[Cdt-l] New Priority Mail Regional Boxes

[Jackie McDonnell]

Maildrops just got cheaper!  On January 2, the USPS started offering new
Priority Mail Regional Boxes:
Box A = 360 cubic inches, 15 pound limit
Box B = 707 cubic inches, 20 pound limit

The cost varies depending upon the distance traveled.  I just did a test on
three distances:

Miami FL to Stehekin WA:  Box A 15 pounds $9.37, Box B 20 pounds $14.62

Kansas City to Stehekin WA:  Box A 15 pounds $7.83, Box B 20 pounds $12.29

Kansas City to Denver CO:  Box A 15 pounds $5.58, Box B 20 pounds $8.06

This is cheap compared to:

Large Priority Flat Rate Boxes, 792 cubic inches, no weight limit, $14.95
when mailed in person, $14.20 when using online click-n-ship.

Medium Priority Flat Rate Boxes, 513 or 546 cubic inches, no weight limit,
$10.95 when mailed in person, $10.5 when using online click-n-ship.

However, these new Regional Boxes are *only* available for commercial and
online customers.  Anyone can sign up for USPS online click-n-ship.  So, it
won't do hikers any good when they're at the PO in person.  It will help
tremendously when shipping boxes from home.  You have to order the boxes
from the USPS (www.usps.com).

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/cdt-l/attachments/20110125/08d1957c/attachment.html