Stamps.com PhotoStamps Win/Mac

I hoped to use this software for my wedding invitations, but the amount of postage I needed (97 cents for a 2oz. square envelope) was not in their drop-down list of choices and you cannot set your own postage amount. Part of the reason for buying this software would be to create stamps with unusual postage amounts, but it does not allow for that sort of customization.

The last reviewer didn't see any point to this software. Partially that's true---you don't need it to create your photostamp, you can do the same thing online. However, there is one big plus to the software product: buying a single sheet of PhotoStamps direct from their website costs $24.99 + $2.99 shipping, at this writing. In contrast, Amazon is selling this "boxed" version ---which includes a free voucher for a single sheet of stamps---for seven bucks less than that. Do the math.

Their freebie desktop interface is about on par with Windows 97 (remember that far back?) It's expensive for occasional use (monthly fee of $15.99 PLUS cost of postage), so if that's your intent, don't sign up for their membership. The US Postal Service website is much more usable and has all the same features [...]But here's the thing, if you do sign up, beware: they make it very hard to cancel. I'm sure that's exactly what they want to happen!!I used their freebie desktop Postage product infrequently yet paid for full monthly membership for many more months than I wanted to, just because I couldn't take the time to figure out how to cancel my account. One should be able to do so by launching the application (with an internet connection) and have the option right there to Manage your account and cancel, or go online to their website, login, and cancel. I didn't have time to hunt down stuff that turned out to be buried in some help link on the Stamps.com website. And I certainly don't have time during my busy work day to call them in person during their work day, in order to cancel!I mean good grief. If I'm securely logged in, then my connection is secure. So for heaven's sake they should provide customers an obvious, accessible link in the desktop application and on the website for members to cancel their subscription! Why make it so hard?

I love these things.... you don't need to load the software. Saved a ton on postage.

This product STAMPS. did Not work for me. Could Not upload it to my laptop. Very disappointed.

Have been a customer of theirs for years, and have had a series of software compatability issues, but this last one, as of Mar 2011 is a real kicker . . after I upgraded from IE8 to IE9 (win7 64bit OR 32bit, I tried both) their software stopped working . . after a series of their folks worked with me and their own testing couldn't reproduce the problem, they basically said, "yr on yr own," instead of spending more time with me to isolate the issue, so that OTHER customers don't have the same problem . . I canceled . . . buggy UI, not enough resolve when the problem isn't immediately apparent to their support folks.They have had other similar problem solving technique when in a previous version, they stopped being able to print international labels, I give up . . USPS does the same thing for free and doesn't cost $16 a month.

I put a photo of my "All American" tiger tabby on a stamp and it came out very good and I got a lot of response on it. I am going to do the same for my Christmas cards by putting the church altar decorated for Christmas on the stamp.

This company charged us monthly fees for something we never used, claiming that we agreed to perpetual monthly charges in some very fine print, unless we told them to stop. Don't ever use them! They cannot be trusted and will cheat you if they can.