[pct-l] Media mail?

[Ken Powers]

but no fuel, because priority mail goes by air. Another idea is to print the 
postage from your computer and tape it onto your boxes. You'll save  +/- a 
dollar on each box.

What is in the 40 lb box? Even if you are exchanging all your equipment and 
adding food that seems quite high.
Remember you have to carry that 40 lbs plus water.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AsABat" <asabat at 4jeffrey.net>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Media mail?


Have you looked at Priority Mail flat rate boxes? No weight limit, but it's
got to fit in their box (and weigh less than 70 pounds).

Biggest box is 12 x 12 x 5.5 and costs $14.50 to ship anywhere in the
country.

AsABat




On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Dan Africk <danstheman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just checked UPS ground, and they charge $54 for a 40lb package, while
> parcel post is $43. But I'm just guessing at the weight at this point, so
> I'll definitely look into it some more. Thanks.
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Carl Siechert <carlito at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > And in my experience (also sending actual media via media mail), Media
> Mail
> > takes much longer than Priority Mail or even Parcel Post. Three weeks is
> > typical, versus 2-4 days for Priority Mail or about a week for parcel
> post.
> > (Maybe it's the time they take to open and inspect some of them!)
> >
> > If you're looking for cheap, use Parcel Post, which has the extra 
> > benefit
> > of being legitimate. (And, as covered in other threads, that's the one 
> > to
> > use if you're sending fuel.) Another alternative for the big packages
> you're
> > talking about sending to your friend: UPS Ground. Five days or less from
> > anywhere in the US to California, and for packages more than about 5
> pounds,
> > it's usually cheaper than Parcel Post.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM, James Burns <jfburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In my experience (sending actual media via media mail) they tend to 
> >> open
> >> some subset of the boxes to verify them.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 08:19, Dan Africk <danstheman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Has anyone tried mailing resupply items via media mail? I'm preparing
> to
> >> > send all of my food out to California from the east coast, which is 
> >> > of
> >> > course very expensive, and media mail has the same size and weight
> >> limits
> >> > but is less than half the price. I'm not talking about sending each
> >> > individual resupply package via media mail, just the big boxes that
> will
> >> go
> >> > to the person who will be sending those packages.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
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