Consumer Technology

Holiday Mailing Made Easy

The holiday lights are up, the mall Santas have arrived and you're almost finished with your holiday shopping. The only thing left to do now is get those gifts and cards in the mail.

If you're like most people, you're probably dreading that stop at the post office more than Christmas dinner with the in-laws right now. Everyone knows the lines get long as soon as the holiday music starts playing on the radio. The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve are the U.S. Postal Service's busiest time of the year -- an estimated 20 billion cards, letters and packages will be delivered during that time frame.

When it comes time to send their holiday greetings, most people just shrug their shoulders, take a deep breath and take their place in line. But you can avoid all the hassle by getting yourself a postage meter.  

Pitney Bowes offers one that's easy to use. The mailstation is a compact, desktop meter with a built in scale that weighs your envelopes and packages and then calculates and prints exact postage instantly -- at the touch of a button. Never over stamp your envelopes again. Once your mail is metered, give it to a mail carrier and you are done!

Once you sign up for the service, you can use the meter for mailing standard letters, oversize envelopes, packages and even Priority Mail. You'll have to fund an account to pay for your postage, and the meter hooks up to a telephone line to access it. If you run low, you can dial in your request to add funds 24/7.

Right now, you can try the mailstation risk-free for 90-days and get $50 in free postage coupons by clicking here. Once the holidays are over, you can continue to use the meter to print postage any time you need to send out bills, correspondence or gifts for friends and loved ones. Perfect for small businesses and people who work from home.

Think about it, with a postage meter, you'll never have to stand in line at the post office again.

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