[pct-l] Re: paying for food drops

[teamcourage at attbi.com (Dave)]

but going to town doesnt cost them becuse they would do so any ways they 
would do it to pick up there own mail. They are just taking advatige of 
hikers

Kurt P. Herzog wrote:

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>>>I skip all places that charge for mail drops. and even if 
>>>running low if they sell supplies i won't do business with 
>>>them I will find another place. It don't cost them money 
>>>to take a package that come sin the mail ands et it on a shelf. 
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>Actually it DOES cost them money.  In the cases of Muir Trail
>Ranch and Red's Meadow stores, they have to pickup the package
>at the post office in town and transport it to their store.
>They also provide bear and rodent-proof storage, a far cry from
>"sitting it on a shelf".  When I did my JMT trip some years
>back, both Red's and Muir Trail Ranch each had a separate, (and
>substantial) building with dozens of parcels.  These folks
>also dispose of the packaging material and whatever other trash
>you leave behind with them.  Then at the end of the season there
>are always packages "left over" for whatever reason, that must
>be disposed of.  
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>They provide a real service where they probably break even at best.
>If you don't want to spend the money on a drop, fine.  As far as
>I was concerned I was happy to pay the fees for what has (so far)
>turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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>Kurt P. Herzog  
>Grants Pass, OR 97526 
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>kpherzog@sdesign.com
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