[pct-l] Food/money

[Paul Robison]

my sister does our resupplies from fort wayne indiana,

it was within 1$ no matter where on the trail between flat rate and zone...  
large FLB's at 16.5 lbs.




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From: Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com>
To: Csilla Tabor <csilla.tabor at gmail.com>
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Sat, April 2, 2011 10:04:45 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food/money

Are you doing it right?  I just got a rate of $9.37 to ship 15 pounds from
Miami to Ashland using the Type A box.  It's closer $7 if shipping from San
Diego.

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Csilla Tabor <csilla.tabor at gmail.com> wrote:

> The regional rate boxes aren't necessarily cheaper (as I just discovered
> through experience recently, without doing the appropriate research
> beforehand). The flat rate box is a little bit bigger than the large
> regional rate box, and both cost
> about $15 when mailing 8ish pounds from Florida to California. I tried to
> look up prices for other regions on the usps site (since our support people
> will be mailing boxes from Ohio and New Hampshire), but it was really
> confusing to me.
>
> In conclusion, the regional rate boxes are probably cheaper.....unless you
> live on the east coast.
>   ~Csilla~
>
> Message: 30
> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 16:18:58 -0700
> From: Ate Tuna <atetuna at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food/money
> To: Axel Roos <roosaxel at csu.fullerton.edu>
> Cc: Pct-L at backcountry.net
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> Flat rate is not the least expensive way to ship priority anymore. This is
> another reason you should have Yogi's books.  Regional rate type A & B are
> now less expensive.  Go to the USPS website and compare.  In my case it's
> cheaper to any point on the trail by an average of over 30%.
>
> That sampler is a horrendously expensive idea.  That's about 1 day of food
> for the both of you.  At about $50 a day, you would be out of money in less
> than a month.
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