on Jun 28th, 2013 | 17 comments  Postal customers often choose
to stand in line at the counter of their local Post Office, even
as an open self-service kiosk sits nearby. In some cases,
customers might prefer to interact with a window clerk, perhaps
to make sure they purchase the right service or because they
want to buy a specialty service not available from the automated
kiosk.  But some customers might be unaware that they can get
many of the same services at a kiosk that they get from the
window. For example, they can buy postage; weigh and send
packages; use the ZIP Code lookup feature; and obtain fairly
large quantities of First-Class Mail stamps (up to 100 self-
adhesive packets). With about 2,500 kiosks in 2,300 retail
locations and many of them accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, kiosks are convenient and fairly simple to use.  Consumers
have grown so accustomed to using self-service kiosks, including
automated teller machines and airline ticketing kiosks, that
many people barely remember a time