THE FACTS~~ just the facts!! Re: [pct-l] Muir Trail Ranch package fees

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

>JohnDRandall@aol.com wrote:
>
>> loaded into the lake's small ferry and transported to the 
>>opposite site, then loaded onto horses or mules...or driven cross country
on a 
>>poorly-defined jeep path up to the ranch, five miles on the eastern side
of the 
>>lake.   At the ranch the packages are offloaded, moved to a storage shed and 
>>accounted for by the staff.
>> Whatever they charge, $18 or $25 or higher, is a 
>>service just like FedEx or UPS.   They aren't saving up for a trip to Bali
with 
>>the money they charge for the service.  In fact, they lose money on it;  it's 
>>a service to the backcountry community.   Dude, pay the money or mail your 
>>packages to Vermillion or hike out to Bishop.  But, please, stop whining.
>>
>>John Randall
>>Birmingham, ALJohn!

John!!

Sounds like you are the whiner!! They have to go into town regularly for
supplies
and we who live in the mountains are used to "winding roads" and a ferry..it
is not
the big deal u make it out as...they charge way too much for a simple cargo
service...
and that jeep path is not "poorly defined"..having been up it a few times it
is quite obvious where it is!!and the ranch hands tool back and forth to town
about every day making beer runs!! ..

they can break even with $1 per package and $5 per package they go buy extra
beer..and $25 a package for a 100 packages is $2500.00, 3 trips to Bali as
you put it!!

these guys are paid minimum wages and the overhead there is simply put
"cheap!"..

Tickets to Bali are a paltry (the airport is really "Denpasar" (DPS), NOT Bali)
$824 R/T!!
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                    $819
                        Adult x 15.00 Booking Fee    $824   Total (USD) 
   Depart
                                      1:05 am  
                                          Mon., Jun. 16  San Francisco (SFO) 

                                                                China Airlines
 Arrive
                                      2:15 pm  
                                          Tue., Jun. 17  Denpasar (DPS) 
                               
                                          Stops: 1 Travel Time: 22 hr 10 min 
 Return
                                      3:15 pm  
                                          Mon., Jun. 23  Denpasar (DPS) 

                                                                 China
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 Arrive      6:30 pm  
                                          Mon., Jun. 23  San Francisco (SFO) 
                               
                                          Stops: 1 Travel Time: 18 hr 15 min 
                        


Been there, done that.

Richard



At 05:49 PM 5/23/03 -0600, Dave wrote:
>hey I just don't use them. I  send to other places. the thing is even if 
>they didn't do this for backpackers they still would have to send 
>employees out to get packages because of there own and there employees 
>packages. SO no mater what it isn't an extra trip. Hey I don't mind 
>giving say 5 bucks has a tip for  service well done but any thing more 
>is to much.
>

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