[Topgun 1776]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Is there a reason why not???

Nobody but advertisers mails anything anymore. I've had a 20 stamp roll for 2 years now.

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Is there a reason why not???

I believe you can still purchase postage stamps at an ATM using your debit card. Also they are available at Publix and most supermarkets.

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by Topgun 1776

Nobody but advertisers mails anything anymore. I've had a 20 stamp roll for 2 years now.

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Sad to see no more stamps at postal stations ATM's. Mail and stamps at the same location made sense.

Originally Posted by brunogal

Many comments here on stamps being purchased via ATMs at postal stations. I loved that! However, I was told the USPS quit manufacturing ATM-ready stamps.

Originally Posted by justjim

We are “old school” and still send out Christmas cards, birthday cards, get well cards sympathy cards, etc. Anyway, my point is it’s very easy to get stamps as others have mentioned. Such stamp machines were not and are not cost effective and the USPS did away with them the same as pay phones and other such devices of the past went bye bye. BTW, mailing all these cards are not cost effective either. However, when in the hospital and my brother passed, a card with real writing was sort of nice. But, as I said, we are “old school”! Fore!

Originally Posted by defrey12

Yes! It’s called service and maintenance costs. Sorry to offend, dumb idea. Buy 100 when you go to Post Office.

Originally Posted by bowlingal

jebartle...you can buy stamps anywhere in almost every store. Walgreens, Publix, Winn Dixie are some of the stores that sell them. Why install them at the postal stations and have people breaking into them? You do go to the stores, I'm sure. Pick them up when you go to buy your alcohol

Originally Posted by banjobob

No, not a needed service. Just another opportunity for petty thieves.

Originally Posted by Normal

Nah, the machine wouldn’t be pleasingly aesthetic, and would be a rusted eyesore in 10 years.

Originally Posted by rochellepfaff

They used to sell stamps at the ATMs at the postal stations. That stopped about 10 year ago.

Originally Posted by coconutmama

So true. Probably rusted in even 5 years & not maintained

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Cost? We have what, close to a hundred postal stations now? That’s a lot of vending machines. A roll of stamps lasts me more than a year. The machines would never pay for themselves. The Postal Service loses enough money as it is. Why add to it?

Originally Posted by njbchbum

Get our stamps by the roll. Why tempt vandalism with exterior machines with cash in them?

Originally Posted by villagetinker

I would go for getting from the contract worker, IF THEY HAVE THE TIME, but I do not see any advantage to having machines at the postal stations. There are many places to get stamps, all of the food stores, probably most of the gas stations.

Originally Posted by Smalley

It's easy to buy stamps at supermarket, post office, by mail. The cost and effort to put machines at every postal station in TV is NOT justified.

Originally Posted by 427dave

We use to be able to buy stamps from the ATM machines at all postal stations. When they stopped doing that I ask the bank why? They just said the stamps would not longer fit in the ATM they were the wrong size. They said I can buy them at the bank drive up window.

Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os

I believe you can still purchase postage stamps at an ATM using your debit card. Also they are available at Publix and most supermarkets.

Since some posters think it's too hard to read the whole thread before posting, here is the summary: Stamps used to be sold at the postal station atm's. It was stopped a while back.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Since some posters think it's too hard to read the whole thread before posting, here is the summary: Stamps used to be sold at the postal station atm's. It was stopped a while back.

I don't have a Citizen's First account that operates the postal station ATMs. But, I assume that the stamps were sold by the bank as a convenience to their customers, and that the USPS had nothing to do with it. Is that correct?

[Rodneysblue]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Correct. But Publix does it as a free service to their customers. The Post Office has nothing to do with it.

So then putting stamp machines at postal stations would be the same as buying them at Publix. Maybe even a better, due to the fact that the postal station workers are under contract with the USPS.

[TomSpasm]

4 pages of comments and nobody has suggested that you use your computer and go to USPS.com and browse every stamp that is currently available, make a choice or choices, pay for them, and have it conveniently delivered to your house in days? All from the comfort of your own home? Perfect example of what's wrong with this site now, everyone chiming in with what they think is somehow amusing, but very few who actually give any decent answers to the questions posed.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

4 pages of comments and nobody has suggested that you use your computer and go to USPS.com and browse every stamp that is currently available, make a choice or choices, pay for them, and have it conveniently delivered to your house in days? All from the comfort of your own home? Perfect example of what's wrong with this site now, everyone chiming in with what they think is somehow amusing, but very few who actually give any decent answers to the questions posed.

Correct. But they will charge you a "handling" fee. If you order a book of 20 stamps, the handling fee is $1.55. And, if your stamps get lost in the mail, good luck getting your money back. LOL.

I would rather go to Publix. No fees.

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I don't have a Citizen's First account that operates the postal station ATMs. But, I assume that the stamps were sold by the bank as a convenience to their customers, and that the USPS had nothing to do with it. Is that correct?

Yes, other than selling them the stamps.

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

What are Postage Stamps?

Hmmm, maybe that's why I get the look when I breakout my checkbook, now don't ask, what is a checkbook, it's hard converting when you're ancient, ha!

[Fenster]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Is there a reason why not???

Sorry, you have exceeded the limit for question marks.

[Bogie Shooter]

And I thought dog poop threads were silly.

[jimkerr]

How do people make it through life, retire and not understand how to buy stamps?

[Hardlyworking]

I’d prefer a mail shredder at each postal station.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Hmmm, maybe that's why I get the look when I breakout my checkbook, now don't ask, what is a checkbook, it's hard converting when you're ancient, ha!

Fun fact our Granddaughter (college grad entering Med school this fall) has never written a check, doesn’t have a checkbook, and had never addressed an envelope. Buying stamps was a bigger question.

Sadly every student in her dorm complex had zero experience.

I get all my stamps from the post office to choose something different, any place else usually carries regular stamps. It must be popular because early November all the Christmas stamps were sold out.

[BlueStarAirlines]

Originally Posted by jebartle

Is there a reason why not???

I just buy them from USPS.com and they get delivered to my mailbox. If in a rush, there is always Publix. I'll caveat all that with I used 9 stamps in 2022. With online banking and such, the need for stamps continues to drop.