[pct-l] General Delivery and Click-n-ship

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

Thank you, that's just what I needed and more!  I didn't ask, but I was
also wondering about the right way to add two names and would not have done
it this way on my own.  I didn't think the PO street address thing was
correct since there were none listed in your guides.

JZ


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Jackie McDonnell <yogihikes at gmail.com>wrote:

> No, no, that's not right for Click-N-Ship.
> Don't put the street address for General Delivery.
>
> First and Last names:  Obviously, put your first and last names
> For the street address, enter:  General Delivery
> Then put the City, State, Zip.
>
> There are a few addresses which do require more information for
> Click-N-Ship.  Those are noted in the Handbook.
>
> In fact, just address your packages exactly as shown in the Handbook.
>
> Oh!  and you typed "We" in your email.  Are two of you hiking together?  If
> so, it's a good idea to put both your names on the package.  That allows
> either of you to pick up your mail.  So, for Click-N-Ship, do this:
>
> In the "First Name" field, enter:  Jane Smith or
> In the "Last Name" field, enter:  John Smith
>
> Your Click-N-Ship address will print like this:
>
> Jane Smith or John Smith
> General Delivery
> Campo, CA  91906
>
> Be sure to put the "or" after Jane Smith.  Do not put "and"
>
> Yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Jennifer Zimmerman <
> jenniferlzim at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Hello list!
> >
> > Here's a potentially obvious question...we're two days out from heading
> > West and I just finished boxing our resupply shipments.  Can anyone
> confirm
> > exactly how to use USPS click-n-ship online for general delivery
> addresses?
> >  I found a pct-l post from Donna written in 2011 that said to put
> "general
> > delivery" in the company field and then to enter the full street address
> of
> > the post office in the address fields.  Is this the best way to do it?
> >  BTW, I'm aware that a few POs still give click-n-ship problems. We would
> > like to do it this way because it would make things easy as pie for our
> > resupply folks.
> >
> > I've been paranoid about food drops ever since Rainier nearly lost one of
> > ours last summer.  Their awesome rangers bent over backwards to help us
> > find it and other folks hiking the trail offered us their extra food.
> >  Can't wait to get back to basking in the goodwill of the backpacking
> > culture!
> >
> > Thanks for any info you can provide!
> > JZ
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