Stamps.com

I've been a stamps.com user for more than 3 years. About a year ago, they changed my $4.99 account to a more expensive option at $15.99 - without telling me. When I noticed the change on my credit card bill, I contacted them and after an hour's worth of ...

Pros: Convenient, an excellent trial program, and the best Customer Service around
Cons: Some may not like the restrictions

Stamps.com is a watershed site for Internet services. You can purchase all manner of postage, from First Class to Overnight, you can do it all from a PC with an inkjet or laser printer. You can even ship packages over 1 lb from home, so long as you can...

Pros: convenience, easy to use
Cons: no book rate supported (update coming)

Back early last year I got really interested in the idea of buying postage online. I found that at the time, you needed a special box connected to your computer to do this. Well, I am happy to say--not any more!!

My selection of stamps.com...

Pros: simple to use, handy for business needs
Cons: stamping on the right day, priority boxes still have to go to the counter.

Website: http://www.stamps.com/

This is the first thing I have ever known the United States Postal Service to have done for me, that I can honestly say, "Thank You! I love this!". Up to this point, I have usually taken USPS for...

Pros: Easy!!!!
Cons: too Easy LOL!!!!

Once you STAMP.COM, you will never go back!!!!!

I honestly signed up for Stamps.com simply because they gave me $20.00 in free postage
for a month. I figured, HEY!, What the heck right??!!?? I was very unsure about printing
postage...

I decided to try Stamps.com because of a radio special that included a free $50 scale and $45 of postage. There was a 1-month trial, so I thought I may as well try it out.I installed the software, which is handy and kinda nice, except ...

Pros: easy, quick, many services, new features include postcards and parcel post, great new interface!
Cons: occasionally difficult to configure printer

I signed up for Stamps.com during version 1.0, and I have really loved using it. Now comes version 2.0, and it improves the service so much it's amazing!

First, the basics of Stamps.com:

Normal service fees are...

Pros: Easy to use, FREE postage. no lines
Cons: wish you could make money orders and wish came with a scale.

I heard on my local station that there was a program that I could download off the internet, it was called. Stamps.com, I though to myself yeah right I'm sure I can get this program and it be free. So I went to www.stamps.com and downloaded it.

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Pros: Good idea
Cons: Too many problems

I was pulled in by their wonderful offer -- $25 in free postage. As much mail as I send out, free postage sounded great. And to begin with, the service was great. But after repeated attempts to print postage to certain places, I grew more and more...

Pros: Images can be added to address or stamp; can print on a variety of envelopes and labels;
Cons: no airmail, must print addressee's address, dated (so you must use within a given time of printing), and a whole lot of other strict-use rules.

Stamps.com is a service that sells... stamps. You pay a monthly fee (10% of the amount of postage printed, with a minimum fee of $4.49) and you can print your postage on your own printer. That's the simple premise. They also let you try the service...

Pros: no going to the post office
Cons: billing errors, hard to log on to account

I was drawn by the advantage of not going to the post office every time I needed to get a stamp, not to mention $20.00 of free postage to start off with. So I bit and signed up.

Then the problems began you are charged a monthly fee of...

Pros: Easy to get started
Cons: They like to pass the buck, so to speak

** UPDATE 7/6/2000 ** SEE END OF REVIEW **

I'm lazy by nature. In this small town, if you want to mail your packages, you have to do it on the post office's time. If you are too busy during the day to get it done, forget it, and hope you make...

Pros: Ease of use, Low Service Fees
Cons: License Wait

Electronic Postage has hit the U.S. Postal service, and it could not have picked a better time. Nowadays, with so many people selling and buying via on-line auctions, this tool is invaluable in avoiding the long lines at the post office, and providing a...

Pros: easy, convenient, no upfront capital costs, killer service
Cons: Won't let you print postage to addresses not in the USPS database(no mail for the Unabombers of the world), Need to have an Internet connection to use it, not yet available to people w/o a credit card (soon tho)

You don't have to go to the post office anymore, so it's time to sell your bulletproof limo, fire your armed bodyguards, retire your kevlar body suit, and sell your Uzi. No more rude clerks putting up the "This Window is Closed" sign when you...

Pros: Looks neat on an envelope
Cons: Huge waste of time and money

I tried Stamps.com just to try to be on the "leading edge". They even offered $20 free postage when I signed up. The service works like this...

* You d/l the software (free), get a postal license (free), and get the proper kind of...