Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!uwm.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: adiron!tro@uunet.uu.net (Tom Olin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Why do Telcos Use Window Envelopes for Payments? Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 13:45:37 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 17 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 145, Message 2 of 7 In TELECOM Digest #136, Ron Heiby writes: > The thing about my IL Bell bill-paying envelopes, and many others, > that I continue to find a mystery is, "Why the heck do they need that > window on the envelope?" As far as I can tell, it's just to give me a > pain by forcing me to a specific orientation of contents insertion. According to an information insert in one of my New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) bills a few months back, that is exactly the reason they use window envelopes. They speed processing at the office. Tom Olin uunet!adiron!tro (315) 738-0600 Ext 638 PAR Technology Corporation * 220 Seneca Turnpike * New Hartford NY 13413-1191