Consumerism Commentary - Latest Comments in Postage Rates and Online Stamps

Re: Postage Rates and Online Stamps

jim — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:02:16 -0000

You can buy stamps online from stamp collectors for less than their value in postage (stamps never expire).

http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/how-to-buy-stamps-under-face-value.html

Also, printed postage, regardless of weight, can be mailed via the blue boxes whereas if you use regular stamps, anything over 16 oz. must be taken to a teller.

If you misweigh it and don't put on enough postage, the PO will return it to the return address but the postage is still valid, just slap on some more.

(I used to be a PowerSeller back in college so I knew all the little tricks to save that precious beer drinking time)

Re: Postage Rates and Online Stamps

Harlan Landes — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:15:16 -0000

The only problem I encountered was a problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is necessary in order to print the stamps and labels. You have to make sure that your reader is configured:

* to load certain plugins (this is the default, but many people remove the plugins to speed up loading times)
* to view PDFs in a separate window (not in the browser -- this is NOT the default)

Re: Postage Rates and Online Stamps

Will Kirby — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:03:26 -0000

I think I'm going to start buying stamps online as well. Have you experienced any problems doing it this way?