09-18-2017 07:42 PM
My Post Office recently installed the new Automated Parcel Drop (APD). I love it. You press a button, scan your package, lift the door, place package inside, close it, and it prints a receipt. Conveyor drops it on the other side. Only downfall is you can only do one package at a time. No more worries about the scan for on time shipping. Anyone else have this new Automated Parcel Drop?
09-18-2017 08:19 PM
That must be a big city thing. Our Post Office doesn't even have a stamp machine
But it sounds awesome for those that drop off at the PO after hours!
09-18-2017 08:26 PM
I've never even heard of them. Sounds like a great idea though. I have started putting bright red SCAN ME stickers on the front and it's worked great so far. Not that they probably HAVE to any way, but still...
09-18-2017 08:26 PM
09-18-2017 09:00 PM
I am green with envy! I bet it's gonna take quite a long while before one of those doo-dads reaches Picayune, Mississippi.
09-18-2017 09:05 PM
Heck, I still have to bring a feed-bag filled with oats to bribe the horse, before the Pony Express rider will even saddle up. . ..
09-18-2017 09:08 PM
It's the Cupertino, CA Post Office. Am I allowed to post a link the the USPS Article about it? It says, "The machines are being tested in five retail lobbies in California, Florida, New York, North Dakota and Virginia". I think it's only in service during post office hours. I went there on Saturday after the counter was closed and the Machine was turned off.
09-18-2017 09:14 PM
Only five! It's definitely gonna take forever then. Drat.
My tiny local PO has only one window and a lobby that isn't much bigger than a bathtub. It's always absolutely crammed with people waiting to see the postal clerk. One of those machines would be the answer to standing in line for ten or 15 minutes ever time I visit the PO.
09-18-2017 11:37 PM
I am in the lowest part of Texas spit and you hit Mexican territory . We have an after hours drop chute inside the lobby of our post office 24 hours problem is 5 minutes after the counter closes the chute is full. its would be great for weekends but again 5 minutes after counter closes its full so got to wait for Monday really defeats the purpose of 24 hour all weekend post office ?"><:+ Jealous too .
09-19-2017 06:28 AM
09-19-2017 06:33 AM
@anniebrosia No but take a picture of it next time you are there and then post it here. I would love that but our P.O. can get so busy with people selling on line I can see there being a line there at times. But that would be agreat addition.
09-19-2017 06:35 AM
@1786davycrockett wrote:Heck, I still have to bring a feed-bag filled with oats to bribe the horse, before the Pony Express rider will even saddle up. . ..
lol! Here they make us use a shovel around the horse's hitching post before we can mail anything!
09-19-2017 07:32 AM
I can only wish. hand written labels, each box tied with a string. You go to the post office, take a number and sit and wait. Tracking is affixed to each parcel individually, the label is then scanned by the clerk who then decides the postage rate. We have a worker who just does post office delivery. There is no pick up here, nothing automated. One thing I do miss about the States.
09-19-2017 09:31 AM
Next time I go to the PO, I will take a photo of the Machine. No packages for the PO today 😞
09-19-2017 11:08 AM