New Meters Let Consumers Dial Up Postage

Thursday, March 1, 2001

SEES SS SEEKS SSS Ss an nF AYA iS SSS SSS SS SSS New Meters Let Consumers Dial Up Postage (NAPSA)—One of the oldest forms of communication—the mail-—is making use of the latest technology to save consumers time and raoney The U.S. Postal Service has put its stamy of approval on a plan that will allow businesses to remotely reset their postage meters using phone lines or the internet. Under a plan that was set im motion in 1995, the Postal Service is gradually retiring all manually reset postage meters. It is believed upgrading to remote set meters will save businesses time, The Postal Service has a new program that lets companies reset a postage meter without since employees can stay on the job rather than heading off to the post office to have a meterreset. This new technology will also help businesses manage their accounts more efficiently. Businesses can set up payment plans tailored to fit a company’s business eycles. And, remote set meters make postage available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week depending on the manufacturer’s plan selected. Consumers will have at least three months from the time the lease on their meter expires to replace their manually reset meter with a meter that is set over a phone line. Four companies will provide taking it to the post office. Neopost, Pitney Bowes and Fcotyp-Postahia. The program, called Postage To learn more about howto gave your business time and money, visit the Web site at WWW.USDS.cOm. the new meters: Ascom Hasler, Now, also offers several new pay- ment options, designed to save time and increase efficiency. Con- sumers can sign up for ACH Dehit, which sets up a direct debit to a bank account and immediate access to postage. This tsfer takes effect the same business day. Another option, called ACH Credit, lets the consumer’s bank credit a postal account from the bank aecount of the consumer’s choice. This tsaction takes place in a single business day. The third option, called Federal Wire, sends the money directly from the consumer’s bank to a postage account. This can be done in two to three hours.

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