| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an integrated, automated, unattended unit for collecting and securely holding items for collection and shipment by commercial delivery services, the unit including a scale for weighing the item to be shipped, a computer for inputting information relating to the destination to which the item is to be shipped and for analyzing the inputted information including calculating the fee for shipment of the item, a card reader for receiving bank credit card information and for communicating and assessing the shipment fee to the account of the person, and secured storage, the computer being adapted for communicating the shipment fee by telephone lines.
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