The present disclosure deals with an apparatus and method associated with a self-depositing of items. In exemplary embodiments, an item may be self-deposited using a self-deposit apparatus. In exemplary embodiments, self-deposit apparatus may include an optical reader, first scale, image capturing device, a bin and a second scale. The first scale may be coupled with the optical reader and image capturing device. The item may be placed on self-deposit apparatus and the weight and image may be captured. The self-deposit apparatus may extract the dimensions of the item from the captured image. The self-deposit apparatus may verify the item intended for the self-deposit is associated with the item identified by the identifier by matching the weight, dimension and image of the item to a stored item weight, dimensions and image.