Automated Postal Center

Postal Service offers quick, easy, convenient alternative to the retail counter

BLOOMINGTON, IN — Waiting in line seems to be a way of life. The Bloomington Postmaster says the Postal Service offers customers an option for buying stamps or mailing packages at the local Post Office besides standing in line at the retail counter.

The Bloomington Post Office, 206 E 4th Street, has the Postal Service's version of an ATM, an Automated Postal Center (APC). It allows customers to mail cards, letters and packages destined for domestic locations, and almost every other service offered at the window.

“Automated Postal Centers provide a quick, easy and convenient way for customers to weigh, calculate and apply exact postage,” said Bloomington Postmaster Jim Mennel. “Customers can ship Express Mail and Priority Mail items, packages and First-Class letters right at the kiosk.”

They also provide easy access to postal products and services the same way ATMs provide access to banking services.

“Customers can perform most of the mailing transactions that are available at the retail counter,” said Mennel. “The kiosks accept debit and credit cards for these transactions and charge no service fee.”

The APC offers quick service around the clock, he added, making it easier than ever for customers to do business with the Postal Service.

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An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that visits every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to pay for operating expenses, not tax dollars. The Postal Service has annual revenues of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.