Postage meters are devices that can be leased from authorized manufacturers and used to print postage labels. A meter locks when no postage or minimal postage remains. A meter generally must be taken to the licensing post office to be reset by payment for additional postage. Avoiding the payment of postage by misusing a meter is punishable by law.

Postage meters are available only by lease from authorized manufacturers. The USPS holds manufacturers responsible for the control, operation, maintenance, and replacement of their meters. The following manufacturers are authorized to lease meters:

ASCOM HASLER MAILING SYSTEMS INC
19 FOREST PKWY
SHELTON CT 06484-0903

FRANCOTYP-POSTALIA INC
1980 UNIVERSITY LN
LISLE IL 60532-2152

NEOPOST
30955 HUNTWOOD AVE
HAYWARD CA 94544-7005

PITNEY BOWES INC
1 ELMCROFT RD
STAMFORD CT 06926-0700

No one other than an authorized manufacturer may possess a postage meter without a valid USPS meter license and a rental agreement with the meter manufacturer, and until the USPS sets, seals (if applicable), and checks the meter into service. Other parties in possession of a meter must immediately surrender it to the manufacturer or USPS.

Members with Adobe Acrobat Reader can read the Postal Regulations governing postage meters.

eBay urges its sellers and buyers to comply with all governmental laws and regulations. Since the sale of postage meters is prohibited by law, or may cause harm to eBay or its members, sellers are not permitted to list them on eBay.