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by postmuffin on August 4th, 2006
Although businesses have postage meters, Post Offices have PVIs (Postage Validation Imprint). They are connected to our retail computers (there are several types). In order to print a PVI label, it requires numerous keystrokes on the machine. So, a postal clerk might use a PVI for an 84 cent international label, or they might just sell you a stamp. Some people think they could give us a stack of mail and we could "run it through our meter." Our machine does not work like a postage meter and it would take us longer to print PVI labels for each letter than it would take to stick stamps on. Hope this answered your question.
by danielcboyer on February 24th, 2008
In addition to the answer by postmuffin above one might also note that some POs have self-service kiosks that print out value imprints.
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Alright, thanks a lot! I guess I'll just go with stamps.
by anonymous on August 4th, 2006
You definitely know your stuff when it comes to mailing, even more than I would expect a postman to know. +2 to yet another informative post.
by andrewman327 on May 30th, 2007
Thanks!
by postmuffin on June 15th, 2007