[pct-l] Mailing drop boxes

[Nitnoid1]

You can mail the smaller, 4 oz fuel canisters as long as it is shipped ground transport and ORM-D is written or labeled on the box. I successfully mailed fuel canisters to Charmin this year. In some cases, I needed to inform the postal clerk of their rules ;-)

The Incredible Bulk

On Nov 10, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Steven dvsteven <dvsteven at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> The answer to the below question should be as follows:
> 
> Yes you can forward the package free of charge if it was unopened and mailed Prioity mail.  The Post Office has 4 package sizes for prioity mail (from $4.95 to $14.95) and have free boxes available at all PO's (or you can order them online, free of charge delivered to your door).
> 
> You can even mail fuel cannisters with them but you have to state that they are for ground transportation only (they'll try to tell you that you can't but it's in the regulations that you can).
> 
> If you open it you have to pay for it again though. 
> 
> Flying Tortoise
> 
> --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> From: amuddler2 at gmail.com
> To: Pct-L at backcountry.net
> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:00:08 -0800
> Subject: [pct-l] Bounced packages--no "free lunch"?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I just today phoned the USPO (national office) with a question and was
> surprised at the answer. My question was:
> Hypothetically, if I were to take delivery of a package at a USPO in San
> Francisco and, not immediately needing the contents, could I forward said
> package, unopened, to myself at a USPO in Portland, free of charge?". The
> answer was "Yes, but only if you re-package the box and pay postage on it
> (again)".
> 
> This is not consistent with the information I thought I had been hearing on
> this site and elsewhere. Did I ask the wrong question, word it incorrectly,
> misunderstand the nature of "bounce box" mailing, or was the USPO official
> with whom I spoke uninformed?
> 
> Also, which might be the better and cheaper options for mailing (box sizes,
> weights, etc.) and is it a hassle to mail butane canisters? Any other
> mailing advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Amuddler
>                         
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