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[pct-l] Food Packages -- Priority Mail vs. First Class



I would think the $5 + premium for Priority Mail is worth it. If you had 20
drops, that is about $100 extra to make sure your packages arrive safely and
when you need it - and could be shipped ahead or returned for no extra cost.
Only draw back for those shipping fuel is that Priority goes Air Mail for
longer distances and so it can't be used.

Marshall Karon
Portland, OR
m.karon@comcast.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Slyatpct@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Packages -- Priority Mail vs. First Class


> In a message dated 3/11/2004 1:17:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Slyatpct@aol.com writes:
>
> > A couple of exceptions though, if you're mailing cross country you'll
only
> > save $.15 or so by using parcel post
> >
>
> Double checking I stand corrected on this figure.  Although I'm fairly
sure
> this was the case when I hiked the AT, rates must have change.
>
> When mailing a 15 lb box cross country to zone 8 Priority Mail is $27.80
with
> aproximate travel time being 2 days, Parcel Post $22.64 and 8 days.  Of
> course, traveling cross country I'd allow a few extra days.  The $5
savings is
> fairly consistant for a 15 lb package to any zone and will go up or down,
> sometimes dramatically, according to weight.
>
> Sly
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