you want and it calculates the postage.

[bsshog40]

Cool!

[Dwaine]

That is pretty cool, I haven't seen any of those type of machines before. Must be in the larger cities.