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@clarry100 wrote:

 

 

I've seen some kind of machines you must be able to hire or buy (maybe??) but don't seem to be able to understand the requirements to have/operate one of these. They must be able to generate postage paid stickers for your envelopes. But I suspect you need to be sending out something like 500+ items per day to qualify for these.

 

 

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You have to apply for a license to use a postage meter, but I don't know about any specific requirements (there doesn't seem to be volume requirements, anyway).

They look to me more like cost and/or time-saving devices for things other than actual postage costs, to be honest. I see hire charges for a machine start from around $10 a week (not sure about purchasing one outright, but Pitney Bowes supplies them.... )

At $10.00 a week hire, you'd need to be spending more than $400 a week on postage before the 2.5% rebate could actually save you any outgoing costs, and that's not taking into consideration any other associated expenses with operating one (which I'm sure there probably are).

Here's the AP guide for them, anyway: http://auspost.com.au/media/documents/Postage-meter-service-guide.pdf